Let Me Explain
Please scroll down... Let Me Explain by Pete O'Brien There is a sort of underwater predicament the day you accept a glass of beer from a...
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Xyloquirk Books
fiction, poetry, and art of the offbeat and surreal
Pete O'Brien
- Aug 15
- 11 min
The Orbific Ondatra (The World-Fabricating Muskrat)
Please scroll down... The Orbific Ondatra (The World-Fabricating Muskrat) by Pete O'Brien I will be the first to say that many a night...
Pete O'Brien
- Aug 13
- 10 min
The Homecoming
Please scroll down... The Homecoming by Pete O'Brien Maintenance Nothing fancy Just proper care daily I've never been very poetic. I...
Pete O'Brien
- Aug 6
- 6 min
After Dark
Please scroll down... After Dark by Pete O'Brien In the middle of the night you find yourself walking hurriedly down a residential...
Pete O'Brien
- Aug 3
- 3 min
Shock Sun
Please scroll down... Shock Sun by Pete O'Brien Yesterday my teeth fell out. All of them. For no reason whatsoever. The dentist laughed...
Pete O'Brien
- Aug 2
- 4 min
In the Warehouse
Please scroll down... In the Warehouse by Pete O'Brien The space alien had come without warning in the middle of the night, with a...
Pete O'Brien
- Jul 31
- 6 min
Zoom Birds
Please scroll down... Zoom Birds by Pete O'Brien "So you mean to tell me, another day has gone by, and you're back at your desk, Sir...
Pete O'Brien
- Jul 28
- 6 min
Cured
Please scroll down... Cured by Pete O'Brien I was having trouble thinking of something to post on my blog and media channels, and the...
Pete O'Brien
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Reader's Day
Xyloquirk Books designates July 17 as Reader's Day, so hats off to all you readers! But what about all those other days for turning...
Pete O'Brien
- Jun 29
- 4 min
Inside THE FLAVOR OF ART
The Flavor of Art is available as an ebook from Apple and as a paperback from Amazon. It begins as follows. About the Artist, About the...
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