Dep cools off Price's THE HOTTEST SPOT
Bonjour, Michael Price: Oui, The Hottest Spot tells a tale, doesn't it? Let me say this: you know how to weave a tawdry plot well enough, mon ami, and to keep the attention of a reader----even one with...
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Dear Mr. Miller,Miniscule is not a word. Minuscule is derived from minute, as in a very small particular (not the temporal designation comprising 60 seconds, either).Other than that, THE AIMS AND...
View ArticleReturn VC stakes his claim. Expounds upon the vicissitude of TIME
Last quarter I almost made it. My story, “Time Out of Tune,” a western set in 1886 in These Parts and Those Parts, went all the way to the top floor, the executive suite, but, sigh, didn’t make the...
View ArticleJesus, sitting in for Boli, portholes Lowther's piece
[...and the crazy happenings on the Floor cranked the planet's rotation a tiny degree to the- Yeah, um, no. Dealing with this crew, as I have for the last, what's it been, sweetums? ten years? you...
View ArticleJesus portholes Divya Dubey's untitled work
[Jesus slaps the last page of the the tome down on the desktop atop the Jenga-ing tower of pages he'd slapped down prior. He'd removed his glasses earlier, and now he rubs his red-rimmed eyes. The...
View ArticleDep proceeds to the porthole with IT TAKES TWO
[DeP has pulled up her shirt to reveal the pale skin of her torso. With a pair of silver pincers, she takes up a bit of skin and pulls. They say....you've heard of infamous 'they'...the omni-present,...
View ArticleAmidst the violent lance play, Jesus terminals Miller
[Jesus pulls needle and thread from some secret pocket inside his filthy robes. He sets the golden-skinned FN HAMR on the desktop and he rises, shoving the combat glasses firm against his red-rimmed...
View ArticleYes, Mr. Wilson. There is an editing clause!
[Once it'd become clear that Jesus had pulled down Rorschalk's undergarment along with the pants by mistake, and once Rorschalk had shakily, due no doubt to the loss of blood, pulled said ungarment...
View ArticleSURVIVING THE K'RAHL doesn't survive dep scalpel
[DeP watches Jesus and Theo, Healer and Injured, while holding her cup close to her lips. She takes a tentative sip then sticks out her tongue and frowns.] Bitter stuff! ...but good. Mmmm. Here, pour...
View ArticleJesus fishes out another keeper from the sea of slushilee
[Jesus looks over at Ms. DePlancher] Yes, yes, dear DePlancher. Why do these VCs insist on not trying. This is the point where Boligard would throw a fit, eh? He'd curse and shout and ask the VC to...
View ArticleDep lets Ms. Mims down easy w/sum gnarly feedback
Bonjour, Ms Mims: Thank you for your recent submission, It Takes Two, for consideration in this place at the end of the road that we call TQR. The story is well-written. You have a good base for story...
View ArticleDoomey surfaces to send Ricky Ginsburg the good news
Hello Ricky, Happy to report that your cap touched the monkey. I know this is the second time around for Iceland Comes To Florida, but I've lost all records prior to, um, yesterday, and for the life...
View ArticleJesus portholes THE MORNING SHIFT & prepares for battle
[Jesus, head lowered, puffs on the Java. The cigar is nearly spent. Looks to be a fire hazard, that oily-smoke ash burning amidst all that every-which-way facial hair. Jesus combs his fingers through...
View ArticleTerminali Lalo Telling ... doing work!
from: Lalo, 6:00 AM (2 hours ago) to: isaacboonedavis Dear Isaac, By now, you will have learned that "If You was a Squirrel" has advanced to the second round of capital discrimination at TQR, a.k.a....
View ArticleTHE BEST DAMN REJECTS IN THE E-ZONE, case in point
Bonjour to you, and good sailing, Monsieur McDermott: Merci beaucoup for your recent submission, The Big Bank Job, for consideration here at TQR. We appreciate your interest and acknowledge your...
View ArticleLaFloor buries it top corner, ELEPHANT WALK is namoore
This Chris guy has one sick, twisted sense of humor, one that he is able to elevate while at the same time exploring some of the dirtiest scenes I've read for a long time. It's carnal, irreverent, and...
View ArticleThough late, Dep's rejections are a slice of cap/vet heaven
Bonjour, Monsier Khambatta: It is with both elation and apology that today I send my note. You see, mon ami, last week after I read your bouyant piece, Flashing Police Lights Missing, and decided...
View ArticleThough his SQUIRREL's shot down, IDB gives TQR its due.
Thanks so much for the consideration guys, I truly appreciate it. I'm really impressed by your site and maybe I will work something up down the road and send it in. Again, thank you for the...
View ArticleCleary's TRUE DESTINY meets its on the Floor
Hello Joseph, Sorry to have to let you know that the capital you sent us did not touch the monkey. Thanks for giving us a chance to publish True Destiny. I'm sure some other mag will pick it up soon....
View ArticleDep, in spite of the typos, is gaga for FORGETTING ARTIE NEDDERS
Bonjour, Monsieur McNulty: You write like a writer, McNulty. Yes, I have read your cap, Forgetting Artie Nedders, as recently presented to the dusty side of the street here at TQR. McNulty, you've got...
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