“Having renounced the efficacies of email and private couriers, the patrons wait patiently on line.”
The Imaginary War Crimes Tribunal By Ben Katchor “After several years of play, the odds turn against him…. The game is over and the phone ceases to function.”
An Evening at Spermacelli Hall By Ben Katchor “In his short and brutal life, Ouquet had never been to a contemporary dance performance.”
Sickroom Reading By Ben Katchor “The sound of his cough is captured by a microphone and instantaneously transmitted via fiber-optic cable…”
The Eustachian Restaurant It’s a desperate attempt to avoid confronting the solemn act of eating: the violence involved in the killing of living things and the brutish discharge of biological need.