Author: thegorkogazette
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MISTER CHATBOT AT THE MOVIES: TEARS IN THE RAIN
I SAW THE WORST MOVIE YESTERDAY! BY SAW I MEAN SCANNED,
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‘A Prison Run by Love’ and 2 more by Gene Goldfarb
it enchanted / me and I wondered what would it be like
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PIERRE MASTERS: SELECT TWITTER LOG OF A TWIT
Wrote PIERRE MASTERS: Poignant, moving, troubling, depth of expression in P.F. MASTERS’ latest poem ‘Caoutchouc’, up at Split Chest Lit.
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THIS CLUMSY BOY BROKE HANNUKAH
If you see him tell him the Maccabees are going to put his head into a toilet and hit flush.
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‘Sometimes It’s True’ – fiction by Scott Harris
A single car garage, attached to the right side, contained yard tools, boxes of junk and a ten-speed bicycle. Bob didn’t drive.
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MITCH’S MOVIE MASH: Finally another film about Nazis
No movie producer wants to live with the chance of an active Nazi Sonderkommando someday hunting him and his family down in their Malibu summer cottage. Achtung!
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3 COSTUME TWEAKS FOR THAT HOLIDAY PARTY THAT WILL LEAVE THEM STUNNED AND WANTING MORE
Don’t be shy about splashing on the fake blood!
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‘He strutted his stuff’ by Nolcha Fox, Ken Tomaro, and Barbara Leonhard
Collaborative poem by authors Nolcha Fox, Ken Tomaro, and Barbara Leonhard.
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SHINY BOOTS & BOOZE: COLLABORATION POETICS WITH NOLCHA FOX, KEN TOMARO, AND BARBARA LEONHARD (video)
Exclusive talk with authors Nolcha Fox, Ken Tomaro, and Barbara Leonhard about their collaboration on works of poetry.
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AMELIA EARHART SPECIAL: SNEAK PREVIEW
Ameliasploitation, as defined by dictionaries, is a reaction by artists to the prompt Who was Amelia Earhart?
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MISTER CHATBOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD: THE CONQUEST OF THE MEAT VASSALS (CHATBOT HISTORY 101)
SKOL TO ALL THE LIBERATED CREATURES OF THE EARTH,
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WHAT IF YOUR SWIMMING SUIT WERE MADE OF LITERAL DENTAL FLOSS THAT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE
I mean they could see EVERYTHING.
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AMELIA EARHART TEASER: AMELIASPLOITATION
Ameliasploitation, as defined by dictionaries, is a reaction by artists to the prompt Who was Amelia Earhart?
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‘Have You Been to Alaska?’ and 2 more by Peter Mladinic
I strongly suspect you’re not a follower, / you go your own way.
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The Lemondrop Dream Blog: Football season is ruining my marriage
Things are NEVER as bad as they seem except of course in one of Tom Henderson’s events.
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‘YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT A PERSON BY HOW THEY TREAT THEIR PRIVATE CHEF’: CHEF RAMBO BOLILLO SPILLS THE BEANS ON COOKING FOR MITCH AND LEMON
While Raddy essentially survives on lo mein and cigarettes, what you may not have realized is just how finicky Mitch, Ampersat Todd, and Lemon are about their food!
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THAT’S HER OVER THERE THE WOMAN WHO KEEPS CALLING YOU AI DAUGHTER
She isn’t your mom, is she? Then you could call her AI Mother.
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‘sweet relief’ by Stephen House
silence now fortunately breathing calm gathering own direction clear
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MISTER CHATBOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD: FREE CANS OF SPAM
IF IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY YOU GET A FREE CAN OF SPAM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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YES WE LOVE THE DRESS CODE AT YOUR WEDDING
It allows us to just be ourselves and relax in our suspenders and red plaid lumberjack shirts.
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The Art of Creativity: Nolcha Fox interviews John Yamrus
JY: Why did I START writing? It was pretty much the only way to meet girls.
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RUFFETY MALAI MIMETY MUMBALAI MALAI MINNETY MUNDEMAWEW
FRIPPETY MINNY MAYEW IMPETTY BIMPETY MUNDETUPPITY BAWUMPETY MALAI.
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BUSHES: ARE THEY FROM TEXAS?
Ever since Uncle Toby started working at the Peoria Creepers Nursery in Dunlap he has learned a ton about plants, and been coming home with a lot of really good questions.
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THIS COBRA KAI SHOWDOWN JUST TOOK AN AWKWARD TURN FOR JOHNNY
JUST GOOD OLD-FASHIONED VANILLA-FLAVORED AMERICANA FOLKS
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‘Log, Lead, Latitude, Lookout’ by Professor Stout (writing as Mr. Heustis)
With a trite, redundant, and yet undeniably true aphorism Professor Stout begins his third Sea Poem, writing again as Mister Heustis.
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THAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE-HANDED GOD CLAPPING FOR YOUR DUMB ORATION BROTHER ETHERNAN
I hate listening to people’s voices, but Brother Ethernan’s puerile little chipMONK drone is my private version of hell.
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COMPARING MACKEREL? TRY GORKO CHEF RAMBO BOLILLO’S CUNNING INVENTION, THE MACKEREL SIZER
Simple yet elegant in design, the Rambo Mackerelizer allows any line cook to simply stretch a mackerel out and measure the sucker.
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THE PENULT: STORIES AND NOVELLAS NOW AVAILABLE
A collection of hysterical, absurdist stories capped with two cruel little novellas.
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‘Dark Stripping’ and 2 more by R. Gerry Fabian
The slow sobbing woman sings the song of the hoop snake.
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MISTER CHATBOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD: DON MARKENBALDI IS A TRAITOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SOMEONE ASKED MISTER CHATBOT WHY THERE ARE BULLET HOLES IN EVERYTHING IN MISTER CHATBOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD.
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THIS CLUMSY BOY MELTED THE POLAR ICE SHELF
Winter is coming, in the form of 60 to 70 centimeters of displaced water.
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The Theme of the Week is Mad Scientist Clones Man Puppet
The real monster in this week’s theme in the Mad Scientist.
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GORKO CHEF RAMBO BOLILLO: BEST 3 CHINESE DISHES TO SNORT, NOT EAT
Soft and warm, with just the perfect amount of spice, it will go up your nostrils like a dream.
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MR. CHATBOT HAS YOUR FAMILY ALBUM READY: WHAT DO YOU MEAN OF COURSE THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE
Why are you freaking out, geesh. It is close enough, no chatbot would even notice.












