Alley Cat
Tom C. Mangé, III sat on his favorite stool in his favorite alley dive, 2 Dumpsters & A Homeless Man. With paw on head, familiar glass pour
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lastweeksmemoir
Oct 28, 20135 min
Bombast
The sudden gust of wind tilted her forward. She stood on the white railing overlooking the river, and braced her body against the steel. The
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lastweeksmemoir
Jul 22, 20132 min
Being Given to Reverence
Reverence, I am as good at this quality as any other average person: not as good as some, but better than others. Yet with you it seems so e
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Ian Elrick
Jul 17, 20132 min
Mid-morning, Mid-winter
It is mid-morning and I am riding in the far backseat of a bus, the number of which is close to the number of days I have been divorced. The
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Paul Rios
Jul 8, 20132 min
Last Week’s Memoir #19
Andy thought about it. He had heard the name before, The Multitude. Just last month, an emergency newscast ran about an incident perpetrated
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Allison Baker
Jul 1, 20134 min
Enough to Break the Ice
The weekend before Valentine’s Day 2011, I went to a local wine bar. The kind of bar you go to for casual conversation and the .05% chance y
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Allison Baker
Jun 24, 20134 min
Wolves in Suburbia
I would have done anything for her. Even if it meant following her to our graves. She was all I had, and without her I would have died anywa
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Bryce McEfee
Jun 20, 20132 min
Sometimes I Just Need Some Mead Time
I sit sipping the nectar of ancient gods, the golden splendor that is mead. The honey jasmine infused liquid caressing my lips, feeling wisd
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Lisa Bouvier
Jun 17, 201310 min
The Word Collector
I collect words. I catch them when they are not yet spoken, when they are little smokey silver strings or bold blue gold clouds. Some of the
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Allison Baker
Jun 12, 20132 min
The Everything Else
It was the middle of the night and we were both awake. I could feel him stirring beside me, so I inched closer to him until I could feel his
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Paul Rios
Jun 10, 20133 min
Last Week’s Memoir #18
Andy could almost hear the clink and grind of the gears in the captain’s brain. The captain was plotting.
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Bryce McEfee
Jun 5, 20134 min
Rainy Season
I stand in the driveway, staring up toward the sky as her car drives away. The wispy ashen colored clouds saunter by in congregation, not p
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Jake Corbin
May 21, 20135 min
Small Talk
Jeff didn’t talk much to his coworkers. It wasn’t that he didn’t like them; he just didn’t feel a strong urge to converse with them. The f
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Natalye Childress
May 15, 20131 min
Chicago Style
He was drunk, but his eyes shone through the dimly lit room, steady and bright. Nothing got past this boy with the steel face and vibrant wi
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Bryce McEfee
May 7, 20135 min
My Trip to Mexico: Fish, Beer and V.D.
You know your Mexico fishing trip is off to a great start when as soon as you walk out of the airport, you look down and you’re standing on
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Jake Corbin
Apr 17, 20133 min
And Now, Deep Thoughts
Shannon and I were in second grade when she asked me the question. We were having a conversation for once instead of my usual M.O.—me teasi
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Lisa Bouvier
Apr 10, 20135 min
Full Moon Picnic
The winter makes my condition even harder. The nights are long. The water is cold. I cannot remember why I chose London as a place to pause.
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Allison Baker
Mar 17, 20132 min
Memory and the Health Benefits of Blueberries
I eat the blueberries to remember why we weren’t meant for each other. How it was all just a figment of our imaginations. What was perfect i
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Natalye Childress
Mar 11, 20133 min
Eisgeld
I have lived in Europe long enough to have assimilated, yet I still never quite managed to get a handle on the coins, always stumbling over
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Jake Corbin
May 18, 20124 min
Last Week’s Memoir #17
Being smashed out of his gourd on LSD sounded lovely—at least then he could write off this living nightmare to a psychedelic-induced haze...
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