Theme 08: Bright Lights, Dark City - Part Deux
Contributors
Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale, C. William Carroll, Craig Cotter, GTimothy Gordon, Patrick Johnston, James Ross Kelly, Sara Krassin, David Anson Lee, Keith Melton, James B. Nicola, Natasha O’Hara, Chloe Paige, John RC Potter, Forrest Rapier, Charles Sutphin, Scott Taylor, Jason M. Thornberry, Stuart Watson, Christopher Woods, Jason Youngclaus, and Jeffrey Zable
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
CNF by James Ross Kelly
“IT WAS SUMMER 1970, and she worked at a topless bar an hour’s drive north of San Francisco…She was a country stripper with a good hippie heart, and her name was Vivian.”
Destination: Toronto @ Midnight
CNF by John RC Potter
“A new feeling came over me, like a wave: sorrow. I was sorry for having taken the drugs. I was sorry for thinking Steve had abandoned me. I was sorry for letting myself get so out of control, which was rare for me. Let’s face it; I was sorry!”
Marshall Blvd
CNF by Jason M. Thornberry
“At school, on the playground, I was Steve Austin, the bionic astronaut from The Six Million Dollar Man. I wrestled other boys, punching them in slow motion. Everything in the sandbox was acted out in slow motion, complete with slow-motion sound effects.”
Telepathy IV: Pigeons and Warblers (or The Price of Company)
CNF by James B. Nicola
“I fear that now the pigeons and occasional warbler know they have nothing to fear from me and will be visiting my terrace this season more than ever…but also that I'll be spending undue time and effort washing off guano from the ledge.”