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A thirst for mutually shared adventure. For fun. Other people can take you new places, make you think new thoughts. Destroy the comfort zone. Once again, waiting on a friend gives a body time to think about things. Scribbling furiously in a notepad, somethings the thoughts come too quickly, the revelations even. In the light [...]

The same place as a month and a half ago… Mentally speaking. This ground zero. Every opportunity for reflection and stillness, at the cost of …. What? Either under a Puerto Rican moon, or beneath the shimmering lights of an Atlantic City casino, there is time to be alone with your thoughts, ignore the noise. [...]

As soon as he walked in the door, he heard a quick shuffling of feet and someone attempted to crown him in the back of the head. Luckily, Moose stepped in. By the time he turned around, Moose was shoving the other gentleman backwards while the shovee littered the air with anything profane that came [...]

He was sprinting down the alleyway now. It wasn’t until the second street came up that his breath became ragged. He was woefully out of shape. Woefully ­ he paused at the corner of M and Wisconsin, the crowd pushing up against him. Shoppers, lovers, families looking for a good meal. Or a quick meal. [...]

After a few drinks, they packed up their things and left. I asked one of the floor staff to watch the bar and headed back to the office. As I settled into the creaky old desk chair, two bangs sounded against the door leading out to the trash and back alley. I perked up relatively [...]

“First of all, you make me feel slightly uneasy,” I said. Tin-tin leaned back with all the grace he could muster, baring his teeth the way a feral mutt might before deciding that you were more a meal than a companion. It’s hard to walk away from people when you’re the bartender, but if anything [...]

“Are you. Fucking. Kidding Me” Tim’s eyebrows pulled down over the crest of his eyes as he jerked the wheel towards the narrow shoulder of the parkway. The flopping sound coming from the rear right tire became more irregular as the car slowed and eventually silenced as the car came to a stop Aaron sat [...]

“This is who we all are really. And then you make a choice.” Those were the words and thoughts. He complained a lot. He complained about what he wanted to do especially, and how it never seemed any closer to being done. “Ultimate freedom. We all have it. I guess it’s all about what you’re [...]

We had typified him in a way that was weird, perverse even. There were pictures if him on a safari. A magnificent collection of bourbon. Exquisite pieces and prints adorned the walls of the house. As kids, our parents never really spoke of him. When Carey’s mum began making regular visits, the other ladies of [...]