(Frog Walks Into a Bar) By Peter Imsdahl “Why do they jump?” Paul asked, fingering a twig he had picked up from the forest floor on their way to the clearing, a swath of forest cut clear of trees, seemingly just for them. There was a fallen log in the middle of it that they … [Read more…]
YOU NEVER KNOW by Jacqueline Doyle “Thank God for small blessings,” the woman in the seat next to me repeats. “All I can say is thank God. You never know, do you? You just never know.” “Here’s your complimentary club soda, sir, and your peanuts. That will be seven dollars for the Jack Daniels.” I … [Read more…]
Check out this beautiful animated video inspired by George Saunders’ commencement speech given at Syracuse University. The same speech inspired the book Congratulations, By The Way.
WHAT CHARLIE SAID by Mark Crimmins He told me that the first time he met me he thought I was an asshole, because I had replied to everything he said with one word: right. He said he realized that I wasn’t an asshole later, when we were watching the Gerber machine make laser patterns at … [Read more…]
REVEALING THE FACE by Rebecca Givens Rolland It was an ordinary morning when Sarah first met the girl. Sarah was standing in her third-floor office brushing her hair, only a little more briskly than she would have at home. A few quick short strokes, just enough to neaten, then she put the flat black brush in … [Read more…]