http://martianlit.com no invasion forthcoming or your money back Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:17:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1460/i-hope-one-day-you-will-learn-how-to-use-the-oyster-knife/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1460/i-hope-one-day-you-will-learn-how-to-use-the-oyster-knife/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:47 +0000 Tammy Ho Lai-Ming http://martianlit.com/?p=1460 I make a list of things I don’t know: 1) The precise hue of your beard when you’re pouring me wine. 2) The name of the kind of bread you bake. 3) The probably obscene… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1284/retroactively-potent/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1284/retroactively-potent/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:22 +0000 Tammy Ho Lai-Ming http://martianlit.com/?p=1284 Wanting to use ‘I am your boomerang’ in a poem, I Googled to make sure no one else had used the metaphor. But of course someone else had thought of it before. He also wrote… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1225/pray-to-lord-i-hope-at-least-one-of-my-ears-doesnt-pop/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1225/pray-to-lord-i-hope-at-least-one-of-my-ears-doesnt-pop/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:00:58 +0000 Tammy Ho Lai-Ming http://martianlit.com/?p=1225 i. Sarah had seen him many times shedding tears exclusively for film characters. And so when Fred cried at the departure gate, she thought they might be in a documentary. ii. Paul asked Jeannie, over… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/900/tammy-ho-lai-ming/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/900/tammy-ho-lai-ming/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:00:17 +0000 Tammy Ho Lai-Ming http://martianlit.com/?p=900 Today is a Saturday and people either work half day in an unfamiliar branch or they resent their jobs. They put your bowl of chicken noodle on your table without a smile or spoon. You… [more]]]> 0