Road Rage
By Scott McClanahan - Dec 31, 2016
I was doing a lot better with my road rage. One day Chris and I were coming back from the store and I hadn’t even called anyone “Fucker” or “Look at that stupid motherfucker” or “Fucking move it buddy.” I wasn’t flipping anybody off or shaking my fist or talking about how the whole earth needed a new extinction. “Who cares about saving the earth. I thought the purpose of life was to destroy it.”
Read More >excerpt of “Bandit”
By Molly Brodak - Dec 30, 2016
14 My first memory happened on a stairwell, and stairwells have had special resonance as meaningful sites for me ...
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By Alex Mussawir - Dec 29, 2016
SHORT STORY Emily says she would probably pee on another person during sex but would not let the other person pee ...
Read More >Service Industry
By Mallory Whitten - Dec 27, 2016
two men walk into the diner at 8:20 AM. i am the only server. i greet them and tell them they can sit wherever they ...
Read More >Interview with Harrison Ford, 2019
By Brad Phillips - Dec 26, 2016
- Good afternoon Mr. Ford. It really was quite a bit of working tracking you down. - Nice to meet you - I, I can't ...
Read More >Four Poems
By Kimmy Walters - Dec 24, 2016
BUILD A LITTLE SHRINE FOR THE DEAD I don’t use crystals because they’re magical but because they’re cold and ...
Read More >Two Poems
By Michael W. Clune - Dec 23, 2016
Camera A camera is a little cave Where a spider lives. The photographer Puts his eye to the cave’s mouth and ...
Read More >Four Poems
By Elizabeth Ellen - Dec 21, 2016
Tanja Tanja says I am too controlled Which is ironic because I was just saying I felt a real lack of control In ...
Read More >Jordan Castro
By Zachary German - Dec 20, 2016
One stop car audio. An advertising jingle: a woman singing the words, One stop car audio. Digital editing extends the final syllable of the word audio, shifts the pitch to make it be six or eight syllables. O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. Eight syllables.
Read More >Recurring Intrusive Thoughts
By Juliet Escoria - Dec 18, 2016
Sometimes when I think about myself, I see my body on the beach. Except there is no water. So I guess it’s actually a ...
Read More >Lucky You
By David Fishkind - Dec 16, 2016
They gave her painkillers and said she couldn’t drink, but Lena was drinking when she texted she was drinking, just a little.
Read More >Two Poems
By Precious Okoyomon - Dec 15, 2016
Imitate eternity
Brutalized sweetness
I started taking adderall to become a good person overnight
Three Excerpts from ‘Squirtgun,’ an Unpublished Novel
By Sam Pink - Dec 13, 2016
My girlfriend and I are regulars at the gas station closest to us. It’s really the only late night option for water or a snack. So we ride our bikes through the bayou to see our favorite late night employee, Jo.
Read More >Deathlord Grows Bored
By Blake Butler - Dec 12, 2016
.09980111 My name is Xjdwliuerowuieriowueriuouoieuwoiruo, and I am bored of the spinning fields. Bored of the ...
Read More >Flowers for Angelika
By Nicolette Polek - Dec 11, 2016
The locals from Trenčín knew her as the conscientious drunk driver, the widow who drove around the village with her hazards on.
Read More >Hollow Points
By Andrew Weatherhead - Dec 10, 2016
Whole Foods
Everyone leaves town
And I stay I see a car
Hit a pedestrian
Four-Minute Poem for Mal’s Wedding
By Tao Lin - Dec 9, 2016
I rarely write poetry anymore and I think I forgot how to, which explains why this poem sounds like this.
Read More >SONG OF YOURSELF
By Kristen Iskandrian - Dec 8, 2016
At some point very early on, zygotically early, you will locate the pearl of your consciousness, which, were it able ...
Read More >DECEMBER TYRANT: JORDAN CASTRO
By JORDAN CASTRO - Dec 7, 2016
Hi everyone. I felt like I should say something before kicking this off, so here is my *official statement* regarding ...
Read More >Welcome
By Gian - Dec 5, 2016
Tyrant Books has started a blog (right here where you are looking) where we will have guest editors every month, ...
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