PinnedRyan LatiniThe Key Confirms a PrisonI don’t always lose my car keys, but every time I do, it feels like I always lose them. I have to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I…Aug 42Aug 42
Ryan LatiniWHY CLARITY TERRIFIES ME AS A WRITERI envy the writer who conceived of the simple imperative written on the packaging of moist towelettes: “Tear open packet and use.” Kraft’s…Aug 19Aug 19
Ryan LatiniSnakeskin BootsYou sleep facing inward, Fear of a mooring-thick rattle snake Springing from its coil Keeps you from the edge of the bed.Aug 12Aug 12
Ryan LatiniSales is a Tough RacketNear the Fairmont subway on Broad Street, A man is selling discounted clothes for veterans, He hates seeing them getting ripped-off having…Aug 10Aug 10
Ryan LatiniAristotle and Addiction: The Rhetorical AddictThere are many parallels in Aristotle’s principals of rhetoric and the rhetoric of addiction, addictive thinking, and recovery. Having been…Aug 9Aug 9
Ryan LatiniThis Is Still Life (A 50-Word Story)We bought a new painting. It looks like…it looks. The little girl. The dog. They appear dripped on but look out with life — at my life…Mar 9, 2022Mar 9, 2022
Ryan LatiniHow to Look at StoneChin cradled in the valley between thumb and forefinger — That’s how — Waiting for time to smooth and chisel Peeling men from stone. The…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Ryan LatiniWriting During Covid-19: 10 Haikus from Quarantine and a Selfish RegretHey #WritingCommunity and #ReadingCommunity. Selfishly, I thought quarantine would be a writing Shangri-La. Perhaps, despite the tragedy…Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020
Ryan LatiniLove Notes for Modest Young MenRussian blood feuds. Online-dating Organ thieves. I’m thrilled to announce the publication of 7 of my short stories in this single…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Ryan LatiniLegal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #8; MissDaddy’s computer shows where Mommy’s phone goes. It hasn’t moved in three days. He hasn’t told Investigator Wallace.Sep 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018