The Humans
Humans are one of the few intelligent beings in the galaxy who haven’t quite solved the problem of...
Tag: death
Invisible Man
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one...
French Exit
Malcolm was yet in his suite. He was speaking to Susan on the phone. “Let’s eat food, for lunch,”...
The Pandemic is a Portal
Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing...
Congo Journey
He squatted down, arranging the fire, shouting back over his shoulder into the hut, ‘My...
The Goldfinch
But depression wasn’t the word. This was a plunge encompassing sorrow and revulsion far...
On Love
One mid-morning in early December, with no thought of love or stories, I was sitting in the...
My Death
My death waits like a maid at night, At the swinging of the scythe, To gather up the time that...
You, dead, are so much better than anyone else alive
The brilliant physicist and nobel laureate Richard Feynman lost his wife and high-school...
Homesick for Another World
A Dark and Winding RoadAround nine o’clock, I pulled my sleeping bag out and unrolled it on the...
Pale Fire
The following note is not an apology of suicide – it is the simple and sober description of a...
The Mower
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It...
