Too many white people in these illustrations, time for a change Word count 1431 Long version - A Cat Who Plots The Overthrow Of Capitalism While I Drink Black Butte Porter And Eat A Carl’s Famous Star. The title is half the story. The rest … Continue reading A Cat Who
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Altared States
Before the blood letting Word count 787 A few days after my wife Celestine died suddenly from encephalitis, I got a phone call that I suspected was some form of condolence. I had not recovered enough to talk to anyone, but the caller ID – … Continue reading Altared States
Inpler
Grammer doesn't like texting Word Count 573 Language report 2019 -2119 During the last hundred yrs great progress has bin made in American Language. This essay will kover the trends and landmarks of that period. The drivers of the changes were 2 movements. 1 went … Continue reading Inpler
Nose
Nose knows Word count 896 I woke up feeling tired, even though I thought that I had slept through the night. My wife Sally looked like she hadn’t slept much either. I expected her to complain about my snoring, but she surprised me by … Continue reading Nose
Bomb
The explosive Bomb, Jimbo Bomb Word count 350 Two tough men walk into a bar separately. Other than them, the bar is empty. The pretty tough one says to the ugly tough one “Nobody else here, want to have a drink with me?” … Continue reading Bomb
House
I will not be quiet Word count 829 Sergeant Sam York got the tip by phone in the morning. “You know the rash of disappearances that have happened lately? I think that I know the house where they are kept. Strange noises have been … Continue reading House
Brave New Word
It looks like this Word count 356 After twenty three rejections of my masterpiece “House Of Rats”, I started looking for a more reasonable publisher. The publishers and editors that I had been dealing with were a bunch of snobbish Ivy League arts and … Continue reading Brave New Word
Gate
Fancy entry Word Count 1,000 “Now that you’ve been in Ambrosia for a week Sally, what do you think of the place?” “It definitely exceeds my expectations, Duke, but I still have a few questions.” “Shoot.” “I don’t know if I was imagining it, … Continue reading Gate
Court
It didn't take Word count 848 I ignored emails from my brother-in-law Ed. They were all variations on “Get right with God or go to hell”. I-Don’t-Care-Ism suited me just fine as a belief, but then for several days in a row I read articles … Continue reading Court
Spin
Put the brakes on rotation Word count 653 The odd creature came to my door at ten PM last night. He was a little over five feet tall, colored a light blue with a bald dome. I say he, but I wasn’t really sure … Continue reading Spin
Doug Hawley 