Rob Stephens is working on a PhD in Creative Writing at Florida State University. His work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Epoch, Lake Effect, Copper Nickel, and others. His website is robthepoet.com.
The mall is still good at making you want to wear a fanny pack and pay the claw machine until you win a stuffed basketball. The mall is still good at orange chicken and eyebrow waxes, and also entertaining your children with cartoon-themed racecars and space ice cream. The mall is an excellent smooth jazz jukebox, music that makes you… Read more →
When my neighbor, Wallington, invited me to get high in his basement, I couldn’t help but wonder: what if he’s a serial killer? What if he uses his knee-high socks to silence his victims while he gropes them in the dark, loading his pistol and laughing like an evil warlock? Wally’s been in my house. We discussed the NBA lockout,… Read more →