Timing is everything. That is the number one rule in comedy. At least that was what Carrie was told when she started writing jokes at ten. Her dad said there were too many details to keep track of but she should stick with it because redheads make great comediennes. Carrie Read more…
Ninety-nine problems and the bitch is one. Billy says it’s my fault for locking her out that time. She was only outside for half an hour! My question is why didn’t she bark when she heard me heading to the front door? Billie always barks, yeah, his dog’s Read more…
One day they would find her body fossilized in the memory foam. Every morning Nikki felt she sank a little lower into the mattress and had to pry herself out like a Looney Tunes character in wet concrete. It took all her fight for the day to get up. She Read more…
It was a hatin’ day. Corinne knew it as soon as the creamer curdled in her coffee. grandmamma always told her to pay attention to the signs. Corinne switched to tea but knew that no matter how positive an attitude she started with, some days were destined to challenge you. She Read more…
Cousin Hagatha is coming to spend the weekend again. Shoot me now. Seriously, just do it, one nice clean shot to the temple. My mother knows she is condemning me to a fate worse than hell. It is a purgatory of bland, amorphous indecisiveness. Hagatha is the Dick Parent’s niece. Read more…
Amy had loved heights from ever since she was a little lump in her papa’s arms. People never believe that she has memories of seeing the world from great heights before her first birthday. But she remembers being strapped to her father’s chest and watching the world pass by Read more…
A lot of what I learned about love I learned from the movies. This made for unnaturally high expectations. My twenties were a perpetual quest for the lightening bolt of drama and passion. Except that I shied away from confrontation. The template in my head involved overcoming crazy odds, battling Read more…
inspired by Hope on a Tightrope by Cornel West, 8 min 2.19.13 @ my desk “Well ain’t this a stitch. Huh Eddie?” Marie whispers the words because she is losing breath. She is numb from the waist down but she feels a sharp stab when she chuckles. There isn’t anything funny about Read more…