Blackbird

Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Court (with apologies to Wallace Stevens) I. Among millions of pregnant persons, the only moving thing was the sperm and egg of the unborn. II. I was of three minds, but none of them mattered to the blackbirds sitting on the bench. III. The…

First published 27 December 2018 via SBS. The tragedy and heartbreak of the “blackbirding” era has had a ripple effect all throughout the Pacific, yet it’s a history that remains largely under-acknowledged and unknown. There are some stories that never leave you — they exist in your waking thoughts, your…

Here A um! Feast yer een, ladies! Painch stawed wae wurms an berries, thrapple throbbin wae seelie sang! Whit a specimen, eh? Haud oan! Wha’s this baloo? Sum full-throatit joker’s edged intae ma patch. Och, A cannae ootdae that… Sae be it. Time tae pit ma yella neb tae wurk. Written for the Scottish Book Trust’s 50 Word Fiction competition (“Blackbird” March 2022)

Good morning! It’s bright outside, I’m reasonably well rested. It’s Friday, soon it will be weekend. Today I am working on my project. I want to understand the structure and function of an image database. A few mails done for OMDS. Yesterday I got rid of some bigger chunks. I…

As the Nevada cannabis market began to take shape, one important piece of the puzzle was glaringly missing: banking. As a distributor, this meant Blackbird was handling a lot of cash. Constantly. We started our company in Reno, Nevada but also leased a space in Las Vegas pretty early on…

Swamped with endless school work and consumed with perpetual sleep deprivation, I needed a moment to breathe. I got up from my desk for the first time in days and went to sit outside. It was 6 in the morning, the skies were blue and the birds were chirping but…