Howlietzer Publishing

Modern American Mythology.

Stories

  • The Witch Doctor: Part 1

    Lance McElroy trudged to his car. He never felt so humiliated in all his life. The girl of his dreams, his boss, Talia Roberts, was engaged… to his best friend Paul no less. Sure they had been dating for three years, but they fought everyday. That couldn’t be good for a relationship, right? Lance really…

  • Reality is a Construction

    Reality is a construction of dos and don’t, wills and won’t, lines and boundaries, obstacles and quandaries.   What is real  and what is not? A line that’s drawn and potential locked, buried inside  and left to rot, never remembered forever forgot.   A dream that died, never achieved. Spoken lies, that you believed. You…

  • Sever

    Sever that which brings illness. If the heart is infected, Rip it out. It is better to rip it out Than to wait for the offender to mend it.   Sever that which brings disagreement. If a man tramples his relations In order to maintain superiority, He shall be separated like the chaff.   Sever…

  • Beautiful

    In a grassy meadow, on a lush hill, under a tree that had seen many springs before this one, sat a boy and a girl.   They sat on a blanket covered in shade and pondered God’s creation.   “What is beauty?” asked the girl, “How does it affect me?” The boy took a second…

  • In Response to Your Headaches

    In your life there will be days When you wish that things Would never change. Growing up Can be a pain And when it rains It certainly pours.   Life will make you sore. It rarely gives And mostly takes. You see your mistakes And the places they trace And all that leads Is another…