By Sean Alday

Paul Rome and Roarke Menzies showed up at brunch with a box with air holes. Inside it were two kittens.

“These are for you.” Paul said.

This is a good way to bribe a writer into plugging your next project. I pulled some salvia and a valium out of a tin box and put the salvia under my tongue. Then I listened to them tell me about their new literary performance: Calypso. I put the valium on a napkin.