(PHOTO CREDIT: C.E.AYR) Cold beads of sweat began forming on Hunt’s forehead and the hairs on the nape of his neck stood shock still. The man sitting underneath the hastily strung banner proclaiming his profession slowly proceeded to uncap the bottle of water. The heat was sweltering even within the shades of the makeshift service … Continue reading DELIRIUM TREMENS
Month: September 2018
BONNIE’S LAST MOON
(PHOTO CREDIT: GAH LEARNER) It was meant to be a swift and uneventful snatch-and-grab. At the speed of light. Bonnie and Clyde type of drama excluded. They had practiced it a million times before the actual heist. But the damned teller put paid to all their hopes. He should not have charged at them with … Continue reading BONNIE’S LAST MOON
ALDOUS PRAYS TO TONALD
(PHOTO CREDIT: Michael (Black) Ritter pexels-photo-41506) Pattern and symmetry characterized the brown condominium constructed within the ‘gated cities’ of Dystopia summarizing an era where self conjoined into structure and spontaneity got sacrificed at the altar of servitude. Tonald Drump, the sanctimonious demagogue-turned-playboy-turned-mechanistic custodian of Dystopia had decreed that every habitable piece of dwelling in the country … Continue reading ALDOUS PRAYS TO TONALD
EPHEMERAL MIST
(PHOTO CREDIT: Jodi McKinney) This was Beatrice’s version of paradise. Her very own personal ocean of tranquility. A blessed Heaven on Mother Earth. The lush carpet of green muffled her every walking step and it was as though she was floating on thin, velvety rarefied air. The slow rolling mists that gradually enveloped the mansions … Continue reading EPHEMERAL MIST
The Case For Impeachment
Donald Trump is perhaps the singularly most unsuitable person to hold any exalted office. Thus when to the collective jaw dropping, eye-popping chagrin of a gob smacked world, this entrepreneur-turned-playboy-turned-politician-turned-demagogue, overcame Hillary Clinton - in an election, which by now, has become the folklore of corruption and extraneous influences – he occupied the highest office … Continue reading The Case For Impeachment
Steinbeck’s Shattered Dream
(PHOTO CREDIT: JOY PIXLEY) Similar to the craggy, crooked, dry and withered growth resembling an arthritic hand bursting forth from the hard and unforgiving aridity of the land, John's life was untended, unbeknownst and unforgiving. It was not always this grotesque. In fact, it started out in a deceptively refreshing and clean fashion just like … Continue reading Steinbeck’s Shattered Dream
The Accident On The A35
This staid yet engrossing thriller begins with a tragic automobile accident. A dark green Mercedes salon departs the southbound carriageway on the A35 – a trunk road running between Strasbourg and Saint-Louis – careens down a slope and makes fatal contact with a tree standing on the edge of a copse. The driver of the … Continue reading The Accident On The A35
HE HAD GIZMOS APLENTY TOO
An Apple Watch to adorn his wrist with a Beats to blast songs into his ear X Box in place to provide diversions and a cocooned world to remove every fear; Substituting both intelligence and books, he has his soulmates in Siri and Echo … Continue reading HE HAD GIZMOS APLENTY TOO
Jay Gatsby with all his frailties
If ever I am given the choice to be transformed into a literary character, it would sans a semblance of any doubt, be Jay Gatsby. Yes, you read that right! Not the morally upright Atticus Finch of "To Kill a Mockingbird" or the immortal Holden Caufield of "Catcher In The Rye". With all the raised … Continue reading Jay Gatsby with all his frailties