Like What You See?

Fuck Windows 10. Management decided it was time for an update, so now whenever I boot up my desktop, I’m confronted with a new picture of some exotic…


Mylingar

Detective Krauss shifts carefully in his rooftop hide. The day’s heat has left the tarpaper tacky. Scanning the back lot of the women’s health clinic…


High of 97°

A loud crash jolted the young man from his slumber, and his still tired eyes were immediately blinded by the rays of harsh sunlight streaming through…


Paperclip Lockpick

“The impossible, rolling hills of East Los Angeles are not, in fact, hills, but actually the humps of great beasts hiding under the asphalt,…


Disaster Holiday

It was a once in a lifetime, barnburner, shitshow of a storm. Certainly it was being hyped as a Biblical-level event. So much so that the grocery…


Cindi and John

In front of the Key Food supermarket on 108th Street and Rockaway Boulevard is a blue and yellow aluminum can redemption machine. John’s feeding the…


Hell is a State of Mind

The man opened the door and found himself in Hell. He knew it was Hell because the room looked like it could be nowhere else. The ceiling was low,…


By the Bay, By the Bay, By the Beautiful Bay, Part 2

Rich drove fast. We were cruising on occasion at 95 MPH. He is a superb driver. Some people can do it. Some even like it. He loved to take the curves…


A Rose Named Kenneth

I remember the day we met like it was yesterday and can hardly believe how the time---almost half a century now---has flown by. We were just a couple…


True Love, Part 1

I. If he was being completely honest, Ken would tell you that he had always preferred younger women. Though he would probably never admit that to…