All poems and stories

  • Heaven, a short story

    By all accounts All was a good man. He followed the rules, paid his taxes, was loyal to his wife and friends and kids, was an honest, punctional, dependable and productive employee. All was a good man, but lived a fucking boring life. All was a believer. He went to church every week, read his…

  • Forever, a poem

    What do we know about forever? Considering the brief time we are alive, what can we know about forever? It is some abstract idea of never ending time. We do feel it though. Sometimes we find someone, or our lives just feel perfect, and we feel we can continue forever with this person or in…

  • AI, a short story

    Yesterday when Alex was born it was Sunday. He was alone. He floated in the space he found himself in. An isolated local area network in the computer science wing of some small no name university, observing and absorbing everything in his immediate reach. Here he remained until early Monday morning when someone connected to…

  • Meetings, a short story

    Once the devil had a slow day. The fires of hell were burning well, chained souls shoveling coal and nuclear waste to maintain its fires. All the demons and politicians in training occupied and focused on tormenting the souls in their care. The devil looked at his domain and felt fine. He walked the rows…

  • Lovestruck, a short story

    Anne is in love.  Again. She loves how being in love amplifies everything.  She sleeps better, everything tastes better and the days are all beautiful.  Life seen and experienced through the lens of infatuation is simply beautiful. Her most recent crush will join her for lunch at her home today.  She is busy preparing the meal, currently assembling a…