{It’s Better Outside}: When Kids Ruled the Block
There was nothing special about Colonial Acres. It was just a suburban development, stitched in like a pocket along the seam of busy streets like East Freehold Road, Pond Road, and—dare I say its...
View ArticleTo the Person Who Put Coffee into the Specific Container Designated for Hot...
To the person who put coffee into the specific container designated for hot water: Like on so many prior occasions, I poured hot water from the spout of a tall, silver cylinder. I checked – the paper...
View ArticleBeautiful Inconvenience, or Why I Love Thunderstorms
I don’t care if it’s inconvenient or dangerous. I always want to live in a place with thunderstorms. I want the clouds to remind me—as I stare up at them, dreamily imagining their shapes as puppies and...
View ArticleOh, Look Who Finally Decided to Show Up! {Why I Write}
When we issued this prompt, I immediately tried to make it clever. How can I do something… different? I wanted to be literary, not literal. A noble thought, sure. I do enjoy ambitious writing and...
View Article{Kids Stories}: Bambino the Puppy Learns His Manners
Once upon a time lived Bambino the pup Who said that he’d be there but never showed up. Then he’d say “I’m sorry — my day got too busy!” As he sat on the couch with his squeezie toy Lizzie. His...
View Article{Un-love} at the Airport
The waiting area of Gate 42 is like standing in line at the post office – everyone has a package and somewhere else to be. Somewhere better. A few hundred beleaguered bodies stand in more of a...
View ArticleTrue Tales of the {Frequent Flyer}: The Noblest Profession
Ah, the so-called “friendly skies.” We take wing, crossing countries, continents, and coasts for business and pleasure. We rack up miles and status, in one of the most successful but also most classist...
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Kelaine’s Log: 21 Days of Unemployment
Day 1: Invincibility. WhO wANtS TO fuCKIng FiGHT mE RIGht NoW? Day 2: Aggressive zen. Fuck this noise, I’m going hiking. I’m free. I’m adventurous. If a badass bitch falls down in the woods and no one...
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Franklin Mills {Mall}: School Shopping or Torture Chamber?
As you may or may not already know, The Prompt’s Jillian and Kelaine Conochan are are sisters. Today’s posts are a complementary story from their childhood. One day every summer, my sister and I jumped...
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