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I So Curious
Dr. John Kinyago had first noticed the problem when one of his research assistants had spilled her coffee on a test subject. After recovering from the unpleasant surprise, the subject had looked at her...
View ArticleNobody Knows What It's Like
"You can't kill me," growled Bruce. He had been stupid enough to allow himself to be captured - and he would have to resort to desperate measures to avert permanent failure. "I'm not going to kill...
View ArticleFirestones
When Cincin saw the huge fallen tree in the road, he stopped short. By force of habit, his mind probed for the hungry tendrils of the firestone - but no. The firestone was gone. He crouched down with...
View ArticleTwo free verse poems in the bitter aesthetic
I’m in Portland, OR right now. I came here to try to absorb by some osmotic process the local culture of self-cultivation, people engaging in projects not because the projects are useful or justified,...
View ArticleAn offer
A follow-up to my poem about Saruman: Had you but let me teach you of those arts you so despise, embraced your inner fire and the attachment that you fear, forsaking calmness, self-control, the...
View ArticleMelusine
As told to me by Sarah Constantin, the story of Melusine: A lady is cursed by a bad fairy to turn into a loathsome serpent every Saturday. She meets a man, and they fall in love, and she says, "you can...
View ArticleUn gioco solido che aumenti per l'occasione
An Italian nobleman and a French nobleman were accustomed to vacation together. In order that their servants might also have the opportunity to enjoy leisure while away from home, they arranged that...
View ArticleWhat strange and ancient things might we find beneath the ice?
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? -Hillel Nature is not good, only proto-good. -Paolo Soleri Epistemic status: literally a dream I...
View ArticleA War of Ants and Grasshoppers
A parable on the difference between motives and ecological niches. "No, we really did have food stored up for the winter. But at the end of autumn, we went to war with a nearby colony. They defeated...
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