Fiction
THE JOURNEY TO SHEA BUTTER TREES (A TEENAGER’S TRAVELOGUE TO NORTHERN GHANA)
I Mother sat me down and she began to talk; “When you get there— do not misbehave; remember who you are and your reason for going there” she said. I nodded. She waved her hand signalling the end of a brief mother-and-son dialogue. I got into the house, my trolley was already leaning against the […]
Lost in the Alps
Snow fell over the dark, night time Alps. The stars, that are always more beautiful the higher you go, were blocked by winter clouds. The man stood guard along the ridges of one mountaintop. It served as an outpost, from where he could see the enemy’s trenches. The snow had halted the war, or at […]
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I Don’t Like Your Tone
In Cairo, teenagers—literal and figurative—were in control of everything.
Vices
Spiraling into a spiral of loneliness, James takes a shot of whiskey over the sink, already shunning the pity call from Jack at the firm. Jack who likes to gallivant all over the city. Jack who likes to speak in bachelor cliches. Let’s paint the town red, he proclaims amidst his trademark Friday night monologue […]
Is This a Poem?
I went back to my drink and prepared to pout when I noticed her grinning, and like a stream of internet porn, her smile was endless.
The Nutzis
First there was Hogan’s Heroes, and then there was The Nutzis. Thursdays at 8:00 P.M. Mountain time. This was ABC’s idea. The first episode aired on December 29, 1973. Starring Bert McCracken as Karl Nutzi. Sylvia Fischer as Leni Nutzi. Joshua Joseph Cooper as Henry ‘Heinz’ Nutzi. And Joshua JosephCooper as Deborah Nutzi. The story […]
Letter Wars
In the early pages of Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, the young Jane is whacked upside the head by a book. A book hurled by her evil cousin and proving the hypothesis that words can hurt. This scene got me thinking—what better way to kill a fictional character than by beating her to death with […]