• If you kneel like the cop knelt on George Floyd’s neck as a way to honor Floyd’s memory, then you jus’ might be a sheeple.

  • Cabbage Patch Kids

    That unscratchable itch over came him again and Clay Rollins found himself loading his nondescript, white 1974 Chevy van with all the necessaries. As he sat behind the wheel, he glanced in the mirror and saw the six dolls, all hand-crafted to look like the popular Cabbage Patch dolls, each neatly seated and properly restrained…

  • Where Crazy Exceeds Word Count

    Being out of a paying job again has put me on the road to a stress attack. Elevated blood pressure, headache, sickly stomach and a case of anger, have been my companions for the last few days. And before you start giving me remedies (not to discount your caring for me and my health,) know…

  • I can’t believe it’s already riot season. I still have my murder hornet and COVID-19 decorations up.

  • Antipode, Part 4

    Into their third decent of the 2020 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s season, pilot Fred George and engineer Maurice Oliver, of the deep-sea submersible, “Aegir” cautiously approached the sea bed. The yellow and black, two-person craft had been named for the Norse God of the oceans. During their second assent, the duel propellers of the craft had…

  • Wife: “Does it look like I’ve gained weight since the quarantine?” Husband: “Honestly, you weren’t that skinny to start with — so no.” Time of Death: 3 pm Cause of Death: COVID-19 related

  • I hope to always care about things the way my dogs care about sticks.  

  • Antipode, Part 3

    Tired, he felt himself beginning to doze off. Taylor got to his feet and leaned on his spear, continuing his vigil. Night time came and still he stood guard. It wasn’t until it was dark that a sudden stirring came as a faint glow from the cauldron of stones. “There you are, bastard,” he said,…

  • My wife uses so much hand-sanitizer that the odor makes it difficult to have dirty thoughts.

  • Antipode, Part 2

    That night as he lay in bed asleep, he dreamed a nightmare; the thing, the creature, the face with the teeth was trying and succeeding at busting through the barrier. It was a barrier that once Taylor awoke, realized was a membrane that kept an alternate reality, perhaps an entire alternate universe from violating this…