Mr. Evins leaves the shopping mall with his doctor’s bag only 25 minutes before the first outbreak. He walks to his car, enters it, starts the engine, and pulls forward out of the space he had backed into only 1440 seconds before the first infected leaps for the place his bumper was, missing it by a foot. He begins playing a Mozart CD 2 minutes later or, 22 minutes before the … [Read more...]
Magic… Or So I Gathered
I walk up the steps of the comic books shop. I peer inside the door and think “Why are there so many people here at this time of the evening?” Cautiously, oh so cautiously, I slowly open the door and go in. There are people sitting at tables, on the floors, crammed, packed and otherwise stuffed into this place. I make my way to the counter, the woman at the counter says to … [Read more...]
Your Cat?
The phone was ringing and woke me up. I was tired but answered it anyway. “Hello?” “Jag? This is Rez.” “Oh, hey. How are ya? As usual I was sleeping when you called.” “I can let you get back to sleep.” “No, no. I’m up now. What’s up?” “Hank and I were gonna go and get some coffee and I thought I’d call and see if you wanted … [Read more...]