Nov 03
Underground Lit Fest Brings National Poets to Toledo – November 7 & 8, 2025 Toledo, OH – On November 7 and 8, Toledo will host the Underground Lit Fest, a two-day celebration of independent literature and poetry featuring writers from across the country alongside Toledo’s own literary voices. Events will take place at The Attic …
Nov 03
Shopping She looked at him with her best bedroom eyes Hung on his every word as he spoke too long and too loud about anything that came into his head Slid forward in her seat as he offered her a drink said, “Sure why not I’ll have another How else will I ever learn your …
Nov 02
Ozzy “ETA…55 minutes. I repeat, E-T-A…55 minutes!” My son’s teen rock band had started out on the Beatles, but then got into heavier and darker groups—Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Metallica, Black Sabbath, and some newer-era Hardcore and Screamo bands. So when we heard that Ozzy Osborne was doing a book signing in San Francisco, my son …
Nov 01
Dollar Store yesterday when I was walking across the dollar store parking lot I thought I saw a woman I knew and I was just about ready to shout something at her when I realized she wasn’t the woman I knew but just another attractive woman whom I wish I had known and so I …
Oct 31
Tallest Man I’ve Ever Known Daddy was a monster was a god was a tree was a mountain. I guess I was some kind of doll. Six feet seven inches. He stood over me his blue eyes shining rage his belt swinging his words reducing me to so much ash. This is common. He was …
Oct 30
Giving Water to a Drowning Man Lord, when will I feel less like drowning? I grew up listening to country music, savoring the pain songs about tragic romance. Words that pulled me toward a rawer truth, holding close the weight of life’s hard edges. I couldn’t wait until I grew up, got divorced, and wrote …
Oct 29
Meat Is Murder On a random radio station, driving through another state, the talkshow host throws out a spurious statistic, citing the high percentage of “young people” (she doesn’t give an age range) who believe that bacon is a vegetable. This may be a commentary on the stupidity of “young people.” (“They’re just so fuckin’ …
Oct 28
Hopping Over the Cracks in Reality Cracker had taken to avoiding me at work, and that was fine. If he wanted to eat his bologna and cheese sammiches in the confines of his shitty Kia during lunch break, more power to him. Some folks preferred to eat accompanied by the music from their Spotify list …
Oct 27
Call of the Wild They were very much into a Call of the Wild frame of mind Thought what they needed was another drug that would take them all the way into an abyss What they didn’t Know was that they had done more than enough drugs That they were already in the abyss & …
Oct 26
The Waitress Cleans the Diner’s Coffee Pots and in her rush, spills coffee grounds all over the counter. Sticky, wet mounds stain her dishcloth, remind her of an uncle who chewed tobacco, a small wad always tucked between his cheek and lower lip. His teeth were tainted brown, his jeans all wore white Skoal circles …
