April 26, 2019
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…
April 26, 2019
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…
April 25, 2019
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…
April 25, 2019
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,…
April 24, 2019
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…
April 24, 2019
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…
April 23, 2019
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,…
April 23, 2019
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…
April 22, 2019
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…
April 22, 2019
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…