So about a month ago, I looked out the door that leads to our upper balcony and there was a bird sitting on the railing—a kind of bird I’d never seen before. It was very exotic, all white feathers …

By Trent Lewin Heated ghee crackles in a pan. Smell of soft fat circulates through the kitchen. Upstairs, Bakshi opens the window and smokes. Across the street, an ice cream van sits in a driveway,…

Here’s a little throwback to the time I watched the National Dog Show with our last Labrador, Titus. He was an incredible dog and I still miss him, even though Atlas is awesome too. Titus and…

I got an early Christmas present this year by way of an acceptance for my novella, Nomads of the Modern Wasteland by Running Wild Press, which was awesome. Almost as awesome as having a monkey butl…

It all started earlier in the week when Ken and I were at a local holiday banquet. Ken was tasked with creating a ‘fun’ trivia quiz, and I wasn’t allowed to know anything about it so that I wouldn’…

It’s official–I am a hor. And no, that’s not a spelling error, and no, I didn’t hit my 60th birthday and decide to use my feminine wiles on an unsuspecting and soon-to-be ap…

The booking is for the honeymoon suite but she arrives alone, signs the register as Annaliese Müller [...]

The lights go on and a man in a sky-blue sports jacket and black pants comes out onto the stage holding a microphone. He waits for extensive applause[...]

Black notes on a staff of sky, crows revive fragments of hymns believers have long forgotten. [...]

So, I turned 60 this past week. It was not a particularly momentous day, as the family had thrown me a party on the Saturday before, and it was wonderful. But on my actual birthday, which was Tuesd…

I don’t know if you, like me, suffer from social anxiety and if yours, like mine, has gotten worse as you’ve gotten older. Things that I used to do without much stress are now sometimes quite daunt…

The sky was hazy. The sun shown straight down from above, piercing through the upper sky until it fairly burned [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was at the dentist. I got a clean bill of health, as well as a few good show recommendations from my hygienist, the lovely Harmony (Unknown Number: The High School Catfish …