Setting or Rising?
The sun is stuck hanging low today. I do and don’t feel sorry for it. But I’ve always been bad at choosing sides. There is truth on both sides. I really don’t…
Effluvium
The girl looked out wistfully, the cold, bitter wind cutting through her hair; her senses were assaulted as she began to taste salt on the tip of her tongue…
God's Atlantic Sunsets
Back when I had money I bought this cottage on the Rhode Island coastline--it’s called a cottage in the pamphlets but is in reality a hunched and sprawling…
The Rose Cottage
Malthus waited in his room until someone needed his expertise. It was a cold and lonely existence for Malthus. Malthus wasn’t his real name, in fact he wasn’t…
The City Calls Out
The city of Wymyn isn’t phenomenally interesting on its own. There are a few buildings housing locally owned businesses, a few that may have once but now only…
Darkness Falls
The night was falling quickly, the sky a myriad of colors; purples, pinks, and oranges. Not a cloud in the sky, but a mist was rolling in slowly, beginning to…
Winter Generation
Longyear orbits within the Habitable Zone of the blue giant Atlantica once every 80 years. It has only one large landmass, at about 18 degrees north latitude…