Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterDrawn Out Bottle BrushesThere I was sterile as a ping pong ball calling out toys, I never call out toys, but they kept coming into my store waving their lottery…2 min read·Dec 24, 2020--1--1
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterPterionI rose and made it halfway to the sink before, my mind so shot through with holes, I fainted and smacked off the countertop. My girlfriend…2 min read·Dec 18, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterBygone SnowSewn up from the bottom of the pond the new bear rose. She reached her five curved claws over the ice and pulled down. The sheet gave like…1 min read·Dec 4, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterThe Real Plot Against America AgainWhat will we do fellow patriots? They are trying to steal the election. Already the president has filed over thirty (and counting!)…3 min read·Nov 20, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterNo One Will Believe UsNo one will believe you. No one will believe that he got this far. They will believe that he did, but they will…2 min read·Aug 20, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterA Fire on the MoonWho would we call if disaster struck on the moon? It wouldn’t have to be a big disaster. A crater fills with fire. Moon dust turns to…1 min read·Aug 6, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterThe New Opiate of the Masses is OutrageYou can have a nation of laws. Or a nation of morals. Not both.2 min read·Jul 16, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterThe Frogs Cut OutYou were pressed against the window listening, they had risen, that was the word, into a kind of pulse, a single ribbit out the window and…2 min read·Jul 2, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterDucks and TigersThere is nothing to say. There is nothing to do. There is nothing to say or do. A tiger has a duck by the neck or a duck as a tiger by the…2 min read·Jun 25, 2020----
Caleb GarlinginShorter LetterThe Hiccup ThiefHe would approach each corral quietly, usually at dusk, and open the gate. Sometimes he whistled. The horses came and he clicked and let…2 min read·Mar 20, 2020----