The Buttersnake Man Lurches

The buttersnake man chirps out a foul odor, emanating from somewhere deep in his gut. He is over sixty years … More

My Freddy Krueger Rap Verses

Are you ready for Freddy? Such an obvious rhymebut killin’ kids in their dreams—a less obvious crimeHead crashed in a … More

My Michael Myers Rap Verse

When the shape escapesbest try to stay safeor 10/31 becomes your death dateI’m standing talllike hair on your neck’s napeyour … More

I typed ‘Smurf meat is tangy’ into an A.I. text generator

I typed “Smurf meat is tangy” into an A.I. text generator, and this is what happened: Smurf meat is tangy, … More

REPOST: ‘Le Diable au couvent’ (‘The Devil in a Convent’) silent film by Georges Méliès – 1899

“The Devil in a Convent”/”Le Diable au couvent” was released by Méliès’s Star Film Company in 1899. As its title … More

J. Alfred Prufrock, Jr. [A poem loosely inspired by T.S. Eliot’s famous one]

The too-early sun setting from behind these streetsmust at last answer the question—“What is it?” Impossible, that our departuremust take … More

dispatch from the pulsating dynamo of normalcy [a poem]

This is another one of those signs.I wonder if I’ve been too impatient.Penny for your thoughts and energy and downtime … More

“Bawk bawk ba-gawk!” [A Poem]

~Does being positive aid anything?  My own reflex is being negative.Besides, optimists drive me up the wall!~ I’m mailing more junk … More

Out of the Barrel (A Poem, I Guess)

We ate the last of the coleslawand the last of the brisketand the last of the roast beefand the last … More

the most depressing thing in the world [story snippet]

Can it be proven scientifically that our mental processes are intrinsically, almost inescapably, one or the other way around? I … More