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Bukowski and Hu Suk Long
“Do you like my tits, Bukowski?” She was sitting up in bed, the soiled sheet tugged just beneath the cleft of each small breast. She was positioned in bed so regally one would believe she … more →
Carver's Dog
Bukowski and the Red Socks
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: One morning in May of 1992 when the sinus-burning scent of smoke from the Molotov-cocktail-induced f … more →
The Volcano Files: The Explosive Career of Mickey Sweets
Rodger Jacobs wrote 4 months ago: From the L.A. Times archive, 10/05/81: Studio Pyrotechnic Mishap Kills Noted Choreographer LOS ANGEL … more →
Kate Milliken
litscribbler wrote 5 months ago: Kate is a Los Angeles writer whose stories will be featured this Friday, June 12 in the New Short Fi … more →
Bukowski and Hu Suk Long
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 9 months ago: “Do you like my tits, Bukowski?” She was sitting up in bed, the soiled sheet tugged just … more →
Bukowski and the Dog Walker
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 9 months ago: I was going to tell you a Mr. Bukowski story tonight. That’s what I originally intended. It wa … more →
The Muse
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: I agreed to meet my muse at a bullshit bar on the corner of Seward and Willougby in Hollywood, a slu … more →
Spider Palm
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: “It’s a spider palm.” “What?” “A spider palm,” Joel repeated, nodding toward the potted plant to the … more →
From the Wonderland Archives: "To Protect and Serve"
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: (Originally published at 8763 Wonderland, 11/15/05) The LAPD black-and-white glided to a stop at the … more →
Bukowski and the Palm Tree
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: "... the canopy of the tree suddenly grew by several feet within seconds." Bukowski awoke … more →
Chapter 1: Breakfast with Paul Newman
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: “I had a weird dream this morning,” he said, spooning sugar into his coffee. “It was just befo … more →
Chapter 2: Alabaster Christ
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Poe was drunk again. The words wiggled and swam on the page like agitated tadpoles. He pinched the b … more →
Chapter 3: Emily Writes Bad Poetry
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Emily had no shortage of complaints about what L.A. had become. “But what really gets me going,” … more →
Chapter 4: Poe Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Miller was 72 years old and retired from psychiatry for half a decade. His life was simple in hi … more →
Chapter 5: West of Westport
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: ”Who are you bringing to bed tonight?” Emily’s mother would ask every night at eleven o’clock sharp. … more →
Chapter 6: The Harlot in the Hallway
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: ”You know what I am, Hap?” Poe said after the lingering silence when both men were baiting their lur … more →
El Coyote
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: UPDATED My new serial for L.A. Taco, El Coyote Del Rastro de Mulholland, is up and running: I know m … more →
Bukowski's Grandma Moses
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Bukowski sat down on the Ocean Avenue bus stop next to an aged woman who reminded him of Grandma Mos … more →
Bukowski and the Poet
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Late afternoon, Venice Beach, Otago Daily Times Debose was an aging Venice Beach poet with a fat gut … more →
James Crumley, 1939-2008
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Crime novelist James Crumley passed away on Wednesday in a Missoula, Montana hospital at the age of … more →
