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Feb 5, 20232 min read
"Mandela Effect" by Niles Reddick
After five o’clock, we got together at La Siesta for margaritas, fajitas, and tacos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and someone asked what...
Dec 11, 20223 min read
"The Book Inside My Father" by Eugene O'Toole
My father always said he had a book inside him. As a child I had no idea what he meant, naturally being far more preoccupied with Meccano...
Nov 27, 20222 min read
“Questions on the Reading” by Kate Deimling
1) Discuss the theme of butterflies. What do they represent? 2) What does this story tell us about the role soup/gender/usury plays in...
Nov 27, 20221 min read
"Genome for Commercial Taste" by Christopher Collingwood
My dreams were served with Cabernet – seduction by commercial taste, peeling vanity off the apple’s core, taking away unwanted skin,...
Nov 13, 20224 min read
“Concerning Knives, Bears, Drawers, Sharpness and Shitting” by Scott O’Neill
Does a Bear shit in the woods? Sometimes. Usually, even; but not today and not this Bear. I’m going to break into this cabin and shit in...
Nov 13, 20228 min read
"Appetite" by Mike Hickman
Matt hoped to God he wasn't wearing the Cookie Monster T-shirt. While he might be able to afford one or two minor embarrassments today,...
Oct 2, 202216 min read
“The Placer” by Tim Brown
Albert grunted as he rowed the last hundred feet towards the blank shore. It wouldn’t be blank for long. Soon it’d be teeming with more...
Jul 24, 20229 min read
"News from Lake Amnesia" by Jack Garvey
The Holiday Party When friends asked me to join them at a Christmas party, I didn't want to go empty-handed, and I had no idea what the...
Jun 27, 20224 min read
"A Question of Life" by DJ Tyrer
“This is most irregular. Most irregular, indeed.” The judge pushed his tiny glasses up his nose and looked at the petitioning lawyer....
Apr 3, 20228 min read
"I Could Have Been a Tallboy" by Mike Hickman
Tallboys, Tony told me, came in dove grey and Chantilly grey and London oak and Rutland oak and more varieties than most people might...
Feb 6, 20225 min read
"MBGA: Or, America’s First HOA" by Allison Vincent
NARRATOR: Good evening, I’m Bartleby Zane and you’re watching the Cracks of Time where we examine historical moments that might have...
Dec 19, 20216 min read
"Himself to Himself" by Mike Hickman
It was the same every time it happened, Al thought, as he pulled on the gloves. After the bodies had been uncovered or the evidence...
Nov 28, 20211 min read
"Types of Damage, or, The Michelin Man Has a Bad Day" by Kyla Houbolt
Types of Damage, or The Michelin Man Has a Bad Day Tread Damage happens when someone ignores the warning "don't tread on me" having trod,...
Oct 16, 20213 min read
"Thank you for shopping at Wingmans" by Kellie Scott-Reed
Thank you for shopping at Wingmans We appreciate your feedback! Date of Service: 9/20/21 Comments: It’s not every day that one life is...
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