Give A Call Next Time

Was Earth visited by aliens who ignored us?

In The Rough

All diamonds just dull compressed carbon chunks, until we catch their brilliance.

RELATIVE TIME

Relativity’s a funny thing.

MONKEYS SHINED

MONKEYS SHINED The keyboard monkeys, ad infinitum, may randomly type out a Shakespeare play, but publishing monkeys may well spite ‘em, printing only the pap that sells today. The chance of brilliance, vanishingly small, is filtered through some monkey business sense and may never make the bookshelves at all — some monkeys see […]

The Mistaken Time Traveller (Circa 2010)

The Mistaken Time Traveller (circa 2010),

originally published in Bangalore Review as flash fiction,

is actually a science-fiction, narrative, Shakespearean sonnet.

http://bangalorereview.com/2020/09/the-mistaken-time-traveller-circa-2010/

THE MISTAKEN TIME TRAVELLER

As though for surgery, patrons were masked,

I suppose the entire populace,

Hear Here

HEAR HERE Hammer, anvil, stirrup and drum echo vibrations in the Eustachian cave — down into its enclosed cochlear chamber — where wave modulations are measured for interpretation by the brain, giving meaning and music to the chaos of sound. I remember hearing a story of a king’s satorical conversion while contemplating his […]

Empirical Miracles SD Short Story Contest Finalist:

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
The magician on the television invited his audience to discern how he worked his prestidigitation. Lying on his stomach in front of the screen, Little Timmy propped himself higher on his elbows. He was eager to learn. The magician said, ”Belief is the key.” So Timmy sat up and…

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER? WELL …

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER? WELL … Let me rephrase that: Take me to someone with whom to exchange knowledge.

ENSCONCED

ENSCONCED We’ll defend ourselves from anyone who suggests we may need to change.

BARD OF MARS

In The Twilight Zone Of Poetry And Science

Irony