True Stories by Michael McAllister

A Story About a Very Bad Thing (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

• When telling the wrong story nearly got me killed.
  

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

• When my husband’s barbershop caught fire.

The Girl With the Falling Beehive

• A short appreciation of Amy Winehouse, less lucky than others.

Do You, Dogpoet, Take This Fireplug?

• The day I got hitched.

Bar Tales: Miss Michael in the Mirror

• She left a thin trail of vodka behind her…

Drag Queens and a Few Bricks

• When gays chased a group of youth ministers out of the Castro after the passage of Prop 8, some people asked, “Why?”  My emotion-fueled attempt at an answer.

Apocalypse Now, or Whenever You Might Have a Spare Moment

• My new squeeze gets me to speak up.

The Danger of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl

• A new relationship turns me into a totally different person. Inner mayhem ensues. 

Oh, the Places You’ll Go

• Driving awfully far in the pursuit of sex.

I Just Met a Girl Named Maria

• Butting heads with a patronizing…woman in grad school.

The Terrible Smile of Lynndie England

• Trying to make sense of a torturer’s grin.