Author's Note: This one wrote itself in a way. The sing-song rhythm that I invariably fall into when I read it wasn't planned at all. I think with a bit of massaging, it could probably be a great poem, but I really like it as it is. Which, now that I think of it, is … Continue reading Rapture
Tag: Supernatural
The Borrower
Author's Note: I would jump at the chance to be immortal. But there is a price to pay for everything, of course -- even if you aren't the one who has to pay it. Two hundred thirty-two years was a long time to live, anyone could tell you that. The teller would have no … Continue reading The Borrower
Pictures in the Sky
Author's Note: I recall feeling like there was some intrinsic connection between the names of the protagonist and his girlfriend in this one. I'm generally terrible at choosing character names, so I was happy to have found a pair that fit so well together, for whatever reason. It wasn't until years later that it dawned … Continue reading Pictures in the Sky
Popkin
Author's Note: After I realized in my early school grades that my fighting skills were woefully out of step with my temper, I learned to control myself. I got in only one real fight after that, in high school. My muddle-minded experience of the aftermath served as the seed of this story. Sam’s grandmother … Continue reading Popkin
It Began
Author's Note: It's interesting to imagine what the boundless curiosity and playfulness of a child would create, if only it could. Like all things living it began as a baby. It gurgled and squirmed and contemplated the darkness around it and imagined light. And then there was light. And its infantile imagination reeled at … Continue reading It Began
The Jewel in the Lamp
Author's Note: Something a little spooky for Halloween. I'm no Poe (no one is), but there's definitely a bit of inspiration from the master here. The lamp was really quite beautiful. Its various shades of purple glass cast soft, eerily romantic patterns of shadow and light on the wall, a fact that Thomas had taken … Continue reading The Jewel in the Lamp
Heath Fogelman, author 