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Archive for February, 2008

It’s time to lighten the tone after all the serious tales of floating limbs and pus-filled houses. Sometimes it’s hard to say why a piece appeals to me. Is this a poem about stoners on a food run, or is it an evocation of the dissassociation and confusion of life itself?
You decide.
journey-to-jackinthebox.pdf
 

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I first encountered Steph Campisi’s writing while using it to fill potholes during my brief career as a stopgap during the early fifties. Steph understandably requested that I stop, and it’s fortunate for us both that we did, for that very night we encounterd a friendly bear who nursed us back to health and shared [...]

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This week, a classic tale of heads…. we hope it sends chills down your spine… *OR DO WE*???
Man, I’m getting lazier and lazier at these intros:
head.pdf
 

Head

by Matthew Chrulew

 
 
Hi, how’s it going? I’m a detached, semi-functioning head, artificially arrested post-decapitation but pre-decay (Human of course). You may know me from such urban legends as “there’s a [...]

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Today’s story came to me in a dream… somebody else’s dream. Offended, I threw it out of my subconscious with the disdain of a superhero. Or so I thought. But weeks later it torments me still. Torments, or Currants? You decide.
 Here is the story:
Conversations

Conversations
Deborah Biancotti
 
 
Conversations 1: The Blind King
 
 
Stop, stop here a while. Lay down [...]

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