For Rent- Small Space in the Back of My Mind
This space will do nicely. It is a bit cramped in spots, but over here will work. Yes, I believe I will settle down right here and live for as long as I can…
You Don't Rip Out The Soul To Save The Body
Harsh, the fluorescents of the radiologist’s office; stiff, the small metal chairs; wrinkled, the suit worn by the concert pianist who waited to hear about his…
My Brain is Melting
I think my brain is melting it’s making quite a mess every time I click my pen I leak out on my desk I’d wipe it up with paragraphs and turn the page anew but…
Narrative Center
I am a story I tell myself to help her sleep Sometimes I like to let her revisit the parts where she can giggle and point and say look, that’s me! But…
Knowledge Is Worth It
Forget everything you ever thought you knew. Crack your skull open and let us see the brilliance. Red and orange and purple spewed out--and we didn’t know what…
(Day 20) Coma Envy
It had been three weeks since he had emerged from the coma, slightly worse for wear having only been under for a few days. He sat in his chair in the hospital…
Accidental p-Zombies
Neural implants? Sure: molecular electronics; NEMS extruding CNT fibers like feelers right into the midst of synapses; sniffing at neurotransmitters and…
The improvers/Nick 5
I shouldn’t be here. It runs through my mind over and over again. Like a difficult math equation, I know it, it has to be really simple and I’m just…
The improvers/Cassia 4
My mom left the house two hours ago. She always brings her phone with her. Curious, I get up and walk into the kitchen ending up just staring at the still…
The Improvers/Andrew 1
They’re yelling again. Our so called ‘family vacation’ is already over. Wasn’t much of one to begin with, just a cheap hotel in Miami as far as I could tell. I…
Check Brain
Just before taking a bite of his burger made with whatever mystery meat the cooks were growing in the vats this week, Nainick sat up straight and stated…
A Girl's Best Friend
Brain strained at the end of his leash, each step a struggle to get a little farther. Penelope was glad that he wasn’t a particularly big dog. It was hard…
Kindling
The idea sprang from nothing, naked and half-developed, a spark of invention coursing through the man’s synapses at the speed of light. Every neuron it touched…
Schematic
An ever-growing insect population swarmed below her circling in fractious loops. Colliding into one another with great velocity, the Luangua continued to swirl…
Commune
Ram had never been to Havana, despite the fact that travel to Cuba had been legal for decades. His table in the large open window gave him a corner’s-eye view…
The Hunt
She was searching for The One. Usually male, The One had a vibrant aura that always took her by surprise. She could feel the hum of it strongly in this city…
Downloading
It floated in the sickly pale yellow fluid, pulsating slightly from the electrons rushing through it every half-second. Two wires, one red, one blue, were…