“Can’t Trust Bovines” and “Doing the Mumbo-Jumbo”
Can’t Trust Bovines Johnson carefully folded his trusted cow, Betsy, as he had done so many times before. Using a measuring stick, he laid down fold…
Diary of a Madman
On the daily 8am tram, the usual crowd fills the tube attempting to avoid an emaciated hobo’s urine stains. It’s never on time. They never avoid the…
Ocelli
My trip to the Sonora had been meant as a soul-searching journey, an excursion into the arid heart of the American West as a means to decompress from…
“The Aliens,” “Your Love,” and “Zombies!”
The Aliens The aliens have come here to kill us, or we have come to their world to kill them. Or, not to kill them so much as for their resources,…
Dark Web
My soul is embedded in the hot braille surface of a motherboard, my flesh perforated by soldered connections. So much of our lives are ruled by…
“Something About Marvin” and “Only So Much”
Something About Marvin ‘There is something about Marvin,’ Thelma thought. ‘I just can’t put my finger on it.’ “Would you mind if I put my finger on…
Most Days Were Fine
Most days are fine. That's a terrible truth. We decided to do shrooms, because we wanted something spiritual and we had no access to DMT or…
The Commander, Part 3
In one of the reincarnation chat rooms I visit occasionally, I asked a question: if I can recognize a man, younger than myself, who played an…
Yesterday in Yerevan
I was walking as fast as I could without technically running. Mery’s text had come as a surprise, but I did not want to miss the chance to see her…
The Driver’s Assistant
Robert finally found the correct balance of medications to control the effects of his schizophrenia. To celebrate, he and his wife Jess decided to…
