The Deluxe

The Deluxe

Nominated for the 2018 pushcart prize The Deluxe I don’t remember meeting K. She was just there, standing with the other girls at the subway station, all wearing slit skirts and hugging loose leaf notebooks to their chests. They wrote their boyfriends’ names in ball...

A Joke But Not a Joke

A Joke But Not a Joke The Deluxe A Joke But Not a Joke Canada War and Peace The Father of Titanium Wheel Man « Older Entries A Joke But Not a Joke – The Long Story #34 Jason parked at the brook and started his last beer of the day. He thought of all the...

Canada

Canada Canada – WIPS JOURNAL, December 2016 “Can you make out that the tree’s a maple? You can call it a lucky joke. Do you see the five-pointed leaves? That’s my Canada.” She guided his fingers along the scar once again. “You don’t think I’m crazy, do...

War and Peace

The Other Side: Growing Up Italian in America War and Peace – Paterson Literary Review, Issue 42, 2016-2016 “I threw a picture card, Mom.  Do you remember when I told you that any picture card is higher than a number card?  Now I’ve got my finger on my picture...

The Father of Titanium

The Father of Titanium The Father of Titanium, The Carbon Culture Review, February 2016 This near boasting, as well as an incident from his past, had nicknamed Hurlock The Father of Titanium. He wondered if those who whispered the name behind his back, or who placed...