Posted on September 20, 2011 by writer
Marvel
by Laura Anderson
No one famous has ever come to Krypton Komik in the Rose City’s historic Mississippi District. We mostly get middle-aged collectors, graphic artists, and pre-teen jerks in our store. I like the collectors the most. The collectors don’t ogle my chest, like the graphic artist types sometimes do and the teenie-weenies always do, because they’re married and have daughters my age, I figure. One regular customer, Russell, reminds me of my dad; not my dad as he is now, more like, the way he was before mom died four years ago.
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by writer
The Flight of Black Friday
by Tom Achor
NOV. 9, 2022 – PORTLAND, OR- On November 11 this year, citizens of the Southeast Portland neighborhood of Brooklyn will gather to watch the 10th annual launch of the Black Friday, their own community-built space ship, from its launch area near the former rail yards off SE McLoughlin Blvd. This tenth flight, which will be the last for the Black Friday, will cement its status as the longest-serving community owned reusable space vehicle, given that it remains the only one in existence.
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by writer
Exalted and Extinguished
Lisa Galloway
Chris hurls the Vogue magazine at his partner’s Pomeranian who squeaks and then begins yapping. Chris grits his teeth, lambasting the pup, “I will fucking cut you, you little bitch. Shut up already!” Chris tosses a squeak toy into the bathroom and kicks the dog inside slamming the door. Then he makes the phone call.
The phone rings for the first time all day. Thor hates working for the family business. He reluctantly picks it up and answers in his artificially chipper voice, “Viking Sprinkler and Fire Safety, Thor speaking. Can I help you?”
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by writer
A Trace of Revenge
by Night Writers
Sunny stood under the awning of The Senator Hotel with her arms clutched across her chest, shivering. Tomas, the doorman, was standing too close to the hotel entrance for her to make a break past him into the lobby and up to the bathroom on the mezzanine. It was so nice there. All gold fixtures and flocked wallpaper. Maybe she could use the hand dryer on her hair and warm up a bit, too. But mostly she just really wanted to pee.
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Posted on September 17, 2011 by writer
Down Time
by Will Gardner
“God, we’re so slow today.”
“I don’t know why you insist on being open past three – or even 2:30, for that
matter. No one wants knishes after lunch.”
“No one?”
She stared at him, blank. “You know what I mean. No one in Portland.”
“Okay, then.” He cleared his throat much louder than necessary. “I guess you
know what I got to do.”
Angie replied with a heavy sigh. “Where this time?”
“The Standard Insurance building.”
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