THE FIGHTER He had been in countless fights as a young man. Fighting had defined his life-path, had shaped his features. His spirit sported the adjective fighting like a battle-scarred…
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FictionBLACKCACKLE: The Early-Teen Music Review by the Adorable Little Guy at the Party Wearing a Blazer
You know what’s an underrated music genre? Jazz. I love jazz. It’s not for everyone. You have to have a keen musical ear like I do, and be, you know,…
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THE PRESIDENT’S DREAM So there I was with the baby, the board, the pitcher and the sopping cloth and it seemed like the right thing to do. It’s monstrous speak!…
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Except THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES. The other day I’m walking down 18th Street in San Francisco and my eyes slide across one of those telephone poles that are always…
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Two of the people rubbing my stomach were actors. The third, in a white tunic, may have been a doctor, though not a medical doctor. He quoted Schopenhauer before starting…
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Whenever I catch myself in the bathroom mirror my self has an air about it like it has been dead for about a month, the face melting like sap. Phantasmal…
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I remember when Curt killed this King on the Tracks. I say / we said, “the Tracks,” but that was really a name for this big section of the Chicago…
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The explosive charges worked fine. The wall caved in as expected. But the specs were wrong, or a decimal disappeared somewhere. The slight possibility of a wrong address, some dyslexic…
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Last night I pretended that I was a Sultan and you were one of my many mistresses and I had summoned you in particular from the large-print catalogue of palace…
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Hello, Mrs Baker, and thank you for letting me speak today. Hi class, my name is Mr Devereaux, and I’m here to talk to you about my chosen career in…
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You are waiting for him, the man who has promised to bring ropes to tie you up, you naughty thing you. It has been arranged. You placed an ad on…
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Most of you will think Most Valuable Player, but those in software development may think Minimum Viable Product. Both are off-target. Think Minimum Viable President. Mr. Trump: Americans, whether we…
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I am on a plane to Portland when the pilots disappear. The flight attendants laugh and start playing hide-and-seek. They assume people cannot leave a moving aircraft without making a…
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GRIEF You hide your drugs in the cremation box of your beloved, dead cat. To process your grief, you make a powerpoint of pictures of your beloved, dead cat. It’s…
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