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Upside

I’m in a fight for my career and the SOB won’t be there for me.

Vertical Integration

“You’re great with people. Ever since you got over the drooling problem.”

Victoria

I drank every night until late and drew earth-shaking conclusions.

Vivid Scenes and Good Prose

Vodka on Ice

Cerberuses ran in packs, terrorizing drunks who fell in the snow.

Vogel’s Wife

At the copier, her back to him, running off copies, was Penny Ayler.

Wait

What I really meant to say is that I am tired. Beauty can demand so much.

Walking Distance

The man lifted his shirt just enough to show the handle of a pistol.

Walking in Time

Once, when young and proud, I tried to grasp the enormity of the past.

Warrior Jesus

He’s not the skinny hippie all the paintings make Him out to be.

Waxer

I once watched a man wax a hallway with an overweight rotary brush.

We Rise Up

The man said in a hard voice, “I wanna fuck you, little Indian girl.”

Webcam the World

Get all of it. Set up the shots. Get beautiful stuff and get the ugliness.

Wham Bam

We’re fat! So what? They hadn’t yet tired of this chant, the play’s refrain.

What Makes a Good Story Great

Lori & Garry Marshall

Whatever’s Left of Normal

Design a way to kill those rats, and do it now, Fiori, do it now.

When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse

What about writers who come suddenly into full power late in life?

When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse

What about writers who come suddenly into full power late in life?

When I Knew Stephen Crane

If he could not evade a serious question by a joke, he bolted.

When You Can No Longer Talk about It, You Have to Sing

I had forgotten how to breathe, and then I learned again, all at once.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

The onus is on you, because you care about your car and your life.

Whirlwind

The lion was still near them, stalking. Crazed against its cautionary nature.

White Space

We can be naked in black light, the smell of unwash and old pot.

Wild Snow

My job requires me to make things disappear like a Vegas magician.

Willamette Shipyard Blues

Oh they pay me well. I make a small fortune. Yes they pay me well.

Windward Ho!

Dad is catnip to the lady residents. He’s tall and lean, plus he’s got all his hair.

Wings, 1999

América, make me wings large enough to carry me back and forth.

Winter Dreams

Dexter was unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams.

Wives

Her mother singing out the window at trucks slamming the other way.

Women from Mars

He never stopped reminding me that I was born in Harmony, Georgia.