Annotated BibliographyJeff SuwakMay 1, 2018·4 min readStories Published on MediumSelf Portrait of Jeff SuwakShort StoriesRusted Beauty and Ragged PrideOnce upon a time, northeastern Pennsylvania sounded day and night with the steam hiss and clamor of ceaseless railroad…medium.comDark CipherDoctor James Finny felt the Dark Cipher working within him as he loaded rounds into a snub-nosed revolver. He felt no…medium.comLighthouseI wake up and know, right away, that it’s going to be one of those nights when I toss and turn in the sheets for hours…medium.comA Bag of SnakesEverybody’s calling me an attempted murderer because of what happened with Chet Knox and the bag of snakes. The irony…medium.comThe Best RevengeHis smile gave him away. I couldn’t forget that smile if I tried.medium.comThe People Outside Your House are NOT MonstersListen, you’re in really bad danger right now. I mean, like, pretty much the worst danger ever. And it’s not the kind…medium.comOne Thousand Mind-LiquifiersThe call came just after midnight. A thousand mind-liquefiers found in shipping containers on Pier 62.medium.comThe Snake Eater’s Gold(An audio version of this was made by Manor House. They also had first publication rights.)medium.comThe Monkey’s BladeHe lives among the cliffs and caves at the center of our tiny island. It’s just him and me here. Him, me, and thousands…medium.comConfessions of a Life-ScripterYou’ve probably never heard of me. That is by design. It’s part of my job to be unknown. After today, though…medium.comGeorgia Rick and the Mud PeopleThe first time I saw Georgia Rick was the day he walked onto the job site with a can of beer in his hand asking if we…medium.comShe Never Did Make it to the HaightConnie Lynn Line put seven Black-eyed Susans in her hair before walking out to that Nebraska highway to hitchhike to…medium.comA Game of MediumThe Medium post claimed it was a “writing contest.” I suspected right away that it was something else, but not even I…medium.comBully BrainI can’t find the wristwatch that I use as a timer while I meditate.medium.comThe Only Way to WriteYou woke up that morning, the same as every morning, at seven o’clock. You got off the floor and opened your laptop and…medium.comA Mime in Diablo TownGus “Three Kills” Gills was the first to see a mime ambling down the dirt road towards Diablo Town.medium.comThe Best Way to Read WhitmanI hadn’t eaten in four, maybe five days. I’m not sure how long, exactly, but I know I was hungry enough to have that…medium.comThat Gruesome San Antonio SmileI don’t know how I got there, other than that is started with beer.medium.comSilences, Shadows, and Lights–Part 1The voices in the woman’s head were so loud that Jakob couldn’t hear himself think. Three of them, maybe four, badgered…medium.comNew RosesOne part of Cora prayed that Billy would hurry, while one part of her prayed that he wouldn’t come at all. Through it…medium.comPoetryTo You, Doomed to Die a PhilosopherTo you, doomed to die a philosopher, Cursed to speak without expression In mute representation of birds,medium.comNot the Lying-Down KindThe city’s bridges sag over rivers like hunchbacked men carrying heavy loads for too long.medium.comThe Land Beyond the MirrorIn this land, nothing dies but to be born again.medium.comWhile the Wolves SleepNight arrives like a faceless need To rob light from young lovers Like you and me.medium.comA Sensual GeometryYou are a miracle of form, a revelation of angles,medium.comEyes Wide and DownPeople always talk about looking up at stars in wonder, but I prefer looking down, up-close, and inside.medium.comTo Hell With Back-Country Invadersthe sky is a network of cotton veinsmedium.comCatharsis of Shadowssilence descends into Jupiter’s Autumn mouthmedium.comOregon Coast HikeLet wind be my hair, alpine meadows my eyes, and cool rain my hands.medium.comSad Sage LadyHer eyes fell down like snowflakesmedium.comSunlight like Amber Surrounded HerAh, life. But I love you, anyway!medium.comAfter ThanksgivingYes, it’s true, my family has had its hand in the church’s food box a time or two–it’s true, love, it’s true.medium.comDrabblesTwo Dozen Too Many Mechanical SquirrelsCarlos loved mechanical squirrels so much that he built two dozen.medium.comThey Don’t Call it a Pfralashemgrat for Nothing!The moment I heard it was at the park, I raced my car to the scene.medium.comThe Lester VirusEditor Lester Nevins vowed he would get his revenge on IT if they ever took away his beloved, wildly obsolete computer.medium.comThe Howling Terror of Cadillac-9Three dozen boys shifted nervously at the starting line as the Howling Terror snorted and stamped behind its gate.medium.comThe Telescope to End All TelescopesAfter a lifetime of work, the physicist finally invented a telescope that could see the very edge of the universe. She…medium.comThe Crystalline Spiders of Moon 12Exploring a new moon, Captain Vasquez’s crew accidentally drilled into the side of a space vessel buried deep…medium.com
