All Things To All People
Crossroads The crossroads. This spot in the park had always felt somehow holy to her. She had never been exactly sure why, but it was the kind of spot she could imagine fairies gathering, leading their enchanted changeling away from the mourning…
From the moment Zeke stepped outside, he could tell it was a most peculiar day. If you had asked him what indicated this to him, he would not have been able to tell you—it was not anything that could be defined. But…
This is how it is going to happen. You will wander further and further off the path of what your life was supposed to be until you are in an entirely alien landscape. Old friends will form search parties, flashlights and bloodhounds…
Ice Cream She stood beside the ice cream truck, studiously examining the various frozen confections that were displayed on its side. There were so many choices and picking the proper one felt terribly important. She finally settled on a popsicle which consisted…
Tune It was only the last thirty-five seconds, but after four barren years that was enough. She sat there in her banged-up car, and as his familiar voice wrapped itself around her she felt like he was her Jimmy Stewart, wrapping her,…
The kittens played in the park. They liked the park, and the park liked them, or at least it would if parks could like things. It had been rumored that they could, and if the rumors were true, then this particular park…
I had a dream last night — it wasn’t a terribly good dream, but I’m going to share it anyway! Because I thought it was at least marginally interesting and in defiance of that old saw that there is nothing less interesting…
For those unfamiliar with Fluffy Ponies, here is the rough background. Back in 201X, Hasbio, the genetic engineering arm of Hasbro, developed a biotoy as the next phase of My Little Pony (which has become wildly, absurdly popular) merchandise. The fluffy ponies…
Cover of Time’s Arrow Martin Amis‘ Time’s Arrow is a pretty cool little novella. Or maybe it’s a novel, I don’t know. It’s either a long novella, or a really short novel. You can take your pick. It’s about 170 pages, at…
Image by wallyg via Flickr “Mr. Grey?” “Yes, Pinkerton?” “I’ve got a little bit of bad news.” “What’s that?” “We’ve just been raided.” “What?” “We’ve just been raided.”