Fallen Angels, Part one (Prologue)
Taiz, Yemen. February, 2019 "Why don't we talk about something pleasant? How about...iced mint tea?" The crackling voice came from a simple speaker on a gray concrete wall. Abdul Aziz struggled against the leather straps that held him fastened to a...
One Dot Below the I (#5)
THIS RULE YOU'RE SITTING HERE LISTENING ONLY TO YOUR INNER COLLISIONS YOU'VE GONE TO THE MOVIES WITHIN YOURSELF MAN! WAKE UP YOUR LOVE IS ON HER WAY TO YOU IN SIXTEEN AMBULANCES WHILE YOU DANGLE FROM A STRAND LIKE YOUR ALTERNATE I IS...
Five Fingers on a Dusty Window
**December 8, 2078.** _ **Roadside Picnic.** _ _They are only seven miles from Farvale when the engine explodes in a series of loud coughs as if it was roaring over a filthy joke. "AWW! Come ON," curses Kyell and pulls the car over. "I just had the...
The Hollow Silence, Part 3
 **Cobbler's Dell, Idaho; March 16, 2016** The bearded stranger turned his attention from the carcass of the wolf-like creature, and stared at Therese with intense yellow eyes. The pot-induced clouds...
*poem* Poet's Block
POET'S BLOCK For some reason or another I didn't get around to writing this down yesterday or the day before that and the blank page is beginning to annoy me. In a couple of months I won't even recognize what it meant to me, or rather: in a...
One Dot Below the I
THE WAY YOU COME IN CRASHING THROUGH THE CEILING IN YOUR BURNING NIGHTGOWN SCREAMING WITH YOUR MOUTH ALL SMEARED AND BLOOD POURING FROM YOUR EARS AND INTO OUR QUIET LIVING SPACE YOU BRIEFLY REMIND US OF THE IMPENDING DISASTER THEY TALK ABOUT ON...
The Brockford Files - Paw and Prejudice
**The Brockford Files.** **- Paw and Prejudice.** I was killing a coyote when dad walked in. The coyote's name was _El Cayo_ and he was the main villain in the story I was pounding out for the school magazine. “Err!" said...
PARALYSIS
 WHAT I'M WRITING ABOUT IS THE TOTAL PARALYSIS WHEN ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES ARE IN USE AT THE SAME TIME, AND NONE ARE ALLOWED TO BE MORE THAN JUST BEING...
*Poem* Species Dysphoria I
* * * SPECIES DYSPHORIA I THE CONSUMER * * * |  |  |  | | More Eversave local...
Dances with Humans - the Hollow Silence, Part 4
**Therese****'s Diary entry, dated march 17, 2016** Today I'll search Cobbler's Dell for places where I can shoot interesting photos for the feature. Ian is off to_Coeur D'Alene_ to have someone examine a bagful of ore. He seems convinced it's worth...
One Dot Below the I (#3)
I KNOW IT'S SEPTEMBER AND THE HEATHER IS ABLOOM NOW AND I KNOW IT'S RAINING FOR I HEAR IT STRIKING THE ROOF ALSO NOW THE RAIN IS HEAVY THIS MOMENT DO I HAVE THE TIME FOR "NOW" IF THE HEATHER BLOOMS IN THE RAIN NOONE WILL NOTICE...
And the Wolves Sang Her Name - The Hollow Silence, part 5
**Cobbler****'s Dell, Idaho **** _(March 29, 1916)_ ****.** “What IS that contraption?" Demolitions expert and part-time piano player, Gerry Badger studied a curious piece of machinery his friends were carrying into the...