Reviews

Adarro Minton is a fascinating writer of great power and will; his stories move the soul and warm the mind.
Allex Spires

Adarro’s work is brassy, insightful, brazen, and uniquely refreshing. You’ll find his writing utterly filled with ingenuous, unambiguous prose: his realism will make you lose yourself among the pages and you will long to return to his writing again and again. After reading Adarro’s work I can’t imagine walking away from his writing and forgetting about what I have read and you too, will carry his stories with you.
Dayna Winters

Minton's voice resonates with a tough and still tender realism. He gives spirit and flesh to the disenfranchised.
Marlene Rosenfield-Crawford

Richly atmospheric, Adarro Minton’s writing tenaciously captures quotidian details in a fresh and unique way, so much so that life’s seeming invisibilities become whole new worlds worthy of contemplative attention.
William Whalen

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Fucking the Wrong Nigga



It was dark before; quiet.

A white cat, a black patch on its left eye was fixed on a fish tank’s jade bubbles.

With old muddy boots, crushing splendid red orchids, wearing brown shirts, and shouting Adolph Hitler speeches, it came, through a lightning shower driving a rickety grey car.

It banged on doors and scraped on windows, jolting me. Love.

Casting passing black shade shadows. Flatulent, defensive, dragging bags filled with broken heart pieces, jagged crack-pipes, bounced checks, and bad credit.

Honestly.

With its hat in its hand, down on his luck, hungry, wearing milk chocolate eyes, a whisper smile, and athletic six-pack belly.

Love wore old blue jeans and a sweatshirt; they both smelled of last week, and sex.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

The Crack Head

all he sees through the kissing cloud
is the tiger’s beauty as it leaps and tears
a ballet of gleaming teeth and claws