@patjameson
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"Fighting My Enemies in the Applebee's Parking Lot" in BULL
"Fighting My Enemies in the Applebee's Parking Lot" in BULL
"Don’t Stop Believin" in The Under Review
"Don’t Stop Believin" in The Under Review
The alumni arrived on Friday. They were everywhere at once, swarming the quad, pointing at the old-time buildings and bike paths like, would you look at that! In the two hours it took for football practice to finish (a packed schedule with the hitting drills, sled drives, and no-contact scrimmage),
"I AM MEAT JELLO WITH FEELINGS INSIDE" in X-R-A-Y
"I AM MEAT JELLO WITH FEELINGS INSIDE" in X-R-A-Y
"Distracted" in Cleaver Magazine
"Distracted" in Cleaver Magazine
"Animals" in hex
"Animals" in hex
ALIEN VISIT DURING ‘JEOPARDY!’ in Apocalypse Confidential
ALIEN VISIT DURING ‘JEOPARDY!’ in Apocalypse Confidential
"FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK" in X-R-A-Y
"FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK" in X-R-A-Y
The Christmas after Jo’s mom died was bad. Her older sister Jules showed up the evening before Christ’s birth, driving the 13-hour stretch from Chicago to Western Pennsylvania in one go. Jo and her dad watched on the front porch as Jules’ Prius rattled down the driveway, Brittany Spears blasting from open windows, tires crunching against the snow. The car was in poor shape, salt-covered, and trembling like a racing dog whipped past its limits. Jo’s dad shifted nervously as his eldest daughter climbed from the car and trudged toward them. His hands were folded down the front of his...
"COACH" in Apocalypse Confidential
"COACH" in Apocalypse Confidential
"Dogs" in HAD
"Dogs" in HAD
For like a year there I couldn’t stop picking up stray dogs. Every time I stepped out, it seemed like a stray dog was sitting on the sidewalk or stuck between a fence or facedown in the pond trying to drown itself. And what was I supposed t
"The Superhero’s Guide to Getting Sober" in Maudlin House
"The Superhero’s Guide to Getting Sober" in Maudlin House
Drunk Man was in for a long night. First, there was that robbery, down on 25th street. A gang of hoodlums holed up in Pet Mart, brandishing machetes at the gerbils and designer pups, the labra-fucking-shepherds or whatever. Despite their shabby appearances, the hoodlums were professionals. Swift and efficient. Within seconds they had the Pet Mart owner in the back, began exacting revenge over an exotic import gone wrong– a spotted python or Tiger King dropped overboard into the Atlantic. Thankfully, good citizenry prevailed– some eavesdropping neighbor heard the owner’s yelp as the goons went to work on him with a pair
"Only Love" in HAD
"Only Love" in HAD
"The Time of the Dinosaurs" in Final Girl Bulletin Board
"The Time of the Dinosaurs" in Final Girl Bulletin Board
It was 65 million B.C. when God visited the dinosaurs for the last time. Approaching Creation Rock, the dinosaurs were excited. Previously, a visit from God was big news. Previously, a visit …
"Spring Peepers" in Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal
"Death Drive" in SmokeLong Quarterly
"Death Drive" in SmokeLong Quarterly
"Stick and Jab" in The Under Review
"Stick and Jab" in The Under Review
"Good People" in Cowboy Jamboree
"Good People" in Cowboy Jamboree
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