Month: June 2013

Already shoeless and belt-less from the initial airport security checkpoint, Humk Jorjkd was annoyed when told: “You’ve been randomly selected for a body scan.” He stepped into the machine, placing his hands above his head. Upon exit, he noticed the monitor showed two orange dots of interest: one on his right foreleg, and one on … Read more

Farsnard couldn’t believe what he was experiencing, and yet, for some reason, the food he had just eaten was somehow… un-eating itself. He could feel it coming back up his esophagus, could feel it reassemble itself as he chewed, or rather, un-chewed it, brought a fork up to his mouth, skewered the food and put … Read more

Father’s Day at my house was always the same. We always gave him cards and made him breakfast and dad would let us in on what he said were “family secrets.” For nearly 40 years, we had discovered lots of secrets: that when you pulled Dad’s finger, a magical noise happened. (Sometimes that noise had … Read more