KILLING THE HAG
Ryan Lockhart did not feel well. During the meeting, while he was giving a security briefing, he felt power coil around him. Now that he...
NAUGHTY DOG
The Boston police were nice enough, telling me there had just been too many complaints and that when they went into my apartment...
TRICK OR TREAT?
Who’s getting tricked and who’s getting the treat? That’s the question I have asked myself over and over in the past ten years. In 2002...
A DAY AT THE SWAP & SHOP
Up early on a Sunday morning, my dad and I drove to Swap & Shop, held every weekend at the old I-70 drive-in, a place where people from...
Mental & Physical Health
When it comes to prison, most people arriving to these institutions or who have a friend or family member on the inside often focus...
LITTLE GHETTO BOY
Lil Troy was a product of his surroundings, ground down deep up to his knees in the streets. His mama was a career dope fiend and his...
Angles: His Own Way
The yard was near empty, most cons at their jobs or faking it in their programs. The one he was looking for was in his usual spot. Posted...
Truth or Dare
Growing up, I spent a number of weekends over at my cousin Joy’s house. Joy, like Huckleberry Finn, didn’t like to wear shoes. She played...
They Were Just Plain Wrong Then: Just Plain Delusional Now
“To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.” -John Burroughs Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney...
WEEDING OUT THE GENES
“The world is what it is: Men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it A Bend in the River.” -V.S....
