Home, Sweet Disaster!
Now that the holidays are over, I have no more excuses. It’s time to straighten out, reorganize and clean my apartment. She doesn’t know it yet, but Harmony the Cat, who lives with me, will […]
Author: Kathy Minicozzi
Kathy Minicozzi is an opera singer turned aspiring writer, who lives somewhere in New York City. In other words, she's weird, but harmless. She is the author of "Opera for People Who Don't Like It," in which she turns the world of opera and its performers upside down while, at the same time, making it understandable to non-opera lovers and making everyone laugh.
Everything I Could Do Then I Can Do Now
I can still do everything I could do in my youth, and I’ll prove it! Walking In my younger days, I could walk anywhere. Was the downtown shopping area more than three miles from my […]
Who Killed the Muffin Man? (Flash Fiction)
#WP You’re climbing into bed, trying not to wake up your sleeping spouse. Suddenly, your spouse sits up and says “I killed the muffin man,” and then falls back to sleep. – Jacquelyn Gilchrist – […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember: 2017 Holiday Edition
1. If you re-gift a gift that you hate, be careful not to re-gift it to the person who gave it to you in the first place. 2. Don’t yell at Aunt Louise when she […]
The Christmas Movie Quiz
Any day now, they will start. TV networks will broadcast classic Christmas movies, and they won’t stop until Christmas is over. There will probably even be a marathon of A Christmas Story, as there has […]
The Christmas Song Generator
Are you tired of hearing the same old Christmas music over and over? The solution is obvious: create your own song! The easiest way to do this is to take a pre-existing song and change […]
If I Were On a “Law and Order” Jury
Jury duty stalks me like an obsessed lover. No sooner has the legal period between calls elapsed than they call me again. It never fails. Some people are never called for jury duty. I wish […]
How to Be a Coffee (Snob) Connoisseur
Yes, I am one of those. I love coffee, but only the fancy stuff. You might say I’m the type of person to read a Coffee Magazine, and to be honest I’m surprised that I’m […]
Don’t Sit Under the Litter Tree
The diversity of life forms on this planet is beyond awe-inspiring. Life forms include trees. I believe I have discovered a new species of tree, right outside my apartment window. Horticulturists don’t believe my reports. […]
The Birthday Party
This is the latest contribution for “Humor Meets Horror” Month on Humoroutcasts.com. This story is from Kathy Minicozzi Dear Sister Hilda: I am submitting this for the English assignment you gave us, to write a […]