Short Story
Jack’s Back
When Jane saw the Cadillac smashed up against the street lamp, she knew it could only mean one thing. “Jack’s back!” When George heard the clipping of cowboy boots around the corner, he knew it could only mean one thing. “Jack’s back!” *** The thirty to fifty year old kids all danced at their house […]
Daughter
Daughter, Do you know me? Because you don’t need to. I don’t want you to. You cannot exist I long for you. I crave you. But because of me, You cannot. I cannot express my hurt to you. For what would happen? Would I tell you of the lipstick smears across my pillowcase, For only […]
The Man About Town
The man about town swings his keyring and presses the button to remotely unlock the car door. The man about town gets inside his car and puts on the radio. Cool. BBC Radio 6. Bob Dylan. The man about town puts on his sunglasses and drives. The man about town is on his way to […]
The Painless Euthanasia Roller Coaster
I’m the one about to die, and he’s the one crying?
If We Dig Graves For Them There Will Be None Left For Us
What does a town do after bodies wash up on the beach?
The Snake as Big as Their House
She loved snakes, but this one was a motherfucker.
Hopscotch and Hellfire
“A red dot blossoms on the screen. Eric presses the trigger on the joystick and his hand tremors. The countdown begins.”
Between the Pages
“We had no faces and no names in the margins—no facts that could be traced to the world outside the one we had built together.”
Self-Defense in a World of Bots
Being attacked by a human man nowadays seems quaint.