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What's New: (most recently posted stories)
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| December 16, 2003 |
BLACKOUT '77: Part 1 by James Goodman |
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| December 15, 2003 |
The Deli Wars by Ona Rynearson |
| No one stays neutral for long....(more) | |
| December 9, 2003 |
Who's Got The Biggest Balls Of Them All? by Abigail A. Frankfurt |
| The men who sit with their legs spread wide open on the subway do so with a Cro-Magnum sense of entitlement....(more) | |
| December 8, 2003 |
Catnap by Elizabeth Frankenberger |
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| November 26, 2003 |
The Condiment War by Daniel Maurer |
| Havoc, folly, mayhem....(more) | |
| November 25, 2003 |
5 Blurry Women by Shannon Greer |
| On Location in Central Park, Greenwhich Village, Soho, Little Italy, and Park Slope...(more) | |
| November 14, 2003 |
The Hummer Files by a variety of people |
| What follows are brief accounts of Hummer encounters in an urban environment. Any urban environment. If you want to add y...(more) | |
| November 12, 2003 |
Loose Tiles by Jonathan Ames |
| For many years he was the foreman of a shipping yard, which he ruled with a baseball bat kept under his desk....(more) | |
| November 9, 2003 |
Segway Sightings by Maud Newton |
| The Segway first appeared in front of the B-61 bus about a month ago....(more) | |
| November 5, 2003 |
No Perfect Words by by Nava Renek |
| The fact that you left has proven I can't predict my future....(more) | |
| October 31, 2003 |
The Boiler Makers, Putnam Securities, and Eliot Spitzer's Game by Matthew Roberts |
| They were blue collar guys in a labor union...(more) | |
| October 30, 2003 |
Dear Ms. Occupant by Cynthia Weiner |
| I am not a masher nor a peeping tom nor a stalker....(more) | |
| October 25, 2003 |
The Whitney Party by zantine |
| Doo-Dads, Vignettes, Bake Sale... It's a party at the Whitney Museum and we would like you to come....(more) | |
| October 22, 2003 |
Captain Z. and the Blackout by Eugenia Klopsis |
| You never saw so many cops so happy....(more) | |
| October 16, 2003 |
A Playbunny Speaks Her Piece by David Gerlach |
| There is something about standing stark-ass naked next to another human being day after day....(more) | |
| October 15, 2003 |
Make Clothes, Not War: Notes From Fashion Week by Pamela Grossman |
| One assertion I did not hear after the attacks is,...(more) | |
| October 13, 2003 |
George Plimpton by Thomas Beller |
| I've always been a bit obsessed by mastheads, and one of my favorite mastheads to peruse is that of The Paris Review....(more) | |
| September 28, 2003 |
Russian President Putin Stops for a Donut in Chelsea by Thomas Beller |
| Mystery Ride...(more) | |
| September 12, 2003 |
My Sister's Diary by John Kim |
| If you think Judys diary is funny, I have something even more embarassing to her......(more) | |
| September 12, 2003 |
Things Inside My Head by Sarah Fay |
| It is a popular misconception that autistics can count hundreds of matches in the blink of an eye and draw fantastic pictures....(more) | |
| September 9, 2003 |
The Vampire Upstairs by Karen Tina Harrison |
| After several days' observation I'd determined that Thad was a vampire....(more) | |
| September 8, 2003 |
The Office in the Afternoon by tt teirney |
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| September 2, 2003 |
The Fight Over 99 Orchard Street by Said Sayrafiezadeh |
| Plead your case in two minutes or less....(more) | |
| August 26, 2003 |
The Office in the Afternoon by tt tierney |
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| August 22, 2003 |
New York Orientation: Part One by Greg Purcell |
| Go East, Young Man....(more) | |
| August 20, 2003 |
Reunion in Darkness by A. Light |
| "We were here in '77. Now that was a mess."...(more) | |
| August 17, 2003 |
Blackout '03: Your Turtle Needs a Place to Rest by Amy Brill |
| Out of the Night We Come, Into the Night We Go...(more) | |
| August 17, 2003 |
Schooling the Teacher by Dan Storchan |
| Out of the Classroom, Onto the Basketball Court...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
The Drano Kids by Natalie M. |
| They dropped the Drano and ran as fast as they could...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
The Next Door Neighbor from Hell by Kristin B. |
| Just about every door in the hallway was filled with tomato sauce...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
The Red Light by Keilla P. |
| I saw a man fly across the street and land in front of my building...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
Taking Orders (Next) by Shavel M. |
| A maniac came into McDonalds that night...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
Take Off My Sneakers! by Llanira G. |
| Everyone was looking at Brian, who was walking home in his socks...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
The Truth about Christmas Eve by Fontae W. |
| My aunt was one of the coolest people that once lived on earth...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
My Damn Sister by Cinetra C. |
| My little sister talks a lot and repeats everything that she hears...(more) | |
| August 6, 2003 |
Parades by Aundrea C. |
| I love the parades in New York in the summertime...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
Street Fight by Miguel C. |
| I knew they were drunk because they couldn't even swing right...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
Rivers of Tears by Jessica D. |
| I never felt so much pain, like the pain that I had felt that day...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
A Change in Time by Shyla C. |
| I guess it's true what they say, mothers always know best...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
The Old Lady on the Steps by Mike W. |
| She smells of Ultra sheen hairspray and old Ivory soap...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
A Day of Kindness by Krystle C. |
| I asked my mother if I could give him the rest of my French fries...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
The Irony of Identity by Jerrod S. |
| When they got close to me, one guy pulled his gun from his holster and yelled "Freeze!"...(more) | |
| August 5, 2003 |
Snapped by Antonio C. |
| We got kind of scared because we were imagining if the dog attacked us how would we handle the situation...(more) | |
| August 2, 2003 |
The Beheading of a Bank Manager by Matthew Roberts |
| When the bank manager went to shake his hand, the robber slapped a cuff to his wrist...(more) | |
| August 2, 2003 |
The Kept Boy by John Epperson |
| As we were riding and talking, he noticed his roommate walking along the boulevard in the same direction....(more) | |
| July 23, 2003 |
Gangland in Greenpoint by Colin P. Delaney |
| "My brother and I would scream with laugher and sprint upstairs, the snapping of the belt chasing us into bed and under the cove...(more) | |
| July 22, 2003 |
The Hubris of Youth by Joe Rein |
| "Now, I'm underwater, thinking: how can I get out of here without anyone seeing me. And, while I'm thinking it over, the lifegua...(more) | |
| July 20, 2003 |
Camp Camelot by Diana Halle Gordon |
| "Although genes had a hand in my corpulence, I loved food more than the average person, and I have always been one of those peop...(more) | |
| July 16, 2003 |
Unleashed by Bram Gunther |
| "I watched, both anxious and aroused."...(more) | |
| July 14, 2003 |
Others Might Cry Insanity by Joe Rein |
| "As he got closer, I recognized the pugnacious set of his shoulders-- the sort of John Wayne bucking-the-wind walk: it was the w...(more) | |