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Incident at Oscuro

Posted on October 16th, 2009
by Steve Moore She was laying on the edge of the road with her head a good foot past the white line. At first, Tennessee thought that she must've been a large dog; ...
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The Courtship of Lady Boo-Boo

Posted on July 4th, 2009
By Bosley Gravel (apologies to Charles Dodgson) In the land of Nod . . . Tweedledee threw three knives, one after the other; they sailed through the air, spinning in a blur of ...

A Roadful of Ducks

Posted on May 31st, 2009
By Tantra Bensko I never thought I'd find comfort this way, but no one told me I couldn't. I just gave it a go, and the ducks are following me down the road ...

Togetherness

Posted on January 7th, 2009
By Abha Iyengar The humerus bone has ‘humor’ of a malignant kind, that which shows no restraint. It went jerking in another direction, that is, the direction of a no-no, towards the man ...

Khoa in Chiapas

Posted on November 24th, 2008
By Tram Nguyen He’s seen her before, coming out of the church as he was walking inside. He’d only wanted a place to sit, where it was dark and cool and quiet. He ...

Four Scenes from a Neo-Mythic Western

Posted on September 7th, 2008
A comic-book script by Josh Wilson, inspired by Nate Orman's comments about Western mythic storytelling. April 5, 2008, Van Ness Ave & Green St, San Francisco. SCENE 1 A vast Western ...

The Sea-King and the City

Posted on December 24th, 2007
By Josh Wilson You often ask, child, about the fog that rolls in thick on the heels of the day, and clings like a shroud through highest summer. Any student of atmospheres and ...

Mob Scene In America, Part One: “Footprints”

Posted on April 4th, 2007
By Josh Wilson (New York City, 2022) Brawley gazed at the package. It was in a Nordstrom’s shopping bag — a large box wrapped with plain butcher paper, meticulously taped. No logos, no bar ...