You Can't Shut Me Up
You can't shut me up I'm in your head screwing with your wires Your followers know my name They know that you're a failure Because I'm a good listener You're afraid of me, and of what I stand for you're afraid that your glorious, eternal system...
The Starface
The Starface Days crawl away and die Forever is a long time Surround the pain, the love's insane Got a pseudo-systematic gain Careening through the neon side A horizontal mind-collide Harum-scarum holiday Double-dealin' on the...
Shockstars
Tank Girl looked around, surveying the town that used to be so flourishing. She saw the bakery at the far end of the street, illuminated from the inside by glowing fire. The deli just beside it was pouring greyish black smoke out of the doorway before...
Shadows Dance: Part II and Conclusion
**Shadows Dance Part II and Conclusion** _ The lens pans up to the top of the Durer Mountains, which are so high and jagged that they seem to be stabbing the sky itself. A finger appears in the image, tapping the spiny ridge of the dark...
Trenchcoat Warfare
**Trenchcoat Warfare** Caleb grabbed another Dr. Pepper and flicked the tab open. The instant after the popping sound filled the basement, he shouted angrily as a jet of carbonized soda splattered his face and shot him directly in the...
Outpost
**Outpost** Fox was angry. He had been watching old video tapes and security records for the past six hours. Twenty minutes into the study his legs developed a cramp, so he stood up, which just made the cramps travel to a different place. He was...
What I Want
I want to surf the Great Barrier Reef I want to see the sunset in Paris I want to go skiing up in Sweden I want to kill Snooki and blame it on Charlie Sheen I want a lot of things I want to talk philosophy with John Wayne I want to dance with a...
The Beginning of A Bad Thing
**The Beginning of a Bad Thing** Shannon's walk was brisk and determined as she marched down the hall, clinically white, holding the yellow package tightly to her breast. Her formal purple dress clung to her like November frost to a car...
In Misty Pools Way Down Below
In Misty Pools Way Down Below Rose-fingered dawn falls on earthly shadows Darkness slinks away to its lightless home Where liquid things spit and twist Where fungal minds cast fungal glow In misty pools way down below Lights unseen prowl and lurk...
The Sky That's Never Blue
**The Sky That's Never Blue** The whiskey was bitter, but it wasn't as acrid as the cigarette smoke or the tang of piss, or the stench of sweat. I cradled my glass in one hand and my head in the other, listening to the dim world around me, this...
Blessing
**Blessing** The people living in the little rural town of Blessing will tell you that their problems began back in 1953, when the MacGunn gang broke into nearly every shop there was and stole all that they could carry, painting profanity on the...
Discorporated
**Discorporated** I wandered through the uneven streets, savoring the cold night wind as it blew against my body, enjoying the way it ruffled my black and white fur. I looked down at the remains of my trench coat. The sleeves were merely...