Bill The Parakeet

I recently began reading a book by an author I had heard of but whose work I was unfamiliar with. About 35 pages into the novel I stumbled upon a cluster of paragraphs which I found profoundly intriguing. In this part of the book, science fiction writer Kilgore Trout just received an invitation to speak [...]

Posted at 4:14 pm on October 24, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Articles, Thoughts | read on

Scream

I woke abruptly to strident shrills of terror bouncing back and forth like racquetball off the bare, cream colored walls of my room. Violent screams that must have already woken the whole neighborhood permeated my eardrums. My mind swam through its skull like a large domestic goldfish in a small bowl. Cold. Terrified. Alone. Earlier [...]

Posted at 4:00 pm on October 24, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Fiction, Short Story | read on

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Welcome to the web log of Jon Eckert. Here you’ll find snippets from Jon’s mind. Fiction, current events, and whatever else Jon thinks up. Jon likes to do a lot of things, and writing is one of them. This blog is simply an avenue for Jon to write, and be read. No biggie. Feel free to browse, comment, and enjoy. If you don’t like what you read, let Jon know. He’ll be sure to think poorly of you. We jest, of course.

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