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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
Bryce McEfee
Nov 5, 20137 min read
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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
lastweeksmemoir
Oct 28, 20135 min read
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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
lastweeksmemoir
Jul 22, 20132 min read
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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
Ian Elrick
Jul 17, 20132 min read
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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
Paul Rios
Jul 8, 20132 min read
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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
Allison Baker
Jul 1, 20134 min read
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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
Allison Baker
Jun 24, 20134 min read
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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
Bryce McEfee
Jun 20, 20132 min read
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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
Lisa Bouvier
Jun 17, 201310 min read
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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
Allison Baker
Jun 12, 20132 min read
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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.
Paul Rios
Jun 10, 20133 min read
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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
Bryce McEfee
Jun 5, 20134 min read
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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
Jake Corbin
May 21, 20135 min read
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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
Natalye Childress
May 15, 20131 min read
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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
Bryce McEfee
May 7, 20135 min read
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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
Jake Corbin
Apr 17, 20133 min read
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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.
Lisa Bouvier
Apr 10, 20135 min read
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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
Allison Baker
Mar 17, 20132 min read
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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
Natalye Childress
Mar 11, 20133 min read
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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...
Jake Corbin
May 18, 20124 min read
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