To the Women Whose Names Start with the Letter A
“For the first five years of my life, I was a nudist,” is what Adelaide’s opening line of her college application read. I wish I could have thought…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 16: The Restaurant
All three of us caffeine-fueled officers of the law left the Toast and made our way on a four-hour road trip. By the time we arrived at the Singapore…
Larry Grank Saves the Kilogram
I received a letter in the mail, which was strange because nobody knows my address. I took the envelope inside, protected my body by donning a gas…
Underhill, Part 2
II. "To reject nihilism is the beginning of virtue." --- Anonymous Charles Dickens began his novel A Tale of Two Cities with the famous line “it was…
Fire
Laura stood at her window in the forest hut watching a jaundiced sky. The bats and the crows flew in uncertain directions at dusk. There was a blaze…
Spit Mask
Carlos slavers, pigheadedly mutinous, in the filthy order of the King County Jail, archipelagic in the Chair. He hacks out brainsick verbalizations…
Taco Night
“Tradition! Everything’s a goddamn tradition with you!” “Not everything, Fili, but it’s good to know how much you hate traditions. I’ll remember that…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 15: A Parking Lot Visitation
Late in the evening, after saying my goodnights to Wyla and Luther, I looked forward to getting back to my comfy apartment. Maybe watch something…
Stay at Home
So what then now? I’m watching a crowning newborn’s head squeeze out of a vagina that I have licked and sucked dozens of times. Along with the child,…
BorderCop
All screams just sound like cycling modulation. I never had a strong opinion about immigrants, but if you asked my coworkers, it wouldn’t matter how…
