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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Tacitus lived around two thousand years ago. And yet he seems to have foreseen the USA today:

Last night I got trapped inside the yawn of a field mouse for six hours. The tiny teeth, the moist undulating tongue and birdseed breath surrounded me for the duration of the night. I was not asleep. I was really there. It was awful.

Fiction "A Path Through the Dandelions" Fiction by Hank Kirton “Lying in a puddle of purple vomit, Lottie von Scrodd interviews herself as if she is a guest on a highbrow PBS talk show.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/a-pa...

Now you can read what I made here! www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/a-pa...

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

Fiction "Baby Box Turtles at the Bottom of a Vodka Bottle " by Hank Kirton “On July 4th she decided to clean her impossible apartment, despite her hangover. Bob's stupid drum set still sat splayed shamelessly in the comer like a homicide victim.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/baby...

The closest I ever came to writing a Christmas story. Kaleidoscope crumblingasphalt.org/2024/03/03/k...

My Most Animal Is Radish! crumblingasphalt.org/2024/01/15/m...

Happy #FrancoFriday Vampyros Lesbos (1971, Jess Franco)

This is the story that won me a gumdrop. Telekinetic Kelly crumblingasphalt.org/2025/09/27/t...

Issue #6 of The Argyle is LIVE!!! www.theargylelitmag.com

Vasectomy Performed on a Roller Coaster crumblingasphalt.org/2025/08/31/v...

A science fiction story... My Time Machine crumblingasphalt.org/2025/12/12/m...

Pull up your pants, learn how to dance, and strut your stuff in the south of France. Synaptic Damage crumblingasphalt.org/2024/02/20/s...

My psychiatrist assured me I was an "insufferable fuck-up" and a "worthless cretin" and "vile." It'll be neat to see where this therapy leads...

Smothered Under Heavy Cement... crumblingasphalt.org/2025/12/04/s...

Smothered Under Heavy Cement... crumblingasphalt.org/2025/12/04/s...

You don't have enough Dada. Remedy the remedy until the plot becomes muddied.

I just laughed so hard my thighs hurt.

The brass is tarnished buff it buff it.

My tribute to old show business. Hollywood crumblingasphalt.org/2024/11/24/h...

I enjoy provocative art. Shock me, disgust me, disturb me--at least I'll feel something. Anger me, puzzle me, fill me with sorrow--at least it'll make me think. Hell, even tedium is a feeling. Aw, fuck it; make whatever art you want.

The Argyle's 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees!!!

Thanks to The Argyle Literary Magazine! It's cool to be included. Read the magazine!

I just counted up all the short stories I currently have under construction. The magic tally is 13. That's THIRTEEN written in letters. Welp, back to the saltmines! #writing #fiction

The oxygen I've been inhaling today tastes funny. Kind of like grape Pez.

Heaven Always Has Room crumblingasphalt.org/2025/11/23/h...

Give our Best Microfiction 2026 Noms a read, why don't ya? www.bloodhoneylit.com/blood-honey-...

The Spelunking Phlebotomist crumblingasphalt.org/2025/11/15/t...

Link Day One crumblingasphalt.org/2021/06/03/l...

Hollandaise crumblingasphalt.org/2020/12/02/h...

Caligula shakes. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...

Caligula shakes. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...

This story I wrote is a ladybug in your nostril. It's a tombstone made of graham crackers. It's the guy you meet at the park who offers you a marshmallow soaked in LSD. Read it and wince. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/v...

This story I wrote is a ladybug in your nostril. It's a tombstone made of graham crackers. It's the guy you meet at the park who offers you a marshmallow soaked in LSD. Read it and wince. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/v...

This lady’s reaction 😂😂😂 The Gore Gore Girls (1972, Herschell Gordon Lewis)

One side of this ivory "memento mori" features a human face crawling with worms and insects; the other side shows a skull - the flesh eaten away. Date unknown. This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.

My bank set out a big bowl of hard-boiled eggs for Halloween. All peeled and everything. I went in to cash a check and was instantly hit with the savory egg-smell of spooky season.

Micro-fiction "Indigo" by Joseph Labriola “it wasn't the book, so much as his relationship to it—if that makes sense…This one, of course, was blank.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/indigo

Hey! It's Succotash Sunday again! Yipes! psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/v...

This is about madness and how it manifests itself in art. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/l...

I wrote a story about a man, man. psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/j...