Mercy

There was a sign in front of the hospital that said: “The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” I used to drive by it every day. It was in front […]

The Movies

The theater was not what I expected. It was a theater time forgot, with awful threadbare printed carpet and a box office with wooden ledges. I bought my ticket ($12, thank you), and went up the stairs. I turned the corner to go to the bathroom. I almost ran smack into a cutout of a […]

YIBBET TURMAN, the unedited “Fresh Air” interview.

To celebrate the five year/three month anniversary of The Incredible True Life Adventures of Yibbet Turman/Parisian of the Plains, we are posting this never conducted, unedited interview. PART ONE. Terry: Welcome to Fresh Air, Elizabeth. Elizabeth: Thank you, Terry, I’m so thrilled to be here, I’m a huge fan, really. I would have done anything […]

Annotated Bibliography, Winter

If I wait for this spider to crawl out of this room, then maybe I can go after her. And on the other side of the wall there’ll be this underwater world and I’ll swim to the deep end and float next to the one of those electrical fish that light up in the dark. […]