The Geecologist

Contrapposto

Contrapposto

Sep 5, 2026 | Fiction | 0 comments

“You feel like drawing?” Silas asked. Rob took his notebook from the tilted shelf and arranged it on the fur-covered beanbag on the floor. He grabbed his sleeve of colored markers, lay on his stomach, and turned the notebook’s thick pages until he found a blank one....
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...
The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Oct 12, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

That night, at Boris’ — lying drunk on my half of the batik-draped mattress — I tried to remember what Pippa had looked like. But the moon was so large and clear through the uncurtained window that it made me think instead of a story my mother had told me, about...
The Sound And The Fury

The Sound And The Fury

Mar 23, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

A sparrow slanted across the sunlight, onto the window ledge, and cocked his head at me. His eye was round and bright. First he’d watch me with one eye, then flick! and it would be the other one, his throat pumping faster than any pulse. The hour began to...
Numbers In The Dark

Numbers In The Dark

Mar 29, 2018 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

The Man Who Shouted Teresa I stepped off the pavement, walked backwards a few paces looking up, and, from the middle of the street, brought my hands to my mouth to make a megaphone, and shouted toward the top stories of the block: “Teresa!” My shadow took...