“An Irish daughter struggles with her relationship with her mother, who drinks, beats, goes blind, loses her sanity. The stories in this aptly titled book are relentless, full of terror, frighteningly true. Ethel Rohan’s rhythms will get inside you.” —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project Fiction Editor
“She ground her pelvis against John’s thigh and sang ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’ with a mouthful of toothpaste. And when he frowned down at her, she only laughed harder.” By Heidi Bell
“Roland has invented a game. He pokes you in the eye with his index finger, Three Stooges’ style, and yells, ‘Boook!’” By Greg Olear
“He slides his finger up the shaft to catch the trickle of red sap oozing down the damp inner skin of the bark, studies his finger, then shoves his hand into the crowd for them to see.
“Several unnamed White House officials have confirmed that President Obama has appointed fellow Chicagoan, Kevin McCallister, as Special Consultant to the Secret Service’s detail.” By Katharine Gingrich
He looked at me, and I sensed trouble. Like he was checking my distance, like he might try and run off with you.
“Nathan!” Chris said. “What the fuck’s wrong with you? This isn’t a game anymore.” By David James Poissant
“When I pulled into my father’s driveway, the car’s headlights illuminated him standing behind his work table, his Labrador, Scotty, stretched across the table’s surface.” By John Warner
“My mother—68 years old, known for her marble sponge cake and Zen-like bridge skills, a rabid fan of movie musicals—was missing. Missing.” By Andrew Roe
“But Nick was the first to hit Mr. Nelfin, a glancing shot off of his knee that caused his head to tilt slightly as if his muscles had been removed.” By Josh Denslow
A lot can happen in four dates between two highly-sexed and scarred new lovers. Fiction by Jesus Angel Garcia.
My father always used to say, “Close only counts in horseshoes and golf.” What about life? In this weekend’s story, a man still in love with his ex-wife drops in on her at a bar.
“My girlfriend, the incredibly hot born-again Christian to whom I lost my virginity, asked me if you were an actual fag, or if you just acted like one.” By Michael Rowe
“The girl, meanwhile, slips off her clothes. The iridescent blouse and pale skirt, the stockings, the panties. No, no, you exclaim. Eat me, drink me, she says.” By Kirk Nesset
“When Russell drove the fog truck, he didn’t use the siren. Lights only, an orange throb, while the smoke to kill mosquitoes gusted from a nozzle in the truck bed.”
“There was an attempted robbery last night,” Toby’s father said. “And your mother took out a gun and she misfired it. Into my leg.”
it’s with great sadness that we report the death of Robin Gibb, age 62, from complications of cancer.
Americans fundamentally misunderstand what is going on in Mexico. And they should figure it out.
The Good Men Project has won the Million Writers Award for best new online magazine, in recognition of our status as one of the best venues for short fiction to begin publishing fiction in the past year
I was taught that the word “queer” has been re-appropriated as a sort of catch-all for any sexuality that is not “heteronormative”. But since normal doesn’t really exist, then we’re all a bit queer!
Jamie Reidy shares a hilarious essay on the opposite of “attachment parenting” by Sarah Maizes.
Children from low-income families have only a 1 percent chance of reaching the top 5 percent of the income distribution.
HeatherN parses apart a metaphor comparing real-life social privilege with difficulty settings in a video game.
Poll: How would you characterize your marriage? Monogamous, Polyamorous, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, or something else?
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Jamie Reidy comments on Usain Bolt’s – the World’s Fastest Man – decision to dump his girlfriend in order to focus on training for the Olympics.
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I was taught that the word “queer” has been re-appropriated as a sort of catch-all for any sexuality that is not “heteronormative”. But since normal doesn’t really exist, then we’re all a bit queer!
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“I think most women need to “trick” themselves into believing that they’re not satisfying some carnal desire.”
This comment was by John Anderson on the post “My First Playboy”, about women and carnal desire.
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