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Coffee Shop

Coffee Shop

You take a couple sips of the hot, earthy liquid, and off goes your mind. Now you’re floating. Near the ceiling, mingling with the smoky coffee bean scent. You’re settling into your body again.

Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction5 Minutes Read

Fiction: ‘Kanye’s Secret’

Fiction: ‘Kanye’s Secret’

I met Kanye in a Buffalo coffee shop shortly after he started frequenting Wyoming.

Posted on October 17, 2021October 18, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction43 Minutes Read

Some Days it Really is Like This

Some Days it Really is Like This

Small things can still wonder. Gods don’t have that luxury. I don’t think it’d be all that fun to be a God.

Posted on September 5, 2021September 6, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction12 Minutes Read

Fiction: ‘Dispatch from the Great Castration’

Fiction: ‘Dispatch from the Great Castration’

So here I am, standing in front of another drab office building, waiting to die.

Posted on August 23, 2021September 6, 2021 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction14 Minutes Read

Fiction: ‘Happy Death on the Beach’

Fiction: ‘Happy Death on the Beach’

So he went down to the bar and got drunk. He hadn’t done that in a couple years, since the last time he stopped drinking, but it was one of those things where he had to have a drink right away.

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction11 Minutes Read

Ghosts Without Faces

Ghosts Without Faces

Reflections on fatherhood and family history.

Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction13 Minutes Read

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

Like a Dog in the Woods in the Nighttime

Like a Dog in the Woods in the Nighttime

When I was in my early 20s, I took a bus to New York City for no reason other than to do it.

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn places9 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

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