Restless

1/2/06

Fiction

Some fiction I've written:

George and GenghisThe Accidental Oracle  (2006-7)

Since I kept hearing how "God is in the White House" nowadays, I made a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.  The trip began well, on a Peter Pan Express bus playing a bleeped-out TV movie version of Al Pacino in Scarface...


The World You Wanted  (2004)

And now, after years of watching my enemies -- the Righteous Right alliance of exploiters, fundamentalists, thugs and liars who run this country -- swagger around with self righteous smirks as they pee into the sea of ignorance and fear they've created...


Buried in Cups  (2003)

I eat a lot of yogurt, and the plastic-cup containers keep piling up.  A while ago I decided it was time to get rid of them, and thought of a few ways I could put them to use...


Dear Ms. Munch - Part 1  (2002)

To: Cynthia Munch
Comptroller, Grants Division
Ronald McDonald Foundation

This is in reply to your response to my emergency request for more money...

Dear Ms. Munch - Part 2  (2002)

The World Turns Out to Be a Super Titanic Death Match...



One Man's Plans  (2000)

Carlos T. Nevada passed away last month with his fingers locked around an unopened jar of peanut butter.  [This...] serves as an outline of Mr. Nevada’s life from the point where his career plans went awry...


VORX  (1999)

Not long ago I decided to buy a computer, invent something, and get rich.  Once started, I was so busy researching possible products that I didn’t have time to keep up my correspondence with old friends.  It occurred to me that success without witness is no success at all...