By Matthew Wallenstein info@pittsburghcurrent.com My father has a way of saying things. He has all these phrases and sayings and words that are foreign to most everyone. He swears up…
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By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Today in the mail I received my copy of an anthology edited by Ben Gwin. It is made up of short stories…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Some days she thought I was chasing hell, tugging it like a diseased stray, tugging it into everything. But it was more…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com I know a lot of dumb people. I would say that most people are what I would consider dumb. I know some…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com I was looking to move in somewhere. P was my best friend. He was in college and living in a house with…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Stiff fingers, wet socks in my boots. I was cold. I blew into my hands. All the lights were yellow and so…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com Maybe ten years ago I published a fictionalized version of something real. I often vacillate when it comes to storytelling, deciding if it…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Dirty was 17 and working at Wendy’s. In a lot of ways, he was the closest thing to a responsible employee they…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com “I knew Britney through work. We worked in a factory together. After maybe six months of knowing her I realized that I…
By Matthew Wallenstein Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com We left from New Hampshire. My dad drove most of the way. We slept for a few hours at a truck stop…