Observations
Trapped within the metal bullet, people cram together like sardines in a tin. Personal space no longer exists in the cramped confines of the tube and you find…
Building Bridges
There was flat white cloud above the construction site, and fog drifting below it so that the far-off valley floor could not be seen. It was impossible to tell…
Homecoming (2)
Liwliwa had already cast off the larger part of her sea-lion skin by the time Maricel pulled her noisy little boat up to the buoy. For years, she had had few…
Homecoming
Sometimes, on long afternoons like this, Maricel began to feel old. Her hair was still as dark as ever, but every so often she would feel an ache in her limbs…
Why Me?
She felt her life start to crumble around her. Despair emanated from her bones and bleakly colored her past, present and future. It was over. Everything, even…
Built for Survival
In a den dug into a snowdrift, he snuggles against his mother and nurses. Although he weighs less than two pounds now, by the time he is an adult he will weigh…
The Description of the Haunted House
Steeped in shadow, darkness echoed and folded inside itself until sunlight was absorbed completely, and the trees, large mammoths of green foliage bunched…