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I Went to Disney World and All I Got Was This Identity Crisis

I Went to Disney World and All I Got Was This Identity Crisis

They were all still out there. Working. Moving. Climbing. And, while it was still too fresh for me to envy them to any great extent, it wasn’t too soon to start feeling like an outcast.
By JAKE Aug 2, 2024
Growing Up With a Low Rent Robin Williams

Growing Up With a Low Rent Robin Williams

Between his slurs and stumbles, he was his own worst secret-keeper, a walking confession before he even hit the living room.
By JAKE Jul 26, 2024
The Jeff and Jenny Trilogy

The Jeff and Jenny Trilogy

I remember being told to go inside, to stay inside, and feeling a firm social pressure to pretend I couldn't hear the little pop from the .22 that meant another cat, half bald from mange, was dead.
By JAKE Jul 19, 2024
Hallowed

Hallowed

The only thing he ever really did wrong was not be in love with me, and as fucked up as I was, I could never truly fault him for it.
By JAKE Jul 12, 2024
Anticipatory Grief

Anticipatory Grief

But the...vision flickers forward six months and you bury your father with a round, protruding belly.
By JAKE Jun 28, 2024
Does Your Birth Order Effect Your Personality?

Does Your Birth Order Effect Your Personality?

For those who question my credentials, I am, in fact, one of those maddening middle children.
By JAKE Jun 21, 2024
Review: Burden of Joy (by Lexi Kent-Monning)

Review: Burden of Joy (by Lexi Kent-Monning)

Kent-Monning has the rare gift of transmitting raw, bodily experience to her reader.
By JAKE Nov 3, 2023

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