Archive - 100 Stories

April 2025

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 24)

A slow clap, a railroad spike, an AM radio, a mushroom cloud, scrap metal, a fib and a beep-beep. Everyone's at the field now.

Apr 27

best words, best order: susannah violette

a reading of the poem plum moon sighs

Apr 22 •

Susannah Violette

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Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 23)

A prayer circle, Brother Phineas, Gene Hackman, the Almighty, "Bud" Selig, an ice cream cone and a gum bubble.

Apr 20

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 22)

Big city burglars, tea towel wisdom, the President of the 4th of July, fossilized gum, and a baseball card.

Apr 13

On Maslow's Hierarchy, the Animal Kingdom, REI and mega landscapes. An excerpt from "Finisterre," my account of walking a thousand miles from my home in…

Apr 8 •

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 21)

A sad sermon, two hockey masks, two six-packs of Special Beer, a trash bag, one lightning rod, one tiny hiccup, an empty tank of gas, and a big unit.

Apr 4

best words, best order: ben wakeman

an excerpt from the novel "departures" by ben wakeman

Apr 3 •

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March 2025

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