The Euphio Question by Kurt Vonnegut. A short story from “The Monkey House”, (1968) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN of the Federal Communications Commission, I appreciate this opportunity to testify on the subject before you. I’m sorry—or maybe “heartsick” is the word—that news has leaked out about it. But now that word is getting around and coming…
One hot evening in Padua they carried him up onto the roof and he could look out over the top of the town. There were chimney swifts in the sky. After a while it got dark and the searchlights came out. The others went down and took the bottles with them. He and Luz could…
by Murderously Philly… “Hi, my name is Ted” I say to everybody, “and I’m a serial killer.” “Hi, Ted,” says everybody. Everybody always says Hi. Welcome to Serial Killers Anonymous, a twelve-step program for rippers, rapers, stabbers, stranglers, axe murderers, chainsaw enthusiasts, and just about every type person who ever murdered over and over again,…
All in all it was a pretty exciting Christmas, what with the relatives and the presents and the fun and the cops and Aunt Hazel’s dog blowing up in our living room. Mom and my Aunt Martha wanted to have one of those fun old-fashioned Christmases that people on TV have, where everybody wears ties…
Nobody burst onto the scene more explosively than Chuck Palahniuk back in 1996 with his breakthrough novel, Fight Club. And the 1999 movie directed by David Fincher wasn’t too shabby, either. If you’re one of the few people who hasn’t read Fight Club–or you’re like me and you just can’t get enough–here’s a little taste.…
We normally don’t post videos, but when it comes to Buk, we make an exception. Released in 1995 and directed by Richard Sears, An Evil Town was a big winner both at Cannes and the New York Underground Film Festival. The short film is based on the story of the same name by Charles Bukowski.…
A Radio With Guts is one of Bukowski’s best and most obscure poems … it was on the 2nd floor on Coronado Street I used to get drunk and throw the radio through the window while it was playing, and, of course, it would break the glass in the window and the radio would sit…
Ted Bundy was a rock star. He’s the only serial killer ever to escape prison; and he did it not just once, but twice. He’s also the only serial killer brave enough to wear a bowtie in public. Imagine, Ted Bundy free after all these years… They let Ted Bundy out of jail the other…
It just seems fitting that Robert Crumb and Charles Bukowski would find themselves working together at some point. In the 1980s, they joined forces in the two Bukowski books, Bring Me Your Love and There’s No Business. Crumbs most famous works include his Keep On Truckin’ strip, and strips featuring characters such as the bohemian…
In Life in a Texas Whorehouse by Charles Bukowski, the author opens with, “I got off the bus in this place in Texas and it was cold and I was constipated.” Eventually, in just a few days, he manages a bowel movement: “I went back to the hotel, got hold of a pint of whiskey and…
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