Mammoth Gardens

Tricycle Triumph
Published January 16, 2012 - One Comment
She mounted her tricycle, and pressed the pedals forward fearlessly tackling the dangerously steep driveway. She maintained a rocketing speed (for a tricycle anyway) of four miles per hour all the way along her journey. She passed the Smith’s house with their unkempt fitzers, and the ...
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The Razor Queen
Published February 28, 2012 - No Comments
(This short story was originally published in the CrossTime anthology series. I still love it. OH, content alert: This is for grown-ups.) The heavy metal door screeches open and then slams loudly behind Elizabeth in the cavernous basement of the government offices where she toils away for ...
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Nuka Cola
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
He dreaded how the Nuka Cola Corporation treated workers in its African factories. At least the internet page he’d run across during a search for free soda said Nuka Corp. was a bad company. So he decided to lay waste to the cola dispensing machine. He turned to see if anybody watche ...
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Four Ways to Prevent Sea Monster Attacks
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Don’t expect your local news source to report it. Don’t expect your college-educated liberal know-it-all neighbor to discuss it. But more importantly, don’t live in ignorance yourself. Not so long ago, when the media wasn’t controlled by soul-sucking corporate inter ...
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Humpty’s Fall From Grace
Published January 16, 2012 - No Comments
He was sitting on the wall, and oh my, did he take a great fall,but then he realized he lived in Virtual Mammoth Gardens and he reached for the PageUpbutton and like an eagle soaring over a valley above the pine trees andwaterfalls, he took flight. He glanced back at the wall built ...
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Ravenhurst Motel
Published January 14, 2012 - No Comments
She’d consulted the psychic. She’d prettied herself up. She’d cleaned and pressed her nicest outfit. She knew living in the roadside motel sent an unintended and negative message to her guest about her life. And still she waited. He’d be arriving soon. She hoped his ...
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Colored Forest
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
“I stood alone in the colored forest and waited for them to come,” Red Twinkles told friends on Monday, “and they did and they seem very nice.” Yesterday Twinkles left the city walls again to meet the visitors, but has not returned and numerous search parties sent o ...
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The Morning After … Ten Strategies
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Your eyes open. You stare at the ceiling. Your mind engages. It’s not your ceiling. “Where am I?” You turn your head to the left. There’s a person over there. A naked person. “Oh god, what did I do last night?” The best way to wake up in the morni ...
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Ukulele Class Flyer
Published January 17, 2012 - No Comments
Posting THESE on bulletin boards around Lakewood. You should sign up for one of my classes. You’ll be amazed how this instrument changes everything.
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On the Rocks
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
While waves crashed around him, he pulled his tiny sailboat near to the rocks and moored onto the floating dock. “I doubt you’ll be in one piece when I come back,” Juan said to the small craft, and he turned and headed into the lighthouse. “If I come back,”he ...
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Paul’s Smiley Face
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
It wasn’t the right place to strike a pose like that, but kneeling in the dark and staying low seemed like the smart thing to do. Ariadne needed to stay safe from the odd sounds she heard grumbling through the Mammoth Gardens Assayers warehouse. She should have known sneaking around ...
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Ukulele
Published January 16, 2012 - No Comments
Gary Jugert Ukulele Workshops, Classes, Lessons, and the Rocky Mountain Ukulele Orchestra can all be found HERE. Musicals I’ve Written Thy Silver Halide Vampyre: Symphony Number One by Gary Jugert I have about six minutes finished of what should end up being about an hour long symp ...
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Daedalus Flying Machines
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
She used her new wings to fly higher than she’d ever flown before, but of course we wouldn’t be filing this report if all had gone well. I regret to inform you that we’ll be needing a new spokeswoman for Daedalus Flying Machines. Please inform engineering we believe they& ...
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GadzUkes: The Haunted Ukulele Shop
Published March 7, 2012 - No Comments
(Originally published by Outrider Press.) It’s like having a really bad cold … this being dead. You take medicine, you blow your nose a lot, you hope you’re getting better, but you still can’t breathe, you can’t sleep through the night, ooze comes out of plac ...
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Black and White Peacock
Published January 19, 2012 - No Comments
A window in front and in back. In the chapel at mom’s place.
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Rocky Mountain Ukulele Orchestra
Published February 21, 2012 - No Comments
I’m rounding up all the ukulele fans in Lakewood, Colorado and pouring a whole bunch-a effort into building an orchestra. Check out the site and give some thought to coming out to rawk the house. Here’s the website.
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GadzUkes: The Haunted Ukulele Shop

Published March 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm - No Comments

(Originally published by Outrider Press.) It’s like having a really bad cold … this being dead. You take medicine, you blow your nose a lot, you hope you’re getting better, but you still can’t breathe, you can’t sleep through the night, ooze comes out of places you don’t think it should, your mind feels fuzzy, and more »

The Razor Queen

Published February 28, 2012 at 4:50 pm - No Comments

(This short story was originally published in the CrossTime anthology series. I still love it. OH, content alert: This is for grown-ups.) The heavy metal door screeches open and then slams loudly behind Elizabeth in the cavernous basement of the government offices where she toils away for her living. She carries a huge handbag into more »

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GadzUkes: The Haunted Ukulele ShopPublished March 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm
The Razor QueenPublished February 28, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Rocky Mountain Ukulele OrchestraPublished February 21, 2012 at 4:51 pm
The Morning After … Ten StrategiesPublished January 20, 2012 at 6:36 am
Colored ForestPublished January 20, 2012 at 6:33 am
Four Ways to Prevent Sea Monster AttacksPublished January 20, 2012 at 6:25 am
Nuka ColaPublished January 20, 2012 at 6:19 am
On the RocksPublished January 20, 2012 at 6:15 am

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