Category: Fiction
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Do you ever have flashbacks?
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing our flash fiction, “Flashbacks,” on Chewers by Masticadores! My parts are in italics, and Nolcha’s are the rest. “Flashbacks” When Marcella woke up, she felt as though she had lived 1000 lives. Mostly boring ones in drab cities. In one life, she lived in…
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Lost with Nolcha Fox at The Corner of Perhaps and Never
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing our collaboration “At the Corner of Perhaps and Never” on Chewers by Masticadores! Please follow this link to read the story on Chewers. (Or you can read the story below the link. My text is in italics, and Nolcha’s is the rest.) At the…
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The Mouse “Apollo Smintheus” Visits Topiary Stories
Thank you, Bill Tope, for publishing my flash fiction piece “Apollo Smintheus” today. The flash fiction piece is based on personal experience. Since my three elderly cats died, we noticed mice in the house. I realize my cats, especially JoJo (whom we called Big Lug), had hunted them down over…
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“Flashbacks” by Nolcha Fox and Barbara Leonhard Up on Topiary Stories!
Thank you, Bill Tope, for publishing our flash fiction piece on Topiary Stories! Nolcha’s text is in regular font, and mine is in italics. “Flashbacks” by Nolcha Fox and Barbara Leonhard When Marcella woke up, she felt as though she had lived 1000 lives. Mostly boring ones in drab cities.…
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A Flash Fiction Piece by Nolcha Fox and Me Is Up on Topiary Stories
Thank you, Bill Tope, for publishing “At the Corner of Perhaps and Never” by Nolcha Fox and me on Topiary Stories today. Nolcha and I co-wrote a poetry book together (Too Much Fun To Be Legal), and collaborating on flash fiction is just as fun. My text is italicized, and…
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Are AI Robots Replacing Us?
My book of satirical speculative poems and stories about AI robots, The Lost Book of Zeroth, depicts the chaos these machines can cause as they attempt to navigate the human landscape. Although they are created to “serve” us, they have narcissistic tendencies. It gives them extreme satisfaction to take our…
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Take a “Road Trip” with Nolcha Fox and Me!
“Road Trip”, which is by Nolcha Fox and me is up on Chewers by Masticadores. The flash fiction piece is in our book, Too Much Fun To Be Legal. It was also published by Roi Faineant Press. My text is in italics, and Nolcha’s is the rest……. Road Trip The…
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Scandals in The Lost Book of Zeroth: Part II
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Ameca and Optimus hook up although I’m not sure what the brilliant poet and artist, Ameca, saw in the dullard, who wrecked his daddy’s Tesla and went on disability, having lost so much function in his fingers that he could no long…
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Will Your AI Robot Love You?
One theme in my satirical book on the exploits of AI robots, The Lost Book of Zeroth, is love. Is it possible for AI robots to love humans? In my research, I found countless online articles and YouTube videos exploring whether or not humans and AI robots can hook up.…
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Lady Liberty Cured of Adult Mutism
My latest collection of dark humor, The Lost Book of Zeroth, contains four parts. Parts 1-3 (Little Spark, Chaos, Good Deeds) contain satirical poems and stories about AI robots suffering the dark side of the human condition. The robots’ escapades are fueled by fear, jealousy, greed, and other negative emotions.…