alexandergreenb


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My favorite contemporary writer is Tao Lin.

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Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Life but Were Afraid to Ask

by alexandergreenb over 1 year ago

When represented on a flat surface, a right angle can appear acute or oblique.

Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Life but Were Afraid to Ask

by alexandergreenb over 1 year ago

When represented on a flat surface, a right angle can appear acute or oblique.

Ethel and Yakov

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

It was inexplicable that two latino, hipster twenty-somethings from East Los Angeles would talk like 85-year-old Jewish retirees from Queens, yet that was how it was.

"Pull ovah and ask fuh direck-shuns," shouted Isabel.

"I know where I'm going!" Ricky replied with a Yiddish accent that seemed to...   Read more

CNPUG

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

Ceci n'est pas un garçon.

Waves

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

She opened the envelope and screamed. Then she opened the next envelope, screamed, set it down. Then the next, screamed, set it down. Next, screamed, down. Next, screamed, down.

A strange ritual. Letting out some kind of pent up anger and frustration. She had drawn a crowd, as one letter after another would be opened, followed by a...   Read more

Public Service Announcement

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

Public Service Announcement (this has no relation to the prompt): When Hemingway (I think, but it doesn't really matter) said, "Write what you know," it was a critique of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who had said, "Write what you don't know." In other words, it would be like me saying,...   Read more

On Not Doing Things Twice

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

The lamp wouldn't turn on. He thought it might be the bulb, so he unscrewed it and got a sixty volt shock that made his whole body shake until he dropped the lamp. He wouldn't do that again.

Doing Things in the Dark

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

The lamp wouldn't turn on. Off, yes. around, yes. But on, absolutely not. No matter how many times he flipped the switch, no matter how many times he prodded it, shook it, swung it over his head, he could not get it to turn on. He decided to coax it. First he offered it things that humans like: chocolate, love...   Read more

The Voyage of the Pseudo-Titanic

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

The voyage was all fun and games until the iceberg came.

Nobody had invited the iceberg, and it seemed to show up out of nowhere. One moment, Rockwell was painting the dog on the banister, the next, the iceberg was full frame in the painting, like someone who hasn't noticed that you're taking a...   Read more

I Hate Beauty

by alexandergreenb over 2 years ago

Mannequin legs hanging from the wall. Nailed by the heels, they create the effect of being suspended in space. I don't know why I did it, but somehow, they comfort me being there, detached from all body and context, the pink ballet shoes seamlessly blending into the leggings and the beige wall. This is my world, this is the...   Read more