We have here a song about urban life. When confronted with something unpleasant, simply close your eyes and make a wish. I don’t know if it works, but you might as well. It can be found on That Regrettable Weekend and in The Doug Skinner Songbook.
Entries from April 2020
Make a Wish
April 26th, 2020 · Comments Off on Make a Wish
We Are Not a Pretty People
April 22nd, 2020 · Comments Off on We Are Not a Pretty People
There has been so much art and literature celebrating the human body. Here, for variety, if nothing else, is a song expressing disgust for it.
Up to the Summit
April 14th, 2020 · Comments Off on Up to the Summit
This story appears in Black Scat Review 19. Owen has rather a difficult time in it. Here’s how it begins: UP TO THE SUMMIT Owen slipped, and fell 25,000 feet to the jagged rocks below. Fortunately, he was unharmed. “Whoa!” he exclaimed, as he staggered to his feet. “I’d better be more careful.” A tall […]
Black Scat Review 19
April 5th, 2020 · 2 Comments
The 19th issue of Black Scat Review is now available! This issue’s theme is “ecstasy.” I contributed “Two and One” (a story about a love triangle, told entirely in three-letter words), “Up to the Summit” (in which Owen’s daily mountain climbing is interrupted by his mother’s sudden wedding), and “C11H13NO2” (an alliterative consideration of a […]