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Eric-Anderson Momou was born in the Ivory Coast in Africa. He lives in the Midwest, and is an alumni of UW-Milwaukee with a BA degree in Literature and Cultural Theory. With an Associate’s of Science from Madison College. His short fiction has appeared in Litro Magazine, and the Yahara Journal. Email @ekmomou@gmail.com for inquiries.

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  • The Miracle Machine

    THE MIRACLE MACHINE by E.K. Anderson The man donned uncannily neat attire and bore the likeness of the Bourgeois. He wore a cravat and  ornate cuffs, reminiscent of seventeenth century Parisian bankers and businessmen. Trimmed and flush with his jaw line was a graying beard, with patches of black like ground pepper. Pants perfectly tailored…

  • Journal entry 7

    Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? I feel that I stray away from politics these days. Being “patriotic” is really a misnomer for allowing unseen, amoral things. You flow better that way. I believe in the practicality of Democracy more and more each day. But I do not align with either…

  • On Civil Disobedience

    Henry David Thoreau’s essay, “On Civil Disobedience,” holds true today. “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” – Henry David Thoreau. “What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.” – Henry David Thoreau. There are…

  • Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. Day. End.

  • On the Poet Phyllis Wheatley

    E.K. Anderson While the name Phyllis Wheatley may not resonate with many in the 21st century, her cultural  legacy pervades throughout many literary influences in our time. Phyllis was born in Senegal/ Gambia in the year 1753. Kidnapped at the age of 8 and placed on a slave ship in 1761 she was brought to…

  • Journal entry 6

    Such is life. The case bestowed from the wanton few who believe it to be one of either polarity: a flippantly bemusing carnival, or a nihilistic abyss have little understanding of balance, scope, breadth, or spectrum of life. Stoicism, it is my personal belief, if it is not internalized from aloofness or nonchalance –for Man,…

  • Journal entry 5

    What are your favorite sports to watch and play? I enjoy extreme sports like the X-games. BMX, and skateboarding. The Olympics

  • Methuselah

    A short story by E.K. Anderson “Put this on,” said the Salesman. He handed Demetria a halo-shaped visor.  With difficulty, she placed it over her pompadour, and head. Then, with a buzz, the visor turned on.  She rolled her wheelchair closer to the aquarium.  “I don’t see anything,” she said. “That’s because they glow in…

  • The Day Their Bodies Knew Form

    The Day Their Bodies Knew Form Eric-Anderson Momou Mami Wata had only death on her mind.  As she walked to the necromancer’s house, it amused her to think that of all the times she’d visited Papa Legba’s medium, she needed a Voodoun doll, or a potion on behalf of another person. Now it was her…

  • Journal entry 4: Reading List

    What books do you want to read? –Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace –The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel -Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (yes, I know a classic I have neglected to read) –In the Black by Patrick S. Thomlison –The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss –The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman -Anything by…