“So what happened, Dirk? I really want to know.” “I got hit over the head in my underwear.” “You got hit or hit someone else? There is of course the…

The man is on the first leg of his journey home; he remembers a trip to a diner earlier that day “Well, I’m not in Kansas anymore,” the passenger thinks…

At the diner – the girl takes off her father’s old oversized hooded college sweatshirt Illegally twice as long as the average Kyiv Commix should be The cockpit announces they…

The elephants trumpet, the tiger burns bright, the snake sidles up with a smile then a bite.   The pavement is damp and numb under his back. It’s been raining in…

“And now, ladies and journalists, with no further ado, unnecessary adornment of other people’s resumes or the unavoidable ass kissing that invariably accompanies such events, it gives me indescribable pleasure…

The missed flight to London’s Heathrow and the many adventures that befall the as-yet-unidentified Belfast man from Kyiv, both before and after Yet another illegal piece The Kansas relative, the…

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The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley (an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, for promis’d joy!) 1. Now, on board the Delta plane and flying…

Who’s Rob Bobin? “I don’t know.” “Neither do I, but I hear he took Bret Boner’s award.” “The Mississippi Medal for Meritorious Media?” “The very same, I’m told.” “Was The…

“Hey Smith, wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?” “Sure.” “Let’s go to the Fried Sun.” “That would be in Podil,” smiles the detective. The Guinea takes…