David Coscia – Page 2 – Lollipop Magazine

The Culture Bunker – Thirteenth Night, or Whatever You Say – Fiction

April 1, 1997

It’s been determined a lost work of William Shakespeare, owing to his unparalleled characterizations, and that funny way he had of making “s”s look like “f”s.

Prelude to a Lick – The Editor’s Rant – Column

April 1, 1997

It’s not especially hard, in theory at least, to do something right once. Repeating the process with any sense of continuity is the tough part.

The Culture Bunker – 23 Short Columns About Filling Magazine Space – Fiction

December 1, 1996

While you’re reading this sentence, Cubans are rummaging through your closets and loosening the buttons on your favorite shirt just to fuck with you.

Prelude to a Lick – The Editor’s Rant – Column

October 1, 1996

This issue finally has that INTERACTIVE thing. Sure, not every band reviewed has one of them neato extension numbers after them, it’s a work in progress…

Vote For Clinton. He Is Not A Dick – Fiction

August 1, 1996

Hey, Republican leadership, just because the liberal media is out to get you doesn’t mean you’re not the sorriest collection of the undead since Dark Shadows.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail ’96 Part Three: Eerht Trap – Fiction

August 1, 1996

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause. Adulation filled the room as adulation will if you don’t leave the seal on the jar it’s contained in.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail ’96 Part Two: To Be Announced – Fiction

June 1, 1996

The world-renowned Dance Around the Issues. Very simple: Just a bold half-step forward followed by a sheepish retreat and a denial you ever made the first step.

100 Years of Lollitude (Give or take 97) – Fiction

June 1, 1996

In June, 1896, Charles Foster Hefflon, an employee of America’s first convenience store, Shoppe 24, accidentally ingested an opium-laced sarsaparilla and had a vision.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail 1996 – Fiction

May 1, 1996

The directive arrived by Priority Male (a service made up of gay strippers): Pernod announced candidacy. Cover party. Bring back story and non-dairy creamer.

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

April 1, 1996

The cellblock was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The warden swung around angrily. “Awright, who dropped that pin? Somebody spoiling to be expurgated?”