short-story
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This short story was the First Place Winner in the “Historic Fiction” group of the NYCMidnight Writing challenge. Limited to only 500 words, the judges had this to say about the piece: “It uses the motif of music expertly” “The writing is beautiful, vivid and poetic, with a sharpness.” “I found the twist to be
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Why attorneys and shamans both use rhythm, repetition, and robes – and who does it better. Let’s start with the robes. Because if you’re going to call upon unseen forces, you might as well dress for the occasion. Attorneys and shamans, on the surface, have little in common. One files motions. The other smokes them.
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by Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. Every night, they came in droves – leathered, liquored, spiritually limber. Stadiums shook with the seismic sincerity of 80,000 people pretending they weren’t pretending. But in Section A, Row 12, upstage left of the main screen, just above the fourth subwoofer, there lived a pixel. A single, glowing, tremoring green pixel. It
Brian Brijbag 