“Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this nonsense the easiest way of attaining some conjectural good.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Sep
22
Turning pages, turning leaves, turning time. I honestly cannot believe another season has begun its transition. The moments I spend with the written word and art between these pages are always some of my most treasured encounters. Reading and curating the innermost workings of our contributors, I always come to the same conclusion: We are […]
Oct
21
(originally posted 2/13/2020) She was a first generation immigrant from somewhere in China. She explained a few times exactly where but all I got out of it was that it was somewhere in China. Her accent was pretty heavy. I had the same amount of clarity around her folk dancing. It had something to […]
Oct
20
(Originally posted 7/26/2013… the humor greatly diminished by the fact that apparently I was not alone in this idea. “… the more I realized what a twisted fuck I really am and why it was important for the sake of humanity that I never come into a large amount of money.” Well, apparently there are […]
Oct
19
(originally posted 5/31/2020) Sat down next to a guy at the bar who looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t quite place the face. After ordering a beer I introduced myself and ask him if we’d ever met. “Nope. But I get that a lot” he said in a thick German accent. “I’m Lance” I […]
Oct
18
(originally posted 6/16/2021) In fairness, the implications of what she realized was happening were so monumental and overwhelming that the human brain simply couldn’t process them all. Just the fact that circumstances had allowed her to catch on to what was happening defied astronomical odds. And yet here she was, trying to figure out […]
Oct
17
(first appeared 10/9/2012 as a spoken word story on www.thetripodcat.com, may it RIP, as read by Brogan Sullivan) Did you know that if you throw a snowball against a wall it will leave a mark that looks identical to your hand? Obviously, the size of the splatter and subsequent handprint will be relative to […]
