Cherrypicked stories
The Eighties
Infancy was perilous Like in the playground Somebody tied razor blades To the hand-rail of the slide. Dad blamed glue-sniffers, his
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- 1807 reads
Goggle
Goggle For the first time we are going to spend Christmas with my boyfriend's family. "I have to warn you," he says, "my parents are a little strange...
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- 1425 reads
Work Diary, 2/8/04
Work Diary, 2/8/04 (early-early-oh-god-it's-early-Sunday-morning) Ugh. I feel like shit. I went out last night, came home with a boy named Alfred. As...
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- 758 reads
Loose Women
Eight year old Tim's Story
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- 602 reads
Mrs. Jackson speaks.
Mrs. Jackson talks about her troubled son.
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- 1153 reads
Work Diary, 1/30/04
Work Diary, 1/30/04 1. I'm sick. My head feels like it's been deflated twice-over and I woke up this morning with a cone of dried snot in my left...
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- 764 reads
Don't Jump I'll Miss Celebrity Squares
A fed up copper tries to save a 'jumper' with a dash of honesty
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- 661 reads
Pay-Off
Mad Benny has a debt to pay - but he can't do anything straightforwardly.
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- 491 reads
No Disco.
When you are this perfect ? people love to see you fall.
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- 933 reads
Ballad of the Broken Strings
Jackie and Jane dug Joni Mitchell at the Coffee Cup Cafe in New York they promised each other they'd write songs together in the days before before...
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- 2068 reads
The Last Glass
The last moments together of a German SS officer and a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz.
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- 1244 reads
On The Buses
When Richard has to use the bus for work he sees a different side of life
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- 1250 reads
The Most Annoying Boy In The World
Nothing Godd Ever Came Out Of War
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- 711 reads
Would You Like That With Rice Sir?
'Would you like that with rice sir?' I don't know why I'm bothering to be polite. He hasn't made the effort to even look at me. He's picking his nose...
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- 941 reads
Work Diary, 1/24/04
Work Diary, 1/24/04 1.I was sitting outside having a cigarette and noticed the difference in width between my left and right palms. The right is...
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- 900 reads
Burning bush
In the rocks, The bleat of a sheep Echoes, and his sandals Are ochred with red dust. He wants to know a little Of his real family, of The song of his...
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- 728 reads