Creativity
creativity taped up, held down packaged in a box and sold for any amount of money taken “borrowed” bought sold “creativity” isn’t creativity if it’s common it…
The Beadworlds: Notes on the world of Kertline and Heliola
The stories take place on two separate small worlds or moons capable of supporting life. These worlds are connected together both by gravity and by magnetism…
Limerick Epic(ure)
A pretentious limerick writer Said aloud, “Come, I’ll pull an all nighter!” They then wrote a long saga, And set it to raga, AM came; gave to girl: “I’ll…
Home Is Where The Heart Is.
I sit by the keyboard, completely drained of ideas. I feel my mind throbbing with the beat of my heart. I can feel the blood thumping through my veins…
John's Second Chance
After John pulls the plug, the project goes dorment. Dan quickly forgets about the whole idea and starts handing John internal projects that need supervision…
Creative Rebel (sonnet)
We’re not allowed to think outside the box, Thinking at all is frowned upon out here. Forget creating anything, no dear. They only want us sitting there like…
Debt of the Gifted
I still can see my parents’ reaction on the day the government first declared that IQ scores were to be put on drivers’ licenses. As the speeches about duty to…
That Creative Spark
Today, Janice was released from the beige. The Cognisceitti Mental Facility looked like nothing quite so much as the computers of her youth: a monotone…
There are No Words
He lay back against the pristine white bed sheets, closed his eyes and tried to remember. It wasn’t always like this, he was sure of it. People used to see the…
yes
They turned up the music. Not so someone would notice. Enough so that she couldn’t put the next word in place. She could see the words struggling to remain…
Care and Maintenance
You’ll want to take special care with your battery pack. It powers your headgear’s network connection, sensors, and reporting channels, and maintains…
Pecking Order
“Just look at her.” The teenage girls huddled together. Usually ruffling, preening, and cooing at each other over shiny new clothes and shoes, currently their…
Headgear
Your attitude adjustment apparatus has four main components: occipital clamp, dental anchors, and nasal/laryngial probes. Once or twice a week you will visit…
Corporate Technophobes
The news came amid cheers and applause. The company had been saved at the last minute by the Corporation. The Corporation would make things better. The…
Target the Readers
INT. Opulent Board Room – Late Evening Seven well-dressed men and women sit anxiously around a giant oval table. Floor to ceiling windows on two walls bathe…
Target the Readers
INT. Opulent Board Room - Late Evening Seven well-dressed men and women sit anxiously around a giant oval table. Floor to ceiling windows on two walls bathe…
John's Sweet Program
John sat happily in his chair at work. “Im done! It’s finally done!” John tells his boss Dan about a tool he wrote that will improve collaboration on projects…
When All Else Fails
“There’s not much that impresses a 178 IQ,” Portia said. “Really, I’m surprised I went out with the guy at all, he was such an idiot.” I stared at her across…
Controlled Monetization
I took the pills. Like everyone else, I took the pills and I sent in the hair and the piss to prove I took the pills. I’d figured something out, though: I…