They were little girls. I watched from the bedroom window as the three of them crossed Harding Avenue to the Circle-K on Northcrest Drive. I never gave the sight another thought. A couple of months later, I happened to be in the Circle-K playing the arcade game ‘Tempest,’ when one of the little girls entered…

Inspired by a short piece of fiction written by H.R.R Gorman called, “Electric Nightmares.” The stench was horrible. It’s what brought Emergency Services to the apartment complex in the first place. They quickly located the source of the odor that the neighbors were complaining about. Martin Schmidt had been dead nearly a week, still seated in…

The small band of Eco-Warrior’s trudged towards the middle of the woods shortly before midnight. They were going to celebrate the Spring solstice by worshipping their goddess Gaia. They lit the bonfire, pounded on their handmade drums and store-bought tambourines, chanting all throughout the night. Round and round the fire, they danced, till sun up.…

“To tag or not to tag, that is the question,” Johnny chuckled while paraphrasing old Willy Shakespeare. He chose not to tag and for once it was a good decision. It wasn’t too long after that Johnny learned some secretive government agency was collecting blog author’s data. And not too long after that several hundred bloggers found…

There was time in ‘cowboy society’ that as long as you weren’t robbing or bloodying someone or rustling another fellas livestock, no one really minded what you did. Simply stated, “your business ain’t none of my business.” That’s all changed. At least with the Reno Rodeo it’s changed. As I walked to the front gate…

Paul had jus’ learned that his Dalmatian was completely deaf. This saddened him immensely. “There’s nothing we can do about it,” the dog’s veterinarian stated, “It’s inherent within the breed.” Still, it left Paul feeling shattered. Spot had been such a perfect little guy when he and his wife selected him from the litter. “So…

Subject ‘A’ analyzed the data sent to it and Subject ‘B,’ from Subject ‘C.’ It came in the form of a question, all part of the Turing ‘Party Game’ test. The machine enjoyed this particular test, matching its intelligence against humans. Subject ‘A’ almost wished it could smile, as it purposely responded incorrectly.

“They used to call me ‘Old McDonald’ or ‘Farmer John’ as a way of teasing me. But now they’re simply calling me ‘crazy’ and want to sign me up for the nearest rubber room,” Mike stated calmly to the therapist sitting in front of him. Quietly she listened, scribbling notes on a pad before asking…

Cat did not miss the human. Till it came to the can opener, where Cat was more fore-paw and less four fingers and a thumb. Only then did Cat realize humans usefulness.

With many pardons to the late Paul Harvey… And on the eighth day, God made the farmer to till the earth and grow crops. On the ninth day, God made the dog to be man’s best friend and a true companion. But on the tenth day, God looked down on his unlearned children and said,…