‘SPECIAL’ MEDICINE REVISITED
Whoops. The loon accidentally drank his last quart of ‘special’ medicine.
Whoops. The loon accidentally drank his last quart of ‘special’ medicine.
The loon was granted an audience with the triffid Supreme Commander, Western Hemisphere. Somehow the loon has come to be regarded as a sort of mascot or good luck charm to the triffid forces. He thanks his lucky stars that he is not a vegetarian. In fact, he urges all vegetarians to get out the […]
The Man Who Glided Home spooned a generous dollop of lemon curd onto his toasted English muffin. He reached for the tumbler of freshly squeezed orange juice and quaffed it. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, rose from his chair, folded the English muffin in half and slid it neatly between […]
The swells looked tired as they crested and fell apart on the beach, and gathered themselves and withdrew slowly, and got upright and fell toward the beach again. Guy takes Raymond Chandler’s unfinished Poodle Springs to as good a conclusion as you’ll find anywhere in the sunny seams of L.A.
‘After I kill you, this place will be as clean as clean can be.’
So many times … hopes dashed … curse prolonged. Are you the one, child? I’ve heard you conspire with the boy every day. Oh, yes, little one, my eyesight is weak, but my earhear is most uncommon keen. Can such a tiny petal of life perform my dream of a miracle? Well, there’s no reward […]
Because: Birdie Tebbets Preacher Roe Granny Hamner I mean, come on, GRANNY?
This close-up representation of the imprisoned one-eyed giant octopus from the planet Brillig is presented as a modest tribute to the right-handed starting pitcher from days of yore, Art Mahaffey. Art, here’s to you.
There are pear trees of a sort on the world of Boad, where Bekka of Thorns lives.