MangoZeen

Short Story by Peter Nolan Smith
WRONG SIZE SHOES

Twenty-five minutes after the stroke of Twelve New Year’s Eve 1982 a masked assasin shot dead the main investor in the Continental Club on West 25th Street. The FBI and NYPD’s Internal Affairs investigating Viktor Malenski’s murder quickly drew lines between the dots. My ex-girlfriend was living with the dead […]

On the 11th minute of 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 a permanent ceasefire was called along the Eastern and Western fronts of the Great War. Canadian George Lawrence Price hit by the sniper’s bullet at 10:58 is thought to be the last casualty, although troops continued to shoot at […]

Several months ago the Culture Minister received a letter from a  well-known Thai architect demanding that the government stop the construction of the Dora-Shada Resort in Baan Plai Nam on the grounds that its main reception hall resembled a Buddhist temple.

    
“I have been in the forefront, for some years now, in trying to stop people […]

This weekend in the country the nights were cold.

Saturday evening my wife’s brother-in-law, his friends, and I drank rice whiskey around a fire.
Halfway through the second bottle a young man entered the circle of light. A long small-bore rifle rested on his shoulder and he lifted a large plastic bag. At first I thought he had […]

HM the King of Thailand was released from Siriraj Hospital Wednesday after 26 days of treatment to take up residence at Chitralada Palace.

I watched his departure on TV.
At first he was wheelchaired down a corridor in view of his adoring subjects. The mere sight of their monarch was enough to send the thousands of well-wishers into […]

Back in the 60s Canned Heat had a small hit GOING UP COUNTRY.
“Going up country, baby, do you want to come along?”

Longhairs abandoned the rip-offs, bummers, and downers of the big cities to establish Aquarian communes in the hinterland. Free love, organic food, and reefer democracy laid the foundations of the new age agrarian revolution. Paradise anow […]

Last November the dollar was hovering around 40 Baht.
The Almighty Greenback has dropped 7 baht under the leadership of GW Bush’s economic gnomes. 7 baht might not seem like much until you do the math. 17% less for the dollar meaning 17% less beer, food, and fun, for while money can’t buy happiness, it can rent […]

Thai authorities are investigating more than 1000 foreigners working as teachers in Thailand after the arrest of an Interpol fugitive for child molestation. A new manhunt has been initiated for two Englishman named Professor Dumblemore and Gellert Grindewald. While not accused of any crimes in Thailand, the two teachers are suspected of possible crimes against boys at […]

Singapore once known as the Pearl of the Orient has gained a reputation as the unsexiest city in Asia. The Chinese work ethic instilled by the former PM Lee Kuan Yew has transformed the city-state into a first-class metropolis with the consequence that Singaporeans have little time or patience for sex.

In 2004 I missed a […]

Maxim magazine has selected the world’s 5 least sexy women from the ranks of music, and TV, but not film, because they still entertain delusions of becoming screen writers and you can’t bite the teat of the beast on which you want to suckle.

I was angry, because they didn’t dare to list Nicole Kidman or […]