Escape Pod Flash: Taco
Published by worldsoftomorrow on 25 May 2009 at 12:01 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Greg Van Eekhout
Read by John Meagher
“Hey, tell me, this look like Jesus to you?”
I come to Tito’s Tacos for a lot of reasons. The freeway overpass ambience, the way the old men in the kitchen wrap the burritos tighter than Cuban cigars, the shiny Kennedy 50-cent pieces you always get as part of your change. A lot of reasons. But conversation isn’t among them. Nonetheless, I dutifully look up from my lunch to see what the guy at the next table over is talking about.
Rated PG for a possibly edible messiah
15 Comments to ‘Escape Pod Flash: Taco’:
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scatterbrain on 25 May 2009 at 5:09 pm: 1
I swear to God I saw Darth Vader holding a lightsaber in a cloud once and it lasted for about a minute until his head snapped off and his arms floated away. If I had my camera with me I would have gotten a five pound voucher from the Anglo-Welsh Cloud Gazing Society and free meringue for a year!
popepat on 26 May 2009 at 6:16 pm: 2
Thanks, Greg. Now my mouth is watering for Titos. And yes, for those in the LA area, the food there is nothing short of a miracle…
Ken_K on 28 May 2009 at 1:27 pm: 3
EP needs better writers. Sheesh.
Larry_W on 28 May 2009 at 1:43 pm: 4
I disagree Ken. I think John did the best with what he was given. The story, on the other hand, wasn’t what I’d call great literature.
Jon D on 29 May 2009 at 10:50 am: 5
So, Ken & Larry … let’s see your bits of flash … are they any better? Are they “great literature?” At least this pleasant bit of writing found an audience as did Greg’s recent novel. If you dislike what you’ve read, fine. That’s your right. But if you can’t even form an intelligent argument as to why you found it lacking, STFU!
MasterThief on 29 May 2009 at 12:20 pm: 6
I liked it. It’s Dan Brown meets the Tacos Tacos Tacos Tacos.
Ken_K on 30 May 2009 at 12:55 pm: 7
@Jon D
Lame. Unoriginal. Had no unifying concept. Best review I can do from a cellphone.
Joe_H on 1 Jun 2009 at 9:21 am: 8
I like the short fiction. Surprising though that the readers sound quality was so much better than the outro sound quality.
Blue Tyson on 1 Jun 2009 at 12:34 pm: 9
Unoriginal?
Wanna point out all the other Taco Jesus operation stories then?
Jennifer on 1 Jun 2009 at 7:00 pm: 10
That was great. Please keeping buying whatever van Eekhout will sell!
Wil on 2 Jun 2009 at 2:54 pm: 11
I loved this, and the reading was fantastic.
Thanks, guys.
Rebecca on 2 Jun 2009 at 4:20 pm: 12
oh my gosh that is not fair at all. I moved from LA to Canada… and I miss Titos sooooo much. I can’t wait to go back. I’ll have Titos for lunch and In N Out for Dinner!
Matt C on 3 Jun 2009 at 3:21 am: 13
I some how get the feeling I’m missing something, not living near this Tito’s. Loved the story, buy more van Eekhout!
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Greg L on 25 Jun 2009 at 12:00 am: 15
Just yesterday I ate lunch at Tito’s. How weird it would have been to have been listening to this while eating a Tito’s burrito. For the record, their chips are abnormally thick, but I’ve never had one with the image of Jesus on it. Elvis, sure, but not Jesus.