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The newest model came with a dial to set emotional intensity.
Florence turned her automaton’s affections down several degrees below her own attraction to it.
If the robot showed her too much attention Flo knew she’d lose interest.
-Johnny Zito
Warning: Short Fiction Ahead.
I think; some people get stuck in a past that never happened.
The ‘dot com’ I started with my student loan went bust in 1999. I sunk a lot of money into a Super Bowl commercial. Unfortunately the audience for online book auctions just wasn’t watching prime time football.
The investment didn’t yield […]
Apparently Grant Morrison and some other comic names got to pitch Superman Movie reboots to Warners at that big film pow wow after Iron Man but before Dark Knight. Not gonna lie, I’m a lil jealous no one asked for my opinions.
Actually the night before we left for San Diego I […]
Bad news, everyone; I’ve been involuntarily conscripted into the Astronaut program.
3 chain smoking men in thin black ties and horn rimmed glasses kidnapped me right out of my bed last night. I remember being woozy and unable to fight back. It’s highly possible I was drugged by a family member or pet.
When I […]
Aquaman never fails to disappoint. This week’s #50 was no surprise.
So, picking up the gauntlet thrown down at Lurking Rhythmically, I now present to you Aquaman as written by Arron Sorkin.
(The continuity is loose and fast like the dialogue)
ACT II
EXT./EST. The Atlantean Capital Building - Day
Senators, lawmakers, lawyers and lobbyists, representing hundreds of species of […]
This all goes back just one year ago,
When Lil’ Jane cried for all to know -
Just what she thought of old Saint Nick:
“This Santa’s a liar, a fake and a fink!”
She ripped off his hat
And spit on the ground.
She made a big fuss
And a mob gathered round.
Santa was hurt, understandably so.
He left work early and […]
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