FLOWBABY

INDEPENDENCE DAY   Joshua Benton could not imagine a more pleasant 4th of July weekend. The sky had remained perfectly clear and blue while the afternoon temperature hovered around 83 degrees. The best thing about this weather for an East Coast transplant like Josh was that it wasn’t even muggy outside. Such were the benefits of living in the mild Pacific Northwest. He had spent all of Saturday grilling steaks in the backyard with his closest friends and extended family. The older kids had tossed horseshoes and played badminton, while the little ones that had sprung from his loins kept busy making castles in the sandbox all afternoon. He and his wife Lindsey were extremely happy. They had every reason…

PSYCHO WINGNUT INFERNO   -a wildfire slasher saga from the mind of James Barnums     Our tale of treacherous psychosis and murder begins with a very strange man sitting alone in his low rent lodgings in Eugene, Oregon.  The fact that it’s summer is evident by the bright sun and blue sky, which is barely visible through the black pentagram emblazoned tapestries covering the windows.  The date is July 10th, in fact, about the time summer really arrives in wet and soggy Western Oregon.  This man, Jacob Langley aka “Joker” to his fellow firefighters (a moniker given to him because of the insane grin that is usually visible upon his countenance) with long blonde curly hair and a very…

James Botwin, aka “Stream Daddy”, had come to a decision and he was sticking to it.He was leaving behind the USA and all of the wishy-washy flakes in it for an extended period of time. As he watched cold raindrops spatter against the window of his basement apartment on hip and fashionable Northwest 23rd street in Portland, Oregon, he thought ahead toward fantasies of warm tropical sunshine and beautiful expansive beaches south of the border. Yet he could not keep his mind from focusing on recent events that had led to this situation. Only a month previously, Jim had shared his life and this apartment with a beautiful young blonde named Elisabeth. The two of them had enjoyed a whirlwind…