Hope of a Kind: A Story of the Future
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 →
What Do You See
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 →
The Breath of the World
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 →
The Wild Hunt
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 →
‘Footsteps’
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’ →
The Road
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 →
Beautiful, Beautiful Pylon
I finally set out on my bicycle that afternoon. Ever since the Alien had appeared on the skyline two days ago, people had been staying in their houses, afraid of… Read more Beautiful, Beautiful Pylon →
It Hatches
It Hatches Inside the egg, Scott is neither awake nor asleep. Held tight within the folds of membrane, his consciousness is drifting in blissful detachment. He’s aware of the changes in… Read more It Hatches →
