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A Job for a Ship
Despite the big AIs, the god machine and the mother, JAMBI and Mithene, and the massive, efficient timekeeping systems and schedules these AIs…
6 to 6: A Spiritual Adventure
I am dispatched in my cab to one of Tucson’s many “spiritual retreats.” I feel my chakras squinching up as soon as I pull in. A line of pine trees…
The Seaside Cottage
“Pretty spooky, right?” Weber did not know if Scanlan was talking about the cottage or the many empty houses staring out to sea. The two men stood on…
“Nigh-,” “Night,” and “Playhouse”
Nigh--- was the stage we almost--- started a new life together crafted in a nightly hush--- rushing our verdant minds versing our ardent hearts---…
I Just Wanna Grill: A Meditation in Appreciation of My Morning Jacket’s It Still Moves
It Still Moves by My Morning Jacket (ATO Records, September 2003) A wise man once asked: “Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?” Why…
Date Night
Ron says he has a tragic history with women. He goes through stages of blaming himself, of going on and on about where it all went wrong. How he…
Knocking Shop
The building had a drab stairwell, always murky. There were exploitation chambers on all floors of the tenement. Inside these rooms were an array of…
Eggs
My name is Amos. I live in a small town called Experiment. Experiment is located in the state of Georgia. Experiment is located in the United States…
Blue Butterflies, Part 1
I. The war ate the 14-year-olds. Such were the days, when young boys wielded swords and died on these dusts. Politicians, drunk in the revelry of…
“Nu,” “Odalisque,” and “O Minotaur, I Love You”
Nu Serpentine lover My devotion to your imperious and majestic beauty is incessant and golden A creature of lotus petals and lapis lazuli You are a…
