The Geecologist

The Buffalo

The Buffalo

Oct 19, 2019 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

But it was spring. Even the lion licked the lioness’s smooth forehead. Both animals blond. The woman averted her eyes from the cage, where the hot smell alone recalled the carnage she’d come looking for at the Zoological Gardens. Then the lion paced calmly, mane...
The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Oct 12, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

That night, at Boris’ — lying drunk on my half of the batik-draped mattress — I tried to remember what Pippa had looked like. But the moon was so large and clear through the uncurtained window that it made me think instead of a story my mother had told me, about...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Aug 17, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

“Can I have another Xanax?” Reva asked. “I can’t spare another, Reva. Sorry.” She was quiet for a while. The air got tense. “The only thing I can think to do to make Ken pay for the way he’s jerked me around is to keep it. But I won’t. Anyway, thanks for listening.”...
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

Aug 10, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

He felt they were laughing at him. Confusion caused him to forget what he had meant to say. The room was full of dark, strange faces and the air was too thick to breathe. He saw a door and staggered across to it. He was in a dark closet smelling of medicine. Then his...
Have You Got a Biro I Can Borrow?

Have You Got a Biro I Can Borrow?

Aug 3, 2019 | Fiction, Lyrics | 0 comments

Have you got a biro I can borrow? I’d like to write your name On the palm of my hand, on the walls of the hall The roof of the house, right across the land So when the sun comes up tomorrow It’ll look to this side of the hard-bitten planet Like a big yellow button...
Desiderata

Desiderata

Jul 20, 2019 | Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry | 0 comments

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too...