“GETTING FIRED”: Part one of the new short story. This segment is relatively normal, really, but this story is about to get very, very weird. Basic setup for the story is: German expressionists and ’30s pulp-noir filmmakers team up to remake the Purgatorio. And a good time is had by some.

As usual, I’m writing too fast in order to get the draft out, so I know there are problems. Any and all criticism of this or any story, especially negative comments, are extraordinarily welcome. I am the mad doctor sculpting a new kind of life, you are the hunchbacked assistant, and your comments are the scalpel I’m requesting when I snap, “Igor! scalpel!”

PS: If you want, I will read your thing and tell you about it in return!