The Geecologist

Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Feb 6, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

“Come in,” I said. The door opened slowly. A group of youth members crowded forward, their faces a question. The girls were crying. “Is it true?” they said. “That he is dead? Yes,” I said, looking among them. “Yes.”...
In A German Pension

In A German Pension

Sep 15, 2018 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Frau Brechenmacher Attends A Wedding “Fancy Theresa bringing that child with her. It’s her own child, you know, my dear, and it’s going to live with them. That’s what I call a sin against the Church for a free-born child to attend its own...
Alias Grace

Alias Grace

May 26, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

My mother and Aunt Pauline were a dead clergyman’s daughters – a Methodist, he was – and it was said their father had done something unexpected with the church money, and after that could not get a position; and when he died they were penniless, and were turned out to...
Homesick For Another World

Homesick For Another World

May 6, 2017 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Bettering Myself “Dear Principal Kishka,” I wrote. “Thank you for letting me teach at your school. Please throw away the sleeping bag in the cardboard box in the back of my classroom. I have to resign for personal reasons. Just so you know, I’ve been fudging the state...
Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Jan 11, 2014 | Fiction | 0 comments

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 The news came down to the prisoners that after lunch they would be allowed to go outside. It had been a week since Zeitoun had seen the sun. During the hour they were allowed in the yard, Zeitoun tried to jog, but felt light-headed. He walked...