fiction and creative non-fiction from Brennan Quenneville
Sammy, Summer is in full swing. It's the season for barbecues and swimming pools and crazy NBA contracts. I'm guessing you were thinking of that last item when you tweeted this: https://twitter.com/sammywatkins/status/881516252233125888 I get it. NBA players that you've never even heard of are pulling down huge new contracts while players who are adequate but [...]
Look, the world feels an awful lot like it's going to shit right now. And a fair number of Baby Boomers - the people who have been running this shit show for a while now - are pretty sure that not only is the world ending but that it's all millennials' fault. No seriously, it's all millennials' fault. [...]
America is kind of a dumb place right now. We suck at akudemicks school and we keep putting people who seem to be terrible at their jobs in charge of our most cherished institutions. Oh and we elected Donald covfefing Trump as our President too. Not a great run. America likes to see itself as a [...]
Under the best of circumstances it would have been hard to be excited about the fantasy prospects of the New York Jets this year. We are not operating under the best of circumstances. With the news that the Jets are planning to trade or release Eric Decker, the Jets have clearly committed to tanking not [...]
Adrian, Marshawn & Jamaal, Before I get ahead of myself, I want to give you guys some much deserved love. Adrian, you had the best combination of size and speed that I've ever seen at running back. In 2012, you managed to run for 2,097 yards even though running backs were becoming increasingly irrelevant and [...]
Dear Everyone in Bill Belichick's Fantasy Football League, First off, yes. I understand that you're going to pretend that you don't exist. That Bill Belichick - perhaps the greatest coach in NFL history - couldn't possibly have the time or lack of self worth to play fantasy football. I get that you're going to say [...]
Hey Blake, It's been a rough year for you. It wasn't that long ago that you were the next big thing and now, only a few bounced interceptions later, you're having to brush off questions about being out of a job. That's not a great career arc and I can’t imagine that it’s a whole lot [...]
A disclaimer: there is an old axiom about stones and glass houses that certainly applies here. I have achieved much less as a writer than, of all people, tennis legend Moncia Seles who - and pardon my surprise at this - has published two young adult romance novels. (I should specify that Seles co-wrote the books with James [...]
Sometimes when I meet strangers I am charming and engaging. Sometimes I am an uncomfortably awkward fool. This is a (true) story about one of those latter instances. ----- On a bright summer day I stood outside of an apartment complex. The building itself was clean and modern, the grass healthy and well manicured. The sun [...]
My girlfriend likes to claim that I only listen to depressing music, which is crazy. Case in point: I love Christmas music, which is unilaterally positive. In fact, one of the great things about the holiday season is the festive music that can be heard everywhere, from your nearest shopping center, to the park near my house [...]
Songs & Stories 