Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
What a difference a single Mickey Picayune makes. Two weeks ago, my brother, suffering from COPD caused by chemotherapy, and wholly dependent on cannisters of oxygen, awaited a lung transplant. Today, if all continues well, he will walk out of the hospital with the lungs of a soul who tragically died but was loving and … Read more
The men’s basketball coach at my alma mater lost his shit a few days ago at the end of the game. If you follow American sports at all, you’d at least have seen or heard a headline about Coach Howard smacking the opposing team’s assistant coach upside the head, triggering a brief melee. For the … Read more
My childhood was fine; I have little reason to complain: my parents were together and did their best for us, we felt loved, safe and secure. But there are some bad memories of dumb stuff I did that haunt me. I suppose some people can just shrug the dumb stuff off, and maybe that’s what … Read more
As a little kid, I had a weird relationship with swimming. Due to a combination of fear and my mother’s schedule conflicts, I didn’t attend lessons at the city pool as had my older brothers. They started at the age of five and got the hang of it fairly quickly. They were trusted to go … Read more
When I was in ninth grade, a new kid moved into my neighborhood — we’ll call him “Joe” — and I was hopeful that we’d be friends. There weren’t any boys my age in the neighborhood; just two girls, and I was terrified of girls. Joe, being the new kid, was willing to try to … Read more