Tenacity
Gerald's spine flashed with pain as he pushed himself up to sit on the edge of his bed. His hoof-nails felt lame on his fingers and toes, and he struggled to flex the muscles in his feet. Patches of fleece from where his fleece coat had thinned...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Three
The leaf from the plant that Martin only knew as nataan'snanbo landed on the surface of the otherwise still water with a serene ripple. “Uhh, Martin? Why are you just staring off into space?" Namo peered over to try and meet his gaze, then tried...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Two
Martin's thoughts raced as he wiped his mouth on his sleeve. Images of a narrowly-avoided future of being jailed, or worse, hanged for the armed robberies he had committed across northern and central Sinoe flashed through his mind. Caught in this...
Prehistoric Passion - short poem
Beneath the surface of the Earth Within the geosphere The remains of another world Awaiting discovery in its million year slumber. The thrill, mystery, and satisfaction Of unearthing, discovering, awakening the new bones. This fascinating sport...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Six
“You don’t strike me as a coffee person.” Martin sipped his coffee hot, Namo took hers at room temperature. Whereas yesterday her hair had been done up in a bun to keep it out of her face while traveling, today it was let down. Her straight locks...
Red the Rose (Poem)
Red the Rose By Brett Red, red, red the blood Running down the rose. Bouquets of candy- pink and white In doilied mason jars repose. Outside the hoary petals fall Into the stony bottomed mere And paint a picture on the lake, Whitewashed by...
[Scraps] Fluorescent Coast
Have you ever felt like you've had a relationship with an inanimate object? Well, I'd say that I'm pretty close to that purple sky that smiles radiantly down at me as I smile back at it every night on my back, the warm sands of the Fluorescent Coast...
Marianne's Misty Hike (Part 1) - Intro
Marianne held her head high, proudly leading her troop of Explorer Scouts through the sun-dappled forests of Cozy Snakes National Park in central Molalla. As one of her gray floppy ears draped in front of her right eye she pointed to one tall tree and...
Natural Science- Hyperspace
"So you see class, the entire universe is composed like a gigantic machine made up of interlocking wheels. All the events of this universe are governed by laws of physics- Buddha called these immutable, unchanging laws 'Dharmakaya' and he also believed...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Four
As Martin had expected, the Central District of Fordham was night-and-day different from the Northern District. By moonlight, firelight, and lamplight, the pair navigated the dirt sidewalks that flanked the corduroy skid road. Even after dark, a few...
An End of an Era
What happened to us? We were extinguished. Like a cold breath of air against a flickering flame, or the sun beaming down its withering heat on a chunk of ice, or a granule of sand taken by the dark and expansive and terrifying sea. A single moment of...
Distort and the Quest for the Sassy Goat... or something
Manny excitedly said from behind the steering wheel, his eyes diverting from the road and instead looking at the shimmering and undisturbed surface that extended to his left, taken in completely by the majestic scene that was nature’s creation, unaware that