Texas scrubland provides the ideal landscape for No Country For Old Men, the new film by the Coen Brothers. Barren scenery abounds, with intermittent trees providing just enough shade for a man to die under. The climate is a hardening sort, one that produces tight-lipped men prone to throwing their lives away on shaky bets, well aware that bad odds are better than none at all.
Imagine If Rudolph Didn’t Feel Like Flying That Night
FLYMF Alum Ralph Gamelli has a short story, “Almost, But Not Quite, A Christmas Miracle,” published on MonkeyBicycle. The three tales he relates serve as fables in reverse, highlighting how the magic of the season can fizzle or even backfire.
Ralph’s contributions to FLYMF include “How Long Before I Use My Ejector Seat,” “Twilight Zone Episodes For The Internet Age” and “Rocky Balboa Launches Into Inspirational Speeches Too Frequently.”
Visit Beautiful Astro City!
In creating the comic book Astro City, writer Kurt Busiek has squeezed the main themes of his industry over the past 80 years into one rich setting, the eponymous metropolis, which is overrun of heroes and villains, weirdness and tragedy. The aw-shucks do-gooderism of Superman is expressed in the Samaritan while the all-in-the-family futurism of the Fantastic Four can be seen in the First Family. The mythical superwoman Winged Victory is a Wonder Woman embodiment with a feminist twist, the flamboyance of Spider-Man is mirrored by the pogoing Jack-in-the-Box, and the gods-on-Earth majesty of the Justice League of America has its stand-in with the city’s Honor Guard.
We’re Not Talking About A Dog Here
FLYMF writer and Whorescopes maven Angela Lovell has a short film, “Girl’s Best Friend,” available for viewing on YouTube. The movie’s a relationship spoof, spanning the range from initial enchantment to eventual disillusionment with an intimate, inanimate stand-in. It hits a lot of fun notes, and Angela does a great job in the lead role.
In addition to being FLYMF’s urban astrologer for nearly two years, Angela also gave us the Lawnballers, Never Judge An Artist By Her Vagina Dress (Or Lack Thereof), The Troll Made Me Do It, and I’ll Have My Rapist With A Side of Cranberry Sauce, the latter of which she’ll be performing at a Naked Holidays theater performance in New York City (link leads to a naked Santa). You can find more of her writing (and updated Whorescopes) at her website, Ticking Boxes.
Is “Chunky-Chunky” Enough, Or Do I Require EXTRA Chunky?
FLYMF Alum Zachary Locklin has a subdued, and ultimately sweet, story published in the most-recent issue of Poetic Diversity. Titled “There Are No Pan-Asian Supermarkets In Hell/So You Can’t Buy Golden Boy Peanuts,” it offers a meditation on the ubiquity of marketing in our lives, retaining its good humor throughout, particularly with a nice pullback at the end.
Zach’s humor pieces for FLYMF include I Am A Conservationist, America, The Suck Fest, and A Disgrace To The Gothic Establishment. Check him out!