chimera
streaming down her face a meandering crimson river round her high cheekbones: a mountainous onslaught for truce of bloodshed: torrents flood parched lands…
Digital Eulogy
I met a stranger on digital lands. I did not know him, nor did he know me. Death, he met in reality. I did not know death, nor did Death know me. And, with…
Marital Bliss Made Less or More
Roy came blundering through the kitchen door, slamming it hastily behind him. His eyes were wide behind the wire rimmed glasses, and his chest heaved. Miriam…
(Day 4) Controlled Settings
It never takes long for one man to crack. Out of a group of twenty (the size of the average control group), there is always one that will stand up and... well…
Perception
Light crept across dirty flagstones, inching reluctantly forward, unable to keep from illuminating the bodies that were wrapped so tightly together. Footsteps…
I Think, Therefore...
She flexed her fingers, feeling the skin shift and stretch slightly to accomodate her movements. Fascinating she thought, lifting her left foot with visible…
Acid Test
Rachel frowned. “Hmmm, Charley have you been feeling ok? I mean, you don’t call for months and then…Well I just want to make sure you are taking care of…
Verisimilitude
∞ “So what have you been up to?” She sipped her coffee and smiled at me. She looked quite different. “I enrolled in a neurobiofeedback program to take control…
The First Study
The creature existed as a brown, oily biomass. Burrowed in the surface of moist soil, every few hours the creature exhaled, blowing toxic smoke through its…
In the name of all that is science
“I believe that you will find the results satisfactory, doctor.” The older man turned away from his viewscreen to face the adjunct. “Far from it. Statistically…
Something New
“I’m tired and I wish I could do more and I’m not angry but-”
A Strange Kind of Mirror
There’s a feeling here. It’s not what keeps me from writing the closing of this letter. Instead, I imagine a close friend, whispering that I should be careful…
Experiments
I knew my life would be changed when I saw my parents in the sitting room, talking to a well-dressed stranger. The three of them were in a deep conversation…
A Quantized Life
Awake for an hour, asleep for a year. That was the summation of his entire existence, ever since he had agreed to this mad experiment as a way to avoid a…
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
She was running, running from her abusive stepfather, running towards freedom, spurred ever onward by the haunting melody of her own ragged breathing…
T'n'C: At an Expense
Considering that I harbor a small glimer of hope in humanity, it’s probably not the best idea to try something out at humanity’s expense. But, I feel compelled…
Total Immersion
Alarm bells ringing, smelling molten metal yielded under plasma fire, I shunt my way across the deck - nervous that my movements leave ripples in the smoke…
Fantasyland XX
“I never realised how much I dislike the smell of garlic,” Ralph thought as he threw another loaf of garlic bread onto a pile of bread that had created its own…
Fantasyland XV
“You can’t just go around bringing garlic bread in and out of existence, it’s just not kosher,” the head wizard said to much baying from a group convened to…
Id
July 4, 2009 Think of it, Baxter! If my calculations are correct, I shall soon be an entirely virtuous man! This wondrous device will purge me of my inner…