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Barrelhouse Presents Curbside Splendor and Publishing Genius

Barrelhouse Presents is our monthly reading series at Petworth Citizen in Washington, DC. It's our chance to share work from writers...

The phone rings and the woman swirls her glass, watches wine the color of ruby coat the sides of the crystal. Wine is the only red she...

He won every time, which was part of the game. Because John McClane does not lose. Nor would we want him to. In the end, Uncle John...

for Nam “If there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” –Luke Dearest Father, Last year I...

The fight had left Betty with a cut on her hand and a speck of metal oxidizing in her cornea. It all started when Bob was rehearsing for...

Della and Jimmy fought all the time. People often told them, “You fight like a married couple!” This joke was usually told by a mutual...

The snowy December recess at Warren G. Harding Elementary School was only the beginning. Flick’s mother had re-bandaged his tongue after...

Talk fiction with Barrelhouse editor Susan Muaddi-Daraj during our 6-week summer online workshop. It will focus on the craft of fiction,...

20. ‘The Natural’ Butch Reed We have comse to watch the Royal Rumble, the ultimate battle royal, and you are a natural warrior. We have...

Vernon “Ernie” Cervid turned five years old. By the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Ox. Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term as...