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Weekly Contest #372
The wind makes strange noises doesn’t it? Throughout the ages it has taken the rap for many of the inexplicable sounds that nature chooses to bestow upon us from time to time. The steady distant howl of it was what I noticed when I killed the engine. Behind it was a low hum, a monk- like chant, an outcry of sorts. Maybe it was just some of the workers down in the hole, communicating with each other. None of us spoke for a long minute. There were introductions on the way up but I couldn’t remember anybody’s name save for Poontar. I was paire...
Weekly Contest #371
Damn it's stuffy in here. Smells like rejuvenation with a hint of melancholy and a touch of urine wafting in from outside. It's coming from the back door just beyond Hemingway. I get up to close it in a mindful manner as I don't want to wake Hemingway. He looks so peaceful there, spread eagle and snoring away on the fiberglass bench, his face purple and cherub like. What am I doing here? Oh yes, writers block. I’m thinking this laundromat might break the ice with its revolving door of colorful nomads who network and gossip while their threa...
Weekly Contest #369
Layoffs were rampant and office chatter had reached critical mass. By late September all of us were fearful of the the dreaded visit by “Mickey and a box,” the grim reaper of Epsom Systems Incorporated. This colorful term was coined by Paul in accounts receivable, an observant nod to the fact that each layoff was bookended by Mickey (and a large box) making a visit to the unfortunate individuals cubicle or office. What then followed was the solemn process of said individual placing all things of personal value, maybe some decrees of merit or...
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