Reason and Rhyme

by Richard May God was an agnostic with lots of self-doubt. God sent a dude, Jesus, to straighten out the fundies on Earth, hoping that the fundies would become atheists or even devil worshipers. God heard Jesus praying and said, "WTF!" The Israelites heard Jesus praying and said, "WTF!" The Romans heard Jesus praying and said, "WTF!" Jesus' prayers were completely dyslexic and unintelligible; No one understood what he was praying about. The Romans were pragmatic centrists. At first the Rom

Proust and me

Published on 2008-06-06 09:57:00

by Brian Schwartz 1. It was the summer of 19__. I was at Oxford. I was sixteen. Now Oxford is a big industrial town, a bit gritty, but my college was on the fringes, and out there it was countryside. There were even a few gas lamps by the roadside, and when you walked out beyond, the woods and flowers were far older even than those antiquated lamps, and you got the feeling that you'd escaped from time. When I think of that summer, I think of the sun, pouring down like a blessing, dappling t

Ma

Published on 2007-12-31 19:58:00

by Neha Nambiar The man sat at the table, his steady gaze never leaving the door… did it really happen? Was it all over? Hadn’t his life just begun? What was it? He couldn’t tell anymore, he didn’t know. "Am I even alive!” he shouted out. He always knew things would go wrong… they were bound to, but this? As a child he always 'knew' he would be famous. Or rather was supposed to, he saw himself giving interviews and answering questions. He saw himself inspirin

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