"Maria's Gift"

Everything felt real again. I could feel was my heart throbbing in my chest like a Cuban drum. The explosive stings as each raindrop hit my skin. The blunt smell of copper steamed from my bloody upper lip. I stood in that alleyway with a painful grip over the handle of a .38 caliber. The barrel... Read more...

Omigod

I did it. Man, this year was hard. Read more...

The Unicorn Challenge

On Facebook, a friend of a friend suggested that it would be a challenge to get Cleverbot to admit to being a unicorn, like it did in this video. So I decided I’d give it a shot. These are the results. User: Tell me, Cleverbot. Are you a unicorn? Cleverbot: No. User: I’m supposed to... Read more...

Obama Speaks to His Staff

President Obama is nothing if not a genius speaker. This is one of my favorite speeches of his, performed in front of his staff after his successful re-election. His gratefulness and respect towards his staff shows just the kind of person he is. http://youtu.be/pBK2rfZt32g Read more...

The Death of Traditional America

Bill O’Reilly said that the reason Mitt Romney lost was because there is no longer a traditional America. Americans wants stuff, and Obama is going to give it to them. On Tuesday night, I posted an article explaining why the Republicans lost the election. Many reputable journalists posted... Read more...

Four More Years

Obama won the 2012 presidential election yesterday evening by a larger margin than anyone (except Nate Silver) expected: 303 electoral votes to Romney’s 203. And this ignoring the incoming Florida electoral votes, which promise to give Obama an even greater margin of win. Basically, the... Read more...

"The End of Callum Raynes"

Everything dies. Callum’s mother had, slowly, of pneumonia. At least that’s what the doctor had called it. For Callum, dying of pneumonia meant coughing up blood and phlegm, struggling at every moment to keep from choking on it. It was a futile struggle; inevitably, she’d drowned in her... Read more...

"Chemistry"

Adam Levy hated change. There was a reason the morning news called him the Immovable Object. But the economy was bad, his school budget had been cut, and the former middle school chemistry teacher had been laid off. His second job–saving innocents and stopping criminals–didn’t... Read more...

Stormborn: Chapter 1

Thelonius Aeryn Tamsin was born under the enraged eye of an intense electrical storm. There was a time when that would have been recognized as a sign that this child was something special. Not today. Today, it is generally believe that storms and childbirths are unrelated events, and when they... Read more...

Shugah, Shugah

Shifugah came into our lives such a short while ago, but she made a deep impression with her tiny, tiny kitty body. She will forever be remembered and loved. I hope I never stop looking over my shoulder, wondering whether she’s taken a drink of my milk or stolen a doughnut. We love you,... Read more...

"Bloody Lizzie" [NSFW]

This is an extension of the original “Bloody Lizzie.” It is absolutely not safe for work. It contains graphic violence and sex. It is an adult piece written for a splatterpunk-themed contest, and splatterpunk it is! Don’t read it if you’re uncomfortable with very... Read more...

"Mother"

I met my mother in a dream when I was very young. No, not the woman who pushed this rotting silhouette of meat out from between her legs thirty-two years ago. That is not my mother. That is an ephemeral speck when compared to my real mother. She was in pain–I knew this even then. In my... Read more...

"Home Coming"

I loved meteor showers. When I was thirteen, Aileen and I had climbed onto the roof of my dad’s barn and watched the night sky alight with the glittering rain. I’d reached between her fingers with mine. That night I had my first kiss. This was my second meteor shower. This time I was... Read more...

"Hollow"

I was 10 years old once. I was a child, and Jimmy was my best friend. He was tall for his age–taller than me at least–with gold-flecked brown hair and wide brown eyes that seemed to grow wider whenever they were presented with something new and exciting. In kindergarten, he bounded... Read more...

"Stream"

When Cronos slew his father, he fell from the sky and landed in the ocean. The blood of the dead primordial being mixed with the ocean water produced a foam that flowed like rivulets outward towards the land. The stream of foam rose up and out of it came a bright and beautiful clam. When the... Read more...

"Needles"

He touches the sharp tip against his finger, testing the needle. Perfect sharpness, perfect width. He reaches down at the sniveling, gagged girl and slides up her dress. So pretty. So young. He presses the needle against her thigh and slides it in. He pulls on the plunger, letting her sweet... Read more...

Oooooooh! Sexeh Lady!

You don’t know style…unless you know gangnam style! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 Read more...

"Imaginary"

I didn’t finish tonight. * * * I had the dream again last night. I woke up on my bed, which someone had apparently placed while I was sleeping in a field of lavender. The flowers’ perfume mingled with the smell of a rotting carcass in the distance. With a mixture of disgust and... Read more...

Science, Practice, and Lots of It

Dr. Cromer is a great teacher: one of the best I’ve ever had. But omigod. This week I’ve been assigned to read Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond by Dr. Judith Beck and Mind over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine... Read more...

Paul Ekman's Nine Sources of Emotion

Paul Ekman is the mind behind the science that informs the series Lie to Me. Not that the series is entirely scientific, but it’s still a good series. And Paul Ekman is the real deal: a psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest minds in the field of emotional research.... Read more...

We Built It

Jon Stewart: “A convention theme at a political campaign, cynically based around something the president never actually said.” Republicans: “We built it! We built it!” Jon Stewart: “A party-wide persecution complex, where any reference to the collective good is... Read more...

"Revenge"

I clamp down my teeth. Sweet, succulent rage. Lust for revenge. I lust too…for the lust of it. He rubs the side of his head and thinks about her. The woman he wants to strangle to death with his bare hands, whose bones he wants to feel crack under his clenched fingers. He thinks about the... Read more...

Another Fool Opens His Mouth

I don’t know whether to be thrilled or terrified. Should I be thrilled because prominent members of the Republican party are sowing well-deserved scorn over a series of idiotic statements, or should I be terrified that these are elected prominent members of the Republican party and were... Read more...

Enjoy a Riff or Two

I miss Mystery Science Theater 3000. It’s been one of my favorite shows since Aaron Melchizedek introduced it to me in 2001. Old movies have always been difficult to watch, but Mystery Science Theater 3000 made them watchable. As a fan of old sci-fi, it was of particular interest to me to... Read more...

In a Week

It begins…
School starts up again in a week, and I’m a little concerned about it. Although I’m glad to continue my studies and to be that much closer to actually having a career, I’m also not sure I’m ready for summer vacation to be over. It has been a remarkably... Read more...