There are little islands all around us. There are the kind in the sea that poke their heads above the water, but there are many other kinds of islands too. Many islands are ephemeral, like the floating icebergs that migrate through the seas, tumbling and turning as if they are living creatures. And then there … Continue reading Islands
“The juxtaposition of secular and religious architecture is clearly intentional.” The director of the Royal Academy of Arts makes his position clear. He and the other board members are analysing a contemporary photograph. “This is clearly an example of Pre-Warhollian Art.” “But the emphasis is on the air conditioning unit mounted on the church wall. … Continue reading The Royal Academy
Screech! Bam! Something’s happened. Everyone in the street cafes stops looking at their phones to see what just happened on the street in front of them. A car has hit a pedestrian on the zebra crossing. None of them saw it happen, but they’ve made up their minds: the driver was at fault. Their minds … Continue reading The Pedestrian
I don't know how I got here. The temperature is fine. I am not cold, I am not hot. It is very bright. The light is clean and crisp. The air is clear for a long, long distance ahead and up to the sky. The sky is not blue, it is iridescent. There are very … Continue reading Maurice
Dominato watches over the edge of the earth as the sun, once again, skirts the horizon before heading back the way it came. Flat-Earthers are ridiculed back on dry land for believing that the sun is a giant pendulum, constantly swinging back and forth. The astrophysicists, meteorologists, pilots and media are all doing a great … Continue reading Flat Earth
I was walking along a secluded beach when suddenly a goat appeared in front of me. I don’t know how it snuck up on me because the beach was wide, with nowhere to hide. We stood staring at each other for a moment. It was a stalemate. What was that goat thinking? A rumble came … Continue reading Atonement
The alarm clock goes off and Yanni lumbers out of bed. It’s seven in the evening. He pulls on his socks and changes his clothes. He doesn’t even brush his hair. It’s time to go to work. Yanni’s performance at school, ever since he was very young, doomed him to this fate. He was trapped, … Continue reading A Poor Career Choice
Joe was the king of his world. He knew that the universe was just a figment of his imagination. He'd read a Wikipedia article on solipsism. He'd seen the Matrix. He was woke. Because the universe was just a figment of Joe's imagination, anything that could be imagined, could become a reality. If Joe wanted … Continue reading The Solipsist
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