Moonlit Daisy
For my sister Renee (7/29/64 - 5/9/12), still the sun that dries up all the rain.Death comes barreling down the…
Criticality 1: Hostage Situation (Series Premiere)
Only a seemingly frail hand was exposed from underneath a heavy cotton blanket. Pete Rogue did not even make time…
Autism Diaries 2: The Things we Say
Autism Diaries 2
It's taken 3 years in Autism land to feel stronger about some of the things that are said in…
We Long for Peace
No need to retrace
Previous faults or disgrace
Just look ahead and think twice
How lovely, it could be …
Steven Soderbergh’s Twitter Novella
Steven Soderbergh's Twitter Novella
The 50-year-old Steven Soderbergh wrote 1989's Sex, Lies, and Videotape and…
The Third Amendment: Gabby Gifford
When a National TV show interviews a woman who was gunned down by the same gun she still holds in her hand, and she…
Armstacry
In days of old they too were found guilty of abuse, murder, throwing stones, and one after another the count would…
Rat Incense
This story is from the Nightmare Book. The nightmare was described by the Troll Queen Shadowtrollia in her personal…
Democratic Dictatorship
Democratic Dictatorship
The creation of laws that make nearly everything illegal is the main tool bureaucrats…
Checkers: The Undervalued Board Game
The American game of checkers, in England known as draughts, has proven an easy one to ridicule. Chess players…
Neil Alden Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong: American Astronaut, the first human to walk on the Moon on July 21, 1969 at 9:56 a.m...
The Apocalyptic Comet
Apocalyptic Comet: After fourteen years without a single drop, it finally rains torrents as it will never stop.…
From City Streets to Congress
From City Streets to Congress
Every city, town, or roadside has vulnerable paths in life, from the gunfire on…
Back Down to the Streets
Her eyes warmed my heart, filled me with love.
Her language was singing to my ears
On the bed where she hung a…
Smoking Hot
Every now and then arguments over smoking cigarettes take a decidedly strange turn.