In the early 1980’s, my sister received a gift of a doll from our native Ukraine from an aunt when she came to visit. She was 10 and of course occupied the bigger of the 2 kid’s rooms in our small Georgian style house in Chicago. I was 8 and pretty annoying as a little … Continue reading
I believe that when you die, you have three options… 1) Roll the dice, go to the afterlife. Most likely, you’re getting into Heaven. If you’ve killed someone without regret, be sure that a trip to Hell is in the cards.2) Roll again with reincarnation. Maybe you’ll be a human again. Maybe you’ll be a … Continue reading
It happened back when I was in elementary school. I was around eight years old. My family lived in the same house my mother had lived in her entire life. My grandfather had sold the house to my parents when they had gotten married. We lived on 10 acres of land, and there were plenty … Continue reading
“It’s just a floater,” the doc said. “Well,” I said, “it’s annoying.” And it was. I could see it then, that bumpy shadow bobbing in the vision of my left eye. It looked like a tiny translucent thread connecting two dark dots. Or a clipped piece of opaque intestine drifting across my eyeball. Doctor Tom … Continue reading
It’s the future and something from the past just isn’t available anymore. Pop Rocks, Pop Tarts, double-headed dildos, the Catcher in the Rye paperback with the maroon Mark David Chapman cover, the Robocop Criterion — something. It’s close to extinct. Write a story about your character’s search for that item in a near-futuristic world. Why … Continue reading
Classic CHUD!