NUCLEAR GEOPOLITICS AND PLATO by Gracjan Kraszewski
NUCLEAR GEOPOLITICS AND PLATO
in a Bunker thirty feet below ground,
100 years in the future
By Gracjan Kraszewski
Trends in Consumerism, Capitalism, and Need-Creation in the Affluent Peoples of the Euro-American West
(CCCP)
October 9th of Hans’ Year IV...
WHEN SUSAN MET BECCA by Carolyn Linck
When Susan Met Becca
Even in her kitten heels, Susan O’Leary swayed softly like the couples on the dance floor, as Etta James’s “At Last” blared from the sound system. She walked across the lawn...
SKELETON IN THE CESS PIPE by Max Watt
It was chaos in the close quarter lodgings. No matter where Mirka went people threatened one another and fought over scraps of food. Father had told him that it was where the hopeless gathered....
LOVE AND REBIRTH by Esther Neema
LOVE AND REBIRTH
The bell was ringing. They heard it! It was grand! Three times it rung! Each time it rung louder than the last. Gong! Gong! Goooooong!
“Another one has died!” Bibi whispered, as...
NEXT by John Young
Since her death six months earlier, all sanity for Graham has been compressed within the contours of challenges, bright, tightly bordered oases of purpose and achievement in a world, flat and grey and devoid...
THE CASUAL THINKER by Marcus Berkemeier
The Casual Thinker
Many consider Samantha to be my best girlfriend since we’ve known each other for at least five years and, most weekends in Los Angeles, we are inseparable. She is the prettiest girl...
BAR THE DOOR by Carolyn R. Russell
Bar the Door By Carolyn R. Russell
I received the emailed query just before my nightly rounds: lock up the front door, turn off the house lights, check the thermostat, bar the rear slider door...
SCIENCE PROJECT JOURNAL by Robert Dukelow
Science Project Journal
Results of a Giant Sequoia Gene Spliced to a Lima Bean Plant
Introduction
Mr. Johannsen, our science teacher, told us if we wanted to earn an A+ this year we needed an...
PLEASANTNESS by Peter Able
Pleasantness
by Pete Able
I took my wife out on the town. It was the same old town but a new restaurant we hadn’t been to before. An experience that I hoped would slightly expand our...
PLAYING FROG by Cathy Adams
Playing Frog
Justin wanted to get up from the floor board, but the game wasn’t over. He was still the turtle, and until Maggie called “frog” he had to stay there or he wouldn’t get...