Time and again (a short story)
I woke just as soldiers entered the cabin and shot us where we lay. They left, and as the life seeped out of me the warship rammed us, the bow cleaving my boat ...
Category: Short stories
Pocket Universe
This is a chapter from a book I wrote during NanoWriMo 2011. The story was about folks who ‘shepherded’ marine mammals and fish (with the aid of dol...
A New Kind of Stalking
There wasn’t much to it: be a waiter at a catered government event, or an usher at a Hollywood red carpet gala, or a bouncer at a big music show, and have...
A Brush with Infinity
While she ascribed her confusion to the speed with which things unfolded, perhaps she really just refused to admit what she experienced. Granted, part of her re...
One night – a global story of one night in the mobile life
There is but one Night, a Night that lives in Earth’s shadow, a Night that covers half the Globe, sliding gradually West in a never-ending run from the Da...
Monkey Business
Y’see, the monkeys, while smoking dope, set the stash on fire. They’d have gotten away with it had the crow not squawked. At first, the cops had accused the oct...
Pressure
The pressure is intense, unbearable, stifling any movement or freedom that might relieve it. And by any other measure – intelligence, perspicacity, skill, love ...
When Wolf and Rabbit walked the Appalachian Trail
When Wolf and Rabbit walked the Appalachian Trail, their Love made the sun smile, the wind hum, and the rivers giggle. It was an infectious happiness that infus...
Did she get out of bed for a glass of water?
Across the bed I felt – warmth? The cat. Stretching and coming over. Rubbing her whiskers on mine. Yes, come under the covers. Mmm, curled around you, little fu...
Puzzled Monkey
I was waiting for my mates, having a Dinglefoot at the Monkey Puzzle, while a Greek improv band with a bazuki was dancing on the tables. I, spent from the regul...