Archive for March, 2009
Defenestration: March 2009
Welcome to the March 2009 issue of Defenestration!
As hinted at last month, some of our future issues will be themed. The Defenestration crew, editors included, are all readers and writers of fantasy and science fiction (or if you’re into that more academic, monocle-wearing sort of title, “speculative fiction”). Since we like it so much, we’re [...]
“Dennis,” by Michael Estabrook
“Oh! I almost forgot!”
She stands abruptly up from the kitchen table,
a mischievous little grin on her face.
“I have to remember to call Dennis.”
She writes the name “Denise”
on the whiteboard near the refrigerator
on which she makes notes to herself
about what she needs to do
or items she needs to buy
at the grocery store. “Who’s Dennis?” I ask,
looking [...]
“the boys,” by Peycho Kanev
oh this sickening gang.they write poetry
poem after a poem
exploding out of their PC’s or notebooks-
sick and dry as dead flowers
they fill up pages and pages
with bad poetry
and submit them to all the little
magazines
and of course
most of them get published
they live with they mothers and/or
they ugly and stupid wives and girlfriends
and in most of the times [...]
“the ring snake patriot,” by Alex Galper
client Bob
a Nam vet
a junkie
is calling the office
begging for a house call:
it’s a matter of life and death.
a broken mirror in the hallway
syringes all about
burned out floors and ceilings
consequences of an imaginary napalm blast
the walls bear a knife collection
in the yard a patch of dirt, a hole and a shovel.
in a cardboard box, on a [...]
“Slaver,” by Nick Allen
Dear Mr. Wolf,
Thank you for your interest in joining our vegetarian society.
To be frank I was truly surprised to see an application from a species that is traditionally viewed as a ravenous carnivore who’s penchant for raw flesh is legendary with a bloodlust second to none.
That said, I have reviewed your letter of application with [...]
“Excerpts from Stimulus Package Requests from Industries with Questionable Influence in the Federal Government,” by John Frank Weaver
Greeting Card Industry
We propose to add a new holiday to the traditional Gregorian calendar. Holidays inspire American consumers to purchase greeting cards, regardless of the nature of the holiday. People send Christmas cards, Valentine’s Day cards, Easter cards, Thanksgiving cards, and Halloween cards. Even minor holidays such as Arbor Day and International Talk Like a [...]
“The Beatnik Goes On,” by David Susman
The road was life. We were young and bored and disillusioned with everything, so we’d get a car from somewhere and pile in-me and Kerouac and Ginsberg and others-and just go. It may sound tame by today’s standards, but back then, young people didn’t know much about rebellion. For example, we were the first young [...]
“I’m At My Service!!!” By Andrei Trostel
We have all been told through out our lives that doing volunteer work is extremely rewarding. I know that most people volunteer for small non-profit organizations, with hospitals, with the elderly, or perhaps doing things for the environment and if I wasn’t already working many, many hours a month doing my other volunteer work then [...]
“The Death of the Book,” by Howie Good
They were standing on the lawn and the driveway. He thought he saw some sneaking around the side of the house. They were chanting something. He hesitated to ask his wife what it was. It sounded like “Kill, kill, kill the book.” And were those staves they were waving? They looked like staves. Where the [...]
