Poems
Eight Into None
The killing happened on Monday. The grief poured out on Tuesday. The rage built on Wednesday. The tension rose on Thursday. The rain poured down on Friday. The mob hunted on Saturday. The scapegoat was […]
Month: April 2011
Essays & Opinion
Asking Questions of Pilger’s Research
The beginning is a good place to start a story. The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. After the heading and sub-heading, that […]
Films
Apart; Meant
There are fewer words, but more lights, camera, action with this post. Use the player to watch a short movie of sounds and still photo images, or you can download the file from here to […]
Karen Zipslicer Stories
The Ticket Inspector
After disembarking at Lundern Central, Karen discovered the next tube from Westminster would be along not in a minute, or an hour, or even a day, but in a year. Following the advice of the […]
comedy
Parallel Return of the Jedi: Interruptions
At a studio, nearly thirty years ago, somewhere rather near Borehamwood, they knocked up some plywood sets and pretended they were spaceships. The time was a fair while ago, and the place quite far away, […]