Stories

  • Torn Away

    Torn Away

    Day 224, 0630: Waiting for people to finish singing “Happy Birthday” is the most awkward experience a human being can have. Read more

  • Whiskey Gunboat Rebellion

    Whiskey Gunboat Rebellion

    I’d been on Rabbit Skull Island not two days after the Hurricane of ’53 when I met the rest of my life aboard The Rebellion. Ma’d sent me down from Bourbon with the season’s harvest and a tied-together raft of old logs, saying… Read more

  • Flutter

    Amethym swoops down from the clear sky. Bright green hills roll beneath her tiny body. They grow larger as she draws nearer to a pearl flower in a thick patch of bushes. A cluster of long, weathered buildings zips past her vision. The fat domestic birds waddle in the midst of the buildings, gargling in… Read more

  • Heliosphere

    Rumbling jet engines suffocated Zariah’s ears as her head traced a benign dance through the air. Pressure throbbed all around her skull. Her eyes bobbed…. Read more

  • Soul Facing Depths

    A human being encounters vast forces. Read more