Monthly Archives: November 2025

The Short Zombie War: Chapter 2

As in Chapter 1, this is modeled after Studs Terkel’s oral histories. The Pied Pipers My informant requested and received assurances of anonymity, as certain of this team’s actions were technically illegal. How did you get started fighting zombies? Well, … Continue reading

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The Short Zombie War: Chapter 1

This is modeled after Studs Terkel’s oral histories. I don’t believe a zombie apocalypse would work out quite as usually depicted. Mary Adams Mary Adams doesn’t look like a zombie fighter. She’s five foot two, and does indeed have eyes … Continue reading

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Homecoming

This is a little story set in Norway in the middle of a viral apocalypse. Something’s wrong. Don stopped, toolbox in hand, and glanced back at the job site, reviewing the wiring. No, nothing wrong there. Stowing the toolbox in the back … Continue reading

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Flying is for the Birds!

A short story about a young woman with a secret. Flying is for the birds! That’s what I thought, waking up in my dorm room two years ago, after the near-disaster of the party. And it had gone so well! … Continue reading

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The Time Machine

A consideration of what it means to use a time machine. The answer came to him in a dream. It was the old dream which he had not had for many years. He is riding home from school on his … Continue reading

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