Month: October 2021

Mindy didn’t mean to create a god. Few people do, really, and most of the ones that try generally don’t succeed. The esoteric books of complex rituals, spells, and incantations designed to incarnate the loose wisps of ethereal force into a sentient being capable of altering reality were highly coveted by secret societies and eccentric scholars alike, but the lore […]

You’re nowhere. You drift, lost and untethered. There was a word, a word with power, but you can’t remember it. You can’t remember anything. You’re here. You slip back into your body and its senses. Darkness. Silence. Warmth. Soft fabric against your skin and the faint scent of lavender in your nose. You open your eyes, but the darkness reveals […]

The program, one of several offered through a wellness program at your work, made you do a double take when you first read the description. A machine which is able to produce psychotropic states to rapidly develop new and improved habits has been making headlines, but what strikes you about this particular program is the description: “The nature and power […]

“Your Horoscope for Today” From the Searing Rock, NM Daily Shopper (circulation 1400), June 30, 2017: ARIES: The stars say this is a bad week to start new projects, as you’re likely to be exhausted simply dealing with the things already on your plate. Even reading this horoscope is tiring for you, the stars say. Your eyes start to lose […]

A Markov chain describes a sequence of events, each which have the probability to move from one state to another based on the state they are currently in. It provides a simplistic model for mapping the probability distributions over time for a series of states. One can choose to map the human brain, for example, and how it transitions between […]

As was typical of a Tuesday night, Everett was reading the paper in his chair in the living room (he had set it precisely so he could see into the kitchen from where he sat, so he could see his wife going about her business there) and Ada was back and forth in the kitchen. She was upset about something. […]

Caitlyn leaned over the edge of the couch, her eyes twinkling with amusement at the way Philip’s eyes suddenly tried very hard to be looking anywhere but into the valley of her cleavage. “Want to see my new necklace?” Philip stiffened slightly. He also tensed slightly. He tried to hold eye contact with her, determined not to give her any […]

Marta woke up to the sound of insistent hammering at the door. She’d had a long day of filming, followed by a longer night of…whatever it was, it had started with rum, she remembered that much…and she wasn’t sure how long the knocking had gone on before she even noticed it. Judging from the sound of the fist on the […]

It was a warm night so I just grabbed a light jacket as I left my apartment, heading uptown to meet my boyfriend. I was late as usual, so I decided to skip the el and just flag down a taxi. Fortunately, there was a hotel just around the corner where there was always a line of cabs waiting. The […]

Felicia wasn’t sure how long she’d been waiting. The room had a timeless quality to it; there were no clocks, and she’d left her phone and watch in her locker when she got undressed. The music that played had no discernible beginning or ending-chords flowed from one to the next without ever coming to a crescendo. The jasmine-scented air felt […]