I’m in DUCTS!
Here’s a piece of memoir I contributed to an online webzine. It’s extremely sad. Sorry about that. I feel better now.
Category: Prose
The American Master: Khalid Khannouchi’s Second Last Chance
Before I wrote stories, I wrote about elite running. This profile of the great marathoner Khalid Khannouchi concerning his attempt to qualify for the Olympics after close to eight years of injuries and failure never got published anywhere other than on my blog. This remains one of the pieces of writing of which I’m most proud.
Is the Demise of Paper Money Inevitable?
The disappearance of paper money would not represent the dominance of a particular technology; it means we would be living in a different society.
Zombie! Boyfriend!
I become aware of a shambling figure off to my left, headed straight in my direction. I know rationally that it’s my boyfriend, but some irrational zombie-fearing part of me takes over and I can only perceive him as an attacking ghoul.
Subject Appears Anxious (Bonus Tracks)
Conclusions: Enforced relaxation may create paradoxical effects, especially when experienced in sensually stimulating and vertiginous surroundings. This phenomenon has been demonstrated in a prior PET scan study. Cf. Increased Amygdala Activity Demonstrated in Anxious Sub-Sets of Over-Privileged Populations in Luxury-Oriented Environments (J.M. Humphries et al., 1975).
Encomium for a Cat (Guest Post)
I will look for her. Julie asks me where she has gone. Neither of us knows. Nowhere, I guess. Here in this house. Behind the curtains. Beneath the couch. She has rubbed her scent on every door jamb. On the legs of every chair. I live in her territory.
The American Master: Khalid Khannouchi’s Second Last Chance
Before I wrote stories, I wrote about elite running. This profile of the great marathoner Khalid Khannouchi concerning his attempt to qualify for the Olympics after close to eight years of injuries and failure never got published anywhere other than on my blog. This remains one of the pieces of writing of which I’m most proud.
Is the Demise of Paper Money Inevitable?
The disappearance of paper money would not represent the dominance of a particular technology; it means we would be living in a different society.
Zombie! Boyfriend!
I become aware of a shambling figure off to my left, headed straight in my direction. I know rationally that it’s my boyfriend, but some irrational zombie-fearing part of me takes over and I can only perceive him as an attacking ghoul.
Subject Appears Anxious (Bonus Tracks)
Conclusions: Enforced relaxation may create paradoxical effects, especially when experienced in sensually stimulating and vertiginous surroundings. This phenomenon has been demonstrated in a prior PET scan study. Cf. Increased Amygdala Activity Demonstrated in Anxious Sub-Sets of Over-Privileged Populations in Luxury-Oriented Environments (J.M. Humphries et al., 1975).
Encomium for a Cat (Guest Post)
I will look for her. Julie asks me where she has gone. Neither of us knows. Nowhere, I guess. Here in this house. Behind the curtains. Beneath the couch. She has rubbed her scent on every door jamb. On the legs of every chair. I live in her territory.