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Just Joe's Corner: Just Joe on "Back to School"
Just Joe on “Back to School”:
Well, I imagine that school’s important, I mean, *I* never went and I turned out alright, but I guess everyone can’t be me cuz that’d be weird, a bunch of Just Joe’s walkin’ around fixin’ things, makin’ waterslides and lightin’ blowtorches in church. Wacky.
I’ve noticed every Fall this happens, youngsters come to ( Read more... ) -
A Durance of Darien's...
“Have you ever…EVER known pure bliss?” The intonation infers the question is rhetorical, yet the person who is bound to the table, naked and bleeding, feels compelled to answer. They always felt compelled to answer the man with the perfect face.
“Nnngghhhnnn…no” comes the garbled response along with a globule of blood as it sputters on cracked and ( Read more... ) -
Darien goes to the store...
The line of people grew longer in tandem with their agitation. The air conditioning near the check-out is inoperable; people are sweating, and the pallor of the unwashed masses is permeating the pores. Somewhere an annoyed child cries loudly. People shift on their feet and seethe and sigh in frustration and anger.
Only one person in line is ( Read more... ) -
The Return of Joe (from Muncie that is)
The freeway lights glare brightly in stark contrast to the darkened asphalt, flaring into view for only a few moments before fading into the past as the truck makes the journey back North… back home.
“Well, that was…interesting” the man in the White Suit gives commentary from the passenger seat.
“Yeah. I still can’t believe she shot me… with an ( Read more... ) -
The Fall of a Summer Soldier...
“I will cut out your braggart tongue for all your own posturing, for the glory of the Warlord of Summer, and for the glory of the Freehold of DeKalb, or I will die trying. You have two minutes before I launch my first attack, I suggest you prepare.”
The wiry muscled Wizened stretches and flexes, taking in his surroundings with a keen eye. The ( Read more... ) -
Joe gets a hand from Mae and Sallow (but behind in his work)
Metal sparks fly from the towering metal monster as the giant clinging to its spiraling underbelly welds another sheet of metal to the bracing. The glowing blue-white tip of the welder illuminating the giant’s focused face in an eerie grey glow, highlighting the corpse-like flesh and the hollow cheeks.
The goggled head tilts briefly and sniffs ( Read more... ) -
The Day After
Mud gives way to water as the cool lake bottom vomits forth its waking inhabitant. The algae-thick fluid seeps into lungs, mouth, nose, eyes and ears ( Read more... ) -
The victory of Mann...
The evening’s recent events run through Joe’s head as his truck makes the slow journey down the campground lane back to his site. His supernaturally enhanced vision is keen for movement along the darkened road though his mind is elsewhere, reliving the moments prior to where he is right now.
He remembers, keenly, the feel of the flesh and how it ( Read more... ) -
Tumultuous Peace...
Stillness clings to the skeleton-like array of half finished metalworking projects in the pre-dawn darkness of the campsite. Husks of things left undone add to the intense quiet that permeates the uninhabited and unattended work area. The partially built monstrosity of the construct that was to be an amusement resembles none of the intention, ( Read more... )