Jump In
Falling down up Not sure which way Spinning left right I can’t stay this way I don’t know what I want Too many thoughts in my head Yelling clawing wanting out…
Dear Baby
I don’t know why you look so sad when you let down your hair. It’s pretty, baby. Little slits in your skin on your fingers let me know that you’re breathing…
Ch. 5 - Cognomen
“Wanna go grab a drink and have some private conversation somewhere else?” Jack asked her directly. “I don’t know,” she replied tentatively, “You’re obviously…
Ch. 1 - Erudition
She spotted him through the glass door in the glint from lackluster luminaries. She had noticed him when he walked in. She recalled ones similar, in particular…
Ch. 4 - Inquisite
“So, what’s your name?” Jack asked her. “Names, ha,” she scoffed, “Names aren’t important.” Jack stood silently, attempting to get a read on her mannerisms…
Ch. 3 - Acuity
As the night progressed, she could sense something amiss, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. His words bordered on intelligence. There was something…
Judgelight
Jack leaned against the balcony, staring out into the cityscape ahead. Myriads of neon signs blinked furiously at him; he tried to avert his gaze below, but…
I'll Meet You in the Woods
The breath of the earth flew across the land and shook the last leaves from the trees. Candra wrapped her shawl around herself tighter as she traveled along…
Sunday
Sunshine and apple kisses on the front porch. Purple-fingered babies on each lap, crying and laughing. No future thinking at this now, only ruby red grapefruit…
Non-Con
“I’m afraid the result is quite unequivocal.” The doctor even appeared to smile faintly, but it was just a trick of the light. Impassive, he held out the…
Into the Darkness
I couldn’t tell for sure, we were separated. We were always separated. Them and us. That’s how they learned to control us. Us and the aliens. It sounds dumb to…
Jack White
In the corner of the room sat a man hidden by a thick cloud of wispy smoke, he wore a fedora of some kind, and a long, brown overcoat upon his shoulders. His…
Shattered with Stones
“Love and sex and hope and dreams are still surviving on the streets. Look at me, I’m in...” “Huh-whazzat, boo?” “Hmm? Oh nothing, just singing to myself.”…
Waiting for the Big Bang
Suspended, it floats. Time stops. The egg, just out of reach, slips almost imperceptibly towards its demise. “Oh great, you let another one go!” the first man…
The Kitchen Table We Assembled On A Saturday, Midday
Sometimes, I have these glimpses into the future, where we’re sitting at the kitchen table we assembled ourselves on a Saturday, midday, not even saying a word…
Accidental p-Zombies
Neural implants? Sure: molecular electronics; NEMS extruding CNT fibers like feelers right into the midst of synapses; sniffing at neurotransmitters and…
Calm Before the Storm
Dusk is descending. With it comes calm. The sound of my footfalls on the stone roadway echo off the buildings. A black cat dashes across the road. A breeze…
What is so very old is new again
Perinius Greeting, (City) Earth Overcomb Siding 7gh 344 Years from now. Hello my younger self, such sorrow and despair you hold inside you. It’s purpose is not…
Untitled Poem #11
Sometimes, when we’re just staring into the abyss of each other’s eyes, I close my own, and another world flashes behind my eyelids. We sit across from each…
A History of America [2071 Edition]
Chapter 6 The Mandatory Expatriation (Fatherland) Act and the EU-UN Deconstruction (2038-2049) Following the Social Reforms (2047) under the administration of…