Geisha in the City of Death
“Wake up, wake up, wake up,” Neena hears this machine mantra repeated, close to her ear, as someone shakes her, jostles her, but without any real…
Win, Part 2
Harry, returning from taking a shit in the woods, said, “What'd I miss?” He shooed away the owl, removed a buck knife from his belt loop, and sliced…
A Feminism’s Carol, Part 5: Hillary, a Changed Woman
XVIII. As Hillary wakes up after this ordeal, she's no longer the grumpy old witch she was before. She's rather happy, with a completely different…
A Feminism’s Carol, Part 4: The Spirit of Feminism Yet to Come
XII. As Hillary wakes up on the third day, she sees the most ghastly shape imaginable standing by her feet next to the bed, a sight almost as ghastly…
He Came to Sheboygan
It was December 5th in 1989 and the sixteen-day countdown to Winter Solstice had begun. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a small German-dominated city, was…
Warrior’s Code
Thursday Alex jogged through the footpaths of Staunton Country Park at a steady pace, watching his breath fly away into the woods. After every three…
No Man in No Place
John froze at the sight of the old man, who was down on one knee, holding himself up with one hand on the park bench and clasping a thin wooden stick…
Unencumbered
Unencumbered. That really was the perfect word. Dusty Barrett couldn’t remember where or when he’d heard it before, only that it had to be the very…
Broke
Of course it broke. I had been laying in bed staring at the ceiling for nearly two hours. There was no way I was going to fall asleep until I went…
Win, Part 1
We hadn’t seen each other for years, but never in the time we were together cared to once talk about our jobs, wives, kids. We sat, disheveled after…
