Background (Part II)

I had a construction clean-up gig, that week. Whenever I had a break I would check my phone for news of the case. The assistant director Charles Fisk had worked on another film that had been accused of having an unsafe set. They also reported that there had been sexual harassment complaints against him in […]

A Trip to Janis Joplin’s Hometown

When I was six years old, my father, who had rather arcane ideas about little girls, gave me a tiny pink diary for my birthday. Each page had a quote from a famous person that was supposed to be positive, inspirational and encouraging of hard work. I paged through the book without much interest until […]

The Cello Has Its Say

Read my new novella anthology: A space alien on a mission learns about human existence with the assistance of a bitter, yet knowledgeable rat. – A psychiatrist invents a device to extract a patient’s repressed memories which come out of the patient’s head in the form of tiny people. He runs into trouble when the […]

The Superhero App

Betty Blueblood was just leaving Shuffle, a hot new nightclub on the East side of San Antonio, when two men jumped out of the bushes and forced her to the ground. She grabbed for her phone and pressed the “Swoop” app. Oswald Pumpernickel a meek, unassuming bag boy at a local health food store had […]

The Nirvana Loophole

When I was a kid, my parents sent me to Saturday school at a very reformed temple. It was so reformed that Saturday school was actually held on Sunday, because it was more convenient for everyone. Although my parents were basically agnostic, they felt that it was important that I learn about Jewish culture. […]

Protection

Claudia parked in the lot of the sad looking stucco office building that sat amongst the abandon buildings of NE Glisan. She climbed the stairs to the third floor and looked for number 308. She knocked and opened the door to find a short, unimpressive looking brunette seated behind a pine wood desk. The […]

In Defense of Kathy Griffin and Tyler Shields

Today Kathy Griffin made a video apologizing for a photograph of herself holding a bloody bust of America’s aspiring dictator, Donald Trump. The picture was the work of photographer Tyler Shields. The video consists of Ms. Griffin begging for our forgiveness and stating “I crossed the line. I move the line, then I […]

Diary of a Confused Alien

Dear Captain: I arrived on the destination planet last week, in the middle of their night. I immediately located an establishment that provides sustenance. Although the life forms in the establishment, which was called Denny’s, did not seem to find my façade pleasing to the eye, they did accept that I was one of […]

Catfight

Christopher rang Abigail’s doorbell. After a week of giving her the disaffected bad boy routine, he was certain that tonight was the night. She invited him over to dinner and told him to bring the booze. She answered the door wearing a silky green top and linen slacks. They kissed and he made himself comfortable […]

The Ascot

Rebecca negotiated the enormous cart full of plastic bins around the throngs of nervous travelers. She took them out to the start of the security check point and dropped them off for the travelers to load with metal and electronic items. She returned to her station and gazed dully at the x-rayed insides […]