Greg Moutafis

November 10, 2019

Art by Greg Moutafis

Garbage Pail – Feminist Drag Queens Refuse to Shave Armpits – Column

September 1, 1999

“Women, and men dressed like women, have been treated like second-class citizens for too long,” says Feminist Drag Queen Council president Vulva Venus.

Looking Glass Bowl – Fiction

April 1, 1999

It was clear glass with a rainbow painted on the bowl, and it had always sat on the shelf in the den. I don’t remember when I stopped seeing it.

Garbage Pail – Band Collaborations – Column

April 1, 1999

Band Collaborations: Sugar Ice Cubes, Ransyd Barrett, Reel Big Hagfish.

Immortal Combat – Fiction

November 1, 1998

I’m still not ready to get started on my great American novel, but the idea that I might be someday keeps me chaste from all sorts of pagan influences.

Forty in ’98 – Fiction

September 1, 1998

The function of institutions is to provide a comfortable context for perfect strangers from different walks of life to work together for a common purpose.

Believe Me, I Was There – Fiction

October 1, 1997

I didn’t have anything against Jes. I didn’t know she was his fuckin’ sister. If I’d known, maybe I wouldn’t have gotten involved, but then again I doubt it.

Sqeezebox Elegy – Fiction

September 1, 1996

Frankie Yankovic, of Frankie Yankovic’s Polka Party, was once “King of Polka” and pride of Wisconsin, titles seldom given anyone removed from cheese production.

Candy Man – Fiction

August 1, 1996

I was the kingpin of the playground candy circuit which ran from my 6th grade year to the summer of junior high. Nobody could touch me.

Bewitched – Samantha Stevens, Other Worldly Suffragette – Fiction

June 1, 1996

Samantha could have toppled skyscrapers and Jeannie could have short-fused rockets faster than June Cleaver served Wonder Bread fluffernutters, yet neither did.