When I dream of the sounds, the smiles, the smells, the laughter, and the sights of a place, I liberally pour romance and electric lightning all over it – pushing the sparks into the corners with just enough to cover over the edges.  But my visitations to these places, in reality, always end up being […]

“Watch it!” “Hey man!” “What the fuck!” I ran into the crowd, in the hopes I could lose it there.  I watched as it dove in after me. It slithered it’s way through, pulling the bulk of itself forward.  My face and hands bounced off jackets and shoulders as I frantically pushed my way through the […]

“One Is The Loneliest Number that you’ll ever do.” – Three Dog Night — “The tribes laid out their towns and villages in the form of constellations in the nighttime sky.  The archaeological ruins show a remarkable alignment to the constellation Orion; the three inner circle cities making up the belt of Orion.  ‘It’s not possible for […]

The sound of bending and breaking branches, escaped the edges of the woods.  I listened in earnest while resuming my pace.   I paused again at the sound of more breaking branches.  When I moved the source of the sound moved.  It was paralleling my path and this wasn’t the Visitors’ normal mode of operation.  These […]

I could hear the movement in Salsa.  The African rhythm of the base, kettle, and guitar.  She swayed.  Her hips bounced back and forth, her arms and elbows extended out.  Clapping her hands to the melody, shimmying her breasts and shoulders, while turning in a circle, she shouted, “échale!”  Closing her eyes, she moaned in […]