“If you’re stuck in the past should you force others to live there with you?” - Sabella Damani Monday 01.01 Today is my one year anniversary in the new apartment. As if to mark the occasion, I arrive home from work to find a mysterious package at my door. Inside…

A strange man with a strange occupation has his evening upended by a frantic tenant fleeing her angry “boyfriend.” Ever since I got here I’ve been having the same odd dream: I’m a cosmic colossus striding through the galaxy using planets as stepping stones. And when I step on Venus…

Each day I wish for light. I’d wish upon a star if I could. But there’s none to see. When the stars have all vanished where do you make your wish? Answer: In the darkness. Maybe I’m being melodramatic. There is light but it comes from generators and batteries. And…

It’s not hard to get lost after losing someone. I’d started getting nervous around nine-thirty. Ellie should’ve been home two hours earlier; she hadn’t responded to my texts or calls. It wasn’t like her. Ever the pessimist, it was my nature to expect the worst. But after one too many…

There once was a quiet man who lived in a quiet house on a quiet street with his second wife who, truth be told, was not as quiet, but quieter than his first. This man had always been like this. Always needing quiet. When he was very small, now so…

Normalizing the abnormal is perfectly normal. It’s the economy, stupid. — On March 23, 2020, not long into America’s internal political struggles with COVID 19, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick of Texas seemed to suggest Old People Should Volunteer to Die to Save the Economy. Oh, Texas. You sure have some interesting characters with provocative ideas about the free market! Sadly, Patrick…

Once upon a time, in another life, I played rock guitar for a mostly unknown (and mostly unsucce$$ful) niche Philly/SoJo-based band called Mohenjo. This is a journal entry from one of our stranger shows. I had misgivings. Even before I got in my car for the ninety minute drive, I…

If you’re reading this you’re probably a fan of Amazon Prime’s hit series The Expanse. If not, and you’re simply wondering who Amos Burton is and why people are calling him names, beware: Spoilers Ahead. Originally airing on SyFY, the space opera focuses on a future class conflict between three…