Author: thegorkogazette
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THE HIDDEN COSTS OF OWNING AN ARMY OF GEMINOID M24-CLASS ASSAULT ROBOTS
All your neighbors already had the Trazolight Betas deployed on their borders.
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Everyone gets to live to 100 by Simon Collinson
Now school prepares us for a lifetime of not working in a post industrial society.
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WHAT IF YOU WERE A STUPID DUCK
Hey what is two plus two, we shouted at you, and you would reply by bobbing your head.
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Amazon Delivery Status Messages You Don’t Want to See (But Probably Will) by Jeff Kennedy
It appears your package has probably been delivered somewhere.
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FOR MANY, NO WORD FOR IT BUT ‘SLURVY’
The coffee demographic is no longer limited to adults. The kids have money, and they want sweet and minty.
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Mitch’s Movie Mash: Shades of ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Genius
When Mother first told me about 50 Shades of Grey I thought I would never get past page 69.
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Just Because You Wear Skinny Jeans…Doesn’t Mean You Are Skinny Jeans…Waist-Training Grid Reference Lost, Deleted, or Otherwise Missing, sec. 04 and sec. 05 by Mark Parsons
Like thin liquid through Porous fabric of A loose, ultra-absorbent weave
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A Name for the Interim by James Callan
During this time, I ditched my Joan Baez albums and Jerry Bears.
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My Friend, the Poet by Chris Callard
I ran into Craig, a Facebook friend from, well, Facebook in line at a coffee place.
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Degraded Toast and All Things Delight the Maker by Salvatore Difalco
Whatever may be a fitting response from a mouth full of cankers and cold sores.
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For Real not for Real by Antoine Bargel
Ever since I watched Earth explode I’ve had trouble sleeping.
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GENESIS: The Lost Verses by Steen W. Rasmussen
A million lines of inquiry— examined and evidenced A trillion points of view—
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On Principal by J. C. Meyer
I found myself thinking about Dr. Erwin Schrödinger And his poor cat who never even got a name
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GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE WILL PROBABLY SAY GEE THANKS A LOT MAN AND WALK AWAY
The point of the experiment would be to challenge the premise of the old saying.
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2 poems by Sreelekha Chatterjee
Jackanapes, that’s what they call me. A whippersnapper, to be precise.
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Upcoming Movie: ‘The Fog of Dr. Parchisi’
The latest entry in the Dr. Parchisi canon, and we recommend this one.
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THE UNBEARABLE TRUTH by Steen W. Rasmussen
A million lines of inquiry— examined and evidenced A trillion points of view—
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RHYMING POETRY MAY HAVE SAVED YOU FROM SUICIDE BUT DID IT PREVENT THE SENSELESS LOSS OF 40 MILLION SOULS IN WWI, IT MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT
No, it did not, old friend of mine
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In Preparation for Our Next School Shooting by Mike McHone
Speaking of sympathetic messages, perhaps consider something along the lines of, ‘Bless those poor children,’ or ‘At least they’re in a better place’.
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GORKO UNFUN BUT TRUE LESSON OF THE DAY: STRAIGHT TALK FROM EMILY DICKINSON
Some lessons are harder than others, and although today’s lesson is pretty unfun, it just might save your life someday. Gorko Retread: ‘GORKO UNFUN BUT TRUE LESSON OF THE DAY: STRAIGHT TALK FROM EMILY DICKINSON’ originally published 18 December 2022.…
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The Woman who Married a Bus by Ben Macnair
She craved stability. Predictability. A strong, reliable presence that wouldn’t suddenly decide it needed to ‘explore its inner child’.
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THIS BRITISH PERSON CRISSCROSSED AMERICA BECAUSE SHE ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED HER IPHONE OFF A BRIDGE AND COULD NOT FIND THE UP SIDE ON A PAPER MAP
She purchased a paper map but must have been holding the thing like THIS.
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Blurred by Ben Macnair
Tucked at the very bottom, beneath a pressed flower and a lock of my baby hair, was a single, peculiar photograph.
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Unnecessary Fiction by Hugh Blanton
Eloghosa Osunde’s latest novel Necessary Fiction opens up with an unnamed narrator giving us a list of his personality characteristics he wants us to know about himself.
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WE DECIDED TO BECOME A HATS-OFF HOUSEHOLD. BUT THERE WAS ONE SURPRISING OBSTACLE
It had happened, and right in our neighborhood: The Doffularity.
