My expectations for this film were high, and the movie’s beginning met them, but by the second half, the premise felt stuck in a box, like the Mattel Executives, led by Will Farrell, used to trap Barbie (Bonus points for … Continue reading →

I wanted to write a short story with the help of A.I. about a criminal who ignores his major crimes and focuses on the stealing of cookies from gas stations. Holy shit, did this shit get dark. “Pocket Full of … Continue reading →

Ah, New York City, Disneyland for intellectuals. Where the city lights are brighter than your Aunt Mildred’s teeth after her latest whitening treatment. Recently, I embarked on a cultural journey that left me more entertained than a cat chasing a … Continue reading →

“I used to live across the street from this giant old church, and it had a light on the front that always flickered. You couldn’t see it during the day, but at night it was annoying. It didn’t bother me … Continue reading →

I’m naked. I hover my quivering anus over a toilet with no seat, in a ten-dollar-a-night hut, on an island surrounded by glow-in-the-dark plankton off the coast of Cambodia. Moonlight illuminates my edges while humidity runs roughshod on my sinuses. It’s … Continue reading →

It’s 10:37 p.m. on December 15th, 2020, and I stand in a Subway sandwich shop off Crenshaw and Obama Blvd ordering a tomato basil chicken wrap. I usually go with a spinach wrap, but they’re out. What used to be … Continue reading →

In the Fall of 1999, the shooting star of the Upper-Midwest sleight-of-hand and magical arts scene, Nicholas Anthony, was looking to make a name for himself and had a dream. So the young magician prodigy boldly claimed—to a non-Pulitzer Prize-winning … Continue reading →