A FICKLE MUSE

Let this be a warning to all of you who wish to be inspired: don’t be. Don’t wish for the Muse! She’s a terrible pixie and—and, well, you’ll see:      A wizard once loved a girl and he loved her very much. She was a darling girl and they were oh so very happy to Be. […]

THREE FAILED WIZARDS AND A HEIST

§1. Inside a shabby hut, a few miles from the crime: Here are three reasons to kidnap the Witch, none of them very good: 1) to learn from her; 2) to eradicate the threat she poses (that is to say, to kill her); and 3) to possibly obtain an enormous ransom. “An enormous ransom? From […]

BERNIE SANDERS, WIZARD QUEEN

I imagine a magical kingdom like one of those lards writes about. Only in this one, instead of a war for the throne or any of that nonsense, the magical denizens of this magical kingdom elect to participate in a magical process: democracy. They vote for their ‘king.’ And I imagine in their primaries, there’s […]