Field Recordings

"End of the World and a Cup of Coffee" and "Chase" are included in Pea River's Fall Issue, Worksongs for the Apocalypse . Thanks so much Pea River! from "End of the World..." Everyone loves a fresh start; which is why apocalypse looks so inviting. Something better than buying and spending, and being so angry all the time. Tidelawn, salt grey pines, roads disappearing under all that water. That too, a kind of spending. Can the Dutch save us? I have doubts. from "Chase" Shotgun pellets rattle oak, thin thunder aches beyond the miles.     Storms smells ripen. Two of us turn left, the other three have cracked the bamboo, but they will leave trails, a wide broken swath, and blood cut from sawgrass growing between.     What did you say? Before the strike broke over the sky? Safe is the country that outlaws make?

Part two of my serial, "How the Dun-in Man Got His Name" is available in Helios Quarterly. The Dun-in Man is a mute outlay scout in a future where global warming has flooded the East Coast. The country has reorganized to the middle, leaving the coasts, and flooded cities to pirates, marshpunks, and outlaws. Several Dun-in Man stories have been published, telling stories from different stages of his life.

The third of the stream world stories hit interweb stores this week. Marley, the young forensic doctor, from "Marley and the Dead" sends her staff to research Trashman's tech in "Kit in the City. Marley and the Bosses." Yeah, I know. A dull title to say the least. I feel like I can divide my work in half--by great titles and functional titles. Digressing... Stream world takes place in megacities of the future. There is no privacy per se. One's cyber life is an open book if you choose to look. There is a low grade kind of telepathy among the educated, because your vitals are broadcast, as well as your email, and your social contacts, and your viewing habits. Citizens with medical backgrounds can read more than just your kinky browsing history. The first of the stream stories to be published was: " The Play is the Thing "  A love story, and an homage to Shakespeare. Followed by " Marley & the Dead"   A moody character driven...