This; And also that

…2 Night

fried. wiped. but. saw. pelican.

Alameda’s own Red Hills Review was nice enough to recently publish a few of my poems in their issue #2. But wait: the editor of this journal has seemingly inexhaustible lit-related energy and will be putting on a few RHR-related readings over the summer. The first of these is coming up — this Thursday, June … Read more

I knew you when you didn’t have a card with Abe Vigoda’s signature on it. And I was nice to you then. So just you remember that.

“When the Fish People come,” the General said, “you’ll want to have ice nearby. Lots of it. In this heat, the Fish People can overpower you like that!” He snapped his fingers. Suzie scribbled a quick note in her pad and circled it: “Ice.” * * * “When you get to Earth, start decomposing right … Read more

She’s a stay-at-home mom pulled back into the biz by circumstance. “Who stole the binkie?” “I’ll tell you who stole the binkie.” “He stole the binkie!”

My four-year old daughter: I thought it was under the couch and I also tried to look for it everywhere, but I was having so much fun that I couldn’t find it. So it was very sad that you lost your wallet. My wife: Well, I was perplexed that we couldn’t find the wallet anywhere … Read more

Not so long ago, I was just like you — sitting around, waiting for the scientists to discover cheap and safe nuclear fusion. So they could take us off to Mars. In ships the size of Delaware. Now all I want is a machine that can make a big chocolate model of my brain. It’s … Read more

I’ve been writing poems for a few years now, but it was just in the last little bit that I finally got my [insert obscure yiddish word here] together enough to start sending a few batches out for publication. And in a bit of a milestone, this very week, my very first poem got published. … Read more

We got snapped at this weekend, asking for directions. We pulled up next to this pleasant seeming, elderly type lady, and we rolled down the window, and we said: “Hi! Excuse me! Can you tell us how to get to thusandsuch? Do we take this turn?” And she said, with a huge twinkly smile, “Yes, … Read more