Danny stood in front of the bathroom mirror poking at the bleeding hole where his ear had been. It had been his least favorite ear, but nostalgia had him remembering otherwise. He opened his first aid kit: it contained one band aid, three Flintstone...
Topics: Prose

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Thirty Three years ago I was born and almost died. I was two months and some weeks premature. I was a twin for three hours, and then I was not. At some point, when I was very young, someone showed me his tombstone: I’d not yet learned to read and...
Topics: Prose

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If you haven’t been reading about France this week, you’re probably not alone.  Given the political uproar in Iran, and the pending strike by employees of the LCBO (that, for our non-Ontarian readers, is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario...
Topics: political commentary, Prose

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I slept a stink so bad last night I had to take refuge on my girlfriend’s side of the bed. A stink so bad I must have died, rotted, and then been forced back to life to answer for the olfactory crimes of my passing. There is no natural explanation for..
Topics: AJs terrible life, Prose

{"title":"Sleep Stink","post_url":"http:\/\/beatsentropy.com\/2009\/06\/22\/sleep-stink\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/beatsentropy.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-06-22 09:51:32","summary":"I slept a stink so bad last night I had to take refuge on my girlfriend\u2019s side of the bed. A stink so bad I must have died, rotted, and then been forced back to life to answer for the olfactory crimes of my passing. There is no natural explanation for.."}

(See :Chapter 2 PART 1 and PART 2 and PART 3 and PART  4 and PART  5 for start of  this chapter)The Hedgehog bounced on the balls of his feet, weaving patterns of distraction along his quills. The Terrier advanced, implacable, his distended jaw...
Topics: Prose

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