It’s the Third Act of Our Action Movie and the Perfect Time to Ride a Ferris Wheel
I assure you that there is no better place to be than in a rickety metal porch swing slowly ascending to the sky!
Troy Doetch is a profoundly Deaf writing teacher from Rockford, Illinois. His work has been featured in McSweeney’s and Points in Case. His son likes his stories about hungry robots.
I assure you that there is no better place to be than in a rickety metal porch swing slowly ascending to the sky!
Recite a mantra of personal affirmation loudly so that if someone were in the linen closet, they could hear you, but they’re not, so don’t worry.
I didn't think much of it when we got a tip that the script was sitting in the bottom of a wastebasket in a Starbucks bathroom on Milwaukee Ave.
What do you want me to say? That I'm sorry for sending an email when your mental energy is devoted to teaching during a pandemic? I am.
You’ll know that our vegetables are straight from the earth because they will be covered in dirt, sand, and little white stickers with barcodes.
Turn on a television set in a dark room, dial into a channel that only plays static, and place both your palms against the glass.
The grocery store is like a math classroom come to life. This fact is true even as the global food supply chain crumbles.
I would like the board to be aware and consider the fact that my house is a piece of garbage and I am rotting inside of it.