Author: midnightmind

by George StantiniOriginally published in Midnight Mind Number Six MY LUCK HAD JUST stepped out for a breather and a smoke when in walked them two . . . Two guys walk into a bar, right? Two guys: Mutt and Jeff. Two guys thinking: ‘He’s with me.’ Two guys thinking: ‘I’m: bad cop.’ Two…

by Tim Malone Originally published in Midnight Mind Number Five You see,if we just throw a dog legright about — here, John’s auntcan keep her hotdog cartright — here. That way, my brother, Tommy, (you all know Tommy)can keep his sausage standright — here. The engineer replied,You can’t just —…

Okay – it’s alot to ask. You have written something that you think it pretty good. Or maybe you think it’s bad. Or maybe you don’t know. Now is the time to take the chance. We are looking for creative work to put into Midnight Mind Number Seven – our…

A section of a novel in progress by Thomas GlynnFirst published in Midnight Mind Number Three. You know that high pitched hacker’s cough, vile as a lung-rotten x-ray, cranked up to rip your ears off until you think spongiform bronchial tubes held together by coffin worms are being shucked out…

By Denis Johnson Originally published in Midnight Mind Number Three The first car I owned was a Volkswagen Bug. This was around 1968 or 1969. It was a unit from the 50s. I remember you cranked up the heat by turning a kind of faucet handle that jutted from the…

a website original by Jack Bowman He left the well worn copy of “Frank Edwards’Strange World”in the confines of his sleeping bag andwandered out of camp leaving the flaps of the tentto fall back into place on their ownthe others had gone,Scout activitiesfor Frank, it was too cold to fossil…

a website original by Tom Short I told my mother MC Hammer’s“Don’t Hurt ’em Hammer”was a quote from Hammer’sMother. It wasn’t. And I am sorry. The other day I tolda friend, I have seenScarface – I have not. Nor have I read CS Lewis,though I have told people I have.He…

by Michael Palmer (author of Fatal, Silent Treatment, Extreme Measures and many more) As published in Midnight Mind Number Five After 22 years I really don’t think at all about when my first book (The Sisterhood) was bought by Bantam. I don’t think about it being January 7, 1980 at…

A remembrance by Katy Tucker Originally published in Midnight Mind Number Three He was a scruffy artistic type, always wearing a bleach-stained brown leather jacket with a book stuffed in the pocket. Dark hair, light eyes that looked beyond the world and guitar-string callused fingers – he was a dream….

by Brett Van Emst AS PUBLISHED IN MIDNIGHT MIND NUMBER THREE Published January 6th, 2002. Cars have always meant so much to me. The feeling of getting into a clean car at the beginning of a long road trip is a joy like few others. Similar is the feeling of…