Selected articles, stories, and notes. Total entries: 3.
The old librarian Elai had spent his entire life collecting words. His vast hall, the Temple of Signposts, stretched its vaulted ceilings toward the sky. On thousands of shelves lay scrolls containing the most beautiful truths ever discovered by humanity. There were treatises on Mercy, volumes on Universal Love, hymns to Brotherhood, and...
Lena called on Thursday, for the first time in six months. "Are you still writing?" she asked instead of hello. "Sometimes," I said. "Why?" "No reason. I just wanted to hear the voice of someone who still writes." We fell silent. Wind rustled in the receiver - she was outside, a rarity these days. "I disconnected from the Feed," Lena said. "A week...
Mark finished the final solo. His fingers, obedient as trained animals, raced down the neck, pulled a last, wailing bend, and froze. A heartbeat of silence detonated into a roar. In the glare he saw hundreds of raised hands, mouths open mid-scream, faces slick with sweat and awe. They got what they came for. He gave it to them. He smiled the...