Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones

About Catastrophe Jones

Wretched word-goblin with enough interests that they're not particularly awesome at any of them. Terrible self-esteem and yet prone to hilarious bouts of hubris. Full of the worst flavors of self-awareness. Owns far too many craft supplies. Will sing to you at the slightest provocation.

The Out

Not here. Not here again. Waking up here (again) was like being pulled out of Hell and told you had to live again, but couldn’t change anything, and would end up in Hell anyway. The leaves were slick, or dripping, … Continue reading

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Testing

This is a post to test a feature that I think exists, but haven’t ever used.   If this shows up around 10am on 5/15/12, then I might know what I’m doing.

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One Day

One day, Dad came in, and beat the crap out of all the villains. I don’t know how he had it in him; he always seemed like the pathetic kind of dad every kid is embarrassed by, but then, right … Continue reading

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Who

Hearing the words from the sheriff hadn’t made anything more real than seeing it with my own two eyes. I had discovered him, facedown in the kitchen. I had rolled him over and searched for a pulse. I had touched … Continue reading

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God of the Lost

The God of the Lost comes to everyone, at some point or another. For Jamie Doran, it was a few days after he’d been told his mother died of pneumonia, and that if he wanted, the Sheriff would take him … Continue reading

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