Like Heaven

by Adam Jeffries Schwartz

I went to the dentist today, a new one--to me--he was actually kind of old. He was a joking kind of dentist, my favorite kind, not too prim or mortician-like; he didn't fill my mouth with drills and tools and whatever else before asking personal questions, no, he told jokes--some of them funny. It was just like heaven. Read more.

A Song of Love and Freedom

by William Lowell Males

The parts I come from must be among the friendliest in the world. You get to the turnoff from Elk and especially the intersection where you turn north to Cheyenne and people--well, male people--will start fingering at you. They just lift their finger off the steering wheel enough for you to see. Read more.

Travel Journal, May-August 2006

by Adam Jeffries Schwartz

Four Viennese Men
Vienna, Austria

Viennese Man Number Two:

You're sitting on the stoop, looking your sweet self and waiting for someone, when Viennese man number two walks past, sees your guide book and doubles back. He's over seventy and looks professorial--in the happiest possible way--all tweedy and sprightly. Read more.