Jesus Is My Girlfriend And Jehovah is her dad. They both live in outer space. And this makes me glad. Tru Tru Vanilla Luv comes to me from heaven on…
Spirituality
Mrs. Friedman’s Golem
Our neigbors the Friedmans were the only Jewish family for miles around. Because I was “the heathen boy” and smart enough to pass for Jewish, I ran free on the…
A Gothic(k) Tale
On May 21 Peter Lamborn Wilson died in his sleep, his home in Saugerties NY, at the age of 72. His work appeared in 96, and In Memoriam we reprint…
Messiah in America
Act I The curtain goes up. Menachem-Josef sits at the table with his secretary Jackie Bluffer, a healthy, loud-mouthed boy with more balls than brains. Menahem wears large, black-framed glasses.…
All the Way to Memphis
We’re traveling through Egypt when the King appears. That is, his falsetto wail comes wafting from the dashboard speakers. It’s “Blue Moon,” Elvis at his finest and most eerie. With…
The Book of Mary
A Mary was born in a city, and half of her was pregnant. No one knew that this was so, except for Mary; no one knew that she bore half…
Lost and Found on Haunted Plum Island
Lost The only thing the man knows is the speed, the aneurysm in his brain exploding his mind away in a growing star of light. The speed pushes him down,…
Silence Is Golden
or, Miracle at St Bede’s Father Malachy had a problem and it was getting worse. A small example: Mrs. Garvey’s rosary. This pious old lady made more noise praying with…
Soul Sleep
Being dead is not as awful as you might think, all things considered. The thought of being buried alive was my second-worst nightmare. I saw a thriller once, with the…