Monument Garden

Monument Garden by Austin I Pullé 1,420 words Evan Meredith brushed off the snowflakes off his black hoodie. His mother, Anabel, wore a pair of Guess jeans and a fur coat. She looked like the heiress-model that his father married twenty-five years ago. He noticed the lone cardinal perched on the “Private Property – No […]

WritersWork

8-2-24 Moire, a story by Colin Campbell 5-31-24Slingship Sam, chapter 8: In the Cooler, by Colin Campbell 5-2-24Slingship Sam, chapter 7:  Entering the Dome, by Colin Campbell 4-6-24Slingship Sam the Asteroid Man, a novel by Colin Campbell 3-1-24Anne Hedonia, a memoir by Colin Campbell 2-26-24Bahamian Rhapsody, a story by Austin I Pullé 2-12-24I Never Liked […]

Cold and Heartless

Cold and Heartless a song by singer/songwriterEden Baker I gave you my heart for freeDidn’t ask anything for meWell that might be a lieThere’s just one thing that IWanted I gave you my heart for free Only wanted one thing for meAll I asked in returnWas that you gave me a turnWith yours You took my heartAnd […]

Crossing the Limits

CROSSING THE LIMITS A Play in One ActbyLisa Marciano SUMMARY: “Crossing The Limits” explores why we stop ourselves from achieving our dreams. This one act is easily produced, can accommodate any size cast of any age, race, or gender, and is appropriate for all audiences. CHARACTERS: KEEPER OF THE LINE: any age, race, gender CHARACTER […]

Blondo

Blondo      I never met a billionaire until my niece married one.      The reception was at Rockwood up in Mission Canyon. A couple dozen people were chatting on the stone-walled terrace beneath a spreading oak as Santa Ana winds gusted down the canyon, ruffling hairdos. Every person out there was blond. I didn’t know […]

Untitled Christmas

An Untitled Christmas Story by Marilyn Perry A Snowflake forms when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a dust particle in the sky. As the ice crystal falls to the ground, water vapor freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystals that become the 6 arms of the snowflake. —————————————————————————————- It’s Christmas. I’m all […]

Tobe has lunch

Nanogatherers 2.2: Tobe Has Lunch by Colin Campbell       When they got back to Granny’s wagon, the pizza was already hot and fresh-printed, but not in the kitchen.  Zina called to them from one of the printer alcoves on the side of the wagon under the graphene canopy. “Over here, boys, everything inside is chugging […]

McNabb

McNabb,The Dog Who Really Smelledby Colin Campbell      McNabb woke up and lifted his head: he smelled a coyote. His collar tinkled as he swept his nose back and forth into the breeze. He was in the fenced-in side yard of Mister Ink’s home on Conejo Road. He could dimly see down the canyon to […]

C.O.I. Anonymous

C.O.I. Anonymous by Colin Campbell      This weekend I went to my first meeting of the Clone Optimizers Anonymous support group. Yeah, the whole ‘Hi, I’m Dave, and I can’t control my optimizing” thing.      I was glad to find out I’m not the only one who’s been clobbered by the C.O.I. app–Clone Optimizer, Inc.–maybe […]

Nano 2.1: Yucca

The Nanogatherers, by Colin Campbell Chapter 2.1: Yucca       Granny knocked at Zina’s door. “Alfy, Bhetan, time to get up, there’s some special extra foraging that has to be done right now.”      Zina, their mother, opened the door. “Come on, boys, get your buns out there, dammit, there’s company coming.” Zina had 19 henna […]