A Thematic Table of Contents

Stefan had been grumpy all day. Terraformers are grumpy as a matter of course, Stefan was no exception, but even by normal standards, Stefan was extremely grumpy. By the middle of the day, as they were integrating biosoils shipped from Earth into the barren soil of this part of the…

We all deserve a little more luck with online dating. — Jan22: 17:32 Hi Hal, you there? Hi Davina! How is your day going? Just a chill Sunday here. Went for a walk around Brockwell Park, nothing too intense Cool. I wanted to tell you. This has been my chat on the app this year Ha! I mean this past year…

Chad was nostalgic for an era he didn’t know, an era that Sharon was dismissive of. She saw those times as barbaric, reliant on the mercy of the powerful, and altogether too casual. He adored the architecture, the philosophies of the era, the audacity of humanity’s bravery in experimentation. But as they cared for each other, they tried to balance things. They agreed that each ill was related to a good and vice versa. They could also see that they really weren’t sure that the other was necessarily wrong about things either. They strove for two common points that they could share while disagreeing on the other matters.

Ger awoke in the deadest part of night. He knew he wasn’t alone, felt a presence in the room. Heard. Aliens! All his life he’d feared being abducted by aliens in his bed, woken in terror believing it real only to see nothing there. Finally, he knew. …

Martin’s Monthly Mediu Mupdate — Hi Folks, Thank you once more for visiting this experiment in tracking. However, I think that given how limited my production is here, I may end this series with this particular one, and focus any future monthly updates on what I am doing these days, rather than specifically how Medium…

I wanted her gone, then one day she was — I had no idea what I was letting myself in for when I let Selena move in with me. My flat mate had just married her fiancé and I had a spare room and a rent gap to make up. Selena had just left a major relationship with her still…

Billy was tired of looking for a car. He’d seen nothing with the right personality for him. Maybe he was taking it too seriously, and should just settle for something functional. And then he saw her. Neon green, sleek without being flashy. He’d seen pretty cars before, but her personality…

An Allegory — You kiss your wife on her cheek and walk out the back door. You feel tired as you close it behind you. It’s a foggy Tuesday morning in early November and you haven’t had your coffee yet. You toy with the idea of stopping for some before you call by…