Lessons The Hidden Features 21 Feb 202228 Feb 2022 Big and Small) A couple months ago I saw the new Dune movie based on the novels by Frank Herbert. I had heard of the Dune stories before, but this…
Short Stories The Salt Worms: Part Fifteen 8 Dec 202115 Dec 2021 As Nathan stumped across the salt, weary and delirious, his mind went back to that last conversation with Manuel. "Hey, come back here," Manny had said. "What?" Nathan asked. "We…
Lessons The True Character Revealed 1 Nov 20213 Nov 2021 Dodging the Truth) At the start of the 1999 film The Matrix, Neo already knows that the world is hiding something from him. Somehow the life that surrounds him seems…
Short Stories The Salt Worms: Part Eight 20 Oct 202130 Dec 2021 Nathan made one more look up and down the table, but absolutely no one was willing to meet his gaze. "Well..." he said softly. "Alright then. I guess there's no…
Short Stories The Salt Worms: Part Six 6 Oct 202130 Dec 2021 Nathan's eyes darted down to the backpack he was clutching to his chest. "Don't do it!" Manny said hotly. "We always said we'd protect it, no matter the cost!" "But…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Part One 3 Sep 202020 Dec 2021 "There's no elders around to see," Bovik rotated his head on a swivel. "Show us, Reis." "You think it's a matter of being caught by the elders?" Reis frowned disapprovingly.…
Short Stories Boat of Three: Part Three 6 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 And so began the long tedium. Each man took his rest, the others continued rowing during the interim, and then all progressed forward as quickly as they could. Though each…
Lessons You Never Really Knew Me 3 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 Characters Exposed) Stories have the unique ability to show us things about their characters that we could never know about another person in real life. At their most intimate, they…
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