Mortuary Science
When we as a people, or, maybe more accurately, as a species were most concerned with nuclear annihilation, the K-T extinction event was discussed in…
Teeth
The coal-black creature tapped its hoof impatiently on the jagged hunk of granite it had perched itself on, feigning impatience. It mimed idly…
Karambit
“I’m just saying, there’s a gap in the video where we don’t see what happened when George Floyd ended up on the ground.” The man who spoke these…
The Pilgrim’s Digress: Chapter 8
“Can we just start the shooting and get this over?” Ronnie asked as he gripped his rife anxiously. “No,” Amos said. “It’s just like the old days. We…
Night Watch
“If one of them, just one of them gets into this house, it’s over.” For a minute, Ari thought by “them,” she meant him. Melda often referred to Ari…
Arachnophobia
I. I knew this kid from school named Toby. He and his parents planned a European vacation for the Christmas holidays, so he asked me to take care of…
Fuck My Wife with Your Nazi Dick! Part 1
I. “Meet at Wienerschnitzel 5pm?” Jimmy looked at the text. Put his phone back in his pocket. Then took it out again. Put it back. Then out again.…
Requiem for a Goblin
It was raining the day they laid old Tye to rest. Blind, and hobbled by the gout, Tye hadn’t been of much use to anyone---not even himself---for…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 28: Is it Business as Usual?
Sergeant Gable threw a stack of cases at Luther and I. Again, this community was plagued by growing meth labs. We went through a particular report on…
Tales of Brave Ulysses
I. I saw her standing there near the front of the crowd, below the stage, behind the barricade. She had gold piercings through her nose, above her…
