Chapter One by Adam Kibbe The Last Word The two men stood erect in a civilian approximation of the military “at easeâ€, the tension most apparent in the set of their faces about their eyes, and in the drawn lines of their lips. Their handcuffed wrists dangled before them, their fingertips resting on the table, […]
By Adam S. Kibbe I’ve nothing urgent or profound to share, alas, but the unholy duo below creeps me out, and the only way to move them down and off the ìfront pageî is by posting new entries — something the Wizard of Wacton has let languish. I do what I can. Nature toys with […]
Adam Kibbe Across the gap of adjoining parking spaces, and through the silencing barriers of two car windows, Dan was laughing in time with me. As we rolled down our windows to say Hi, we knew without saying we were both listening to NPRÃs “Wait, Wait, DonÃt Tell Me”. HeÃd just pulled up beside me […]
by Adam S. Kibbe Yes, this expands mightily on MikeÃs ever-so-succinct, essentially contentless entry of 12-29-03, Hemiptera — but redundancy is an inappropriate attribute to assign my effort, as neither rhyme nor reason was given at the time. Really, an absence of any information at all. First, IÃd like to thank Mike for doing the […]
by Adam S. Kibbe First, apologies for the length. A telling was requested, this is what I came up with, The Editor approved. It could’ve been longer. Secondly, why no pictures? Because you all have rich imaginations and deep internal lives and will surely paint this better than I could photograph it. And it’s not […]
After the pounding din, the silence was riveting. Hung had just walked in and was standing in the kitchen, his face bearing an expression frozen between the hopeless smile one might give an implacable predator, and utter shock teetering on anger. Michael and I were on our knees in the sunroom, more than halfway through […]
When we began this project several months ago, there was a loose understanding that hours of labor required and overall duration would diverge notably. It was also understood that Adam would have to put his own shoulder mightily to the wheel, unable to afford Michael doing all of the work. But even hindsight isn’t all […]