Nimrod!
I’ve got three lizards and two seagulls. People say the lizards taste like chicken, but it’s been so long since anyone’s had chicken, I don’t see how anyone can say. There’s so little meat on them anyway, there’s not much point in saying what they taste like. If you get enough of them, though, they…
The Lake
You keep looking back at the boat, back to the old man. You barely hear Ralph. His voice is tin. The hills blur past like the walls of a tunnel. The sky is dark purple, almost black, with the faintest hint of dawn ahead.
Time to Go
“And how did I freak out the hostess exactly?” “You were lurking.” “I wasn’t lurking.” “You were standing behind a fern.” “That’s not lurking.” “Then what the hell is it?”
Momentum
I developed a reputation for being crazy. It was completely untrue, but I did nothing to argue the point. In adolescence, there are advantages to being perceived as crazy. People fuck with you less.
Double Happiness
He sat in the corner of Double Happiness Donut House, as far from the counter as he could get. He eyed the woman behind the register, and took note of doors and windows. Skinny Dave said she stayed open until after the bar on the corner closed, feeding donuts to drunks as long as they…
The River
We were up at the river, the south fork that rolls through the country where my grandparents’ old cabin used to be. I like to take the boy away from roads, out where he won’t have the constant reminder of cars. Cars must be awful for him.
Unstoriable 