The Geecologist

Hamnet

Hamnet

May 23, 2026 | Fiction | 0 comments

Agnes’s head is pressed against the smooth flank of the cow as she milks. Joan hears the psht-psht-u-psht of milk jetting into the pail. At the sound of Joan’s cry, the cow shifts and Agnes lifts her cheek and turns to look at her stepmother, a wary expression on her...
The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops

Aug 31, 2024 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

They were not fighting now. Only the whispers remained, and the little whimpering groans. They were dying by hundreds out in the dark. She burst into tears. Tears answered her. They wept for humanity, those two, not for themselves. They could not bear that this should...