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Cum Gutters

I could sense something was off when Bradley stayed firmly on his side of the bed. He’d said nothing since coming home, but he could be quiet, so I…


Panhandler

The bearded panhandler stood by the stop sign at the corner of Hollywood and the off ramp to the hospital from 6:30 a.m. until after rush hour in the…


New Beginning

April 2470 I should have started this journal sooner so there would be some record of the final days of our species. But how was I to know I would be…


Monster, Mermaid, and Me

On a fine day at my Southeast Portland house, I put on my bright white swimsuit and went out to my pool and imagined myself Julie* Adams in The…


A Cocked and Locked Christmas, Part 4

December 24th, 6:00 PM The regulars who found themselves lonely and with nothing better to do on Christmas Eve had trickled in later in the day, but…


Cold Winter Hands Be Damned

It came down for three days, Leaving a snow as hardpacked and unyielding as rock salt, All furrowed and bare as a fallow kulak’s field. But the mail…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 3

Second Topic: Union of Patriotic Citizens of Novi Sad, 2014-2015 I don’t want to make people assume I journeyed alone. In fact, what makes a…


“Lollipoppin’,” “In Sight,” “Eve Takes Issue,” and “Goddess Lethe”

Lollipoppin' (solve for xxx) Big girl, little girl, good girl, bad… I throw twisted signals---lollipops and lips, candy-colored mouth and…


Giant Negro Nipples of Doom

His wife’s moaning droned on as the fifth man in line pounded deeper into her pussy. He couldn’t bear to see if the brute was reaming out her ass or…


Fortune Teller

“Seet, seet,” said the psychic so the girl sat. She gazed into the ball. “Vat do you see?” asked the psychic. The girl saw shag carpet. She saw the…