Human Resources had summoned me by email, my team having missed its quota, when Angie called. She was crying on her cell phone and her voice was muffled. Then the signal burst through in painful clarity. “Karen? Dad’s dead!” “Are you sure?” I asked her, a stupid question. “What happened?” I loitered by a […]
Read More Collectibles – by Robert MooreThe teenage assassin runs the length of my office in her stylish-yet-sensible boots, flailing nunchucks overhead. I am disappointed to see her – she isn’t exactly the singing telegram I was hoping for – but, as President of Nation, I am unsurprised. One end of the nunchucks (one nunchuck?) hits the ceiling fan. A […]
Read More The Disastrous Disappointment of Dictatorship – by K.A. MielkeThe smarting, purplish-blue mass compressing Father Dawson’s right eye reminded the doctor of the beached jelly-fish he and his fellow bay urchins once impaled on rough-hewn driftwood swords and spears.
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