My short story “Stilts” is live in the latest issue of MungBeing, #35. The issue is called “Fables,” and the story concerns stories and their ownership.
The new issue of MungBeing, themed around secrets, includes the first chapter of the novel I have been taking stabs at since 2007. You can read it here.
My short story, “Partum,” is a part of MungBeing’s issue #28. There is some wonderful content in this issue, which is themed around “craft,” but not the sort that you can ride in. “Partum” barely fits into the theme, so I’m really glad Mark and Jody put it in.
100 words. Originally published in The Drabbler. “Our love is nothing but a mental exercise,” he said from behind his faceplate. “Your air is poisonous to me,” she replied. “We needn’t breathe together,” he said. “We only need to touch. I want to feel your skin, to form a real memory.” The other relented, loosened …
Originally published in Lost in the Dark. The girl had her eyes set high. The last apple was gripping stubbornly to the cloudmost branch of her Father’s scraggly tree. He had planted it the year she was born. It had grown to twice her height. The apple hung out of her tallest reach. She blew …
Originally published in Full-Unit Hookup. Click. Ambient hiss. World Science Journal: There. That’s better. So, the question on the table— Gregori Egorov: No, I’m not worried— WSJ: Hang on a sec, Mister Egorov. I’ll repeat the question for the recording. With all the litigation being brought against proponents of free information, are you concerned about …
Originally published in Static Movement. Eight: On the street, as our bewildered hero blinks in the sun, a roving reporter with a live feed: “You’re an educated man, mister Set—” “Set Zero was, at least, yes. I like to think that I am being a good steward of his talents.” “That’s a good place to …
Originally published in Technoccult. Difficulty: no giving up. Hard to write, feet not dextrous, ha. Five senses, five simultaneous inputs. Synthesize three for single output. Public radio address — pen in hand, now, foot delicate enough for Braille —through the aural inputs. Twelve stranded atop house in flood. Restate. Twelve stranded atop house in flood. …
Originally published in the Goodbye, Darwin anthology. It was not a night to spare expense. The firm had successfully defended against their twenty-fifth anti-trust suit earlier that afternoon and, to celebrate, the senior partners had brought out all the silver, and had sprung for the champagne. The party went through the natural life cycle of this …
Originally published in Wanderings. I met Emma when I was nine and she was older. I was in the park playing snakes in the grass while mother was in getting her hair done. I crawled belly-down around trees and over paths while dog-walkers and baby-strollers clicked and rolled around me. I didn’t have any friends …
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