#AmericanWriters
I walked into the counselor’s office. It was Eddie Beaver sitting behind the desk. The clerks called him “Skinny Beaver.” He had a pointed head, pointed nose, pointed chin. He was all p...
The first three or four days at Mears-Starbuck were identical. In fact, similarity was a very dependable thing at Mears-Starbuck. The caste system was an accepted fact. There wasn’t a s...
ask the sidewalk painters of Paris ask the sunlight on a sleeping dog ask the 3 pigs ask the paperboy ask the music of Donizetti
half drunk I left her place her warm blankets and I was hungover didn’t even know what town
shot off his left ear then his right, and then tore off his belt buckle with hot lead, and then
I had been sleeping on a terrible mattress with the springs sticking into me for several years. That afternoon when I awakened I pulled the mattress off the bed, dragged it outside, and...
Then there were only 6 or 7 of us.… “How you doing on your scheme, Ch… “No trouble at all,” I said. “O.… “Yes, Woodburn.” “Listen, I don’t like to be bothe…
The next day Katherine phoned me. She said she had the tickets and would be landing at L.A. International Friday at 2:30 pm. “Katherine,” I said, “there’s something I’ve got to tell you...
We had a 3:30 pm flight out of Los Angeles that Saturday. At 2 pm I went up and knocked on Tammie’s door. She wasn’t there. I want back to my place and sat down. The phone rang. It was ...
I’m glad when they arrive and I’m glad when they leave I’m glad when I hear their heels approaching my door and I’m glad when those heels
here they come these guys grey truck radio playing they are in a hurry
these boys have got class they ought to make kings out of old men rolling cigarettes in rooms small enough
the blazing shark wants my balls as I walk through the meat section looking for salami and cheese purple housewives
she’s not for you, man, she’s not your type, she’s erased she’s been used she’s got all the wrong
the history of melancholia includes all of us. me, I writhe in dirty sheets while staring at blue walls and nothing.