‘Atonement’
I placed my gun and badge on the table. The commissioner looked at me, shocked. “There’s no need for that, Hulce,” he said. “You have been exonerated.” “I quit,” I …
Category: Fiction
A little thing that drives me nuts
So I just finished Jane Yolen and Adam Semple’s The Last Tsar’s Dragons. It’s a story of events leading up to the Russian Revolution, seen through the eyes of Tsar …
‘Asepsis’
“Do you have anti-bacterial soap?” “Sure. I got some from Bath and Body Works. Good stuff. Help yourself.” Delilah watched Nikos get up and walk into the bathroom. She had …
‘KYOO-PŎ-LĂ: n. a small dome on a roof’
The guard looks at you strangely for half a second when you tell him your destination, but then he smiled and explains how to reach it. You walk through a …
‘April Fools’ Day’
“Hey. Change the clocks. It’s Daylight Savings Time.” He grunted. He rolled over. “Is it forward or backward?” “We lose an hour.” “That doesn’t help.” “Forward, you big dummy.” Allen …
‘Verité’
Napoleon Fish looked at his visage in the mirror and thought seriously about shaving his beard and moustache. Brown beady eyes stared back at him with wish fulfillment dancing in …
What is the point of Sherlock Holmes?
When I attended the Mysticon SF con back in 2018, one of the panels I sat on was on Sherlock Holmes, particularly the TV series Sherlock and Elementary. At some …