The smoke from the forest fires made beautiful sunsets. Wes marveled at the intense oranges and reds as he reached into his small sweaty Coleman cooler and pulled out an Olympia beer and popped the tab. He shifted in the beat up lawnchair, held together with a judicious application of duct tape. The pain in …
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The Cowboys on Dinosaurs
Sheriff Buck Houston kicked a burnt and charred piece of wood, the remains of a small campfire, from a ring of stones with his booted foot. He knelt down next to the ring of stones and picked up a small piece of cloth, the edges burnt away by the fire.  The centrosauruses tethered to the …
The Third Diaspora
The concept behind this short piece of fiction started when a friend wrote a short piece of fiction about a guy who was working at a particle collider and dealing with all sorts of bizarreness. It was inspirational and I wanted to piece together an anthology of similar stories… common people in crazy circumstances. Even …
The Scott Dialogues: Aesthetics Part I – Is Art Beautiful?
Originally published Wednesday, August 18, 2004 The following is a transcript of a conversation recorded October 8, 2002 at a diner on Clark Street in Chicago. The person who made the recording prefers to remain nameless as his or her actions may actually be deemed criminal. What you are about to read is in fact …
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Unfettering
Originally published Thursday, August 19, 2004 He dangled, in midair, his right arm stretched skyward. Pain burned through his hand, down his outstretched arm and into his bare torso. Nothing was actually visibly wrapped around his wrist, but he felt it. Whatever it was obviously suspended him, within a darkened void. No walls, no floor, …
Little-Known Facts About Giants
Originally published August 10, 2004 There are many little-known facts about giants. Did you know that giants never stop growing? Giants came into this world slightly larger than a normal child but where a normal child stops growing, the giant continues to grow. When the earth was created so were all the giants and since …