Stranger in a Strange Land, Part 3

It was getting late, and the place slowly emptied out. By 1:45 there was me, Ret, Boss, a couple keeping up an animated conversation around some obscure point about manga that I couldn’t begin to follow, and Santa and Krampus. Ret could have gone home by then, but she found things to do — looking […]

Strangers in a Strange Land, Part 2

Was a time I did not believe in The Inexplicable.  You know, the things that people call “supernatural” or “miraculous.”  Ghosts.  The Fay.  Angels. Mythology. But that was before I started working at Floggin’ Brews.  The Inexplicable happens here on a regular basis, and I’d kind of gotten used to it.   For instance, I half-expected […]

Strangers in a Strange Land, Part 1

A lot of people really dig Christmas Eve. The presents, the family (blood and otherwise), the anticipation, the food — a lot of things to be loved by people who love them. Not me. I like Christmas evening much more. == Floggin’ Brews was busy on Christmas evening. It’s a chance to get out of […]