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Monthly Archives: July 2015

The Part of the Nightmare Juussst Before The Clown Eats You

  I’ve laid down two toothbrushes and a tiny travel pack of Colgate. And two fist sized jawbreakers on sticks. The cashier starts to chuckle and I slam my hand down a little too hard on the pine wood counter. Every goddamn thing in this place is pine wood that looks like it’s been lacquered with…

July 15, 2015 in Editorlessness.

You’re a writer? Are you the Holy Spirit or Stephen King? Then shut up.

  There is a teensy weensy percentage of the population who understands. Who, upon hearing that you are a “real writer” and have “a New York agent” representing your “book proposal” to the “Big 6,” get bug eyed and breathe a little harder. I know because I was one of them. I still am. Well,…

July 7, 2015 in Editorlessness.

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