by Ted Myers… I had nothing but the suit I was buried in. If I had been able to dress myself, I would have had my good pen. But no one thinks to put a pen in your pocket when you’re dead. Read the whole corpse-in-waiting story… Find Ted’s books, like Making It:…
by Elizabeth Scher… Open in a church, community center, gathering area that might make sense for worshipers. Everyone has their phones out and no one appears to be older than 30. In walks a pastor, not gender or race specific. Wearing some sort of fan merch (preferably Beyonce) PASTOR Thank you all for joining…
“Unmasking a Confidence Trickster” is a short story by Franz Kafka, first published in 1912, not a full book, and is often included in collections like Contemplation. The story follows a narrator who, after being led on a long, pointless walk by a seemingly charming but suspicious man, finally recognizes him as a fraud, feels…
Spy vs. Spy is a comic strip published in MAD magazine. It features two agents involved in comic-book espionage activities: one dressed in black, the other in white. A parody of the Cold War, the strip was created by Cuban expatriate cartoonist Antonio Prohías, first appearing in MAD Magazine Issue #60 in 1961. . .…
January 1953… Issue three takes on Dragnet with the story, “Dragged Net”, from Bill Elder. Wally Wood does “V-Vampires;” John Severin draws “Sheik of Araby” and Jack Davis writes the “Long Stranger.” Harvey Kurtzman does the cover art. .
by Scholarly Philly… “Get out your Sunday best,” said my wife. “He’s coming! He’s really coming!” Who? Who’s coming, I thought? But I dare not ask. When my wife gets excited like this, the best thing to do is just stay out of her way. Yes, I was a henpecked husband just like out of…
by Elizabeth Scher… There’s a new way of life, and it’s hitting ponds all across America. It’s called Gay Frog Pride, and this Saturday in its most prestigious community, right here in the middle of New York’s Central Park, gay frogs will be holding their first ever Gay Frog Pride Parade. While homosexuality among fly…
Frank walked down the steps. He didn’t like elevators. He didn’t like many things. He disliked steps less than he disliked elevators. The desk clerk called to him: “Mr. Evans! Would you step over here, please?” The desk clerk’s face looked like cornmeal mush. It was all Frank could do to keep from hitting him.…
by Robert Burton Robinson… She took the elevator up to the fourteenth floor and went to Suite 1419. There was no sign. Nothing to indicate whose office it was. She reached into her purse and took out the slip of paper with her notes on it. Yes, this was supposed to be it. Read the…
by Brian Auspice… I pull over at a diner. I order the special. “Here’s your hot mess,” some raggedy red-headed skank in a skimpy skirt and loose top says to me as she hands me a plate with a burger on it. “This tastes like Syphilis,” I reply after the third bite. Two bikers in…
