Flash Fiction – MARTIAN DEATH RAY

July 7, 2018

MY MORNING COMMUTE AS 007

In 2008 I worked at a college that required an hour commute. To amuse myself, I would imagine myself as a different character each morning then compose a short story based loosely on my commute. Afterwards I would write them down and post them to my blog. They began as one-paragraph shorts, but with time… Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Humor

007, Flash Fiction, Humor, Morning Commute

July 5, 2018

GEORGE’S CRAZY DREAM

When he was alive, my dad and I always swapped stories about any of the many odd dreams we would dream. One morning he sat giggling to himself at the table. He told me he had the craziest dream and after he told me, I found it so funny that I wrote it down for… Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Folktale, Humor, Oneiric Writing, True Stories

Flash Fiction, Folktale, Humor, Oneiric Writing

July 5, 2018

APOCRYPHA (A POEM)

One Sunday as a child, I sat in church listening to our pastor deliver a sermon on the Last Judgement. Being a kid with an active imagination, I envisioned angels using TVs to show sinners our sins. In the Anglo-Saxon tradition of poetry, poets used cadence rather than rhyme to weave their spell. These poets… Continue reading

Flash Fiction, Folktale, Humor, Poetry, True Stories

Alliteration, Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Flash Fiction, Humor, Last Judgement, Poetry

July 5, 2018

THE POET (A POEM)

A ridiculous nightmare in which I found myself back in college and attending an equally ridiculous poetry reading inspired this piece. After I wrote down the entire dream, I decided to focus solely on the poet. Continue reading

Oneiric Writing, Poetry

Flash Fiction, Oneiric Writing, Poetry, Poetry Reading

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

Flash Fiction, Helvetica, Typography