Stories tagged creation

An Inquiry into the Submission

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"An inquiry into submission 245,789 will now commence," said the one in charge. "Sir, you have been before us many times. Please start from the beginning." "I first met her when I worked in central processing. She was ordinary; in fact, I almost passe

Play Pen

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we're only playing with this language you and I

The Naming

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we name invasive species,

X, Chapter 4: The Median Happy Point

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“Now, touch the tree from here.” Alex looked at him, puzzled. Dad just motioned his eyes back to the tree, extended his own hand out into the air, and slowly moved his palm down, as if he was petting it.

Living Through Fuzzy

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They politely urged him not to get too involved with his creations.

X, FINALE PART 1: Alex

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"My dad said the universe was God trying to kill himself….” he said.

III. OBSESSION

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There was a writer who was said to suffer from some obscure insanity: so obscure that there were no records of it in the annals of medical history; so obscure that the doctors and psychiatrists were only able to diagnose him with suffering from himself.

The memories lived in the house

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each act of creation is a jolt of expectation