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, 2013
- 5 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 4 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, 2013
- 4 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 10 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 3 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, 2013
- 4 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, 2013
- 5 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, 2013
- 1 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, 2013
- 5 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, 2013
- 3 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, 2013
- 5 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, 2013
- 2 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, 2013
- 3 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, 2012
- 4 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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