Impossible Kisses

Reports from the Goblin Universe (or, Shadows on the Analemma)

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Across South America Forever

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And everybody knows who they are In a velvet garden of rhinestone stars Shining down on me, satin queen, Overlords of insane scenes T...
Monday, October 08, 2012

Mindstorms And Music And One Smart Brick

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Over the weekend I saw a video on YouTube that someone uploaded about two years ago. I’d never seen it before, but it struck me as one of...
Friday, October 05, 2012

A Consequence Of Puppets Revisited

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He said, “You know, a monster might not want you.” She gasped, putting one hand over her mouth. She pointed at him with her other hand ...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

Romanticized Portraits

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Artist Dick Heldar returns to 1890s England from the war in the Sudan after sustaining eye injuries and turns to painting for a living. W...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Tools For A Bridge Over A Canal On Mars

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I said, “I’m thinking of buying some new painting knives.” She said, “How much do they cost?” I said, “Some Amazon store has a Liqui...
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

A Dream Woman’s Dream House On Long Island

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Just then the hyena stopped whimpering in the night and started to make a strange, human, almost crying sound. The woman heard it and s...
Monday, October 01, 2012

The Louisiana Sinkhole: An Apocalypse Opera

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Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. from “ ...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

2012 3rd Quarter Index

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September 2012 Sunday, September 30, 2012 - 2012 3rd Quarter Index Friday, September 28, 2012 - Pumpkin Are Free (Reprise) ...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Pumpkin Are Free (Reprise)

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SIDNEY: “Casey Becker? She sits next to me in English.” TATUM: “Not anymore.” Casey doesn’t sit next to Sidney in English anymo...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

On-Set Injury Report: Lizard Down!

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“Real knives freak me out. So I had to cut through duct tape. I kept thinking I was going to pull up too hard and stab myself in the ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Refuge, Sanctuary And Asylum As Synonyms

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Deep is wild, with beasts one meets usually in dreams. Here the giant octopus drags in its arms. We meet it. We are hungry in the uppe...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The Real Lesson Of The Gargoyle Arrow

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I see myself pointing this at Juli but then Juli says some improvised lines and not, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” ...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Pumpkin Are Free

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Pumpkin are free. But this is the time of year when I’m bound, when I’m shackled by fantasy, enslaved by dreams of going back to sch...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Puddle Monsters: Terror In The Distance

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“It’s like a puddle,” she said, “this sinkhole. A giant puddle so deep you’d be afraid as an adult to play the way kids played and fo...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Sinkhole, The Supervillain, And The Plan

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Louisiana officials are investigating whether an underground salt cavern may be responsible for a large sinkhole that has swallowed 100-...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Synthetic Arcadia And The Hole

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On November 20, 1980, when the disaster took place, the Diamond Crystal Salt Company operated the Jefferson Island salt mine under the l...
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