Vera had a new handsome young doctor and he had diagnosed her with a degenerative chronic ailment, fibromyalgia, and NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). She turned down the wine during book club with a sad sniff and poured her heart out. The other six ladies swooned in sadness. No! Say it’s not so…. Vera the … Continue reading Becky Requires a Dread Disease
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Rural Route 2, Oklahoma in the 80’s and lots and lots of spiders.
Trigger Warning: there is an abundance of spiders, ticks and scorpions in this story. An animal dies and generally this is a pretty damn dark story, and nobody should read it.
I see spiders. Spiders find me. I have nutty interactions with spiders almost every week. They will slide down a web in front of my face. Come over and sit beside the mouse while I work at the computer. They’ll come and do dishes with me. Spiders are my spirit animal and it’s horrific. Why not owls? Or birds? Maybe a sharp billed Raven. I would take a possum or even a grasshopper. Why Spiders oh’ Universe?
Margo and Herman, Environmental Activists!
Long retired activists Margo and Herman live in an abandoned RV on the side of a mountain waiting for the inevitable end of civilization – unaware that their causes, acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer, long ago passed them by.
Stray Cat Refuses to Relinquish Dream of a Couch to Call His Own
Bigelow lived at the old trailer with his two frail elderly owners until one day years ago they disappeared, never to return. Living off mice in the woods and stealing food from a nearby dog dish (which was risky!) Bigelow had a dream though, a dream to be an indoor cat. He has worked tirelessly for over a year now to relocate himself indoors.
There Are Space Aliens Running the Bank of Utah.
Man with gun bursts into Bank of Utah meeting and complains about illegal aliens, that he referred to as ‘Greys’ , set at table with well dressed banking hegemony. After firing multiple shots the disgruntled man facing eviction drove from Utah to Dysmal Nitch.
On the Popularity of Swedish FISH Tacos.
“Swedish Tacos? This is a Reichstag moment, the gospel of the Führer!” The General paced back and forth topping off each paper napkin dispenser, making sure the ketchup was full, unlocking the doors.
The Recollected Pieces of August
Amy begins a job as a personal organizer with a Korean born programmer from Seattle named August. Pays great. But there are lost items literally everywhere. Will Amy help sort August — or will August influence Amy into a never ending loop of losing identity along the way. Are all the pieces just doomed to stay lost?
Ron Paul’s MEGA Outboard Motor
This story has zero purpose. It is very silly. Ron Paul (seen here as a barely recognizable and poorly rushed doodle as a gnome…) … well the citizens of Dysmal Nitch build a giant outboard MEGA motor to convince Ron Paul to come and visit and fish.
Johan Jakob Astor – Lich King
Johann Jakob Astor is the most famous Lich King in the United States as of writing this. Once a powerful merchant with a monopoly that stretched from coast to coast he settled down after death in the city bearing his name, Astoria Oregon. Let me stop you right there. Right before you ask me something … Continue reading Johan Jakob Astor – Lich King
The Perfect Burb
sub·urb ˈsəbərb/ noun an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. Fact – the scariest of all suburbs have all the streets named for trees. The suburb which I now occupied had only tree named streets. And there were only two housing plans used. The one story suburban ranch style and the two … Continue reading The Perfect Burb
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Becky Requires a Dread Disease
First a Cough, Then a Rattle, Then a Moan – or how to avoid the grey plague this fall!
The Return of Ronnie Dutch
Out From Under the Bus.
