The Geecologist

Damned If I Do

Damned If I Do

Sep 2, 2023 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Warm and Nicely Buried “Mrs. Marotta, Jose is gone.” The woman took Fragua’s hand and patted it as if consoling him. “Yes, my son is dead.” She assured him that her feet were planted firmly on real ground. “Mrs. Marotta, I...
Damned If I Do

Damned If I Do

Oct 1, 2022 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

The Fix Douglas Langley owned a little sandwich shop at the intersection of Fourteenth and T streets in the District. Beside his shop was a seldom-used alley and above his shop lived a man by the name of Sherman Olney, whom Douglas had seen beaten to near extinction...
Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Mar 20, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

At first I thought it was a cop and a shoeshine boy; then there was a break in the traffic and across the sun-glaring bands of trolley rails I recognized Clifton. His partner had disappeared now and Clifton had the box slung to his left shoulder with the cop moving...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Jun 8, 2009 | Fiction | 0 comments

“You know what’s funny,” I say, “the thing I was most worried about when I was down there, in the South Side, driving around and talking into the tape recorder? I was worried that after I was shot near the lake, that the murderer, who really...