Toth is a frequent contributor to THE2NDHAND and the author of two novels, most recently 2005's Fishnet. His "additive headlines" series combines in each piece two seemingly unrelated news stories randomly sliced and diced, run through his fingers and brains with additional manipulation and reordering.

Spores from Mars,
side effects,
mandatory shots,
so says
Department of Defense, Mars.
Meteorite
weighing 28,000 pounds,
rare and bigger
than a Kansas wheat field.
Dig:
More than 15,000 pounds
of meteorite recovered.
"Legally and scientifically flawed,"
said Carolyn Summers
of the Johnson & Johnson Space Program,
"but necessary."
Pallasite meteorite,
embedded crystals,
anthrax
excavated
from the event field.
The results:
senseless;
debunked;
defended.