Ring the Wrong Number

By Anthony Buccino

Another coded message found its way to our answering machine. This time the voice sounded serious and disguised at the same time, but the message was in code. At least that’s what all the great minds that heard the tape decided. “It must be in code. It doesn’t make sense otherwise. Yes, it must be in a secret code.”

Midnight Fax to My Ear

The advent of our home fax machine turns quickly from blessing to curse to curse words. At 3:30 a.m. our phone rings and, of course, it is Mon-sewer Fax. I can tell this when I say hello and he beeps at me. I hang up, trying to allow myself enough time to get the old computer going before he redials. But at least the dog is happy.

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