The Geecologist

Professor Sea Gull

Professor Sea Gull

Jun 20, 2026 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Throughout the nineteen-twenties Gould haunted the office of The Dial, now dead, the most highbrow magazine of the time. Finally, in its April, 1929, issue, The Dial printed one of his shorter essays, “Civilization.” In it he rambled along, referring to skyscrapers...
Luster

Luster

Dec 11, 2021 | Fiction | 0 comments

I go back inside and throw on my least wrinkled dress. I look into the mirror and practice my smile because they moved me to a desk where my manager can see my face, and I have noticed her growing concern. Management claims they moved me so that I am more accessible...
The Book Of Imaginary Beings

The Book Of Imaginary Beings

Mar 5, 2017 | Fiction | 0 comments

The animal resembles a kangaroo, but not as to the face, which is flat almost like a human face, and small and oval; only its teeth have any power of expression, whether they are concealed or bared.

Galapagos

Galapagos

May 10, 2015 | Fiction | 0 comments

Mary Hepburn and the Captain had good teeth when they arrived on Santa Rosalia, although they were both well over thirty, thanks to regular visits to dentists, who drilled out rot and drained abscesses and so on. But they were toothless when they died. Selena...