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The Driver’s Assistant
Robert finally found the correct balance of medications to control the effects of his schizophrenia. To celebrate, he and his wife Jess decided to…
“Mirror of Hope,” “WreTcheD,” “Sadland,” and “Home”
Mirror of Hope Doors of amity begin to bellow In the dream of our homeless morrow With you, there would be no sorrow In our land full of terror Like…
Decision Time
Linda turned on the nightstand light, sat up in bed, and faced her husband, fighting mad. She shook her head, “I don’t get it, Rick. Please explain…
“Thomas Cole,” “Captain America,” and “Riding Into Sunset”
Thomas Cole I. A wolf shudders. Its savage lips Are wet with river and It watches me and the gift Of meat dangled from My red fingers. I will tame…
Dusk: Thoughts on Moral Convictions — An Exercise in Submission, Forgery, and Petty Thinking, Part 1
Prologue I. In this pamphlet, a person will encounter a “renter”, a borrower, a spendthrift, a man always scrapping by, or even better, a deep…
#Text Codes#
translated by Xi Nan #Text Codes# 11111100001010 The Gap in the Mountains Watching two cranes falling in love in a window with a view of the…
The House That Wasn’t There
Tekla loved her name. It was steeped in her ethnic tradition, and meant “God’s Glory.” She inherited it from her great-aunt, from Eastern Poland. She…
A Trip Down the Stairs
I lost my train of thought. Oh yes, yes. So she walked over to her husband wearing her marigolds and tapped him on the shoulder (wearing her…
Keepsake
Ridley Chesterton didn’t think of himself as being sentimental. It had surprised him as much as anyone when he snatched his father’s wind-up pocket…
“Attention” and “Perfection”
Attention “The doors are locked, and you don’t have the keys. All the shades are drawn, and all pointed and sharp instruments have been put away and…
