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I’m alone, and that’s as it should be. The last time I really tried, really, really tried, it didn’t work out so well. Oh, it was so long ago. Decades, presidential administrations, blue moons, and at least dozens of wars have passed by since I last tried. I’ve been alone ever since. I don’t know where they Continue reading As it Should Be (C) Joel Durham Jr, all rights reserved. Waking you up to close the bar —– “Wake up. Wake up, Jim.” “Mmmph.” “Jim, Jimmy, you can’t sleep slumped over on my bar. Closing time was a half a goddamn Continue reading Last Call Dedicated to my loving wife, Emily. (c)Joel Durham Jr, all rights reserved. Love Song By Joel Durham Jr
A man died young after a long illness, and his widow grieved. She was in her prime, not even 30, and quite pretty, Editors’ Choice Award and probably could have remarried easily. Continue reading Love Song ©2011 Joel Durham Jr, all rights reserved (obviously inspired by the single-track album by Jethro Tull) *
Editors’ Choice Award “He doesn’t see it,” the boy’s father said sadly. “He doesn’t get it.” “He will,” said the wife gently. Focusing on the baby, she said, “See, look. There are handles. You pull it open to get the shapes out. Continue reading Thick as a Brick
Editors’ Choice Award Her hand slips from mine, and I watch her saunter, lazily kicking a straight leg up a little with every few steps, fluttering her long, draping dress. Dragging her flowered carry-on suitcase even though it didn’t have wheels. Back and forth through the security maze, never looking at me– I stand there as Continue reading Perfect Angel Prologue My brother Rudy is sinking in Little Badger Lake. The water’s clear on this warm spring day as a cold winter day, so I can see him as he plunges deeper and deeper. His arms are reaching toward me as if I’d dive in after him and haul him to the surface. Air bubbles, little Continue reading Slip Away – Novel Excerpt |
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