Inversion Trawler: Leona Meets Her Spirit Guide

Inversion Trawler: Leona Meets Her Spirit Guide
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What follows is a transcribed portion of a telephone conversation between aunt Leona and a friend of hers. With our dictaphone we were able to record only Leona’s end of the conversation: … So, I joined the group a little bit later than everybody else. The first assignment had been for each person to meditate

The Attack of the Ponytail Snatchers

The Attack of the Ponytail Snatchers
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The cheerleading squad never saw it coming. They never saw it leaving either. Every ponytail snatched, cut off at the rubber band, not a single hair left behind. It all happened so quickly too. It was just a swish hiss sound, a breeze, and a sudden lighter feeling to the head. So I was told

Inversion Trawler: The Psychic Gifts of Sister Liahona Glow

Inversion Trawler: The Psychic Gifts of Sister Liahona Glow
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One of Aunt Kate’s flighty friends claims to be psychically gifted. She recently decided she’d conduct a psychic investigation at Weedpatch and try to clear the house of its unsettled energies.  … read more

The Inversion Trawler – June 2008

The Inversion Trawler – June 2008
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CREEP-O-BLOODY-RAMA! Bunny cat, the void dwelling creature whose front half is feline while its back half is rabbit, is an exhibitionist––and in the creepiest way … read more

Inversion Trawler: MURGATROID, THE DISEMBODIED FLAPPER – August 2008

Inversion Trawler: MURGATROID, THE DISEMBODIED FLAPPER – August 2008
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Apparently we’ve got ourselves a spirit guide of sorts. Aunt Leona brought us the news in full dramatic Leona-excito-flutter. Her white Chrysler Le Baron convertible screeched to a halt in front of our house, and we heard the rapid and distinctive click-click-click of her open-toed heels along our front walk as she hurried to our front door. Boo and I were sitting in our side garden, just out of view of the front walk, so I called out, “Ahoy there Aunt Leona.” … read more

Inversion Trawler: HURRICANE DELILA AND TEMPEST X BLOW IN – October 2008

Inversion Trawler: HURRICANE DELILA AND TEMPEST X BLOW IN –...
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Cue spooky theme music, we’ve really gone through the looking glass.  … read more

Inversion Trawler: Love Infinity – November 2008

Inversion Trawler: Love Infinity – November 2008
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I glanced back to see Leona desperately trying to detour Tempest and Boo down an aisle while loudly whispering, “Don’t talk to him. PAHLEEEASE don’t talk to him!” … read more

Inversion Trawler – September 2008

Inversion Trawler – September 2008
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Our spirit guide, Murgatroid, actually exists. The universe is totally different then it was before. … read more

Inversion Trawler: Refreshments Anyone? – February 2009

Inversion Trawler: Refreshments Anyone? – February 2009
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Arriving in flowy skirts and enveloped in a cloud of hippy scent was Liahona Glow. She walked into the parlor waving her arms in slow motion while her mouth machine-gunned scatterbrained gibberish. … read more

Inversion Trawler – June 2009

Inversion Trawler – June 2009
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 Boo became obsessed with the idea of interviewing Alfredo, Aunt Leona’s spirit guide who appears to her as a messy plate of spaghetti. … read more