Satire

5 works

Writing·M Pauchet

Sunburn, Texas

There’s one road in, a blinking red light, and the same road out of town again. It’s the locus of local government and the only incorporated municipality in the county. A sign at the edge of town promotes the local...

Writing·Ace Boggess

Acceptance Speech for the Joy J. MacSee Award

Distinguished guests and trustees of the MacSee Foundation: First, let me extend my apologies for not being there in person to deliver this address. Sadly, financial issues preclude the cross-country trip to Utah. While this is, shall we say, a...

Writing·Jamilah Ali

My (Bleep) Like a Night-Blooming Cereus

this prolific southern semi-tropical plant whose petals beg a magic recall of flowers each year for a single night, a powerful luscious blossom takes the patience of a saint, to water, to wait, to tame the octopussian alien creature with...

Writing·Jamilah Ali

Self-Indulgence

Let me pose a question. If you, by chance rode the cross-town train to the downtown station and, due to over-crowding, found yourself sitting next to yourself That is, you and another you are both sitting, that is squished together...

Writing·Jeffrey Zable

The Lowdown

If sex was never invented, most would never talk to one another, nor would they meet for a cappuccino at a neighborhood café. They would just stay inside and watch reruns of Friends, take cold showers and bake chocolate chip...