Yes, like that Word Count 291 I really enjoyed the story “Rocket To Oblivion” by Isaac Heinlein Clarke in the online Space Time Stories. His depiction of relations between Neptunians and Earthers was the most sensitive and tasteful that I had ever read about contact … Continue reading Pass
I Won’t Take Manhattan
Toss up between this and a wheat field. Tough call. Word Count 1,434 Not that Manhattan, the Big Apple, Bright Lights Big City, this is the little apple, dim lights, little city in Kansas. I ended up there after my third year of a … Continue reading I Won’t Take Manhattan
Dump
Picture of a fictional president, resemblance to anyone living or dead ... Word Count 965 Year One Of The President’s Term: A compliant Republican party backed the President’s anti-immigrant stance. The countries whose citizens were denied entrance condemned the US and sought to censure … Continue reading Dump
Brave New Word
It looks like this Word count 356 After twenty three rejections of my masterpiece “House Of Rats”, I started looking for a more reasonable publisher. The publishers and editors that I had been dealing with were a bunch of snobbish Ivy League arts and … Continue reading Brave New Word
Dig
Mine, I mean his weapon of choice Word count 495 I’m a volunteer at Ryon State Park, named after an early settler Aristotle Ryon. I’m a two way guy in that I edit the Ryon Newsletter and do physical work in the park, … Continue reading Dig
Vigilant
Word Count 616 My job - fixing the ills of society At first it was thought to be an isolated case. A loud, self-important person said that his cell phone had overheated and mildly burned his ear while he was talking about his proctology … Continue reading Vigilant
Prime
Word count 9170 Approximately 1/12 life size Interviewer: Welcome to the most significant television show ever. I know that it sounds like hyperbole, but this is the first ever interview with our closest relative, sometimes know as a Yeti or abominable snowman. Because of … Continue reading Prime
My Kind Of Town
A prominent citizen of Mayor Bachman's Town Word count 959 A tall bearded man in a suit sighted the mayor of the small town, and greeted the man who could pass as his twin, except for his casual dress. “Mayor Bachman, so nice to see you. … Continue reading My Kind Of Town
Three Planets
Where we went from earth Word Count 3350 The astronomers first noticed the approaching star and its one planet on February 10, 2043. How this caught them by surprise was never explained to anyone’s satisfaction, because we were told that it would ruin our … Continue reading Three Planets
Amateur
I still have one, but don't used it Word Count 8625 You too can be a writer in a few short days with no prior experience. That is what is known as a hook – something to pull the reader in. How does one become … Continue reading Amateur
Doug Hawley 