Tag: Humor
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The Stupid Invasion
Published in The Florida Review 46.2 — Winter 2022 Aliens invaded Earth, and they were so fucking rich. It wasn’t exactly an invasion, either. They just kind of showed up and started spending money. Their spaceships weren’t all that special. They actually seemed a lot like ours—they had rockets and thrusters and things. No one…
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The Broken Path
Forthcoming in subTerrain Grandpa died face-down in a pot of chili. It’s a family legend. They told that story every Thanksgiving and all the children loved it. I was four when Grandpa Jim passed away but what I remember from that day is seeing my own father sobbing into a couch cushion, not knowing why…
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How the Ocean Hated Tampa Tom
Everyone hated Tampa Tom. His friends hated him and his enemies hated him.