Dolores the Hamquatch interviews Flicka the Ladybug on “Dishing with Dolores.” Are there affordable homes on Hamquatchia or Ladybuglandia? Is there a housing bubble across the solar system or only on the Moon? Find out!Dishing with Dolores, rec

The First Kato

Mar 13th, 2022

Transcript of The First Kato, a short biography of Raymond Tokutaro Muramoto: [Play Flight of the Bumblebee from 1m27s of The Green Hornet radio episode “Citizenship Insurance Racket,” broadcast 5 May 1938.] January 31st, 1936. When the first e

The Liability of Keiko

Sep 7th, 2020

El Hornet Verde finally stings Jimmy Goji, mastermind of the Eleventh Ward's parking lot racket, extortion scams and pinball gambling parlors. But El Hornet Verde will have some explaining to do before Goji's through. Listen to The Liability of

Trailer of the Temptress video re-released

Jan 15th, 2012

Melinda had deleted her video where she reads my story "Trailer of the Temptress" on one of the occasions when she felt crappy and deleted all her videos & her Youtube channel. (She usually re-opens a few days later, but doesn't upload her old

Trailer of the Temptress video

Jan 15th, 2012

Melinda came through with a reading of "Trailer of the Temptress" which she posted on her YouTube channel. If you have broadband, enjoy the full video. For everybody else, I'll be ripping the audio off it and posting it as part of the regular a

Whew!

Jan 11th, 2012

That's the sound of blowing dust off this blog. Last post was in 2008. Anyway, I'm planning to upload some more readings, and as soon as it goes live (if they accept it), I'll post links to the Smashwords ebook versions of Dungeons & Dayjobs.Un

My Terrifying, Dry Warrior - Chapter 2: Kidding the Buddha

Jul 11th, 2008

"As I fell down the other side of the fence toward the slobbering jaws of the dog, I regretted that I had never tried Campari mixed with Capri Sun."Even if Gus gets away from the dog, how will he escape from its owner, an ambiguously amiable du

My Terrifying, Dry Warrior - Chapter 1: Francis Gives Gus The Finger

Mar 30th, 2008

"I've been sober three weeks now. I'm pretty sure I've hit my lowest low and I don't want to go there ever again. It helped me re-focus my life. The event was I missed eleven out of eleven on the fractions quiz. You might get to the third or fo

Chicken Fried Love Interest with Cilantro and Asparagus

Dec 21st, 2007

Follow the course of a relationship in the recipes she makes and his reactions to them. Includes five full, tested recipes in the podcast including: Scalloped Potatoes with Ham Cuban Black Beans and Rice Untitled #7 with Split Peas and Rice (so

Free ebook of Dungeons and Dayjobs!

Aug 10th, 2007

My short story collection -- maybe you've heard of it? Dungeons and Dayjobs? -- is now available as a free pdf file or "e-book" as all the krazy kidz kall 'em. You can get it from this page on lulu.com (which requires registering on their site)

The Wire Tetragrammaton

May 26th, 2007

"That graffiti you been seeing the last couple weeks on the desks in your department, it's not your employees doing it. That's the kids. We been trying to catch all the kids that got away on the latest Bring Your Child to Work Day, but three or

Trailer of the Temptress

Apr 3rd, 2007

"When I read the flyer for Meals on Wheels, I never thought I'd be hauling a frozen goat out of my trunk and down a hole in the ground...." Melinda Ann Smith reads Trailer of the Temptress, about a woman who delivers food to shut-ins, including

Vampire in the Mountain-Tree

Feb 5th, 2007

Part Two of "Almost Always, Somebody Lost an Eye." "This is the story of Gon the restless vampire. Fed up with three hundred years of life on Earth, endlessly sucking blood from humans, all the wars and petty politics of the undead community, G

Author Blog of the Living Dead

Jan 19th, 2007

This is somewhere between pitiful and hilarious, so I'm pushing for hilarious. In the process of signing up to get Dungeons & Dayjobs an ISBN number with the print-on-demand service Lulu.com, they also give you one year of selling it on Amazon.

Almost Always, Somebody Lost An Eye

Jan 7th, 2007

Have you ever made one of those wagers with a deity where you just know a dozen mortals will end up insane or beheaded, daughters marrying fathers, cousins stabbing grandmothers, and almost always, somebody has to lose an eye? Click here to lis

Dungeons & Dayjobs cartoon promo

Jan 7th, 2007

Remember the Dungeons & Dayjobs cartoon from 1983? Hey, look. It's the Dungeons & Dayjobs ride! Wow, neat. Gimme a break. I don't like this. What's that noise? It's the GIANT SUCKING SOUND of our jobs whooshing overseas, just like Ross Perot wa

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