Tirumal Mundargi is a glowworm.  Or his life has become like the light a glowworm gives to the world even if it doesn't understand why it gives itself to the world.  Read Tirumal's story at Thieves Jargon.

Dennis Mahagin is a frequent writer at thieves jargon.  He has also written a fine piece for the dead in '83 series.

Hello Dave, I just
walked to work.  I heard you enjoy Camaros.  I've never driven a
Camaro.  I wish I had Camaro.  I would have driven it to work today…I
guess that's not much of a question.  I see you're from Camdem
Maine?  What made you settle there?  What did you do yesterday in
Camdem Maine?

Corey Mesler has written some fine things over the years. He has a new story here at thieves jargon.

Steve Young is not a football player. He is a writer, a construction worker. Read his latest at thieves jargon.

Arlene Ang has a new poem up at Thieves Jargon. She is from Italy.

EDY: Hello

Arlene Ang: Hi Mark!

George Sparling has written dozen of stories. Here is his latest one at Thieves Jargon.  I don't know if the above picture is an actual picture of the real George Sparling.

Woodie Stephenson is from Texas. His story, Turtle Soup, is running at Thieves Jargon. He has helped host a cable variety show called target="_blank">TV Party Tonight.

I didn't know where Dan Korgan was from. Then he told me he lives in Portland Oregon and that his work has
appeared in Inkpot, Insolent Rudder, Gator Springs Gazette,
EdificeWrecked, Right Hand Pointing, and the Muse Apprentice Guild. He doesn't live in Chicago. You can read his story "Dandelion Hill", at Thieves Jargon.

Read her latest thieves jargon story, Sky Miles

Joel Van Noord has written nineteen stories for thieves jargon. His stories are like conversations. I suggest you check out his latest story. It is called:

The Border Story

Mr. Joel Van Noord.

Mr. M. Baumer.

I would like to interview you.

I see.

I believe you know
this.

I heard.

I am not great at
interviews.

I suppose practice makes perfect.

When is the last time you pooped?

About 3 hours ago.

How'd that go?

Good.

When's the last time a shark bit you?

Never.

How old were you when you got your first
nintendo?

13ish.

I have heavy feet, I make loud noises
when I walk, do you have any suggestions of how I can correct this?

Try to strut a little more.

You story talks about
border problems in Russia. Do you have any other border stories, maybe
involving the Mexican border?

No other border stories as exotic as this one. Most of the Mexico border
stories involve waiting in long lines, drinking Ensenada bought Absinthe and
using terrible Spanish to coax our way into the use of a bathroom from locals
selling tamales at the side of the road.

Mr. DiGangi, fiction editor of thieves
jargon, said you were into Marine Biology? Do you ever have to deal with
beached whales or is that a border patrol issue?

I've never seen a beached whale around these parts. In
Northern California I've seen seals and sea lions with gapping bullet holes
from Indian fisherman gill-netting salmon. In Baja you see weird rays and
skates wash up. The only things around here are basketball-sized jellies. Not
sure whose jurisdiction it would be to handle a beached whale and I'm sure it
depends on if it's dead or not. I think we've all seen the footage of the
Oregon officials dynamiting the whale carcass.

What's the worse book you've read
recently?

I tend not to finish bad books, last book I didn't finish, I can't remember
the title.

What would you do if the internet didn't
exist?

Text message more.

When's the last time you cried?

Can't remember. Years and years.

Do you google your name a lot?

Used to. Sort of annoys me now.

I overheard someone
ranting the other day about google. They said, "You can't just
google everything."
As a fellow gmail user what's your stance on google taking over the world?

You can google anything. Wikipedia doesn't always spit something back, but
google almost always will. It just works a lot better for some things than it
does others. I wasn't aware of google taking over the world. It seems that's
alluding to something I'm not aware of. I like gmail. I find their format much
nicer than yahoo, just as facebook's is much cleaner than myspace. Plus, I own
stock in google.

How are things with that painter
studying biology?

Not sure to whom "that" is referring to in this case of a painter
biologist. Without knowing who this person was I wouldn't want to assume.

What would you do if you saw a
three-legged wolf on the beach eating all the freshly hatched baby turtles?

If I saw a three-legged wolf hogging down hatchlings I'd be like,
"dang." If I had a camera I'd take a picture. If not, I'd continue to
watch until things had run their course.

When did you get in
on the google stock parade? Regardless, I envy you.

Is this for the interview (got on board when it was under 400.)
[ed. Note: yes, this is for the
interview. I bet everyone is curious.
Google closed today at 593.08]

The painter biologist was either from
some story or interview. Sorry to dig up obscure bits from your internet
persona. I imagine it's a bit annoying. [the reference is from a poem
called “Hidden Balls”]

Send me a link to this painter biologist thing, could be interesting. It's
weird not to remember.

Any last thoughts or words?

No
last thoughts or words.

The above is a picture of a man named Willie Smith. He seems to be capable of playing a trumpet or saxophone of sorts. He is different from the Willie Smith below who wrote this story for everyday yeah and this story for thieves jargon: