The girl with the quiet, angry face did not, of course, call herself ‘girl with the quiet, angry face.’ She was Charlotta Phelps, but Charlotta was the kind of young woman who did realize strangers must call her ‘quiet, angry-faced girl’ and she relished having… Read More
Once upon a time, a long time ago, I decided to make a brave second attempt at submitting something of mine to a literary contest. The first literary contest I’d ever entered was most likely a scam. I had to send them my piece and… Read More
Dear Mr. Tannenbaum, Please consider the following before you file criminal charges, or whatever: A few years ago, I also threw a snowball at Dr. Somiley. Maybe you don’t remember his family? They were at the open house. Dr. Somiley was a dentist. Also, no… Read More
And so, the mighty Silverback Titan emerged from the frozen earth, looking for his lost pack (of paperclips). Titan missed his mate Strawberry the most. And the cub, little Pipa. The two juveniles he could leave–and Titan grated silvery metal jaw as he hopped along,… Read More
Have you seen Outsourced yet? The show isn’t just funny, it’s groundbreaking on many levels. Outsourced is opening doors, windows–and one also gets the sense that it may one day lower something of an iron-clad drawbridge for up-and-coming artists of my generation who have been… Read More
Four: October 30, 2012 Gyra and Dansel sat patiently while the owner of that shack retold his favorite memory, from just before the Near-Revolution of October, 2010. There was tea for them, but it was cold. And the old man’s version of cookies was something… Read More
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