Don’t Cross the Matriarchy
By James Wilson
Miss Chary laid the last of the papers before Thornton and smiled. "Last one, Mr. Thornton," she said. "Thank you, Miss Chary," said the bank president as he signed the bottom of the final form, "your efficiency impresses as always." "Thank you, sir," said Miss Chary, "it comes from being organized." "Which is even more […]
Murphy at the TSA
By Christopher Bunn
May 3 So I finally got a job. With the TSA. The interviewer was a little grumpy about my name being Murphy. He said it’d be better if my name was LaShawn or Wing Lee or Mahmood, as they liked being diverse. I told him my middle name was Pierre, which is Belgian or Swedish […]
Week Twenty-Four: The Strategy Session
By Curtis Edmonds
You can read this series from the beginning here. Emma sent me a note that said she wanted to sit down and talk with me at work, so I scheduled a meeting for 9:30 in the morning. I always like having meetings early in the day. By then I’ve had my organic shade-tree grown fair-trade […]
PreTeena March 16-22, 2015
By Allison Barrows
March 16, 2015 March 17, 2015 March 18, 2015 March 19, 2015 March 20, 2015 March 21, 2015 March 22, 2015 <– Previous strips *** Next strips –>
The National Day of Patriotic Sleep (a parody)
By Audie Cockings
March 11, 2015 Press Conference Minutes A Quick and Painless Remedy For Unsustainable Social Security and Medicare Costs (The President of the United States approaches the podium, cocks head, smiles) POTUS: It has recently been brought to my attention that borrowing money is not actually the same as budgeting. In the six years since I […]
Everyone Lies
By Derrick McCluskey
It was his birthday, and though he was fifteen, Joaquin looked older from years spent fostering his siblings. He crept out of the bed so as to not disturb the children and walked to the room where the old lady made breakfast. He lingered outside of the room and watched his grandmother fuss. Joaquin held […]
One. Dash. Nine.
By Robby Soave
"The Committee for Public Emotional Safety may undertake any and all measures deemed necessary by university therapists to defend the delicate feelings of the campus body." – Campus Safety Ordinance 1-9 * Joey woke up on the futon of his dorm, dying of thirst and an aching skull after a night spent trying to get […]
Week Twenty-Three: The Rebecca Transition
By Curtis Edmonds
You can read this series from the beginning here. "I need you, Justin," Emma said. "You mean right now?" I asked. "Right now," she said. "In the conference room." "Really?" I asked. "Isn’t that a little public? I mean, my apartment isn’t all that far from here." "Emergency intern leadership committee meeting," she said. "And […]
‘Nauts — Episode One, Persephone
By Kevin Rush
MahnAz sat at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport waiting for whatever crop duster would take her to Odessa. The glow of the vodka had cooled and she felt dull and lethargic. She hated that feeling: needing sleep and knowing it wouldn’t come. Should she stubbornly pursue it or resign herself to a miserable day of […]
‘Nauts — Episode One, Persephone
By Kevin Rush
When MahnAz finished her two-hour debriefing–the high-point of which was a thoroughly disingenuous video send off from D’Arcy Sinclair herself–she withdrew to a Loop bar called Queen En Garde, a chess-theme dive where geeks convened in hopes of castling their bishops. She wasn’t looking to get picked up, but needed a drink and didn’t want […]
