Hot Tub

by Jacuzzying Philly… “I like to go to the hot tub at the Holiday Inn down by the airport. There are always lovely ladies there. I think they’re stewardesses, although they’ve never really said for sure. They’re always so happy, like they’re on vacation; but who vacations at the Holiday Inn down by the airport?”…

Chuck Palahniuk

Cannibal by Chuck Palahniuk

This is him. This is how he goes, the captain of the Red Team. He’s all, “Listen up.” He’s desperate because they’re still choosing sides. Because all the good picks are already taken, the captain says, “We’ll make you a deal.” Read the whole story…   See more Chuck Palahniuk right here on Flashbytes… Check…

Squatter’s Rights

by Parachuting Philly… I remember that morning just like it was yesterday. I was still waking up, working on my first cup of joe, when out my back door I saw this family there in my yard. They were digging around and tamping down, hoisting up and tying off. It took a moment for the…

Carlton Mellik

Candy-Coated

by Carlton Mellik III… Knob Tyler thinks he’s the strongest, toughest, most badass motherfucker on Mill Avenue. Unfortunately, Knob has a lollipop for a head. This makes him not quite as badass as he thinks he is. Read the whole head-licking story..     Carlton Mellick III is the Wonderland Book Award-winning author of over…

Saving Baseball: The Affordable Baseball Act

by Going Down Swinging Philly… The year was 2075 and baseball was on the rocks. Salaries were out of control, ticket prices were to the moon, and the stands were virtually empty. Baseball was on the verge of collapse. So it was no surprise when in March of 2075, just as spring training was getting underway,…

War of the Clowns by Mia Couto

One time two clowns set themselves to arguing. The people would stop, amused, to watch them. — What’s that? they asked. — Why, it’s only two clowns arguing. Who could take them seriously? Ridiculous, the two comedians rep- arteed. The arguments were common nonsense, the theme was a ninnery. And an entire day passed. The…

The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved by Hunter S. Thompson

In Case of Emergency, Eat Glass (3AM)

by Lost-in-suburbia Philly… In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning… ―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up “All of a sudden I found myself in suburbia, living that life of quiet desperation. How I ended up there, I’ll never know. I must have followed a woman in.” Read…

Time Off from Having No Life at All

by Homelessly Philly… The thing about the beginning of an acid trip is, wherever you are, that’s where you want to stay. Same thing with cocaine, but with acid it’s not just paranoia, it’s downright confusion. Even if you wanted to get up and go, you wouldn’t know how. Read the whole story…    …

Communing

by Nakedly Philly… “What’s seven feet tall, naked, and has its dick hanging out of the water? We’ll get to that soon enough. What’s Communing? We’ll get to that soon enough, too. “It all started one morning while I was fast asleep. All of a sudden there’s a banging on my door and it’s my…