Field Recordings

Back in the northern colony they had begun to preparing everyone for starvation. For death. And now were there any left? The Dun-in-man man lived. The Dun-in-man could stumble upon her. She almost wished he would. Two against a pack meant blood, flesh, skin, and bones to nurse for the winter. Would he take her too? She did not know. The colony; the constable swinging his weight around the gated property to keep everyone on their toes. As food supplies grew short so does patience. Paranoia begins. She is the first to leave. "The colony,” she whispered. She placed the pot on the stove, pulling her blankets close. Fever sweat rolled off her forehead. "I, Tiresias," featured in Common Oddities Speculative Fiction Sideshow  , was composed during the period  where I researched the prophet Tiresias, and explored his and her transformations. The story began as a what if scenario: what if one of the last people on the planet were a FTM character? How would she be treated?  Wo...

The "Tiresias Poems" from All My Rowdy Friend s are featured in this anthology about myth and magic, folklore and legend.  You can read about it and buy it here.

Up on Red Paint Hill . "Terry At the River" is about the seer Tiresias, and "Shopping in Late Autumn At The Hospice Thrift Shop" is about a store in  Berlin I visited once after judging a Poetry Out Loud competition.