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A Brief Condemnation of Society as Told to You by an Agoraphobic Alex Vermitsky there are six trees and five fences eleven swing-sets rusted and hollow fourteen Spanish gardeners with six combined mortgages all put on this earth to work fifty of the three hundred acres my grandfather was given for a handshake complimented nicely by the right tumbler of expensive bourbon but there is only one I’m concerned with whose hands are strong and cracked by the changing weather and splintered with the ...

A Brief Condemnation of Society as Told to You by an Agoraphobic Alex Vermitsky there are six trees and five fences eleven swing-sets rusted and hollow fourteen Spanish gardeners with six combined mortgages all put on this earth to work fifty of the three hundred acres my grandfather was given for a handshake complimented nicely by the right tumbler of expensive bourbon but there is only one I’m concerned with whose hands are strong and cracked by the changing weather and splintered with the ...

The End of the World Alex Vermitsky Sarah wants her boyfriend to call. She feels like crying. It’s the end of the world, but for real this time. Jack wants his girlfriend to call though he does not tell his friends. They’ve turned the end of the world into a drinking game; the rules of which are unclear and hurried. Maggie wants to quit her resident assistant’s job. She figures the end of the world is as good of a reason as she’s got. There’s a parade outside marking the end of the world. Pre...

Concerning Fiction Alex Vermitsky Every year I make it a point to quit whatever shitty job I’m working to aid UPS in their holiday rush. I’d love to tell you that my strange fascination with the overnight delivery business has to do with “getting my hands dirty with the common man” or an insatiable desire to “deliver Christmas cheer to upper middle class white people” but the truth is my only motivation for lugging impossibly heavy QVC crap around in sub zero temperatures, is the opportunity ...