Princess was a good kitty. But, she was old, very old – 19 to be exact. She had a good life living with her companions. But, her kidneys were failing and she felt the end of her life draw near. All day she waited for her companions to come home – barely… Continue reading →
In the early 1980’s, my sister received a gift of a doll from our native Ukraine from an aunt when she came to visit. She was 10 and of course occupied the bigger of the 2 kid’s rooms in our small Georgian style house in Chicago. I was 8 and pretty annoying… Continue reading →
I believe that when you die, you have three options… 1) Roll the dice, go to the afterlife. Most likely, you're getting into Heaven. If you've killed someone without regret, be sure that a trip to Hell is in the cards.2) Roll again with reincarnation.… Continue reading →
It happened back when I was in elementary school. I was around eight years old. My family lived in the same house my mother had lived in her entire life. My grandfather had sold the house to my parents when they had gotten married. We lived on 10 acres of… Continue reading →
“It’s just a floater,” the doc said. “Well,” I said, “it’s annoying.” And it was. I could see it then, that bumpy shadow bobbing in the vision of my left eye. It looked like a tiny translucent thread connecting two dark dots. Or a clipped piece of opaque… Continue reading →
It's the future and something from the past just isn't available anymore. Pop Rocks, Pop Tarts, double-headed dildos, the Catcher in the Rye paperback with the maroon Mark David Chapman cover, the Robocop Criterion – something. It's close to extinct. Write a… Continue reading →