The Vegetable Garden
Ann awoke with a start. She knew right away he was gone, but only recently; his sweaty body heat lingered like a festering cloud. She fought back a…
Xenon
May 2062. What follows is a transcript of the Hamilton Jeffries podcast from his home studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with Wyatt Nickerbocker. HJ:…
Decision Time
Linda turned on the nightstand light, sat up in bed, and faced her husband, fighting mad. She shook her head, “I don’t get it, Rick. Please explain…
Zirconium
Edna was having a good day. She had cleaned the apartment, paying special attention to Cecil’s pride and joy, a 72-inch large screen television set,…
Roland
Roland had been an android in the Krakow family for five generations and each generation had been its own challenge. But this one, this one with…
Palladium
“So, you’re going fishing today?” Kyle looked up from his workbench at the back of their narrow trailer and grinned. “Yeah. It’s my day off and Frank…
Cadmium
Audrey insisted on keeping the room dark. “You’re complaining about headaches, Mike. Keeping the lights in the room off and the light coming in from…
Titanium
After dinner, my older sister Julie and I were getting up to go do our homework when Mom stopped us by saying, “Hold on you two. Sit down.” She…
Arsenic
Prison was pretty bad, but one thing Stu liked was that he got to take classes if he wanted, and boy was he ever glad he’d signed up for this one.…
The Dragonfly
“Kids!” Katie motioned to get the second graders’ attention. “Look at this.” She held up a glass canning jar with a dragonfly in it and listened to…
