600 Kisses by Philip Loyd

600 Kisses

by Smoochily Philly… “My wife was on my computer and she found the pages from SuperSexySexEscorts.com in my browsing history. She was just sitting there, waiting, when I walked into the room.” Read the rest of the story…     Philip Loyd loves fat chicks and cheap beer, though not necessarily in that order. Loyd…

Tobias Wolff

Bullet in the Brain

by Tobias Wolff… Anders couldn’t get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the line was endless and he got stuck behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous temper. Read the rest of the story,,,     Tobias Wolff is the author of the novels The Barracks…

jake wickenhofer

What She Gave Up

by Jake Wickenhofer… Her eyes take the longest. He spends a full hour completing them. Whenever I look into them, it is as though I can see every second of her life leading up to the moment in which my brother captured her. He must have seen her somewhere, I think to myself. Read the…

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.” He folds his arms across his chest, and the captain of the Red Team…

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…