Microfiction – 028/365

What is this about? Nosedive The plane had crashed forty-seven feet away from where Cooper had been standing. He was pretty sure it was a twin engine Cessna 340. Maybe the more powerful 340A. What the impact didn’t destroy, the explosion and fire finished off, reducing the house and aircraft to a smoldering mess that …

Ooooh, Mercier Mercier Me…

  Since the new singlespeed freewheel and caliper brakes aren’t going to be here until tomorrow, I’ll probably bring her home tonight all packaged up and wait until Tuesday evening to de-box her and commence assembly. A stop at Orange 20 Bikes might be in order for some cabling and cable clamps. I’ll be aiming …

King Of Spain

Wow. That was weird. I’m out $15 and a couple hours sleep because of it. The doorbell rings. Ranger barks. I’m awake. The clock reads 3:51 a.m. On the one previous occasion where we’ve been awakened by visitors at such an unsociable hour it’s been the cops and they did a whole lot of pounding …

Skull-diggery

Found on the front of Monkeyhouse Toys store on Silver Lake Boulevard (click to triplify):

Microfiction – 027/365

What is this about? Reinforcements, Part II The copters swept in low over the mansion and nightsun lights momentarily lit up the study. Harris briefly surveyed the corpse before him then leaned against the desk, grabbing Sheridan’s Blackberry. Up and out of the room, Harris looked through a window at the end of the hall …

The Wright Stuff

Last opened to the public 16 years ago, you can bet when I heard a couple weeks ago that a tour was being offered at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Millard House (aka “La Miniatura”) in Pasadena I didn’t waste much time getting two tickets for Susan and I today to see this remarkable piece of Southern …

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What is this about? Reinforcements Sheridan tried to sit up again and speak, but was overcome by his lungs slowly filling up with blood and succumbed to a horrible series of coughs. From somewhere behind that terrible sound came that of a helicopter — maybe two — coming into range, and getting louder. “Ah,” Sheridan …