Like most social media trends kangarooing seemed to come from nowhere. Suddenly videos of people doing it were unavoidable. Facebook was clogged with photos of children and adults participating in the trend. Ubiquitous news coverage warned of kangarooing dangers with examples of how it had gone wrong. “A forty-five year old man in Tulsa while … Read moreThe Opposite of Enlightenment
The porridge in the kettle bubbled like a weak fart and smelled nearly as bad. Everard poked at it with a stick, hungry but not hungry enough to scoop out a portion of the glop that endlessly cooked over the hearth. All day every day bits of food and water were added to the bottomless … Read moreStone Soup
David applied a dab of varnish to the nose of a mule deer and stepped back to ponder it. When dried, the sheen would give a moist, life-like appearance to the head mount. He did the same to the eyes. The varnish was a custom-mix, that caught the light just as the natural juices of … Read moreThe Way of the Snake