A selection of fiction that I hope you will find entertaining and thought provoking.
The House That Love Built
The evening was setting in quickly, the forest let little light in as I looked for a clearing to setup my camp. This was the third night of hiking through dense woods rarely seen by others. When this trip started I decided to explore more, to avoid the well known trails. I wanted to see new things, drink from springs few knew existed, touch trees that no other human has touched, I wanted to dream in places no person had dreamt before.
Read more…The Precipice
The darkness is oppressive. The sky, starless; the world, grey. You stand, alone, weary after much toil, at the edge of a cliff. You struggle to see in the stifling darkness. Looking down, you see the edge, and the abyss. Long have you journeyed, a lifetime spent to move forward, only to find there is no forward left. Ahead of you lies utter darkness. Not the darkness of night when no stars are to be seen, or the darkness of the deepest and most isolated parts of the universe, this is darkness beyond imagination or comprehension.
Read more…The Reset
This short story is about the pain of wounds that never heal; it discusses suicidal thoughts, depression, and the lengths people will go to in order to escape the pain of the past. Drafting this story began in December of 2022, and was inspired by a research article on human memory which alluded to therapeutic uses of memory alteration. As a long-time student of psychology, and specifically personality disorders, I’ve always been interested in how people deal with trauma and pain.
Read more…The End
This is a short story about death, and what comes after. As is most of my writing, this is somewhat dark. However, it does contain sensitive topics and may be disturbing to some. Humanity has always had a complex relationship with death and the dead, and the most burning question for many people is what happens after we die. As an atheist and as a person with a particular interest in philosophy, this is something that I’ve thought about quite a bit.
Read more…The Hibbing Test
The idea for “The Hibbing Test” began in 2015 with a documentry on how humans perceive risk, how they would bet or cash out when playing with free money, and what that exposed about how they saw the world. This story sees a world that becomes dominated by that difference, with one group given power, and the other religated due to their view of the world - and how risk perception plays into it.
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