not quite an aspect of avariceexcept to those most piouslips kept shutbelow toes, in the aira feminine specimenof particular ponderancelovely in lacesweet skin and hairsupple and softhark, even Hamlet remarkedupon such country matters! I just turned that in for my creative writing class. How many people will get it? Will the professor chastise me for [...]

Dear [redacted], Never is a long time to wait. Thanks. Now would be a great time for it, if you were here. I heard you, and I know you knew it. Too bad there was so much cognitive dissonance in the air. Bastards polluted it and now you’re hundreds of miles away. That other girl [...]

“The primordial soup was the first joke played on man by your Earth-Mother. Her light died when the laughing stopped; her influence remained only in memory; the fragments of her mind were severed and shared among men. What they gained in general knowledge of the cosmos was stripped of its magicks. You must return to [...]

Blogging will be light for the next week or so while I get situated with my computer again. I’m going to be busy editing issue five of Hobson’s Choice, as well as clearing some assorted odds and ends out of my apartment. In the mean time, here’s some (very) rough-draftage for you to chew on. [...]

Julio rubbed his eyes and thought about his abuelo. When he opened them again, the half-blurriness was still there, his eyes still dry and red; he could see the smoke momentarily wafting around in front of him. Or at least he thought he could. Julio could smell the smoke, anyway. The breeze on the roof [...]

I’m razza-tazz zencartoonish and fleshybut I never died, not once left my dignity at home,my heart in Peruand my mind somewherealong the interstate but that’s okaymy soul now pumps my bloodand dignity is like cancerand my mindneeded a break anyway now I just razza-tazzin dimly lit barsand soak in the realitypushing carts and buggiesthrough the [...]

“Good ass keeps the world goin’ round,” Reed laughed hoarsely, “know what I mean?” “Yeah, sure do boss,” Jimmy responded. He really didn’t give a shit; today he was a space druid, harnessing the spirits of the interplanetary space-whales. There were massive growths in space that he likened to fauna. Reed kept on hammering away [...]

Originally published in Hobson’s Choice. “Stop it! There are no chemicals in the water! That is not real. You know that is not real. Get out of the closet…” I pissed myself and Jeremy rolled over. Nobody could sleep. It took hours for the moon to pass by, and I just wanted to brush my [...]