“I don’t see why you’re so upset,” she said, tapping the ash from her cigarette. They were sitting outside on the back porch. It was August, still warm in the…
Horror
Now Accepting Remorse
If you’re not all winged-up and fingering a harp in the lap of the Lord by now, then maybe you’re here. Maybe you’re ghosting around the foyer that still reeks…
You Can’t Take It With You
Unbeknownst to his wife, Edwin Hersek was involved in a full-blown affair. Her name was Gina and she sat in Edwin’s garage looking lovely as ever. He ran his hand…
Tourette’s Crucible
Tourette’s Crucible “I am sick of meetings; cannot a man turn his head without he have a meeting?” —Putnam, The Crucible. “Yip, yip, bark, shit-fuck-shit.” —Anonymous Tourette’s Sufferer. Act 1…
The Readings at Blighted Corners
We learn too late that everything is written on the land, and in houses, too. Under their sharp roofs, they are like elders with wrinkled hands, and wise old eyes, and whispering, toothless mouths. Houses would tell us all their secrets, but we do not yet know how to listen to them; to what they say in the silences between the movements of the night winds.
Some People Never Return
“What’s wrong? Where are you going?” “What?” “You’re pulling off to the side of the road.” “What do you mean?” “You’re pulling off onto the shoulder—there’s no tollbooth here.” “I…
Miss Mary Mack
That night Dieter lay in bed pondering the scene from Goethe. He got down the book and read it over. Here Faust wants to call up the ghost of Helen…
Doron Paz Interview
Since 2009 Doron and Yoav Paz have made four movies (Phobidilia, ,JeruZalem, The Golem, and Plan A) and four TV series (Exposed, Asfur, Temporarily Dead, and Fullmoon). The Golem and…
Feast or Famine
Alternate Day Fasting: Lose Weight Fast, with Fasting! —the article title reads. The letters are long, spindly and black, like shadows of the words themselves. I scroll down. Luke is…
Life Plans
Victor Pence gestured around the kitchen. “I put the countertops in myself about a month ago. The refrigerator’s only a few years old. In fact, all the appliances are pretty…