January 11, 2020
In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 7: Again, the Transience of Being, Part 2
Deaf The whole village knew of Semenych. He was deaf. But Semenych was not deaf from birth; he became so from the war. He was commissioned back in…
January 10, 2020
Drop Out!
There is no art. Fuck art! “Art,” as we so-call it today, is not what art is. What passes for art today, here (on this website, indeed this page of…
January 8, 2020
6 to 6: The Jumping-Off Place
James was short and skinny, with a peninsula of purple eczema running along his right forearm. He had gray stubble on his chin and eyes which crossed…
January 4, 2020
In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 7: Again, the Transience of Being, Part 1
Sasha, Eat It! What woman does not dream to see her child strong, vigorous, and healthy? Such, probably, does not happen. My aunt---my mother's…
January 1, 2020
6 to 6: Plasma
A pigeon pecked at his left ear and woke him up. He was lying in the city park where he’d slept all night. He shooed the pigeon away. “Little…
December 30, 2019
Rank This Skank™
1/10 Massively deformed, fetal alcohol syndrome, morbidly obese. These vile orcs are blessedly rare. Run to the hills, run for your life. 2/10…
December 28, 2019
In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 6: Score
I learned to count even before school. And there was a reason. Vaska, a ten-year-old idiot, told me and Mishka how he had fooled his two six-year-old…
December 21, 2019
In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 5: My Friend Sasha Bichukov
The story of Sasha Bichukov should be told separately. From my point of view, he was one of those boys who is not capable of meanness. To confirm…
December 18, 2019
6 to 6: Batman
The new cab driver arrives in the morning wearing all black clothing and a utility belt with a bunch of gadgets hanging off it, the most conspicuous…
December 18, 2019
Emerging from the Underground
“I find it quite ironic that the most dangerous thing about weed is getting caught with it.” --- Bill Murray My freedom has arrived in the mail. A…