by Michael Lee Johnson Gingerbread lady, no sugar or cinnamon spice; years ago arthritis and senility took their toll. Crippled mind moves in then out, like an old sexual adventure blurred in an imagination of fingertip thoughts. Who in hell remembers the characters? There was George, her lover, near the bridge at the Chicago River: [...]
Gender Grenade
February 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
by Matthew O’Brien I like to shop, always have. I have also secretly loathed the process a little bit as well. However, a new shirt, new shoes, new furnishing, if its superfluous and ultimately unnecessary, sign me up. Some equate a shopping experience to sex. I have heard people report the same kind of euphoric [...]
Author/Storyteller-Thanks, Sister Joan
January 26, 2012 by
By Rick Fowler As young man, I never considered myself a writer, a wordsmith, or a word worker. In fact, I felt more comfortable in the woods or on the water, in a gym or on a football field then I did putting a pen to paper. Indeed, allow me to chase partridge in the [...]
god
December 31, 2011 by
god and i are pretty tight these days. yesterday i woke up cranky, and while i was brushing my teeth, i asked god for a smile. would you believe that a few hours later i was singing along to music in my car. the man driving next to me was peering at me through his [...]
A 2008 Retrospective
November 10, 2011 by
by Annette LaSelle There is honestly not a single, solitary thing even mildly interesting, exciting or amusing (much less scandalous or breathtaking), to reveal about our annum 2008. But, fear not, I will jealously uphold the long-standing tenet that having nothing to say doesn’t mean you should say nothing. In fact this Christmas newsletter I [...]
Bother
October 31, 2011 by
by Annette LaSelle This weekend I was clunked on the head with another of life’s imponderables. When has a life been so simplified and sanitized that it no longer represents life? Is there a point that if you extract one more bit of bother from your life God will swoop down and demand his money [...]
Perfect World
October 6, 2011 by
In a perfect world, we would wear sweatpants all of the time. Sweatpants would be the new suits, and suits would be the new… nothing. We wouldn’t wear, them. Ever. In a perfect world, guys would always call the next day. Always. They would even call before the next day; like the day of. Don’t [...]
Made a Discovery
September 28, 2011 by
by Sysiphus Can’t get enough reading, discussion and debate? Well we here at Flask and Pen came across a wonderful Literary website: Literature Network Forums Very cool, very interesting. Among the threads I came across a personality quiz where you learn which of 64 books you are. I’m Vrigina Wolff’s Mrs. Dalloway. Fun, check it [...]
