Her only Family
I’m investigating the behavior of a droid I programed, because it broke into an ICE facility to rescue its owner. Fortunately, this incarceration was...
Category: Fictional Forays
Teddy Bear Picnic
Teddy bears, after they have finished their active lives and retired to yard sales, thrift stores and landfills, are thought by some to still...
Trip of a Lifetime
“Don’t panic,” I tell myself. Surely my mind is playing tricks. But I can feel the water weighing down my cloths and I feel...
Just One More Night
“Just one more what?” inquired an overweight man who was taking up two bar stools, one for each cheek. I was sitting two stools...
Lost Feelings
“Leave your feelings alone,” the black sheep bleated, “and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.” And then she kicked up some dust...
If Only I Hadn’t Seen that Obituary
How different my life might have been, if I hadn’t seen that obituary for my fiance, Julia. Of course, Paul– half imaginative genius, half...
Stirring the Caldron of Time
As I opened the fridge door and wondered what would take the edge off my hunger, before I want out for my walk, I...
A Misunderstood Genius
I do my best thinking inside a straight jacket. I first discovered this after an incident, which the psychiatrist, whom I won’t dignify with...
Empty Space
My life changed forever twenty years ago, We had driven to a look-out on Route 1 in northern California where, once everyone had parked...
Dietary Considerations
“My God, I knew it,” came from the other room. A moment later, his wife, Emily, entered his bedroom with the morning newspaper in...