400 Words


Breakups

Bridge

by Mark—Age 30—Astoria, OR The bridge I see from my window rises quickly from Oregon and crosses a river so wide it could be confused for the ocean it feeds. Bridges occupy a piece of real estate in Sarah’s brain. She’ll spot them on trips and make me pull over. Covered bridges, short steel trussed [...]

Bridge

by Victor Giannini—Age 23—Brooklyn, NY Early on I knew if you can apologize with enough sincerity, you’ll be forgiven for anything. And if you can enjoy faking that sincerity, then you can do anything. I’ve never been able to fake it. It has either shot out in a thick hot stream like this piss I’m [...]

Middle-Aged

by Bob — Age 56 — Atlanta, GA Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat says that if you are in the service industry, you have been globalized. Your job can be done from anywhere ““- even if it’s filling orders at McDonalds, or even if you’re a hooker. Here’s how that works ““- escort [...]