Noel T. Cumberland
Bio
Noel T. Cumberland is always looking for the bizarre twist in everything he writes. He is published on the Scarlet Leaf Review, and Flash Fiction Magazine. He lives in Tucson with his wife, two sons, and a pair of interesting cats.
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Thanks, Phil
In 1986, when I was fourteen years old, my folks told me and my brothers that we were moving. I had just started ninth grade at Johnson Junior High School and had been looking forward to being the “upperclassman”. I was going to be in the Junior ROTC class, I was going to take up the saxophone. I even had a friend, who was a GIRL, and who seemed to kind of tolerate me, which was an unusual state of affairs up to that point. The news that we were moving over a THOUSAND miles away was devastating.
By Noel T. Cumberland3 years ago in Beat
The Replacement Genie
I washed up on the shore in mid-afternoon. I was hot, soaked to the skin, and utterly intolerant of this pissant little island. I was even less tolerant of the sea-serpent I’d hired to get me here in the first place. Foul things, sea-serpents. My broken wing throbbed under the dripping bandage holding it together and all I could think of was kicking Orem’s butt next time I saw him.
By Noel T. Cumberland3 years ago in Fiction
The Redemption Protocol
Perry Stenfield rubbed his eyes and stretched in the chair. He pushed his way back from the industrial green metal desk and closed the file before him. "Chock-Tastic Inc." was stenciled across the cover and a yellowing label marked "accounts" clung for dear life to the top tab. Perry pulled himself from behind the desk and sighed as his paunch settled into its accustomed place.
By Noel T. Cumberland4 years ago in Fiction
