The Geecologist

Mornings In Jenin

Mornings In Jenin

Nov 11, 2023 | Fiction | 0 comments

Amal wanted a closer look into the soldier’s eyes, but the muzzle of his automatic rifle, pressed against her forehead, would not allow it. Still, she was close enough to see that he wore contacts. She imagined the soldier leaning into a mirror to insert the...
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...
My Brilliant Friend

My Brilliant Friend

Feb 16, 2019 | Featured, Fiction | 0 comments

On December 31st of 1958 Lila had her first episode of dissolving margins. The term isn’t mine, she always used it. She said that on those occasions the outlines of people and things suddenly dissolved, disappeared. That night, on the terrace where we were celebrating...
Lincoln In The Bardo

Lincoln In The Bardo

Mar 10, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

The dead lay as they had fallen, in every conceivable shape, some grasping their guns as though they were in the act of firing, while others, with a cartridge in their icy grasp, were in the act of loading. Some of the countenances wore a peaceful, glad smile, while...