Roger ate some bad oysters. The actual eating happened at about five o’clock. His stomach turned on him sometime around seven. The sun was just beginning to set, and Roger was working at his desk when the oysters first attacked.… Continue Reading
Fear is our most base instinct. Fear can be a good thing. In our days in the animal kingdom, fear kept early humans alive. Today fear can be a hell of a motivator; it can also be a hell of… Continue Reading
The temporary face tattoo had seemed like a good idea until Emily realized she’d used permanent ink. Sure, the intricate dark green design she’d drawn across the left side of her face had been perfect for the sci fi convention.… Continue Reading
Ray looked up from his paper. A single bass note, smooth and rich, tingling with vibrato, faded into the corners of the otherwise silent living room. He turned back to the sports page and… there it was again, a single,… Continue Reading
I’m running down the stairwell of my apartment building, holding a lifeless tabby cat in my hands. I didn’t kill it, I swear. At least not intentionally. I like cats just fine, definitely enough to never want to see one… Continue Reading
What they did was seek out the very last unicorn on Earth and slaughter it. They paraded its head throughout town on a pike, because this takes place in a land where they still use pikes for things. Unicorns, of… Continue Reading
It was just a glass jar. “Did you say just?” “Yeah. It’s just a jar of beets.” “Just? There is nothing just about that jar. Nothing.” “I brought some beets. Thought you would like them.” “I did. We did. That’s… Continue Reading
“I’m thinking of getting a reduction,” Teresa said. “Not you too…” Chuckie rolled his eyes, but it looked like yet another anxious blink. “Let me guess, your beak?” “No, my breasts. I mean… I come from a naturally voluptuous flock.… Continue Reading
As my daughter and I walked out of the theater after watching Star Wars: Episode IX—The Tears of the Ewok, I couldn’t help but feel that I would never be the same. Maybe it was because the series that had… Continue Reading
Earlier tonight, I visited a pharma’s market inside an unmarked park just west of Vallejo, California. I was innocently waltzing along to the musical vibrations of swarming city streets, carting home a dozen eggs and a bottle of rum, when… Continue Reading