You and Mark, your little boy from your first marriage, stand together on the bank of the Arkansas. You let your boots squish into the dark sand and you hope that Mark feels the sand squish beneath his boots. You hope that he experiences it like you did at his age—with pleasure and [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Brave Captain Harvey, Conclusion by Ryan Sparks
“Now. I’m stark naked, holed up in a cramped room with two dead whores, my radio is shot to shit, and I’m blue-balled all to hell. Twelve shots in the clip. I’m estimating there’s at least seven of ‘em outside, and they ain’t all going down with one bullet. My options [...]
Brave Captain Harvey, Part One by Ryan Sparks
“I knew things were bad when the second whore shook, seized up, then slid sideways off of me like a concussed jockey falling out of the saddle. Shot right through the breast. I’d thought the other one just fell or something, you know? She was dicking around with the radio in the [...]
Wants What It Wants by Bram Shay
Tuesday night and here we are, tilting at windmills again, grateful for their tolerance, or more likely, benevolent indifference. How we adore them all! How we cherish their wry splendor and casual wit, their pixie noses and cropped cuts, their unabashed declarations of love for one another. After a few drinks, we each have our [...]