Journal – Page 2 – MARTIAN DEATH RAY

June 21, 2026

Mom, the cultists came a callin’. Can they come over and play?

Weeks ago I gave money to some cultists who were passing out colorful flyers by the roadside. Now, don’t panic. I gave only change from my ashtray – no large denominations. If recollection serves me, my hand quickly grabbed some thirty-seven cents. I gave them some change because I wanted their flyer or small poster—in… Continue reading

Journal, True Stories

Apocalypse, Dreams, End of the World, Journal, Last Judgement, True Stories

June 7, 2026

Does Mars Need Women?

This one is a touch early, but I’ve electrifying plans for Valentine’s Day, plans involving a microchip, some silicone, a tube of lip-gloss, and lots and lots of whipped cream. As a matter of fact, these thoughts have stewed in my mind since driving home and catching David Levy on AM radio talking about his… Continue reading

Humor, Journal

Artificial Intelligence, Humor, Journal, Love, Mars, Robots, Science Fiction, Scientific Romance

August 12, 2018

NORMAN SAVES THE DAY

Norman was a tall, soft-spoken, lanky, freckled-faced kid. I never knew Norman had a problem until Mr. Bell asked us to swap papers and I graded Norman’s pop quiz. I was shocked. Norman’s quiz was a mess of wrong answers shot through with grammatical and spelling errors. I was a just kid and had no… Continue reading

Journal, True Stories

Baseball, Learning Disabilities, Sports

August 2, 2018

The Tangled Dream of a Neoplatonist in Campania

A.D. 260, somewhere in Campania, a Neoplatonist sleeps among a multitude of empty amphorae after a heated debate with a Cretan who also happened to be a Cynic and a follower of Menippus. This was his tangled dream… Mind (Nous) and Soul (Psyche) take a stroll through paradise on the newly minted Earth. And there… Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Humor, Journal

Humor, Neo-Platonism

July 20, 2018

SNAPSHOTS

I love snapshots. Anyone with enough practice or luck can take a good one. And most people have taken a great one. I remember long ago my dad telling me to put the Sun to my back as I shot with our Kodak camera. And It’s funny looking through our old snapshots, because it’s not… Continue reading

Journal

Journal, Photography, Snaphsots

July 19, 2018

The Bedrock Time Slip

This is a dream I dreamt where I was Fred Flintstone trapped in a George Jetson world. The entire dream is here more or less with some embellishment. The bed tilts me onto a conveyor belt that whisks me into the shower. Along the way, a vacuum sucks off my nightshirt; spigots open and shower… Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Humor, Journal, Oneiric Writing

Dream Logic, Dreams, Oneiric Writing

July 15, 2018

Once Again the End Is Nigh

Texas. July 2015. The world is ending. The date is set. And this time it happens on Wednesday. It’s funny. People hate things like the IRS, but love things like the end of the world. I admit it’s exciting. It has zest. And it’s the period at the end of humanity’s long sentence. It’s big… Continue reading

Humor, Journal, Science Fiction

Apocalypse, End of the World

July 15, 2018

Falling Up

January 13, 2008 I cannot stare into a cloudless blue sky without a rattling in my stomach because should I stare too long, I fear falling up and into the sky forever. It’s a silly fear. And many fears are silly, but silly or not there it is. Continue reading

Journal, True Stories

Falling, Infinity, Journal

May 15, 2018

Helvetica

Knowing my interest in typography, my friend – David, suggested I watch the documentary Helvetica. I did and afterward I had brainwave—could I write a short bit of prose in which I describe a beautiful font and a beautiful woman simultaneously? I took inspiration from Dashiell Hammett’s beautifully concise prose in The Thin Man. Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Journal, Poetry

Flash Fiction, Helvetica, Poetry, Typography