Humor
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THE TANGLED DREAM OF A NEOPLATONIST IN CAMPANIA
A.D. 260, somewhere in Campania, a Neoplatonist slept among a multitude of empty amphorae after a heated debate with a Cretan who also happened to be a Cynic. This was his tangled dream— Mind and Soul take a walk through a garden on the newly minted Earth. And there they come upon Demiurge still busy… Continue reading
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MY MORNING COMMUTE AS 007
In 2008 I worked at a college that required an hour commute. To amuse myself, I would imagine myself as a different character each morning then compose a short story based loosely on my commute. Afterwards I would write them down and post them to my blog. They began as one-paragraph shorts, but with time… Continue reading
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HENRY KUTTNER’S GALLOWAY GALLAGHER
“Are you a technician or a driveling idiot?” — “The Proud Robot” (1943) The story goes that science-fiction writer, Henry Kuttner, named his inebriated and gifted scientist “Gallagher” while writing “The Time Locker” then mistakenly called him “Galloway” when writing its sequel. And after realizing his error, Kuttner combined the names giving “Galloway Gallagher” his… Continue reading
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THE THANG: A SCI-FI LULLABY
May 26, 2017. In a brittle issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from November 1952, I stumbled across a short story entitled “Bem” by sci-fi author Charles T. Webb. His story so amused me that I decided to write my own using “Bem” as one inspiration and the 1897 UFO crash in Aurora,… Continue reading
MARTIAN DEATH RAY 