Fiction

      “I can’t. “  “Why not?” “I just can’t.“ “You don't have an excuse this time.”  “I do.” “And what kind of made-up story might that be today?”  “I …” “No, no,...

    Everyone knows a voice is easier to fire than a face. Tuzi was at home waiting for his cable appointment when he received the...

  (Note: The below text brings closure to the three pieces in Gossamer Buttresses (Grandeur, Misbehavior, and Anthropophagy) . An introductory text to the series can be...

  (Below is an excerpt from the novel Pharoni by Colin Dodds) *   Accusations of Rocket Sabotage In which we learn about the mysterious activities and secret crusade...

    White skyscrapers rose behind one end of a two-kilometre-long, curving bay; at the bay's other end, cliff-top, sandstone mosques, shops and minarets overlooked the...

  (Note: The below piece functions as an introduction to the three pieces in Gossamer Buttresses (Grandeur, Misbehavior, and Anthropophagy). It is in the form ...

    The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Baumgarten, prided themselves on being thought kindly. Though both had led rather wild lives in their youth, theirs had...

  (Note: This is the third part of Gossamer Buttresses, of which the first two are : Grandeur and Misbehavior, respectively).* We are all edible. Doubt...

    “The Flores Family Flower Shop” was founded by my grandfather at a road side stand and grew to become a fifty-year-old favorite within San...

Author's Note: This story is a hybrid of musical and narrative form. I began experimenting some years back with the “petite suite” (short, tuneful,...