Brain Smog
I lost my voice for a few weeks recently. Because of smog.
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Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Burning, Raving
They are souls seeping into the hospital curtains
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
Looking for a lighter on my 41st birthday
They listen from the next room as I dig through the kitchen junk drawer
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 814 min read
The Galloway Farm
After my newborn daughter died just seventeen days after being born, I never returned…
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 822 min read
The Spider
My wife is not an enigmatic woman.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
Burn Until You Freeze
He says he loves you, but he loves her too.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
SILENT ASSASSIN
Smoking is a suicidal act
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 89 min read
Care Versus The Pit
It was after six, and the smoke was getting bad again.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 85 min read
Growing up as a gifted kid, a B- in college feels like the end of the world
A year ago, I enrolled in my first ever screenwriting class at Northwestern.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 811 min read
Auto-Diktat
Sat in the leather recliner against the end of my bed, I let out a long sigh.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 83 min read
Ghosts
Another pair of jeans went into the box, followed by two shirts and a jacket.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 821 min read
Variations on an Arson
Jacob Becker never set fire to the section of forest preserve where a family of whitetail slept.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 88 min read
The Boiler
Frederick Masterson hastily put down the telegram he’d been re-reading all day.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 86 min read
The Ashes Before Bonfire Night
The Asian man soaping his hairy body in the public shower by the beach was a good omen.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 85 min read
Recuperate
Alyssa bolted the door, undressed and pressed the power button.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 84 min read
Fireworks
Miles could hear the buzzing of the flies as they made a claim to the endless lines of unoccupied tables.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
BYGONE
This dream wails
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Lingering Embers
In the morning I found…
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
In Fire
digging scraping cut and chop and rake
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 84 min read
A Mighty Yank
There is a city nearby.
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