August 23, 2022
Waiting Room
Alicia had insisted that she was old enough to wait alone, no matter what her mother said. Her mother’s voice pitched loud as if she was speaking to…
August 22, 2022
Hitler’s Genders
When I reflect now on the day I flew out of Uruguay with the Führer swaddled in SpongeBob SquarePants pajamas on my lap, I am struck by the magnitude…
August 20, 2022
In Moradillo, Distemper; in Aranda, Albarda
In this play that was not performed at the Casa de Cultura in Aranda de Duero, but was performed in "La Tangente" in Burgos, Daniel "the Poet"…
August 20, 2022
Why I Don’t Run Away Anymore, Part 3
The next thing I knew, I was waking up. Well, coming to was more like it. I was lying completely stretched out across the front seat of some sort of…
August 19, 2022
Late at Night on Route 15
This is dispatch calling all cars. Anyone near Route 15 copy me right now? Copy, Mandy. I’m on 15, headed west. Go ahead. Oh hi, Stu. How’s it……
August 18, 2022
Did it Happen?
“Good afternoon, Nick. It looks like you are working on one of your inventions.” “Good afternoon, Sam, and call me Nikolai, as I am not an American…
August 17, 2022
Blood Vessel
The boy drinks my burning blood. Slowly. His bony hand around my neck, a real strangler. Soon he will drain me and break me. Shatter me upon the…
August 16, 2022
Silence
Don’t die for me. One year ago to the minute, Pauline had thought those exact words and now, during the minute of silence in honour of fallen…
August 15, 2022
Superfood
My neighborhood is full of cafés. My current regular place is good, but no better than all the others. It’s good for meeting interesting people,…
August 12, 2022
Lightning Bugs
I’m Bob Hurley, an award-winning gardener with two problems, both caused by my new neighbor. It all began when he moved in last winter. I think he’s…