Egypt has always been a land of mystery and magic — a land different from all others , difficult to understand , apart and alien, yet strangely fascinating. It was the most self – contained off all the countries of the ancient world : it lived it’s own life , practiced it’s own religion , […] Read more
The Last Angry Man By Gerald Green
Sam moved forward and reached for the young man’s forearms. He hoped to subdue him quickly without any fighting and escort him from the playground; there was no point in provoking a riot. The tormenter, all slum muscle and grace, recoiled; Sam had barely touched him. The playground instructor saw the white arms and dirtied […] Read more
The Last Angry Man by Gerald Green
Sam moved forward and reached for the young man’s forearms. He hoped to subdue him quickly without any fighting and escort him from the playground; there was no point in provoking a riot. The tormenter, all slum muscle and grace recoiled; Sam had barely touched him. The playground instructor saw the white arms and dirtied […] Read more
The Last Word
CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired: best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore […] Read more
The Leath Police
The leath police dissmissith us, and that sufficeth us […] Read more
The leath police dissmissith us, and that sufficeth us.
I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son and I’ll keep on plucking feathers, ’til the pheasant plucker comes […] Read more
The Lego Brick
The Lego Brick is an old invention by today’s standards. The first plastic brick was molded in 1949. Since then, thousands of new and unique Lego elements have been developed. Pick a Lego brick from a box today and it will fit with any brick molded decades ago […] Read more
The Lie
When the lights disappeared, her hand went to the automatic gun she carried inside her belt. She fingered the butt, trigger guard, and safety for perhaps the fifth time in the past half hour. It was the only visible sign of her nervousness. Their bedroom was directly ahead, the door open. […] Read more
The Lie By Chad Kultgen
When the lights disappeared, her hand went to the automatic she carried inside the belt of her slacks. She fingered its butt, trigger guard, and safety for perhaps the fifth time in the past half hour. It was the only visible sign of her nervousness. Their bedroom was directly ahead, the door open […] Read more
The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving an F
In our society, Sorry! is used as shorthand for anything from “I’m not really sorry, I’m just saying that to smooth over whatever I just did to you” all the way to a nail-biting “Oh shit, what have I done?” And not to put too fine a gender-biased point on it, but women, especially, tend […] Read more
