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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

Just Keep Living, Kid

Just Keep Living, Kid

There’s no telling how these things will play out, what his life will hold for him, because right now he’s just an idea, a bump in Caitlin’s stomach.

Posted on October 4, 2020October 5, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction10 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Everything is happening at once’

Fiction Pick: ‘Everything is happening at once’

America, the vast and simultaneous.

Posted on September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction13 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Me and Konrad’

Fiction Pick: ‘Me and Konrad’

‘Given what I’d done, and the speed with which they were pursuing me, my only reasonable course of action was to disappear into the woods.’

Posted on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction6 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Flower, beast or Hitler’

Fiction Pick: ‘Flower, beast or Hitler’

At that point in my life, there was a lot of — how should I put this — fumbling around in the dark.

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction12 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘The Eternal Forking’

Fiction Pick: ‘The Eternal Forking’

‘Small decisions, elongated over time, can be just as consequential as big ones.’

Posted on July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 by Andy MoonIn Essays & Fiction10 Minutes Read

Life, as in Wineberries

Life, as in Wineberries

The delicate balance of tartness and sweetness.

Posted on July 9, 2020July 14, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn places6 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Surface’

Fiction Pick: ‘Surface’

‘All Paul could think about as he tried to maneuver his way around a lethargic old lady in the cereal aisle of Food Lion was ‘Good God, you old hag, could you move any slower?”

Posted on May 24, 2020May 28, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction6 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Just Look at How Everything Is”

Fiction Pick: ‘Just Look at How Everything Is”

‘Live your life like a clear, blue sky — easy and open.’

Posted on May 14, 2020May 24, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction11 Minutes Read

On Killing the Little Gray Man

On Killing the Little Gray Man

‘The trouble isn’t understanding, in theory, that we don’t want to become that little gray man. The hard part is taking the proper actions to stave him off.’

Posted on May 11, 2020May 24, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction7 Minutes Read

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