The Geecologist

The Sellout

The Sellout

Aug 13, 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

“White babes don’t do nothing for me. You know that.” “Bullshit, your fucking hard-on woke me up.” “Aversion therapy.” “What’s that?” I balked at telling her about my father locking my head into the tachistoscope and for three hours flashing split-second images of the...
The Sellout

The Sellout

Jul 2, 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

“Did you get anything good for your birthday?” Hominy pointed to the blue-and-white cigarette-box-sized signs stickered under the windows that lined the front third of the bus. PRIORITY SEATING FOR SENIORS, DISABLED, AND WHITES Personas Mayores, Incapacitadas y Güeros...
Pebbles

Pebbles

Nov 27, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

When he was ten years old, Jeremy was walking along the main road, with his friend Benedict, out of the small town they lived in. Heading to build a den. Jeremy picked up a rubber band as they walked. Then he picked up a little pebble. Then he fashioned a catapult...
The Time of Our Singing

The Time of Our Singing

Jul 10, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

By the time the train reaches his destination, the child owns it. Charmed strangers wish him well when he gets off at a tiny Delta town called Money. He steps off the platform into a crowd of boys, his instant friends. He appears to them as another species, a creature...
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...