Mar
21
(first appeared at overpassbooks.com on 2/7/2013) His earliest memory was a drawing he did in third grade of a huge tree with only one leaf left clinging to it. His teacher had asked him what it represented and he explained “it doesn’t care if it makes it to spring but it sure as hell […]
Mar
20
(originally posted 8/23/2020) Do you ever catch yourself watching TV? One minute you’re totally absorbed in the show and the next you’re looking at a rectangular electronic device with images flashing across it. When you’re in the moment, you’re in the show. It’s all-consuming. It’s all there is. And then it’s not. It’s just […]
Mar
19
(originally posted 4/3/2022) (I recently had a story accepted for a short story anthology with a theme of Superheroes. I just so happened to have a story with that exact premise. The same publisher is now asking for submissions for an anthology with Beekeepers as the theme. Flush with my recent success with them, […]
Mar
17
(originally posted 8/25/2022) To understand what a tier 3 bodyguard is, first you have to understand what the not-too-distant future will look like. Robots will do almost everything. The only thing that humans will be responsible for, and this will be done by a very small percentage of people, is to make laws and […]
Mar
16
(originally posted 7/29/2022) It’s time. Time for me to stop pretending I don’t want to find a rich woman to take care of me. The worst part about the whole thing is trying to ignore that I’m exactly what a rich woman would want. Walking among the semi-washed masses, knowing in the back of […]
