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Fiction: ‘Forever in Youth’

Fiction: ‘Forever in Youth’

We spent a lot of our free time throwing rocks at cars. That’s just sort of what you did growing up in the sticks with not a lot of stuff to keep you entertained.

Posted on July 3, 2021August 10, 2021 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction10 Minutes Read

Movement is for the Living

Movement is for the Living

I could wake up tomorrow, walk into my front yard and be attacked by a rabid bobcat.

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction11 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Yellow-Bellied Birds’

Fiction Pick: ‘Yellow-Bellied Birds’

Ask anyone about Bill and the first thing they’ll mention is his white t-shirt. It’s the only shirt he ever wore.

Posted on May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction7 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Bad Things in the Fog’

Fiction Pick: ‘Bad Things in the Fog’

I snapped myself out of the daydream, yet again befuddled as to why I was considering Hemingway.

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction17 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Stuck in Arizona with the Low Hope Blues Again’

Fiction Pick: ‘Stuck in Arizona with the Low Hope Blues Again’

The dream is always the same. I’m stuck in Mesa and it’s the last place I want to be.

Posted on March 7, 2021July 21, 2021 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction16 Minutes Read

When Our Plane Lands

When Our Plane Lands

If not Italy or Holland, then where are we headed?

Posted on February 14, 2021February 15, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction8 Minutes Read

A Long Way from Harbor Island

A Long Way from Harbor Island

Every time something major is poised to happen in my life, my wife, Caitlin, and I split for the coast. This is a deliberate action.

Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction15 Minutes Read

May All Your Grapes Be Damn Sweet

May All Your Grapes Be Damn Sweet

I’m not one to believe in vague portents, but after living through a year as awful as 2020, I’m not really sure what to believe anymore.

Posted on January 11, 2021December 12, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction8 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Cincinnati Does Not Exist’

Fiction Pick: ‘Cincinnati Does Not Exist’

Jo never thought of himself as a river guy, per se, yet one morning he awoke in a canoe, floating down a body of water that clearly was a river.

Posted on December 26, 2020January 7, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction20 Minutes Read

Bramble in My Pasture

Bramble in My Pasture

With chainsaw, rake and machete, I set out to butcher the bramble.

Posted on December 1, 2020January 7, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction8 Minutes Read

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