I am a guy and I am in love and no one ever believes me because there is this...
That mythical tale is one of the most ridiculous and tragic things I have ever heard. And yes it’s true that men can love women even more than women are capable of loving men. There are some wonderful...
View ArticleI was wondering, what are "Fragments"?
Fragments is a series I started up not too long ago that consists of dialogue between two unnamed characters. There is no action, only words, and each Fragment is posted as a quote. The interaction can...
View Article"I’m sorry, she said out of the blue. For what? asked the other girl. For...
“I’m sorry, she said out of the blue. For what? asked the other girl. For constantly being so close to you, she replied. If you think about it, love is actually a terrible thing.” - Fragment 54
View Articlemilk as metaphor
I used to fall in love with boys by the waythey drank a glass of milk.and there was something unknowingly sexual in that,how their hips slumped against the kitchen counterwhile their fingers traced the...
View Articlecrash & burn
the young boys in the corner are covering their bodieslike they’re ashamed of the skin, the gangly limbs.but everyone knows the only good boyis a dead one.see how the moon burns through the fields like...
View Articleflooding
you want a divorce. I want a twenty-story building with hurricane-proof glassmade of all the words you’ve ever said to me. on the first story: you have eyes likelanterns. care to light my way home? on...
View Articlethe fragments seems redundant
Holy shit please, please stop. I’m trying to hold myself together tonightBy the way, that s at the end of “seems” is redundant.
View Article"I forgot to tell you that I sprayed your name in graffiti the other day on a...
“I forgot to tell you that I sprayed your name in graffiti the other day on a wall, he remarked. Where was this wall? she inquired. In my heart, he replied.” - Fragment 55
View ArticleSparrow: a short story
At the age of twelve, my younger brother Sparrow took a loop of rope and tied it over a branch of the maple tree in the backyard, then stood on the rickety wooden chair he had dragged out onto the...
View Articlehere's what you tell someone who wants to commit suicide
Here’s what you tell someone who wants to commit suicide: The moment that gunshot goes through your head, you’ll wish you hadn’t done it. When the chair leaves your feet you’ll struggle to get on solid...
View Article"here’s what you tell someone who wants to commit suicide" I'm hardly a...
I know you may never reach that person or even scratch the surface. I know that, I know that, I know that. Believe me, I do. My intent was only to try to help people who are considering suicide. You...
View ArticleI want you all to know that I edited my “here’s what you tell a...
I want you all to know that I edited my “here’s what you tell a person who wants to commit suicide” prose piece in order to make it sound less blaming and more gentle. I received some comments that it...
View ArticleWhat is "Sparrow" about? What would you say is the climax?
Sparrow is about a twelve-year-old boy who commits suicide. That’s only the general idea of the piece, however. It’s so much more than that. It’s about how his death and his decision affect his family...
View ArticleOkay, it's "I want to shrink myself and set up a home in the hollows and dark...
I think the last part of it is beautiful and the sentiment is so moving. The only thing that is slightly confusing to me is “I want to shrink myself.” I don’t understand how that relates to wanting to...
View ArticleThank you! I think I'm just going to completely take out the first part. The...
I agree; the second part can hold its own. :) And you’re welcome!
View Articlepaleontologist's dig
at some point the heart wants to be doused in gasoline and lit uplike a bomb. the body will become an altar that thousandswill pray at. the moon will be removed from the flesh like an exorcismand...
View ArticleI'm having trouble with my writing. I always tend to use the same transition...
in the first placenot only … but alsoas a matter of factin like mannerin additioncoupled within the same fashion / wayfirst, second, thirdin the light ofnot to mentionto say nothing...
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