June 14, 2015 |
Those Bears (pt. 3)
Jarod Roselló
You want to watch a movie?
Nah, I think I'm going to go write for a bit.
June 13, 2015 | Nonfiction
popsicle stick bomb
Steve Anwyll
In my head I can't believe what he just said. How the hell are we going to take a bunch of ordinary popsicle sticks and turn them into bombs? Bombs? Shit, they explode. There's fire involved! Is Kevin nuts? We'll kill people!
What a Weird Game of Dominoes: A Conversation with Alex Jiang
Pat Siebel
Last fall, Aaron tweeted something about accepting a few comics from a nine year-old. We’d soon discover the boy’s name was Alex Jiang, and that he was hilarious. When “Meet Lazy Wolf,” “Fashion
Soul Retrieval in the Southwest
Lana Spendl
At my friend’s bonfire on a chilly Southwestern night, a blond woman in Birkenstocks approached me and said that her name was Singing Humyn.
Mathletes, Exile and the ‘Nerd-dom’
Jeffrey Ethan Lee
Only one person on the team had a significant mustache. She was the only girl, but she wasn’t good at math.
Night Swim
Dan Reiter
Memories are like Asian pears. Store them cold and they will keep.
She climbed shivering out of the river. The Taigan smeared its nose on her shin. Soily fish. Down on the rug, massaging its
Bars We Don't Fuck With
Victor Freeze
Idk what it is but I’ve never liked Thomas Street Tavern. It was even listed on the itinerary of “Bars We Don’t Fuck With” one night when my roommate and I got drunk and devised a plot to attend all of the neighborhood bars we never go to.
Great Moments in Cinematic Drinking: Goldfinger
Matt Sailor
Sean Connery has been waiting three entire movies to say this line. The first chance he got, Dr. No beat him to it, ordered the drink for him with that genteel menace so common among Bond villains.
Strawberries
Mary Helen Specht
Angélica, who is always setting me up with the entirely wrong type of man, invited the raw foodist to lunch. In the crowded restaurant, he sat rigidly upright, munching on sesame seeds, waiting Zen-like for us to decide on a dish.
The Reconstruction of William Zero / Lost River / Buzzard
Sean Kilpatrick
Gosling has an understanding beyond the Franco. There’s a certain silence to his pose. I dig his tone, even if he’s sexy.
Non-Reader Spotlight: Elizabeth Olson, Part 1
With all of these other endeavors, Elizabeth's reading life has changed markedly, and she was kind enough to talk to me about it.
My Father Bottles Howls
Drew Knapp
On the nights my father brings home a new howl my mother prepares a feast and adorns a whalebone corset like a rib carved from the moon. On these nights I love my family because we are together and in this way I have come to worship the wolf.
Dear Caitlyn
Alison Taverna
Caitlyn, let me take that hair / in my own hands and curl it down your back.
The Jacka
Kenta Maniwa
Once outside, I unroll The Jacka's sweatshirt from my jacket, revealing the XXXL garment, in all its glory, reeking of blunts and harsh body odor.
Nothing Sexier Than a Girl Smoking
Felix Kent
Two years earlier in a set of skyscrapered offices with panoramic views of dusty Los Angeles, I was an underling and he was not.
Some Horns (Pt. 3)
Nick Francis Potter
My daughter is going to be so disappointed in me.
Game of the Day: Opening Day
Jesse Sawyer
April 6, 2014
Opening Day
San Diego Padres
vs.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego
Los