Dreaming of a Hacienda
I’m not saying it was symbolic, but his address was 8704 W. Lazy Street. I slowed my cab in front of his pre-fabricated house. He was standing on the…
Days of the Week
Austin hated Sundays. He hated their liminal stillness, their uncertainties, their anticlimactic endings to the interminable work week. But most of…
Operation Triggerman: Aftermath
Addendum to the above document: The purpose of this report is to provide a postmortem of the undesirable outcome of the project that was titled…
The Legend of Forenia: The Twilight Kingdom — Chapter 1
Jed Hayes wondered how there could be snow in the middle of summer as he glanced at the small pile of white beside the tree behind him. Sitting on a…
His Robot Wife Files for Divorce
Zach received notice from an attorney that his wife, a robot, was suing for divorce. “This is the lowest point in my life,” he told his boss at work.…
Worse for Wear
Everything was fine until my parents said I should leave. She’d help me pack my bags as long as I didn’t disturb him. He was too busy shouting until…
Bologna and Grasshopper Sandwiches
In Hermosillo, I get Natalia out of bed and up on her feet with her crutches, and we drive over to Alameda’s house. We try to talk everybody into…
Sales Pitches and Imaginary Midgets
Where was everyone? He had assumed the turnout would be low, but this? He checked the time again. 6:10. He sighed. A little longer, he thought. His…
Operation Triggerman: The Grooming, Part 2
The “long game” that our girl has long pursued finally begins to gather dividends. At first, she reports, she wasn’t really sure which way things…
Meth and Honey Jar
She says she is gonna kill herself after I take a phone call with a writer friend, so I go into the bathroom and lock the door. I stand there and…
