Ben Burr is my favorite poet ever (fact). He is a featured author of two published works that you can buy at East Side Story … “The Nashville Poems” and “feeling nuthin but stoned.” christmas ’92 the gift of nothing at six years old my daddy worked hard my momma did too but business […]
By Angela Schmidt Thank you for giving me blood stained highways, leaving Nashville on I-24 to Kentucky; deer intestines and brains inching outward. Slowly, coldly; a dreadful almost silence in triumph as they make their last escape. Free. Souls rising in the sharp November air from what used to hold the head of the animal, […]
By Judith Kittredge (author of several poetry books at East Side Story) Sorry turkey for this trespass, But it’s time to gobble the gobbler. We’ll remember you as we pass You tasty morsels round the table, With cranberries, stuffing, and all the trimmings, Retelling the Thanksgiving fable. We’ll guzzle wine, that drink divine, Of only […]
By Susan Burdorf Melissa and Tracy sat at the booth in the old fashioned diner wondering what they were doing there. It was a Saturday night, the town was rocking, and they were together but yet all alone. Both had not had a date in months, the guys they knew were either already married, already committed […]
By Amy E Hall (author of several poetry chapbooks and collections found at East Side Story) Three miles in an hour and a half – bumper-to-bumper interstate congestion and stomach indigestion, angry drivers with hungry kids, no exit in sight, and no explanation. Arrivals delayed; hugs and hand- shakes on hold; dinners postponed. It was […]
By Susan Burdorf Tourists had lined the sidewalk looking for the first glimpse of someone famous. Broadway was really rocking tonight. In Tootsie’s, a new band was tuning their instruments as boys cheered on the cute girls in the Daisy Dukes and tight tees who continued walking by giggling. Just another late summer night in […]
By A.H. Pellett (Author of Sleeping in Snow with Bears, sold at East Side Story) With a strong sense of accomplishment and a proud smile on his face, Jeff clicked send and turned off his computer. He had just sent the final print-ready manuscript of his first book off to the publisher. His contact there was […]
By Barry Jones It was late Fall in the year of 1814. A strong storm was building to the west. Four horsemen, their black capes streaming behind them as they rode into the wind, were grateful to find a wayside inn to shelter for the night. The inn sat beside the hard pack, dirt road […]
By Aaron Joel Lain I am writing this as an exercise prescribed by my doctor, the good and capable Dr. Tracy Wei. The events that follow, though they only happened once, were not real and did not actually happen. I was under a lot of stress at the time as my girlfriend moved out two […]
By Ralph Bland (Author of several books sold at East Side Story) It was on those October nights after dinner and just before Halloween back in the day when Mrs. Glowaski would sit on her front porch and tell us stories that made our eyes get wide and start looking around at what might be […]