There was always something with her. If nothing made her pace back and forth I’m not sure she’d know what else to do. But I…
Category: Oregon On A Dime
Interview
Most positive attribute: Good listener Least positive attribute: perfectionist Accomplishment you’re most proud of: Most negative life event: The time at school when there was…
Don’t Look Back
To the press-drop coffee machine on the top floor, to the garbage man alone at home, to the faux leather couch on the side of…
Shakespeare
the earliest memory I have of god is of a pastor who was saying how his friend told him “the bible, thank you, is a…
Shells
This place is simply used. Like a shell, our cosmic bastion has run dry of the things we need to survive. The future we feared…
Witch of Newdath
First week in Newdath and standing in line at the Mini-Discount. I can afford two bowls of instant noodles, I have change for three, but…
Closure
“The lamb gaped its lower jaw slackly over the unsuspecting children to vomit on them its bad luck.” –M. John Harrison, The Luck in the…
Pablo’s Prayer
My father was a thesaurus and my mother a dictionary. I spilled from their pages with all their words and the words of my ancestors…
The Time to Die
It is found in the dim light of five a.m. that men make shields out of starving oak. That boxes marked “fragile” remain unpacked. That…
Hell is White
No neo-golden disguises here, you know this much. You’re silverish. If these were such sweet crimes, nobody could see it entirely. Creeping centrifuge robbery, ‘round…