Once, long ago, the giant Grehm stalked the land. Arrogant and unchallenged, he caused misery and suffering wherever he went. Then one day a hero finally brought him tumbling down… Read more ‘A Resting Place for a Giant’ →
Once, in one of the many chambers of doors that make up the universe, a person discovered a single door that was inexplicably locked to them. They pulled on the… Read more ‘A Trial of Life’ →
We have come here to enjoy the last days of a cruel summer. We stretch out and watch the fading daylight gleaming on the hard green surfaces of our limbs.… Read more Hope of a Kind: A Story of the Future →
He held up the next card. ‘What do you see?’ I studied the symmetrical pattern of lines and blotches. I felt I couldn’t properly assimilate it, as though it were… Read more What Do You See →
It was as though the whole of the world took a breath. And in that single moment, between inhale and exhale, humanity’s endless scream of fear and rage fell silent. Some said the breath lasted only… Read more The Breath of the World →
They gathered in their finery. The hunters. The huntresses. Steely, painted faces and burning veins. The frenzy taking them, as it always had. They would hunt down their prey. They would… Read more The Wild Hunt →
An insect and a robot walked the earth, arm in arm. In the changing skies, new algorithms of thought sent them rain or sun as seemed appropriate. They managed to… Read more ‘Footsteps’ →
Today he sits by the road, playing his tambourine as the cars race by. His sister gave him the musical instrument years ago, when she was young enough to think… Read more The Road →
