Nodding Out on Old Cape Cod

December 26, 2014 David Pratt 0

By David Pratt “I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm, and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness.”  – William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch “When I was doing drugs, […]

Live or Die Trying

December 22, 2014 Smith 0

By: Maven Cade Leary “Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” – Hunter S. Thompson Whenever I decide to move, I tend to do so suddenly and with great force. Such […]

Dead Arm

December 19, 2014 Rob Azevedo 0

By Rob Azevedo Never heard of someone getting cancer of the forearm before. Not ever. Heard of the ear, the lip, the liver and gut. Heard of ladies getting cancer of the innards. That just sounds brutal. My Uncle Lou from Last Breath got cancer on his nuts six years […]

I Had A Dream-And You Were In It

December 19, 2014 Dr. Ash Tree Gonzo 0

By: Ashley Beth  I Had A Dream–And You Were In It, and You and You “I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even I had trouble knowing it. So I told myself, over and over, You […]

Disrobing the Sheep

December 18, 2014 David Pratt 0

Or: Recession, Oppression and The Third Law of Motion “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” – Sir Isaac Newton Aside from Newtonian physics being pretty much obliterated by Einstein and Hawkins and nano-physics and quantum physics and string theory and particle wave theory and multiverses and […]

Tale of the Dark Troubadour

December 15, 2014 Donnie Casto II 0

Donnie Casto II The average observant eye, this man was at best a prototype. Three times in his life, he had faced death and survived. Perhaps it was a spiritual blessing from the Cherokee roots that flowed through his veins. Maybe it was his Nordic temperament to survive the coldest […]

The Price of Sanity

December 15, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

In the many varied towns I have lived in, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of different people. Not to sound harsh, but a great deal of them seemed, to me, to need some sort of therapy. It’s no surprise to me most of them will never see […]