Zirconium
Edna was having a good day. She had cleaned the apartment, paying special attention to Cecil’s pride and joy, a 72-inch large screen television set,…
“Motifs,” “Episode 31,” and “Lost Masterpiece”
Motifs The coat and scarf appear in several scenes, a recurring motif like a silent character in the film. The camera lingers in close up on the…
Notes About Our Common Ground, Part 2
V. If men were born to be happy, they would not have to feel pain. Yet, to feel pain is to be happy is it not? But us Dostoevskians are happy when…
Gigs
DEET-DEET-DEET-DEET! DEET-DEET-DEET-DEET! DEET-DEET-D- I swatted my hand in the general direction of my alarm clock, finally turning it off on the…
Conflict in Utopia
The city of Los Verdes runs construction in patchwork patterns like a little puzzle game, sprucing up bits of road at the least opportune moments for…
Newports
I’d just opened the pack. Just tore off the cellophane to reveal 20 perfect, menthol beauties waiting for me to suck on them like it was their…
The Holy Land
I worked on MKUltra as a scientist. I was to administer the patient with a selected dose of dimethyltryptamine or lysergic acid diethylamide and…
Betty’s New Boyfriend
“Hey, Joe, why don’t you come over today?” “I don’t think that I should while you are incapacitated. There isn’t anything we could do.” “We could…
Notes About Our Common Ground, Part 1
I. This was one of those men common in those parts. Self-indulgent, narcissistic, witty but actually cruel, chasing after the hallowed glow of…
An Infinite Darkness
There was something wrong with the sky. Out on his nightly walk, Homer had paused to admire the stars, making their first appearance after a week of…
