“Chocolate soy chai latte, please.” Joe couldn’t believe it. This was Joe’s Diner. How could she say that? Decaf was as far as he went, grudgingly. But she was cute, in an odd way. Black lipstick. Green fingernails. Five-colored hair.… Continue Reading
Knocking. It’s him. I’m behind the sofa quicker than blinking. Harder now. Go away, piss off. Wearing his knuckles out and bothering my doorbell too. I try to avoid his phonecalls, but can’t keep that up for ever, so once… Continue Reading
“Mr. Stephenson is ready to see you now. Please follow me.” The red-haired secretary shot him a professional smile. Oliver rose to his feet and followed the girl into Stephenson’s office. This was incredible! On the spur of the moment… Continue Reading
At first it was just an animal trace, barely discernible to the naked eye. But soon it turned into a dirt trail, a country road, a superhighway and a stellar warp-lane. Ian Bailey, a Nundle Koala from north of Sydney,… Continue Reading
In the early 1950s all sorts of salesmen came to the door during the day. Mrs. Patterson’s habit was to personally entertain as many as she could manage. It was said in the neighborhood that the Fuller Brush man had… Continue Reading
“For christ’s sake.” I shrugged my irritation away. “Let’s try it again.” Moody sat on the cold sidewalk, the denuded flower stalk in one hand, swabbing his damp eyes with the other. “She doesn’t love me!” I handed him another… Continue Reading
The sun hung low on the horizon, and the golden rays ruffled the white-blond hair of the little boy. He sat on the floor of the balcony outside the hotel room playing contentedly with his stacking cups — build them… Continue Reading
Willie Ortloff knew Pamela Sunshine was going to crash through his front door in about a minute and a half and begin asking questions — questions for which he had no satisfactory answers. He dreaded what was coming. Willie ran… Continue Reading
“Okay, push!” The woman’s face squinched up, reddening with effort. Sweat trickled down the back of his neck. “Maybe if you wiggled a bit,” he suggested. “Like this?” “Ah, here let me–” He shoved harder. “Ow!” she howled, her lardonous… Continue Reading
“You are boring my balls off.” Toby was wearing only boxer shorts. “You know how Jesus Christ came to the earth to heal the sick and deliver man from damnation, and the Antichrist will come to bring illness to the… Continue Reading