The Geecologist

Pebbles

Pebbles

Nov 27, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

When he was ten years old, Jeremy was walking along the main road, with his friend Benedict, out of the small town they lived in. Heading to build a den. Jeremy picked up a rubber band as they walked. Then he picked up a little pebble. Then he fashioned a catapult...
Reality & Other Stories

Reality & Other Stories

Nov 6, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

We Happy Few – I suppose what I’m saying is if you imagined some force or agency in the world that was leading us towards doom and destruction, towards the dark, and then you imagined what kind of tools and technologies it would use, you’d come up...
In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

Oct 30, 2021 | Fiction

A PLACE So I have sailed the seas and come… to B…a small town fastened to a field in Indiana. Twice there have been twelve hundred people here to answer to the census. The town is outstandingly neat and shady, and always puts its best side to the highway. On one lawn...
A Party Down at the Square

A Party Down at the Square

Oct 16, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

I don’t know what started it. A bunch of men came by my Uncle Ed’s place and said there was going to be a party down at the Square, and my uncle hollered for me to come on and I ran with them through the dark and rain and there we were at the Square. When...
The Time of Our Singing

The Time of Our Singing

Oct 9, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

At home, her worst nightmare settles in for a double feature. Her mother insists she sit down for Easter dinner. “You have a bite of my holiday ham and get something green and filling in you. Specially if you’re taking a trip.” “Mama. Please. Just this once. I’m going...
The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

Sep 11, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. He was very much admired indeed. “He is as beautiful...