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The Last Death – A Parable

April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

The Last Death After Franz Kafka "But death, insofar as it belongs to me and belongs to me alone, since no one can die my death in my stead or in my place, makes of this non-possibility, this impending future of mine, this relation to myself always open until my end, yet another power."  - … Continue reading The Last Death – A Parable

The Smoke Over Turisall – A Story

April 3, 2018 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

The Smoke Over Turisall The old man laid on a bed of furs. Minks, bears, otters, and squirrels were all stitched together into a massive wrap, cocooning his frail body like a sickly butterfly. He clenched a long, ancient pipe between his teeth. It would have been worth something once, finely crafted with minute engravings … Continue reading The Smoke Over Turisall – A Story

Report from Orion-13: A Story

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

A Report from Orion-13 With Respects to Ursula K. LeGuin and Stanislaw Lem To begin at the beginning, my arrival on Orion-13 was utterly uneventful. Or, at least, as uneventful as interstellar travel can ever be. To awake on a world apart is no small shock, no matter how many times one may travel by … Continue reading Report from Orion-13: A Story

Notes from a Madhouse: A Story

January 18, 2018 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

With Respect to Nikolai Gogol 1835­­­­ Why am I here? What offence, what crime, what ungodly act have I committed to deserve such a fate as this? To be surrounded by madmen! 1835 Dear reader, whoever you may be, let me enlighten upon you my current situation. My name is Francis, and it is my … Continue reading Notes from a Madhouse: A Story

A Cold Wind: A Story

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

After Vladimir Nabokov The wind blew in from the window, waking the student from his sleep. Wisps of cold air licked playfully at his arms from the edge of the bed before being smothered by the muggy summer heat. As usual he awoke in his cage of pages. His Tower of Babel formed of the … Continue reading A Cold Wind: A Story

The Cauldron

October 31, 2015March 8, 2016 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

Last year I wrote an experimental short story that I was considering submitting to a weird fiction collection for relatively unknown writers. But, as things so often do, time passed me by and I never got the story fully finished. I haven't been able to bring myself to polish it up, but I put enough effort … Continue reading The Cauldron

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