Unfinished Business
Jack Harvey had been coming to Germany for many years. A successful salesman whose retirement was quickly approaching, he wanted…
Category: Original Lit
I prefer funerals.
I worked for years as a church custodian, and I always liked working funerals better than weddings. For one thing,…
What’s Wrong With President Coin? The Hunger Games, Rousseau, and the Future of Compassion
The Hunger Games trilogy has evolved from the little book that could (the initial, modest success of the first novel…
Woman II and Impressionist with Synesthesia
Light clinging to my teeth, the pulleys in my cheeks playing tug of war relentlessly, wondering if the noise of…
Drifting Apart
Sun’s unfiltered poisonous rays. Crusts of Algae scum. Slow amoebic waves. Bubbling magma of words. Pushing and scraping underneath. Movements…
Magazine and Other Poems
Magazine You open up at me Quotation marks drool and There are so many breasts. The Land of Oz is…
Saving Gifted Men and a Touch of Paranormal
We want the ordinary life no more. We want the Ghost Hunters, the Paranormal Activity, and the Ghost Whisperer to…
1984.0: The Rise of the big Other as Big Brother
Remember some years back, when the lid was blown regarding the US’ use of torture to gather information from “terrorists”?…
The Life of a Grape
A glass cloud is your new mask: Inhaling the sweet fumes you drift, sailing on sweet melting laughing intoxicated loving…
Dance Lessons
Tall figures dancing and oblivious to the surf-puddled sand were mirror images of a pair lithely waltzing in a dimly…