March 31, 2019
Rembrandt frisked from room to room, banging his tambourine on the top of his head. He larked, clicking his heels. He boomed a bawdy ballad and roared with laughter. He ran outside giggling and destroyed his neighbor’s tulips. Energized, the young artist, sucking on a plum, returned to his easel. He narrowed his eyes and […]
March 29, 2019
Her other outfits were under repair in the foundry.
March 28, 2019
Maria dressed like this because: a. she liked cobras. b. she was insane. c. she thought it might get her the part of Blanche Dubois. d. her other outfits were being reforged.
March 26, 2019
It was Bradley’s turn to drive, not that it made the least bit of difference. As pilot or as passenger, he battled terror daily upon entering the extended underpass on the way to work. He could think of no obvious rhyme or reason for the phobia. He considered it to be a simple case of […]
March 25, 2019
At long last the creatures of Mars, the cornickles, made themselves known. Telepathic messages from the red planet arrived simultaneously in the minds of all human beings on the planet Earth. Unfortunately, the messages were delivered to Lapps in Japanese, to Finns in Xhosa, to Italians in Tibetan, etc. Therefore, only one Finnish anthropologist was […]
March 24, 2019
Welcome to the plutocracy, where too much is not enough.
March 23, 2019
Trembellina Act 1 Scene 1 Trembellina Wafer, daughter of the Chapstick King, is reluctant to wed the barn owl attendant her father has chosen for her. She sings about it and leaves on a goat for America. The goat sings the famous ‘Burden Song’. Act 1 Scene 2 In an underground fortress, a chorus of […]
March 22, 2019
Calhoun’s hair dominated wherever it went.