Bites: F

by Michael Goldstein

FIZZY LIFTING DRINK: It’s like I’m drinking nothing at all!

FORTUNE COOKIE: I could make an aphorism about the future being a cookie that can never be seen unless you break the shell of fear, but I think it’s already obvious.

FRENCH FRIES: The only lesson in culture you’ll never need.

FUGU: A cliff on a plate.

Author, Michael Goldstein, graduated in 2013 from Clark University with a B.A. in English, and a specialization in Creative Writing.  He’s had a passion for Japanese folklore for many years, and his illustrated novel, Omagatoki: When Yokai Emerge, and the Yokai Character Collection best demonstrate his interest and knowledge, with their wide galleries of monsters stemming from the past.  Michael has been a featured speaker at recent Anime conventions across the country.  A New Jersey native, Michael currently lives in New York City, where he is enrolled at The New School.  Visit Michael at yokaicomposed.wordpress.com, and follow him on Twitter @MichaelandYokai.

‘Bites’ is a 26-part series, released in bite-sized posts over the better part of February. Dig in!

Bites: E

by Michael Goldstein

EGGPLANT: Nice hat

EGGS: If you never break them, how can you get by in life?

EVERLASTING GOBSTOPPER: Never eat two at once.  Bad things happen to good people.

Author, Michael Goldstein, graduated in 2013 from Clark University with a B.A. in English, and a specialization in Creative Writing.  He’s had a passion for Japanese folklore for many years, and his illustrated novel, Omagatoki: When Yokai Emerge, and the Yokai Character Collection best demonstrate his interest and knowledge, with their wide galleries of monsters stemming from the past.  Michael has been a featured speaker at recent Anime conventions across the country.  A New Jersey native, Michael currently lives in New York City, where he is enrolled at The New School.  Visit Michael at yokaicomposed.wordpress.com, and follow him on Twitter @MichaelandYokai.

‘Bites’ is a 26-part series, released in bite-sized posts over the better part of February. Dig in!

Bites: D

by Michael Goldstein

DAIKON: Would you like some Rogaine?

DILL PICKLES: I found one episode of Rugrats on YouTube and the whole day just sort of disappeared.

DONUTS: Bagels for the police

Author, Michael Goldstein, graduated in 2013 from Clark University with a B.A. in English, and a specialization in Creative Writing.  He’s had a passion for Japanese folklore for many years, and his illustrated novel, Omagatoki: When Yokai Emerge, and the Yokai Character Collection best demonstrate his interest and knowledge, with their wide galleries of monsters stemming from the past.  Michael has been a featured speaker at recent Anime conventions across the country.  A New Jersey native, Michael currently lives in New York City, where he is enrolled at The New School.  Visit Michael at yokaicomposed.wordpress.com, and follow him on Twitter @MichaelandYokai.

‘Bites’ is a 26-part series, released in bite-sized posts over the better part of February. Dig in!

Bites: C

by Michael Goldstein

CANDY CANE: The state of gentleman is disproportionate to body size.

CARROTS: We’ve all felt like a Hollywood star at some point in our lives.

CASHEWS: Tiny boomerangs of health.

CEREAL: You are your own specially marked box.

CHEERIOS: A cereal that looks like it’s always screaming doesn’t seem very cheery to me.

CHERRIES: Two shall be the amount of cherries that shall occupy a stem, and the amount of cherries a stem shall hold shall be two.  Three shall not be the amount of cherries occupying the stem.  Four is right out.

CHICKEN: He crossed the road because I just turned on the grill.

CHOCOLATE: The forbidden fruit

CHOCOLATE FROGS: As if dissecting them wasn’t gross enough

CLAMS: The opening of a new journey.

COCONUT: I lost my real horse.

COFFEE: She’s gonna blow!

COLON BLOW: No more Taco Bell for me!

CORN: Looks like someone straightened out that banana’s life.

CRANBERRIES: Welcome to the Red Sea.

CUPCAKES: Muffins for experts

Author, Michael Goldstein, graduated in 2013 from Clark University with a B.A. in English, and a specialization in Creative Writing.  He’s had a passion for Japanese folklore for many years, and his illustrated novel, Omagatoki: When Yokai Emerge, and the Yokai Character Collection best demonstrate his interest and knowledge, with their wide galleries of monsters stemming from the past.  Michael has been a featured speaker at recent Anime conventions across the country.  A New Jersey native, Michael currently lives in New York City, where he is enrolled at The New School.  Visit Michael at yokaicomposed.wordpress.com, and follow him on Twitter @MichaelandYokai.

‘Bites’ is a 26-part series, released in bite-sized posts over the better part of February. Dig in!

Bites: B

by Michael Goldstein

BACON: The tragic history of Francis’ bacon is too flimsy to not be whispered by the pan.

BAGELS: Throughout history, bread has always been the pinnacle of unity.

BANANAS: It’s a total inside job.

BEANS: Digestion turns into the simplest of comedies.

BEAVERTAIL: Hold still!

BEETS:  Everybody in the club getting tipsy…

BLUEBERRIES: Can you see the ocean from here, Sal?

BROCCOLI: Sometimes deforestation is the answer to life’s simplest of problems.

BUTTERBEER: Hey Paula Deen, you gotta try this!

Author, Michael Goldstein, graduated in 2013 from Clark University with a B.A. in English, and a specialization in Creative Writing.  He’s had a passion for Japanese folklore for many years, and his illustrated novel, Omagatoki: When Yokai Emerge, and the Yokai Character Collection best demonstrate his interest and knowledge, with their wide galleries of monsters stemming from the past.  Michael has been a featured speaker at recent Anime conventions across the country.  A New Jersey native, Michael currently lives in New York City, where he is enrolled at The New School.  Visit Michael at yokaicomposed.wordpress.com, and follow him on Twitter @MichaelandYokai.

‘Bites’ is a 26-part series, released in bite-sized posts over the better part of February. Dig in!