Category: Stories
-
Pi Day
As today is 3/14, it’s come to be recognized as International Pi Day. It also happens to be Albert Einstein’s 145th birthday. Both of these facts appeal to me because years ago, I obtained a degree in astrophysics from a small school in the desert Southwest called the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.…
-
WILD WAILING IN THE WOOD
Howdy. Would you like to hear of another tale from the wicked land of Valmar, Delaware? Well then, here you are. Stay aware, and stay safe. SEPTEMBER 10th, 1970 Middle age injected a yearning for the hunting life into me, and so, on the advice of a friend, I purchased a small house in the…
-
PATRONYMIC
Greetings. It’s Monday, and I have another dark thread to pull for y’all. This came to me on a bright Sunday morning, and I wrote it right away. Please partake, share your thoughts, and enjoy. I inherited the land on a torrential Tuesday, a sparse acre of unattended, torpored grass and covert woodlands just outside…
negatrite!
-
COBBLESTONES HOLD THE DARKEST MATTER
Hello. Would you like a piece of flash fiction horror for your day? Very well. May I introduce you to ‘Cobblestones Hold The Darkest Matter’. Enjoy. February The Fifth, 1844 Gabriel Johns followed the changing shape of the world before him. The Delaware river in the distance, vast, still, the greatest harbinger of peace he…
negatrite!
-
The Hungur Chronicles
Last week, I received my contributor copy of the Samhain 2023 issue of The Hungur Chronicles, which proved to be a nice, early Holiday present. This semi-annual, digest-sized magazine edited by Terrie Leigh Relf and Robert Bellam features stories and poems about vampires, with a special emphasis on vampires who have a connection to space.…
David Lee Summers
-
Book Review: Your Arms Around Entropy
Every now and then one encounters an extraordinary author. A writer who’s a magician with his or her pen. And over the course of the past 9 years, I’ve been very fortunate to find several such authors. One of those is Brian Fatah Steele. I’ve read his short story collection Your Arms Around Entropy and…
-
Mathematical Horror
I have a degree in physics and physicists use mathematics as the language to describe the phenomena they examine. In fact, my degree was so steeped in math, that I seriously contemplated a math degree in addition to my physics degree. Many of my contemporaries at New Mexico Tech did just that. We use vector…
David Lee Summers
-
Blood Drops:
Welcome to an informal gathering I call Blood Drops, a random dose of horror flash fiction (1,000 words or less) coming at you from out of the darkness. For this inaugural post, I’ll introduce you to the first piece. I call it, ‘The First Prick’. Give it your attention and response, please. I encourage my…