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Man, Boy and Monster Part 1: Childhood

A Story by Garrett Cook

I. Childhood My uncle Rodney returned from Vietnam in a wheelchair and among my father’s four brothers was the typical inspirational-triumph ov..

Jackie Rose: Canto 3

A Poem by Garrett Cook

“Now ain’t we friends?” the old man coughed But his grip on his knife stayed tight His eyes like his glasses were neutr..

A*****e With a Guitar

A Story by Garrett Cook

Previously posted on my monstrously unpopular blog, I thought maybe I'd like this story inspired by a next door neighbor who insists on playing Dave M..

Social Disease

A Story by Garrett Cook

I. The jar remains unopened. I know what’s inside it, and what’s inside it is only mayonnaise, but nothing is scarier than this jar. I s..

Fair I Guess

A Poem by Garrett Cook

Every hungry Moloch, Each machine with coalguts And steampipes for limbs Follows the instinct to be ravenous. Ginsberg' s angry angels And the ..

A Bunch of Grapes

A Poem by Garrett Cook

An Entry for the Murder Contest

Rhythm

A Poem by Garrett Cook

Woman, you are a drumbeat, When steady you can make me march to war, If you speed up you hold me fast with crashing chaos, Percussive perfection le..

Jackie Rose: Canto 2

A Poem by Garrett Cook

I can’t talk to these people anymore I got my check from Sammy and a name I will not fight this pimp and slasher’s war And th..

Jackie Rose Canto 1

A Poem by Garrett Cook

The start of a noir epic poem

Suburbs of the Fourth Circle

A Story by Garrett Cook

Suburbs of the Fourth Circle By Garrett Cook Noah knew that the Sun would find nothing sympathetic about his depression, no common ground with a ..