Bet’n Jive
EXT. UNIVERSITY QUAD - DAY It’s a small Catholic University. The type that hosts haunted castles, secret underground passageways and…
Bella’s Bed
I recently found myself in one of those arguments that I’m convinced every book-reading or movie-viewing American has at one…
Pete Seeger: Changing the World One Song at a Time
Before the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, Jim Hendrix, Bob Dylan and others, there was Pete Seeger. With his five-string…
Wake Up Ambassador Stone
I laid in bed on top of damp sheets staring up at the molded ceiling which just started to leak.…
Side Effects
Pharmaceutical Drugs have an average of 70 side effects or 'drug reactions', with some as high as 525. This is…
At the Lava Motel
I am by no means an anthropologist, theologian or a historian, But my work is based on all these worlds,…
I Was Abducted By An Alien
Of course, when I tell people that I was abducted by an alien, they laugh at me. Some listen politely…
Scratch-Off
The uniformed driver stands in front of gate 10 and wrings his hands. “The bus is full,” he says, then…
Welcome Back to Tango of the Road Rage Drivers
It was a typical morning. Feed the cats. Walk the dogs. Change the litter boxes. Defrost my car. Take my…
Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution
“[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb—opening up possibilities that were fiction a…