Category Archives: Short stories

An Android called Philip, Part 2 (draft)

The interior of the house resembled a cave, Thurston thought. It was dark, damp and its emptiness echoed menace. There was a lot of menace gathered around them. Mary and Thurston stood in the room like defendants in the dock. They faced a table and large chair, the only furniture in the room. In the

An Android called Philip, Part 1 (draft)

Part I Androids can’t think, Thurston reminded himself. It was something he still had to get used to. He looked at the familiar, once lively face of the android. Dull eyes stared back at him. “Orders,” it said, its voice sounding mechanical. There was no question mark in the tone of its synthesized voice. All

Of Idea and Mankind: a fable

Once upon a time Idea led a happy life. It existed long before Mankind was born. Then Mankind came into the world. Idea did not know where Mankind came from but Mankind brought something that threatened Idea: Mankind brought Thought. And Idea did not like mankind. You see, Idea without Thought was free. Idea could

Story editing: an example

I thought it might be a nice idea to give you a little insight in the first round of editing of my next short story collection. I am currently re-working many of my short stories and hope to finish the book in a month or two. Just to show you what changes are typically made