Under Dad’s Wing
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Author: Bill Spencer
Bill Spencer is author of the book Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh (Humor Outcasts Press 2020). His humor writing has been published by Funny Times, Narrative magazine, Reader's Digest, The Sun, The Inconsequential, Clever magazine, Defenestration, The Short Humour Site, Hobo Pancakes, and Nuthouse. He has also published scholarly articles on the novels of Cormac McCarthy and is co-author of an unproduced screenplay, "Angel Pays a Visit." He lives in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina with his wife, artist-poet Carolyn Elkins.
With Mallets toward Some
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Caw’s for Alarm
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea by Bill Spencer. Text by Bill & Eli Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
My Wife Is an Alien
(This piece previously appeared in Funny Times.) My wife, Carolyn, is the best wife in the universe. I say “in the universe” deliberately because, you see, Carolyn is not originally from this planet. Now I […]
TireMatch.com #8
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Revision, Revision, Re-Vision!
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Mother’s Garage
Lots of people have two-car garages. My mother had a two-couch garage: two couches, a gigantic conference table, three bookcases with books, three living room chairs, a rocking chair, a coffee table, a desk, a […]
TireMatch.com #7
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Three Birds Walk into a Bar
Artwork by Eli Connaughton. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Eli Connaughton as artist website: http://www.chickenwisdom.com/ Eli Connaughton as writer website: http://www.eliconnaughton.com/
Here We Go Lux’ry Loo
Most people might not see a connection between the unpleasantness of rental portable toilets and the abandonment of obsolete phone booths. But I’m not most people. Yes, I recently had an epiphany about how retired […]