Horfie, the Selective Service Elf
March 13, 1883. London, De-Militarized Zone. Santa Claus looked at his coal-powered wrist watch. It was just after midnight. A new day was on the horizon, but a grim, sooty future lay ahead. He preemptively nocked an arrow to his bow and let fly a...
Wienners' FACTION - English Retranslation
FACTION, FACTION: It's an abstraction; enigmatic FACTION LIFE. FACTION LIFE: Mysterious, strange, and odd, and confusing us. When I reveal what is behind, my mind perceives unknown material. It's a FACTION, FACTION versus what is...
The Deadliest Sin
1 Jamie LeBrau hadn't been to church since he was 15. Social studies was far from being his favorite class, and his teacher, Mrs. Wimbledon, a middle-aged woman with Marge Simpson hair, was a huge fan of oral reports done in front of the class. She...
local69
local69 We observe the output of a CRT television screen with evidence of timeworn VHS footage. The screen is layered with bars of alternating brightness, and the vertical hold is on the fritz, often distorting whatever sounds are heard at the time it...
Can't Pick and Choose
The first thing Lilith did when she got to Alex's was to dig through her backpack. She rooted around in there, burying her face into the old, forgotten smell of pencil shavings and sweat. She wasn't looking for anything in particular, having only...
2021-09-13 Writing in 3D Exercise
He was trouble from one end to the other. It took weeks to wheedle him into coming to the motel with him. Valyr needed this. He was far too pent up. He'd been saving himself to bust a major nut, but the only one succumbing to his texts was Clay....
2021-08-30 Writing in 3D Exercise
"Gronk." The mighty bellow would be music to her ears. The studly song she imagined in her slumber brought to mind dreams of machismo and good wrasslin' arms. Oh, how she longed to hear that voice, but who it would belong to was a mystery for the ages....
2021-08-16 Writing in 3D Exercise
124 was spiteful. 125 was simply trying too hard. 123 was dedication. Nobody had time to sit around coding 123 functions. That would be like thousands of lines of code, and that would mean millions of key presses and countless breaks to go to the...
2021-08-09 Writing in 3D Exercise
It was still early in the waning summer, yet I could see my breath in the night air. The loamy smell of the forest comforted me, and yet, here I was, two past midnight, directionless in these woods. I looked up, but could only glimpse a few tiny stars...
Madness, Starving, Hysterical
So someone bangs the front door in and starts having a shriek fit with her husband. This is unbecoming behavior, and reflects poorly on the entire household since you can probably the next block up the street. So I say, "Shut _up_." Not knowing I...
Amorous Theme Song
? In the Philly riviera, born and raised at the Amorous club is where I spent most of my days ? ? Chattin' up bluejays, maxin' out cool, Playin' with his beach balls in somebody's pool ? ? When a coupla guys who were up to no good, ?...
2023-09-11 Writing in 3D Excersize: Mall, Cooking Pot, Father and Son
The father's name was Bernard. The son's name was Gregory. "Tacos, Gregory. Tacos and pizza," Bernard was saying. "Right, okay." Gregory couldn't hold the camera steady to save his life, but he could vault the counters of the mall food court...