Plugs

Trent Walters, poetry editor at A&A, has a chapbook, Learning the Ropes, from Morpo Press.

Jason Fischer has a story appearing in Jack Dann’s new anthology Dreaming Again.

Susannah Mandel’s short story “The Monkey and the Butterfly” is in Shimmer #11. She also has poems in the current issues of Sybil’s Garage, Goblin Fruit, and Peter Parasol.

Jonathan Wood’s story “Notes on the Dissection of an Imaginary Beetle” from Electric Velocipede 15/16 is available online.

The Pantry

by David

(Being an account of the true events culminating in the disappearance of Ms. M—–, of Lawrence, Kansas, May 15, 1987.)

“There’s a giant squid in the pantry.”

“I thought you hated calamari.”

“No! It’s alive. Or, well, I think so. It’s making a creepy noise. Anyway, get rid of it. Please?”

Aron sighed, tossed the newspaper on the floor, and levered himself out of the armchair. He opened the pantry door, but he didn’t see anything unusual, except that awful domestic burgundy Cele’s mother had brought. Certainly not a giant squid.

“I’m sorry, Cele, there’s nothing here.” He wasn’t sorry. He didn’t like squid.

Posted: 1 Comment » Categories:  David Kopaska-Merkel , Mythos

One Response to “The Pantry”

  1. Louise Says:

    June 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Ahahahahahhhhhhaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
    Nothing like Elder Gods in the kitchen to liven up a mundane day. OG MWAAHZ DZNITT WREXGROTDTH!