All poems and stories

  • The root of all evil, a short story

    The world has gone to shit. Ok, not the world. It is still the same rock spinning through space. People have gone to shit. Sally knows this because she watches the news. Some television networks will demonize a particular political group, while others retaliate and attack the political group that their competition seems to support.…

  • Things that rhyme just fine, a poem.

    Things that rhyme with birth;Worth,Earth,Girth,Berth,Dearth, Mirth.School!Cruel, Pool,Rule,Tool,Drool,Fool.Work!Clerk,Smirk,Perk,Shirk, Schlock, Buttock.Life!Wife,Fife,Strife,Connive, Survive, Knife.Death!Breath,Health,Wealth,Meth, Depth, Expireth.

  • Meteor shower, a short short story

    The cow did not look right. It labored to walk. The extra limbs that grew out of its sides seem to move on their own accord, getting in the way. Sue saw the cow stumble past the kitchen window. ‘There’s a break in the fence again, ‘ she says over her shoulder before resuming her…

  • War for the world, a short short story

    No one would have believed that in the last days of 2025, humans were being watched by envious eyes, plotting an assault to claim Earth for itself. If the Christian Bible is to be believed, god created humans in his own image. This must mean that god is a selfish, self-absorbed, homicidal maniac that jumps…