Susan Stover navigates ‘midst the probes for professionalism / with a standard rate of efficiency’ in her most recent job application.
Archive | December, 2012
Santa’s Post-Christmas Bender
Unwanted Gifts
A Christmas story for the morning after, in which Santa Claus is blackmailed by a 10-year-old.
Ikea Claus
Santa’s Confidence Booster
The Night After Christmas
It Happened in the Barnyard on Christmas Day Night
The Twelve Pseudo-Politically Correct Days of Christmas
Feathertale’s associate editor revisits a holiday classic: “On the twelfth day of Christmas, my overly sensitive true love gave to me . . .”
Shooting Stars
Dancing reindeer, Easter eggs and men in black freak Joseph J. Patchen right out.
Doggerel: A Day in the Park
Sparky was the first to notice the trend. ‘Dog, you seen Paul’s tail lately? P.E. for sure.’
Big Bloated Bastard
According to family legend, when I was seven years old I convinced another boy that Santa was real, despite the fact that said boy had just informed me that said Santa was made up. I don’t remember anything about this conversation, but I hope it went something like this.