An Old Family Recipe By Benjamin J. Gohs “I have to do something before he kills me.” Smoke rose gently from mom’s mouth. She leaned in her chair and peeked out the curtain which cast a shard of sunshine into the darkness. “Maybe I'll just leave.” Brandon bit a hard-boiled egg in half and poured … Continue reading An Old Family Recipe
Short Stories
Such Healthy Brutes
Such Healthy Brutes By Benjamin J. Gohs THURSDAY “This town, how can I put this? This town gives my soul the shits … borough, burg, and ville.” Though the bells were silent and gates standing, Dixon Croinbleau sat parked north side the railroad tracks. Looked out over brown stumps of cornstalk jutting from black furrows, … Continue reading Such Healthy Brutes
Whalebone
Whalebone By Benjamin J. Gohs Poet Peter Mann believed not in muses nor inspiration but trusted in the cruelty of all wretched scribes to pilfer that which was true and necessary from the unwitting. “Let them callous their hands and burden they hearts, dear mother. For I am an artiste! And God alone—choose which ye … Continue reading Whalebone
Emory Silver Has Overslept
Emory Silver Has Overslept (All Is Well) By Benjamin J. Gohs “Six o'clock and all is well.” Those were the words, until today, Emory said each morning when he rose for work. But this morning there was silence. Not the natural quiet of day which springs from solitude. This was lack of sound when noise … Continue reading Emory Silver Has Overslept
Setting the Table
Setting the Table By Benjamin J. Gohs Libby worked the blade into the dirty skin slowly and without thought. The mindless task soothed her. Thin metallic chirp as she whisked away the peels into a musty pile on a dank bed of yesterday’s news. Baptized the newborn spud in a bowl of rinse water, eyed … Continue reading Setting the Table
Benjamin J. Gohs, Screenwriter 