Things categorized as 'Tales'
Incident at Oscuro
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; ...
The Courtship of Lady Boo-Boo
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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 ...