Alien Sofa
“Be careful of the sofa arms.” Edgar cautioned the movers as the pair approached his front door. With the sofa in place of the old chairs he typically dragooned from the dining room, now each…
Category: My Fiction
Decision in Ireland
Upper PastureMay 3, 1798 Antrim Mountains in North Ireland Patrick Hamill stepped his way down the path leading from the upper pastures of the Antrim Mountains. Patrick was a wiry, black-haired youth of 17. He…
The Littlest Blackbird
Harvest time in the land of many fields was a time of hard work. Everyone had their job, even Bailey, the littlest blackbird. Bailey, the fifth sibling in his nest, was send back to the…
Mr. Owl’s Charity
Mr. Chalcy Owl, a great horned owl and a banker, wrote a check for hoot laryngitis research while perched in the tree hollow. "I do everything I can. It may not be in time for…
Personal Evolution
Being a dedicated reader of science fiction in my youth, the idea of a cyborg is familiar to me—part human, part machine—but futuristic. With the rest of America and a good number of people around…
Deep in His Own Well
This statistic of the day showed in Facebook. A visitor views a picture for a median of 17 seconds at the Met Museum of Art. I wouldn't dispute that, but let me add this flash…
Shaky Hands
My earliest memories are of family dinners. A distinct one occurred after my first day at St. Jerome Primary School. Father sat at the head of the table, between the dining room windows. Without a…
Wet Weather
The sky, greyed with storm clouds, hid the motions of the rain person. Between each drop and within many shadows moved the person who caused that which has no cause. He can be seen walking…
Goodtime Charlie
Charlie anted up to the floating red bar that encircled the white smoky area. A bewitching woman in a long flowing robe smiled a welcome. She looked familiar, like a movie star as an angel.…
Complicated Logic
His wife restarted art teaching after their youngest child entered first grade. Her wages, she told him, would cover purchases of things she wanted and had always disliked having to talk to her accountant husband…