We’re in the black Dodge with red leather-looking seats and push-button drive. No stick or three-on-the-tree. We’ve always had a pretty cool, modern car, that’s one thing I can say. But I think I’d rather have a stick or three-on-the-tree. Since he ain’t allowed to operate a got-damn automobile anymore, because of his seizures, I’m [...]
Yearly Archives: 2007
The Ascension of James G. Wetheart by Matt Jaeger
James G. Wetheart levitated once. Just the once, briefly, he was that much closer to heaven. No one witnessed his ascension, so he carefully transcribed the experience in an onionskin journal with a calligraphy pen. Among the details he wrote, “Who knows? But something providential came in and gathered me up.”
It’s Not Your Hat by Cate McGowan
“That’s my hat.” Your accuser’s black hair frizzes in a calamitous scribble—she really needs the hat more than you do. You respond with a lie. “No, it’s mine.” Yes, you lie, and the monosyllabic words feel all wrong as they roll off your tongue. But it’s January; it’s Upstate; it’s finders keepers. So you repeat [...]