Short Fictions

Other Short Fictions

Apocrypha

Apocrypha is about a man who loves a woman who doesn't love him back. It's about a fourth-dimensional machine that's millions of years old and speaks every language in the universe at once. It's about fifty scientists tasked with saving humanity from eating itself. It's about Chinese Rooms, Von Neumann Probes, and the Fermi Paradox. Hell, it's even about cowboys getting shot in the face. What more could you ask for?

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Fuck You, Stephenie Meyer

Fuck You, Stephenie Meyer is my very reactionary, tongue-in-cheek, and perverse take on the current onslaught of Vampire romance stories. It tells the sad story of a poor man from England who finds himself on American shores, heartbroken, and with an unusual, mutated strain of Vampirism. It isn't blood he needs to survive, but, well...

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Fairytales of New York

These are a series of short stories I wrote in single, short bursts of only a few hours. They were all done while I was attending NYU and mostly served the purpose of allowing me to write something of my own amidst an avalanche of research papers and creative writing exercises. I think what I enjoyed most about them was having my friends approach me the next day asking if I was okay. If, like them, you're wondering if they're true, I strongly suggest checking the page heading one more time.

The Last Sane Human HTML / PDF
The Taxicab Messiah HTML / PDF
The Pilgrimage HTML / PDF
The Feral Ones HTML / PDF
The Patron Saint of Violence HTML / PDF

The Lies that Bind

Based very loosely on the lyrics of a song called "Tell Me Why" by Jakalope, The Lies that Bind is the story of Bertram Beasley and his perfect life that seems to alter every time he has a lapse in memory. It isn't one of the most powerful pieces I've ever written, but it still maintains some element that continues to please me. Who knows? Maybe I just like the fact that I took a lawyer and ruined his life. It's not outside the realm of possibility.

The Lies that Bind HTML / PDF