A baker's dozen
Of speculative fiction
Varied short stories
Could humanity
Survive extinction event
With two years warning?
A plane will soon fly
A cargo of hate that ends
Our Earth and much more
What would dolphins learn
About humankind if we
Could speak in their tongue?
Would the attainment
Of absolute truth result
In joy or despair?
Can the least of us
Be a god in his own right
To species unknown?
Should we take the word
Of professional critics
As to what is art?
Can a long-dead witch
Give a chance for redemption
To one who is lost?
Secret of the Sphinx
To be revealed in prime time
Sure you want to watch?
If you find true love
In a most unlikely source
Don't turn it away
Alien bearing gift
Of life-long health and foresight
Accept it or pass?
What can a man do
When dreams want to live through him
And cost him his life?
Come take a journey
Of inner and outer space
On these themes and more
Dec 12, 2020
Dec 12, 2020 at 2:30 AM UTC
A baker's dozen
Of speculative fiction
Varied short stories
Could humanity
Survive extinction event
With two years warning?
A plane will soon fly
A cargo of hate that ends
Our Earth and much more
What would dolphins learn
About humankind if we
Could speak in their tongue?
Would the attainment
Of absolute truth result
In joy or despair?
Can the least of us
Be a god in his own right
To species unknown?
Should we take the word
Of professional critics
As to what is art?
Can a long-dead witch
Give a chance for redemption
To one who is lost?
Secret of the Sphinx
To be revealed in prime time
Sure you want to watch?
If you find true love
In a most unlikely source
Don't turn it away
Alien bearing gift
Of life-long health and foresight
Accept it or pass?
What can a man do
When dreams want to live through him
And cost him his life?
Come take a journey
Of inner and outer space
On these themes and more
My newest book of short stories, Echoes of the Mind's Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories, has just been published (eBook and paperback versions). You can preview it at all major book retailers, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Apple Books. The book contains ten short stories from my previous collections (Mindscapes and Book of Dreams) newly edited and updated, as well as three new short stories.
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