“Is it money you want?” he pleaded, as I tightened the zip-ties binding his wrists. I shook my head, ‘No.’ She continued struggling against her restraints, “Try all you want, you ain’t getting loose.” Picking up my bat, I asked, “Who’s first?” No answer, so turning to the husband, “How ’bout you?” “No? Her then,” as…

Legalism simply defined is the dependence on law rather than faith. Once, I got into a heated exchange after claiming the Bible to be the “perfectly inspired word of God.” “Oh, you’re one of those,” he responded. “Yes,” I shot back adding, “And remember I have a doctorate in theology, while you sing in the…

She was watching the white rabbit carrying a satchel. Being curious, Alice Liddell followed the hare into the garden. “Why are you running?” she asked. “I’m very late. No time to talk.” “You can speak!” “No I can’t, I’m late.” “Where are you going?” “To the Red Queen’s. It’s her birthday. I’m to bring her…

The next time someone tries to shame you by calling you a ‘conspiracy theorist,’ tell them to look up how in 1932 the federal government gave 600 Black men syphilis to study the diseases progression, in 1933 poisoned the alcohol supply to stop moonshiners, killing 10,000 people, or how from 1950 to 1969, they sprayed…

“Found a badly thrashed Nikon CoolPix L31 camera hanging on a tree branch while driving in the desert south and west of the Hungry Valley Rez. It has a slightly bent and mangled micro SD chip and I’m doing my best to salvage whatever might be on it. Fingers crossed. More to follow…” – from…

Dugan dipped beneath the yellow police tape and walked through the door, “What do we have?” “Another one and more of the same,” came the answer. He walked towards the back of the abandoned house. Streams of bloody cast off covered the room. Dugan squatted down as he pulled on a rubber glove. He shined…

“Just walk a mile in his moccasins, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,” Mary T. Lathrap wrote in her 1895 poem, ‘Judge Softly.’ But looking at the seven-inch high heel on my neighbor’s boots, that shiny black patent leather, reaching mid-thigh, I thought, “I’d rather not take a single step, let alone attempt a mile.”…

The Electrician’s Mate twitched involuntarily as Sailor Jerry ran more color through the lines of the drawing he’d traced on the kid’s chest. The piece had morphed over the six-hour time period since he’d dropped the ten-spot on the tattooist’s tray and took the chair. Jerry’s art was known as being mystical and as proof,…

Morning time arrives, but not yet the sun, its common sense used to stay asleep a few precious minutes more than it’s human counterpart. As for him, he toggles on the computer’s power button. It now controls his being, zombie-like, graying-glow and stupefied. Best described as love-hate, his Facebook news feed beckons and he answers,…

My mind fevered, influenza racks the joints. Thoughts rush in, jumbled, lay where they fall. Day is night, night is for insomnia and ragged breathing. Life as I’m living it, isn’t worth the trouble. I’m tired of trying anymore. Time to make some changes – but what?! All of my life I have sought to…