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February 5, 2006 By Brad Zellar Leave a Comment
When he pulled his Impala up to the gates of the cemetery it was after midnight. The place was locked up tight, and snow and fog were blowing in off the lake. It was a huge cemetery right in the middle of the city, a beautiful place for what it was, large and well-kept and [...]
The Demise Of An Impossible Man
February 20, 2006 By Brad Zellar Leave a Comment
–Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1953 –Zellar, Basement Window, 2005 Monsieur Centrine was a fierce proponent of impossibility. That’s not to say he was one of these characters who will insist that anything is possible. Quite the contrary, in fact. Mssr. Centrine believed that life, the world, and every aspiration of the human heart represented a thoroughly [...]
From Studs Terkel's 'Working': The Uncut Edition
April 15, 2005 By Brad Zellar Leave a Comment
I figured out pretty quick that I didn’t have the goods to be any kind of a proper accountant, despite pissing away God knows how much money on what some fools would call an education. Maybe, actually, I should have said ‘real accountant.’ I lacked the discipline and the attention (and, frankly, the interest) to [...]
No, Truly, It Breaks Your Heart
May 31, 2006 By Brad Zellar Leave a Comment
Never quite the bottom, and still rising. That old mystery: buoyancy. The body’s ability to float, the mind similarly gifted. Emerging in a green world, seemingly intent on growing ever greener. The clear, bright splendor of other blooming and glistening things. The furtive kingdom, underworld, underfoot, moving in the shadows at midnight, creeping in the [...]
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