All Things To All People
Pieces of fiction.
“Nobody move!” I yell, holding the gun that shoots guinea-pigs up, stock to my shoulder. I can hear a faint squeaking from the breech. “Please lie on the floor!” Lance screams. He is angry about my choice of words. “Your continued safety relies on…
Image via Wikipedia I was staying in a hotel in New York, and James Kochalka was with me (though not sharing a room), and we were friends. Somehow James found a small frog, and was attempting to make it his pet, but the…
Image via Wikipedia Coming home from work this morning was very strange. As I neared my house, a seagull started squawking at me. Really loud, like a siren. The day before, there were two such seagulls, so it sounded like a car…
A Shocking Ecumenical Story of Wreather Madness! This is me: Pastor Chiu Johnson, 28, of the little happy town of Nenie, Washington state. Who would have thought that just 3 months ago I was sitting happily in church without a care in…
“If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.” –Gus Grissom,…
Originally appeared in Prefabricated Magazine, October 25, 2008. All rights reserved, ©2008, FR&T, Inc. Appears with permission. Q: Let’s talk about your Music Videos. CA: All right. Q: In one of yours, the band plays women like guitars in the Beatles’ film…
Image via Wikipedia Dream the First Have you ever had a nightmare about a movie you’ve never seen, or, rather before you DID see it?? Actually, I’m not sure if “nightmare” is the right term. It was more of just creepy and…
Image by wallyg via Flickr “Mr. Grey?” “Yes, Pinkerton?” “I’ve got a little bit of bad news.” “What’s that?” “We’ve just been raided.” “What?” “We’ve just been raided.”
Image via Wikipedia The Howling Fantods recently did a contest to win the new book about David Foster Wallace. The rules said entrants had to write a 400-word (!) parody of David Foster Wallace’s style, and this piece had to include a…
Image via Wikipedia I had a very strange dream a couple nights ago. Perhaps it was due to looking at too many capybaras the night before — but one can never look at too many capybaras, as they are absolutely adorable. (Speak,…