3.67 minutes... The man in the grey jacket started to run. He couldn’t believe what was happening, and whatever was making him late was making him very angry. It was impossible for him to contain his anger and anxiety. If he weren’t 18.3 seconds behind schedule, he’d have taken the time to make that creature … Continue reading Bad Timing
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The Chord
The following is an advertisement published on January 18th, 2023 Union Technicolour Twilight Reunion Concert Free of Charge May 4th, Fairview Park, Metron OR, U.S.A. The following is an entry from the diary of one Dr Stephen Rourke Jamuary 18th, 2023 I was right! They all said I was crazy. They still do, but I … Continue reading The Chord
The Last Thoughts of Private Peret
what is this where am I dark what’s happening dark where am i silent quiet too quiet unnerving how’d i get here am i dead numb i can’t feel my body i know what bodies are heads shoulders knees and toes knees and toes memory fuzzy but good when did the urinal arrive it was … Continue reading The Last Thoughts of Private Peret
Echo Poetry: Kubla Khan
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan Con A stately pleasure-dome decree: Me Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Man! Through caverns measureless to man Can Down to a sunless sea. We So twice five miles of fertile ground Pound With walls and towers were girdled round; Hound? And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Thrills … Continue reading Echo Poetry: Kubla Khan
The Empty
He couldn’t think of any way to identify this place. It wasn’t small, that much was true. It wasn’t large either. It wasn’t ugly, but it wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t hot, but it wasn’t cold. It wasn’t barren, nor was it verdant. It wasn’t dark, nor was it bright. There were no people, that much … Continue reading The Empty
Stereo
I heard several voices around me, all of them only slightly different from each other. All of them said similar things, all so similar, and yet so different from each other. All of the things they said were such logical progressions from the last word spoken, but each of them seemed to have their own … Continue reading Stereo
Alone in the Purple
I looked around and saw furniture, toiletries, paintings, and even pieces of plaster, brick, and wood that had once been my house. I didn't have a ground to stand on, but I didn't fall. I looked beyond the detritus of my home and saw nothing but an empty, purple glow. The glow was palpable and … Continue reading Alone in the Purple
Wonder’s Witness 2: The Worst Lodging in Town
People can find me in the most unexpected of places. Sometimes they find me in the familiar places, other times they see me in the midst of the daily grind. I’ve met people time after time, in the most mundane, the most ordinary, the most empty of places. Might I add that this isn’t necessarily … Continue reading Wonder’s Witness 2: The Worst Lodging in Town
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