“A Group Apart”
“Yet one subculture on the campus neither got hopped up on lager, pressed bifid asses (like grotesque specimens) against glass, gamboled in fields, parachute string in hand, or capered about the grass armed with liquid missiles. In Skylar’s room, he and his friends exsufflated the stress of finals into climbing, floating, winding wisps; into tendrils […]
Continue reading“Softening the Edges”
“In Skylar, as in Yak, the smoke produced an astonishingly pleasant, formerly unknown condition of repose. His plank bed grew downy; straight edges arced and wobbled; black and white began to vibrate with colors of spectral variety. Time, which had always marched in soldierly cadence, clip-clopping and tick-tocking its way forward in sheer linearity, threw […]
Continue reading“The Ultimate Cure”
“Seeking this cure is the purpose of human life: its highest and only true purpose. All else that might be suggested as valid accomplishments, missions, or goals in life can be subsumed under this all-important one. Because it results in permanent peace, eternal and unlimited happiness, this cure represents the ne plus ultra of human […]
Continue reading“Christmas”
“Christmas is family; it is a colorfully illuminated tree and a glowing plastic Santa; it is cards containing warm words and boxes containing hoped-for gifts. Christmas is mom carrying a tray of hot chocolate, a table spread with a pitcher of orange juice and a tray of oozing cherry turnovers; it is banter between siblings […]
Continue reading“A Teenager’s First Glimpse of California”
“The sun stood high when Lammet woke. It was Saturday, and the scene on which his tired eyes (assisted by his wire rims once he had found and positioned them) sought to focus caused his mouth and eyes to gradually open, giving his face a look of grateful astonishment. Kar had parked the van directly […]
Continue reading“Music for Eternity”
“A little boy’s speaking voice came out of the stereo. “I climbed on the back of a giant albatross / What flew through a crack in the cloud / To a place where happiness reigned all year round / And music played ever so loudly.” Small Skylar, Skylar of Eternity, knew about this place where […]
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