Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. It's strange how such a personal and specific image, your grandmother's doll, allowed me to connect so quickly. I went through a similar time with my own grandmother this time last year. I know how terrible the "waiting game" is and I think you expres...

Hell, it almost seems wasted on the topic. --A I had that thought too, while I was writing it. It seems like one big exaggeration. I'm afraid it detracts from the poem as a whole in a rather irreparable way. But it's how I've always jokingly thought of Fall in my head and I can't separate the topic...

Norman had been raised by his brilliant parents on a steady diet of philosophy and astrophysics. His only escape from the nearly constant intellectual stimulus was crème brulee. When he pursued a career in cooking against his parent’s wishes, he struggled to see himself as the protagonist in his own...

Dr. No, all the way. Metal hands vs. ...tiny little sickly man? Yeah, Kim is in trouble.

Alex DeLarge vs. Patrick Bateman

(Just real quick: I've been wandering around the web looking for a good writer's forum, and I think I'm settling here. I figure, with TCTC being our common thread this place probably has a lot going for it. What I've read here so far has made me think I'm right. So, for my first contribution, here's...