Tag: east coast
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The Chunk by Michael McGlade
Listen to this story on the podcast. Even when you’re just passing through, sometimes you can’t help but notice when something’s wrong. The weekend after Halloween is when they have the annual Punkin Chunkin championship in Delaware, which is where a bunch of backyard engineers compete to turn pumpkins into projectiles. Folks wear hollowed-out pumpkins…
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Stars & Stripes by Jed Power
Listen to this story on the podcast. Sometimes with a shakedown you get more bang for your buck than expected. I’d been lucky for a change; I’d opened my little fireworks shop just at the right time—about three weeks after New Hampshire legalized the things. I was right in on the ground floor. Perfect location…
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Um Piexe Grande by Patti Abbott
Listen to this story on the podcast. “Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.” — William Shakespeare Though his eyes were squeezed tight, Gas could hear Loretta standing in their bedroom doorway, his lunch bag crinkling in her hand. He also knew from a variety of signs and smells…
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Sirens by Gary Cahill
Listen to this story on the podcast. True love is hard to find. The stroll from sidewalk to shoreline was longer than ever, formidable on a given day, crossing the rare beach in Jersey getting wider every year, erosion from the north dumping more white powder to the south and pushing water’s edge further into the…
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Inured By Stephen D. Rogers
Human beings have the remarkable ability to adapt to just about anything. The ferry to Martha’s Vineyard was mostly empty up here on the rooftop level, the sky gray and the wind sharp, the smell of the open water different than that found on the beaches of Cape Cod. Almost all of the other passengers…