Compulsions

What can you not not do, even when you’d like to stop?

Folding

Posted to Compulsions on 19 July 2006, with 5 comments so far.

>>The Prompt: Compulsions I do this thing my friends call “folding corners.” I didn’t name it. It’s when I take a piece of fabric, usually the edge of a sleeve or that lovely little stitching right where a zipper is sewn on to the coat, or maybe even, OK, I’ll take the tip of the [...]

Cakes

Posted to Compulsions on 9 July 2006, with 2 comments so far.

>>The prompt: Compulsions I had a breakdown once. Years ago — when my wife and I were hooked on heroin. My mom would call once a week to check in, and I’d tell her these stupid lies about how the experimental stream-of-conscious novel I was working on was generating a lot of interest. She’d ask [...]

I

Posted to Compulsions on 27 April 2006, with no comments so far.

by Kevin — Age 25 — Berkeley, CA I didn’t want to say it but it came out as we were wrestling in bed: “I love you.” We had only been dating three days and I was trying hard not to say it, no matter how much I wanted to. I’ve said the same three [...]