Prose, Poetry, and Pictures

September 21 This is officer Raleigh, High Deputy of the Riverside Wastelands. Today’s date is September 21. My unit has lost communications with base. The radio towers are down, but we have to complete the mission. I acquired this journal from one of the slobber-jaws we found near the I-15 freeway. The paper was useable, which is a…

August 31 Agetha is yelling again. Agetha is still yelling. Agetha is still yelling. Agetha is yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is still yelling again. Agetha is yelling again. Agetha is still…

Prompt: Gluttony — “Oh,” the mountain ogre said in his low rumble of a tone. “Yes, sir, I mean, master, I-” The human servant pulled at his sleeves and found that he could not look into the gargling maw of the beast. “You say, they is no food?” The ogre said. Spittle on the great ogre’s…

August 29 Well, here I am, forced out of the group and left to fend for myself. They all turned on me. Agetha, Darleen, Kennith. Kennith. The poor bastard killed himself. I don’t know how he had the guts, but he did it. He slipped a knife into his belly. Damn shame. Apparently it wasn’t clear…

“Wonderful, it’s just perfect Sam, isn’t it perfect?” “Yes, it’s perfect Julia, but it’s expensive. Look at the cars, nothing but BMWs and Mercedes.” “I know, isn’t it perfect?” Sam and Julia shut their car doors and made their way up the regal steps to meet the realtor standing there. “Hello Mr. and Mrs. Gull,”…

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My wife suggested this word for me and I liked the idea. Hope you all dig it. — Prompt: Pestilence — “Mom, please calm down,” Vicki said. “You’re freaking me out.” “Oh I’m sorry, I’m sorry I wasn’t good enough for you!” The mother said. “Mom, what are you talking about,” Don said, “we’re all on the…

I just finished doing a video shoot with Glen Vilppu and my brother Joshua. Vilppu and Joshua use the tools of the old masters and today we did a shoot for the New Masters Academy. The academy provides art instruction and materials for artists who recognize the authority of the old masters, and build on…

I will, in so many words, attempt to express my feelings about the great loss of the American people on the eleventh day of the month of September, 2001. The strike was hard, in our backyards, and there was no escaping it. For we fortunate people not in New York that day, we watched our…

August 23 I knew it was too good to last and it was. The neighborhood was full of those things, and if they realized we were there, they’d have taken us in the night. We packed early this morning and took whatever we could that would be useful. We have some guns now, so that’s good. There…