Dan stood by the window of Hod's study, watching the storm outside. The fire cracked and popped in the hearth. Hod sat on a huge, scarlet armchair, patterned with subtle, yellow flowers, in his magenta smoking jacket, - with the black, velvet trim - the paragon of fine sensibility and sophistication. "I wouldn't have taken … Continue reading Thrown-Away Ship
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Drain
Cai took Dan to a tailor, and that evening they appeared at The Alley Cat - a premier entertainment venue, featuring on its stage, every night, diverse acts, from contortionists and disappearing magicians, to traveling troupes of escape artists. Circular tables, covered with black tablecloths, were each lit with one red candle, in a circular … Continue reading Drain
Rain Shadow
Ran rolled the small amount of water around in her flask. What if she were to chug the whole thing down, right now, and feel refreshed, only to feel greater thirst later? Instead, she took the smallest of sips. Ran was lost. It was only supposed to be a two-hour hike to Riverside, but it … Continue reading Rain Shadow
Surreal and Beautiful
The first stars poked out, like holes bored into the fabric of the sky. Jan and Alli sat, as they usually did, on the porch, facing Jan's backyard. They were drinking mint juleps. Jan pulled a blanket around herself, shivering in the evening cold. "Sometimes, I miss Nealy," Alli began. "Why?" Jan asked, turning around, … Continue reading Surreal and Beautiful
Surface Effects
Of all the characters in "2001: A Space Odyssey," the most memorable is the pensive, hyper-focused, if only a bit mournful, Bowman (given the music that plays when the crew is introduced, the Gayne Balley Suite, while he is running and drawing pictures of his comatose crew-mates in hibernation). He is like a cross between … Continue reading Surface Effects
A Donation of Sense
An instance of denotation, manifestation and signification failing to support sense, is Alice losing her name.[1a] Alice loses the name that denotes and signifies her. Hence, sense is separated from the three dimensions of proposition. There is a regressive denoting of further senses.[2a] From Latin, and later, French – doner, donnes – comes the English … Continue reading A Donation of Sense
