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Carrion Feeder’s Pedigree
Druff and Loco were perched on the branches of two different trees ruminating over the taste of the same meal. They were within three flaps away of…
Waverley Old Boys’ Club
Two scruffy old alcoholics named Rab and Jimmy are sitting in a bar opposite Edinburgh Waverley railway station nursing their pints of Caledonia…
Riding the Midnight Wave, Part 2
VIII. Tom opened the door of the cottage and was met with fifty people holding picket signs. He recognised many of the surfers amongst them. The one…
The Viet Cong Prophet
My plane went down a few miles away from the Viet Cong headquarters in Memot. As I fell back to Earth, I noticed a cargo truck driving towards my…
“Halfway Between Los Angeles and San Francisco,” “Hope and Change,” “Waste Not, Want Not,” and Other Poems
Halfway Between Los Angeles and San Francisco A rooster signals the start of the day. Workers wearing sombreros and ball caps emerge from the…
Samhain in the Desert
The wisest of Earth’s sages have hinted at the fact that our planet is under quarantine. It is not coincidental that our attempts to explore outer…
Disease
Serega obtained the disease due to carelessness. God, parents and nature had rewarded him with excellent health: Serega did not care about Him. He…
Harry’s Burden
Harry boarded the train at Hamilton Square and sat in the nearest empty seat he could find, which happened to be opposite a woman around retirement…
“Sophie’s Tree” and “Hi, a Porpoise”
Sophie's Tree If the world is a web and the Web is the world then show me that spider that skitters and flitters and keeps it together why is it…
“Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again,” “Lithium,” “Contentment,” and “Gossip”
Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again The coppery taste of meat beneath your sweet breath lingers Like a penny on the tip of my tongue. Head or tail?…
