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Letter to the Editor: Keep Those Diaper-Spewing Garbage Trucks Off Our Streets
I am still cleaning off the diarrhea smudges with my new windshield wipers—and police officers continue to ticket me for 'illegally tinted windows.'
Mar 122 min read


The Screed Files: A Very Personal Rejection
Notes from Phineas Screed, PhD, editor of The Faux Review:
Failed attempt to appeal to my humanity. I don’t like reminders of my humiliation.
Mar 11 min read


Blind Spot
An elderly couple stood stranded on the sidewalk outside Chick-Fil-A as cars crawled bumper to bumper around the drive-thru. I’d been watching them since I queued up.
Feb 113 min read


My Roommate’s Hellcat
There once lived a cat whom the devil begat.
He fouled up my stew and then swallowed it too.
That nasty little brat.
Feb 61 min read
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