The drinks had been replenished, the appetizers delivered, and the conversation resumed once again. As the evening matured, the babbling of the brewery's patrons died down some and with it the volume of the peculiar group of three friends. Besides me, there was a burly man with an aged tan—I couldn't tell if by the... Continue Reading →
The Egyptian man—the last of the three to order—requested the locally-brewed lemon shandy. After that, the conversation picked up where it left off as if not a beat had been skipped. "Tiamat is the sea-serpent water-goddess you are referring to, Amun," Chad informed his Egyptian cohort. "She is the Babylonian goddess of the sea, often... Continue Reading →
"... and the car keys bounced right into the storm drain!" Joni exclaimed. The table erupted—some laughing, others groaning, each sipping the liquid remains of their once magnificently fizz-crowned Pilsner glasses. For once in my life, I finished my beer first and decided that, since the night was still young, I would fight my way... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had the... pleasure, I guess, of being lost in a corn maze or human labyrinth? I remember my last venture fairly well. Every turn my group made—after fifteen minutes or so—led us back to the same intersection with the old, rustic snack-shack. "Let's go left," one friend stated. There was the snack-shack... Continue Reading →
Elijah Keay 