Excerpt: Strange Days

"Strange days." He said with a drawl. He was looking out to sea. The picturesque mountains before him dwarfing the fjord. "Everyone had something strange going on today. It's just one of those days I guess." He smiled. Picking up a heavy stone, he heaved it into the water. “KER-SPLOOSH!” The stone sounded, as the … Continue reading Excerpt: Strange Days →

Blorg

Fast forward to the future. It is 1983, the human race is racing. A clock still hangs above the door, where it has for many years, in an old farm house in Oregon. Tick tick tick tick tick tick. "My grandfather bought that clock! That's a grandfathers clock!" He chuckled boisterously, turning to his guests, … Continue reading Blorg →

Poem: Blogging

I see you Staring at me I stare too At pages wide open

Excerpt: Brainpills

"I'd rather crush in my own skull, then go to my work." He wondered if he meant it, picturing himself being murdered by his boss for not going to work instead. "I go, because I have to go." "That's why everybody goes." "I know that, but I... UH, it don't matter." He wanted to live … Continue reading Excerpt: Brainpills →

Excerpt: Teller Teaches

..."the mission, if you choose to accept it," he paused, he always did the ‘nerdy joke thing’ on the phone, "is to grab Lazy Eddie, and meet me at the boat ramp. Dude! Let's go fishing!" Rad stood there in his long-johns, feeling like he was in some kinda spaghetti western, the lone comedy relief … Continue reading Excerpt: Teller Teaches →

Paragraphetry

Paragraphetry No muse, for amusing my boredom. I lock away the pen of truth, and stare deceitfully at this page. My moments, MY. This is where truth has gone awry. There is no pendminship that can express, what you know as why. To Try, To Hate, To fashion onesart after the Great, stylus better than … Continue reading Paragraphetry →

Excerpt: Rads Dream

...There he was, perched over the drafting table. His eyepiece pressed to his face. He followed the trace, looking for any flaws. Over and over. He couldn't help but think of his home. How generations ago, no one would have sat there. How at night, one could hear nature over traffic. What life was like … Continue reading Excerpt: Rads Dream →

Excerpt: Rads Day Away

The Mountains ranges surrounded them, jutting up out of the ocean. A glint of sunlight reflected off of the green water, causing Rad to squint, beckoning his hand to protect his face. He could feel the spray of the water touch his cheeks, and the burning sensation of the cold wind. The waves were getting … Continue reading Excerpt: Rads Day Away →

Picture Book

"Ring, ring," the telephone rings. "Bleep, bleep," text messages are neat. "Deet, deet, deet," the alarm clock sounds; Brush your teeth, go to work. "Bong," the elevator says, "going down?" "Honk, honk," your in that cars way. "Bling, blong," the doors tell you to please move away. Beep, honk, bleep, ring, deet, bzzzz, bling blong. … Continue reading Picture Book →

Draft, Using ‘ing’ To Much: A Raven Named Johnny

Johnny Two Times, was twice arrested on charges of double dealing. The detective stood outside his door and had the strangest feeling. "Dear ol' da'" through the door, he heard Johnny pleading. "Save me from the pain I'm feeding?" The detectives gut started sinking, For he knew that Christian thinking. And his own son, was … Continue reading Draft, Using ‘ing’ To Much: A Raven Named Johnny →