EXECUTIVE ORDER #17,342 By Chuck Waldron FAKE? IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN HERE, RIGHT? Stuart, Florida “Zup, Billy? “Did you see all those cool army trucks?” “No. Where?” “At the fairgrounds. I’m on my bike. There must be a hundred. They’re still coming.” “No way.” “Way. You gotta get down here and see for yourself.” ɸ ɸ ɸ ɸ ɸ Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sitting in his office, Dan was daydreaming, woolgathering his grandmother would have said. The smartphone on his desk began to vibrate, keeping the sound off, a courtesy to his cubical mates. Yawning,… Keep reading“EXECUTIVE ORDER #17,342”
Category: Writing
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WORD
With military-straight backs, guardians of words march back and forth at the tomb of the unknown word. You may have seen it, the tomb that is, not the unknown word. It may be hard to locate . In an area rarely visited, the tomb stands at the gate of a graveyard where words go to die. Words are like people. Words are born, live productive middle years (if they survive adolescence), and fade away in the last chapter of their life. On life support, words are sometimes rescued by crossword puzzles and other word games. In their dotage, however, they… Keep reading“TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WORD”