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1 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Two 1. I wash my hair in the laundrymart. I am the king of clothes. 2. I fold my subjects neatly. Television shirts are hanging by their dirtsleeves. 3. Honeybirds and bluebees; ma...
31 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-One 1. The vast, expansive landscape; the floor of a bloody, organic garage. 2. Candy wrapper skeletons; sugar bones melting in the heat. 3. Rattlesnake pomade; ocotillo hairbrush....
17 Dec 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Our promising stay here at the ever unpredictable Triads is cut short, however, before we’ve even really begun, this despite a capacity clientele, plenty of attractive options roaming the room, and even the joke slinging talents of Jeff beh...
10 Dec 2025 4 minute read 1 comment rah
Following the generally positive reception to the last snippet I posted a couple of days ago. Here is a little something else from earlier in the same novel. Just a bit of fun with "pointless" coding, but that is exactly the point. Don't try to figu...
6 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments rah
Today it is Saturday so it is time to share something very different. This is a short section I wrote during some downtime yesterday for a novel I am working on (I am already twice-published through a traditional publisher and have three KDP short st...
5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-Six 1. Beware the homeless preacher blowing from the holy bubble beneath a halo of high, unsightly lions. 2. Take off your stylish sense of scorn; discard your sunglasses of thorns...
1 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-Five 1. The wind is howling like a child. The dramatic, petulant gale. 2. If you catch an automated singer, nevermind the bus. Throw him under the poem. 3. The punch is spiked with...
25 Nov 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Amid this flurry of activity, some previous rituals have fallen by the wayside. First and foremost, none of us have visited Triads Lounge in weeks, which has probably left an asteroid sized crater in their expected revenue. Pete has still neve...
18 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This book fell on my lap because I saw a student carrying it. Half-seriously, half in jest, I asked him to lend it to me. And he really did. So, I finished reading it in between household chores last night. Its cover beckoned me, its vibes reminis...
14 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Shiftrox_
Do you know how to swim? Hahaha, today's topic is something more relaxed, let's talk about swimming and the act of swimming! If you were in the open sea, would you survive? If you had to swim to the beach or to a boat that could reach you, what would...
