Tag Archives: drugs

9. New Sensation

A “real sci­en­tist” jumps ship once his sug­ges­tion that the earth could, at some point, be doomed by aster­oids goes viral, result­ing in wide­spread panic and first-times for every­thing. Pub­lished in the Fall 2011 issue of Inkwell.

12.09.2011 – 7:52:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Like Real Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Day 34: Patna

Our stay in Patna began with being barred from two hotels for being for­eign­ers, then hav­ing the police called to our room by the third hotel for absolutely no rea­son. Luck­ily, the com­mand­ing offi­cer search­ing through our pass­ports while his col­leagues sat with their rifles ready also knew he’d been called for no rea­son, and …

04.05.2011 – 5:01:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

10. William the Unready

The explo­sive story of William Pow­ers, a young man who’d rather hold his breath for eter­nity than face the tribu­la­tions of the world. And he suc­ceeds admirably for about six months. Pub­lished in the Spring 2010 issue of A Cap­pella Zoo.

07.24.2010 – 3:53:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Like Real Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

23. A Great Accompleshment (11.22.2008)

I not only reveal my list of ten high-priority life ambi­tions; I cross another one off!

12.10.2008 – 10:02:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)