The Meaningless World of Arthur Flackmacker

A large segment of the scholarly world considers Arthur Flackmacker to be the greatest deconstructionist the writing world has ever known. He lived a life steeped in controversy, like when he claimed in a 1957 writer’s conference that he’d invented the adverb. He wrote one novel entirely in Portuguese despite never learning the language. He […]

The Chair that Didn’t Fly (a Fable)

Mack, a woodworker, inventor and part time vagrant was at his wit’s end. No work had come his way in a long time. This seemed quite a waste of Mack’s magical work-shed. In his work-shed, the tools spoke as people might and kept Mack company while he created. He had become so depressed, he hadn’t […]