Author: Victor

Politics And Used Cars The nation had been a world leader but its new President, a used car salesperson, saw it as an outdated older model which needed more than a paint job.  Living in a used car, like living in a democracy, can be comfy.  It is familiar, radiates shared history, and the seats […]

Conspiracies In the early days of the pandemic Phil was returning home from a quiet walk when he saw his next-door neighbour.  She had just returned from picketing the local hospital.  The hospital had no overflow of covid patients.  It was lying, the media were lying.  Covid did not exist.  The whole thing was a […]

The Illegal Alien A gentle alien from another galaxy landed on Earth, hid its spacecraft and got an apartment, a car and a job in a convenience store.  It was an explorer and would live among Earthlings and learn their ways. However, everyone around it quickly realized it was an alien, mostly because of the […]

Its All About The New President The New President believed life was all about him and believed now that he was elected he could prove it.  His first days in office were full of news reports about his flurry of executive orders.  The news was all about him.  As the months crawled by, the top […]

Dream World Anton put all of his valuable thoughts onto the internet: Substack, Patreon, his own website.  Each day he wrote something about the world he lived in, describing what was wrong and how it could be made right.  When he started uploading, he was quickly  thrilled, getting hits.  However, after a few months, the […]

Fake News Woodrow was fed up with the plethora of fake news—not fake news, exactly, but none of it was real news.  The media and web fed on politics and disasters.  A fireworks factory exploding was certain to make the nightly news.  So was a big flood.  The political stuff was full of distortions, the […]

The President Meets The Mole People He saw the world as a stage, he its star.  The new President went to the United Nations and, wanting to impress everyone, told the nations they were all losers.  He said the U.N. was corrupt, he was giving it far less money.  It was a proud moment for […]

Pigeonholed Some societies have a name for every type of relative, some a word for every type of cloud.  Melvin’s society had names for every type of person, based on politics, placing people in pigeonholes.  Everyone had a label for what they were.  It was so comfy!  You were conservative or liberal, rich or poor, […]

Cancel Culture The President had heard a great deal about cancel culture, and he agreed it if was the proper culture it should be cancelled so he ordered all the nation’s labs to stop growing improper cultures.  No one knew what improper cultures meant (and their funding was at stake) so they stopped any cultures […]

Woke? There were woke and anti woke.  Arnold felt both extremes needed some sleep.  Both misrepresented information, both knew they were the only way The nation, torn apart, was falling apart.  People were actually killing each other.  Political assassinations, school shootings, blowing up speedboats.  Arnold longed to hear snores.  But he heard only shouting and […]

The President’s Thin Skin The President’s political advisors worried that he was too thin skinned, reacting excessively to criticisms of him and his actions.  He thought he was fine and you never told this President he was wrong.  Therapy was not possible with this President, nor could they find effective drugs.  He had everyone terrified […]

The Bone Spur Cavalry The President did not like horses but did like riding, as it involved telling the horse what to do, giving him a sense of power.  Galloping into a fight also appealed to him (as long as he did not fight himself–he had bone spurs preventing military service.  During the one war […]

Late Night Blitzkrieg The President was angry when comedians on TV made jokes about him.  He did not mind private criticism–he just fired the disloyal subordinate (criticism was disloyal.)  He was used to being criticized publicly and, technically, he believed any publicity is good publicity.  While it always got under his skin befored, he could […]

Presidential Halloween For his first real Halloween in office, the new President had something special planned.  It filled him with glee.  First, Halloween night festivities, then his speech—at the end of which he would introduce his new Bible.  Halloween arrived.  Candies were handed out, contaminated with smallpox.  ICE agents went from door to door, arresting […]

How The New President Will Dominate The Midterms The new President knew he was not popular.  Mid-term elections were due in a year and he needed to control the legislature.  Already tax increases and health care cuts had been delayed until after the midterms.  What would swing more voters his way?  He needed voters to […]

Political Werewolves Marvin was fine until one evening, while canvassing with his candidate, the full moon rose.  His candidate transformed into a beast, growing a beard and sharp fingernails, bit Marvin and then ran off.  The next morning the candidate apologized and explained that the extreme politics of the last few years had turned him […]

Phone Calls Phone calls were always demanding.  Fred remembered as a child his family’s large, heavy black phone with the rotary dial.  Fred remembered reading a newspaper column seventy years ago about what to do if someone phoned during your favourite TV programme, Gunsmoke.  Not answering was not an option–the phone might keep ringing.  You […]

Seeing Inside George doubted anyone would tell him the truth about what they thought of him.  To find that out, he had to read their thoughts, see inside their minds.  He built a helmet.  It covered his head, eyes and ears.  On the outside, he looked like himself.  That morning, he drove to work, parked, […]

Poor Life Choices As he aged, Warren often thought of his life choices–not ones he’d gotten right, meeting his partner, raising a family—but his mistakes.  His poor life choices.  Rejecting advice.  Not accepting help.  Not realizing who he really was.  Sabotaging important aspects of his life, throwing a shoe into the works.  Not thinking things […]