Guest Writer: Amy Bledsoe The Three Words: periphery, serendipity, kumquat The Result: “Something Blue” I played with a frill on my flowing dress, rubbing it between my fingertips until they went numb. The dreary view from the window I stared through did not match this glorious day. The […]
Giselle, on the Right: “Whatever are you working on, darling?” Veronique, on the Left: “Oh, I’m just jotting down a few notes for when the police arrive. Don’t mind me.” Giselle: “The police? That seems rather intrusive. Why on earth would they do that?” Veronique: “Well, I did […]
Editor’s Note: Please read the following as if you are lying in bed late at night, watching an infomercial that you have been trapped into tolerating because the TV remote has fallen on the floor and you’re too uninspired to go after it. And here we go… Announcer: […]
Nun #1: “Do you ever wonder, Sister Mary Margaret Mary Marie, why the archbishop assigned us to New Orleans? Out of all the places he could choose?” Nun #2: “I’ve never questioned it, Sister Mary Margaret Magdalena Macarena Hey Macarena. God guides the archbishop, and he guides us.” […]
Editor’s Note: Many years ago, when I first stumbled out of the cave and learned to make fire, a friend presented me with a writing challenge: Concoct a story based solely on three random words that she would select. The following is the result of that effort, updated […]
Clara’s Diary: “December 24th, late. So I met this guy. I was at a bar in West Hollywood, that part of town where all the set decorators live. I really only went in there because I really needed to pee. We’d been to the Cocoanut Grove earlier, and […]
Editor’s Note: Here’s a cross-post from one of my other blogs, “Backup Dancers From Hell”, where I make my own interpretation of music videos… We zoom in on a really ritzy house, one of those mammoth things that most of us can’t afford to visit, never mind […]
At the Institute for the Analysis of Sexual Innuendo in Pre-Code Hollywood Films, a discussion took place concerning this image: Scientist #1, also an amateur poet: “To me, it’s about rebirth, with the caterpillar becoming a butterfly and whatnot. It’s very moving and symbolic.” Scientist #2, a feminist: […]
Editor’s Note: After receiving my 4,000th unsolicited email from obvious scammers who just as obviously haven’t bothered to learn the language of the person they are nefariously targeting, I decided it was time for a response… Dear Kindest Friend, I am of thanks you told winning I did […]
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