My Cousin Elmo says, “My friend said he wouldn’t eat the tongue my wife served for dinner because it came out of a cow’s mouth, so she gave him some eggs instead.”

He rushed back to his unit as soon as work let out. JCH720 had a schedule to maintain. He quickly got on his stationary bike and began pedaling. He had to turn the green light to red before he was finished. As he pedaled, he thought about how he’d seen his reflection in a large…

Mag 0.9 earthquake, NW of Walker, Calif., Friday, 6 Aug 2021, 12:47 am Mag 1.2 earthquake, E of Coleville, Calif., Friday, 6 Aug 2021, 8:07 am Mag 1.4 earthquake WSW of Coleville, Calif., Friday, 6 Aug 2021, 1:08 pm Mag 0.9 earthquake, NW of Walker, California, Friday, 6 Aug 2021, 8:06 pm Mag 1.4 earthquake…

My Cousin Elmo says, “I like big boobs and small government.”

Have you heard the one where I went on a three-minute date with a time-traveling princess from the Old West? Brittan makes for a good story. She arrived forty years too early. My coffee was still hot, as was she. Her hand-carved ivory cameo brooch winked and whistled at me. I was delighted. This beauty,…

They were surprised to see me. Between them sat a large, old-fashioned ribbon microphone. I could not see what it was connected to. The duo opened their mouths, and as one, they spoke. A deep guttural voice came from their throats as spittle gathered at the corners of their mouths, “You have made it this…

The head was on the third step down from the landing leading to the basement museum. The plaster dust and wreckage in the narrow stairwell were undisturbed. There was no blood or gore around the severed head and no sign of a body. Still, I stepped toward it with caution. The stairs quivered slightly beneath…

He stopped me along Six-mile Canyon to pass on a bit of news. Bill had been born and raised in Virginia City and, when he was old enough, he had joined the Navy and left town about as quick as he could. When he was thirteen, he had the misfortune of watching a drunken miner…

My Cousin Elmo says, “My life is entering a new chapter too bad the pages are stuck together.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “I think we’re normalized enough. It’s time we start paranormalizing.”