fiction and musings from a gay black dude with delusions above his station
Republicans have been playing a game of ‘wait, wait, don’t tell me,’ but with a twist. Instead, their version goes “wait, wait, don’t tell you!” Phantom campaigns are all the rage, ever since the Republican take over of everything in 2010. In addition to retaking the House, they took over numerous state legislatures and governorships….
He walked tepidly to the end of the diving board, then stopped. He contemplated in stillness, waiting. Then he sprang into action, leapt, turned, flipped, spun, pirouetted, before straightening his body and slicing into the water with the stillness of a Zen master. He kept the splash and ripples to a minimum, as if he…
So Mr. Romney chose Paul “Vouchers” Ryan as his running mate, choosing the quick and easy path of a no-nonsense, white male, dyed-in-the-wool conservative who isn’t a complete kook (like Sarah Palin), but who also still appeals to the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party. Mr. Romney chose against having a woman or a…
In an era decades before cellphones and Twitter, word spread instantly throughout campus: Clayton was to get a butt whipping. Mrs. Hamilton, though, was not naïve. She kept Clayton after class on a trumped up pretext. When the room had emptied, she walked slowly towards him. “You know they’re waiting for you, Clayton,” she said. …
Equality Matters has all of the facts. Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy created the charitable wing of his chicken enterprise, the WinShape Foundation, in 1984. The lion’s share of WinShape’s money has come from Chick-fil-A — over $8 million in 2010 alone, reports Equality Matters. That same year, they doled out a generous portion to…
(Editor’s Note: The ‘growing up gay’ tag is usually applied to essays. This story is strictly fictional.) For a 12 year old, Clayton Simmons maintained the most peculiar habits. By a calculus all his own, he computed the precise number of movements and amount of time necessary to complete his morning rituals so that he…
For the past 16 years, my partner and I have vacationed in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He grew up in the Boston area, and we always planned our vacation to coincide with his family’s, so that we can spend time with them. A lot has changed in 16 years. Our visit to P-town usually began…
Apple lays an egg this fiscal quarter, so says the stock market. After all, it only earned $8.8 billion, a mere 21% increase over last quarter and a 22% increase over this time last year. I mean, what’s up with that? And check this out. From April to June, Apple only shipped 26 million iPhones….
Dad was walking home from work one day when he suddenly started crying. He got home and Mom asked what was the matter. He couldn’t get the images of Vietnam out of his head. “How can we keep our boys away from that?” he said. Their boys, my older brothers, were coming close to the…
As fast as he could, Ángel raced back with the book. All during the calibration, he felt that something was wrong. It shouldn’t be this hard, he thought. He scanned through he pages, to see if there had been something they missed. “Shit!” he yelled. “Cut the power! Cut it!” Gabriel frantically slammed down all…
