The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. In many ways, I left the job bitter. Sure I was angry with the job itself. Even more than that, I was upset by the larger implications that I saw. The job became a way toContinue reading “6. I am Surprised by How Much I Remember the Good Times”
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5. First Day pt.3
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. After that first order, I was swept by a current of people’s needs and desires. My body felt drawn towards a cycle: writing orders down, ringing them up, and taking the list to theContinue reading “5. First Day pt.3”
4. First Day pt.2
The following is part of a serialized story, Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. You can find the first chapter here. Becky helped me learn the ropes in the first hour. I had never worked in a restaurant setting before so certain things were not immediately obvious. Don’t touch food with your bare hands. WashContinue reading “4. First Day pt.2”
1. I saw Lou for the first time since Covid…
The following is the 1st chapter of Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate. I actually came by the store the day before. It had been my first time in Main Street since the world closed down. It was the middle of July and most people were vaccinated or pretending to be vaccinated. I came downContinue reading “1. I saw Lou for the first time since Covid…”
Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate
The following was originally published by Grubstreet Literary Magazine in 2019(print) and 2021(online). Two glass cases on each side of a wooden table. In one case, thirty different varieties of truffles, each hand cut from a thick slab of ganache, then dipped in a hard-shell chocolate. Dark belgian, bourbon, rum, Jack Daniels sit onContinue reading “Everyone Thinks I Dream of Chocolate”
A Touch of Madness
This story was originally written in 2015 and won the Bartleby Literary Magazine’s Micro-Fiction Contest. While it is an earlier work that in many ways I have outgrown, I still see it as a stepping stone in my writing accomplishments. I hope you find some merit in it as well. The star of today’s matineeContinue reading “A Touch of Madness”
My Girlfriend Saved Me with Animal Crossing
I’m not a big fan of Animal Crossing. I find the game to be counter to the two things that I instinctively look for in a video game: epic narrative and high octane action. On the other hand, Animal Crossing has a threadbare story, just enough to justify catching bugs and paying your loans. Still,Continue reading “My Girlfriend Saved Me with Animal Crossing”
(Not) Chunky
Despite being a writer, I am not a smooth talker by nature. The spontaneity of speech sits between a spectrum. On one end, there is diplomacy. Speakers on this end have an understanding of subtlety. They understanding the nuance of socializing and read the real-life subtext in conversations. I perceive this as a form ofContinue reading “(Not) Chunky”
I Was High When Sam Ellis Killed Two People In A Car Crash…
[This story was also posted on Vocal. Click here if you would like to drop me a tip!] I was hitting a joint when I heard a car rage by my house. It was in the summer of 2015, sometime past midnight. Although the property had these tall, wooden fences blocking my view of theContinue reading “I Was High When Sam Ellis Killed Two People In A Car Crash…”
Danger Wonka 