Month: May 2013

Boregard had never been this hungry before. He’d eaten a healthy breakfast; if you didn’t count the 3 extra bacon slices, which he lied to his wife about anyway (as usual). Mid-morning: apple. Lunch: ham on rye, split pea soup. Snack: almonds. But soon after dinner – pork roast, potatoes, peas and gravy – he … Read more

Faintly first, then louder, Merit Houndclamp heard a word: “Mayday…” He glanced at his clock. 3 am. Damn loud television next door! But no, he realized slowly. It wasn’t coming through the paper-thin wall behind his headboard. So where was it..? “Mayday… mayday…!” The closet! He threw open the door, and a life-raft carrying Abe … Read more