Section » Summer 2006
Bad Sex with Bad Writers by Nerve.com
You wouldn’t think it would be difficult to write humorously about bad sex, but you’d be wrong. I mean, I expected to read about truly bad, possibly even horrifying sexual encounters, given the title of Nerve.com‘s book,
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Dating a Minor Mogul
Not long after moving from New York to Los Angeles, I met a Minor Mogul (MM) in an upscale grocery store, first hearing his voice before actually turning to look at him. He was speaking loudly for what seemed to be my benefit, complaining about the half-and-half. Where was it? Did they even make it anymore?
Redo the Thing
Please note that this is an updated version of “Redo The Thing,” as seen in Black Heart issue #3. Honey do that thing, the pigtails and teddy bear laugh. There’s beautiful women everywhere I look. I need to remember why it’s your ass I’m watchin’. Wanna rewrite your name in the snow. Wanna
The Red Dragon, Or: The Happy Ending
There was a decent man who sat by himself sweating in the sauna at the sports club until three other men came in to sweat alongside him. One of them was in the middle of telling the other two a story—the type only told in saunas at sports clubs or possibly in jail. Though the decent man was characteristically
Sore Loser
So I’m supposed to be walking their dog while Mr. Fred and his lovely wife, Mrs. Fred are off on separate business trips only Mrs. Fred isn’t on a trip. She’s right here and we’re walking the dog together, in the biblical sense. She is beautiful, smart and sweaty with desperation.
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Dissonance Music pulses through bodies, energy courses and spills from out-stretched hands. Dancing with her head down and feet kicking out in front, she’s surprised when a rough hand grabs her own. Pulled from the pit to the back of the club, she finds herself pushed against a wall, skirt lifted,
Fifteen Minutes of Sloppy Love
Sixty Second Love Poems I. she was sleepy, half-awake, exhausted, hung over, and I was all those things and heartbroke, miserable, and soaking wet. “we said goodbye, already, last night” and she gave me a final hug, the obligatory kiss on the cheek “that’s it” she said, and
