stories

Feb 20, 2010

Three cats come: red, green, blue. Jewel eyes scan me into bits. Out in the world, I am trapped in a million screens, and millions laugh.

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Mar 2, 2010

The anaerobes jiggle on their mitochondria suits. Safe from oxygen, they drop the flaps, close the bomb bay. “To the lungs, and empire!”

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Apr 3, 2010

Found at last, the unicorn was radiant perfume in the evening air. “But it’ll cost ya.” The dealer tapped the sticker. “I only got the one.”

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Apr 28, 2010

Facing another ream of odious paperwork, Captain Hero saw at last the wisdom of shelling out for itchy trigger finger vaccine.

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May 8, 2010

The Earth broken and shattered, seas boiled to ash, skies aflame, God took pause. It really was important to take his pills every day.

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Jun 23, 2010

Three dragons went into a crowded bar, the joke goes. No human knows the punchline. Dragons only tell jokes when they’re hungry.

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Jul 22, 2010

As his robot argued, sulked, threw plates and cried about the love it would never know, he wished he’d said no to that acting class.

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Aug 15, 2010

After years of trying, the monsters threw out all phones, computers, remote controls. They should’ve kept a human to work the tiny buttons.

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