Stone Walls
There are giant stone walls that separate us.They’re six feet thick and six feet high.They form a box and close you in,on top and bottom and every side. I’m not the one who built these…
Month: May 2020
Moments at Gol: Chapter 11 – Spock
I – am. I am told that there is no one with my experience in living memory. I am told that the process I underwent, the fal-tor-pan, is so rare as to be almost unheard…
The Dandelion’s Lament
~ by Caitey Gehan A dandelion felt sadas she watched the other flowers grow.They grew tall in shrines of dirtthe people made long ago.Admired for their beautywhile the dandy was just a weed!The flowers seemed…
The Rainy Day
~ by Donna L. Ferguson Dudley She's stomping through the puddles; how she loves to make them splash!She loves the Spring rains very well, but not the lightning flash!So, only during gentle rains, she takes…
Moments at Gol: Chapter 10 – Sulu
The air up here was so thin that it left him gasping. Sulu had done his share of high-altitude hiking on Earth, but Earth had nothing on this. At base camp on Everest the air…
Teenagers in the Book Store
~ by Lawrence (Mack) Hall There were three, two of them flitting about,the third was sitting cross-legged on the floorin a sweater and jeans, her shoes kicked off,quite lost in a slender paperback of verse.…
Liturgical Art: My Story
My name is Paul Nixon. I am an artist/sculptor living in Greensboro, North Carolina. Much of my work involves making croziers for bishops as well as other liturgical art throughout the USA. I would like…
Moments at Gol: Chapter 9 – Scott
Montgomery Scott was the first to admit that he was too well-insulated for Vulcan. Even if he had chosen to recline on the sand in no more than bathing trunks, something he would never inflict…
Just Wait and See: Chapter 9
~ by M. C. Pehrson Susan and Tommy recovered their health. Now that they were up and out of bed, it became harder for Emma to visit the attic. Often, she waited until after bedtime…
“Good People” and Paradise
In order to get to heaven, is it only necessary that we be a “good person”? This is a question that has been asked, and slapped down, within Christian rhetorical circles on a regular basis.…