Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Road Trip with Family
I had the IUD inserted just before coming home for spring break my junior year at Brandeis. It was a Dalkon Shield and not [...]
Have a Plan
I came across this story, written 3 1/2 years ago, but never published, the last time the Retirement prompt came up. [...]
TM and the Honeymoon Album
TM and the Honeymoon Album Once years ago I heard that a lecture on transcendental meditation was to be given at a local [...]
The Peacock
The Peacock Both my husband and I bear the scars of early burns. Mine is under my chin and dates from a very minor, almost [...]
How Shall I Kill Him?*
How shall I kill him? Poison knows ancient success, the weapon of choice for women, Shakespeare, and Russians. Guns are [...]
Downtown, Everything’s Waiting for You*
Two department stores. All sorts of other downtown fixtures – jewelers, women’s fashion, men’s stores, Army-Navy, hobby [...]
Weekly Satirical News: Saturday 4/12/2025
Weekly Satirical News: Saturday 4/12/2025 By Kevin J. W. Driscoll © 2025 Preface: In a world where the truly bizarre often [...]
We Dance
We Dance Shintoism has more followers in Japan than any other religion including Buddhism. A polytheistic and animistic [...]
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