I am educated in the Western Classical Tradition, B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Latin and Greek, English major, one year at U. of Toronto, studied under Alain Renoir and Northrop Frye, read most classics full time for many years after university in French, English, Latin and Greek to the modern day. I am interested in the near future of technology, what changes it imposes upon our heritage and character as humans. Short stories and Essays are my medium.
17 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Gold River Lodge, Requa By mid afternoon we arrived in Klamath and soon after the turnoff to the tiny village of Requa. Just after we made that turn we had an unexpected surprise. There was a man on a farm tractor not a hundred yards away tillin...
16 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Mary, ready to go. It was as if AI knew everything and everybody. After another sensual tryst in bed, this time with Mary, I think the two women stayed up late because I heard them whispering away to each other and I heard Rich beginning to snore...
16 Feb 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The next morning we awoke to find them cuddled together between us. It was time to wake them up permanently. We used the same procedure, the bathroom sink as a seat and zapped them each for several minutes. Mary squealed. Tina took it silently...
15 Feb 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Rich and I began unloading the cart and stocking its contents in the kitchen. The women soon rose and dressed as we rearranged the room as it had been. I lit the grill and for dinner we ate two cans of beef stew and two of split pea soup. We’d...
14 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Two very different brains “Can we both go back inside?” Tina and Mary said, almost in unison. Mary continued, “I just don’t want to think about this right now”. “Sure darling, you two go back and stay safe. Rich, I think we should explore that h...
14 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
A deserted city, by Jocep Picon As our eyes adjusted to the light and the full panorama of the scene before us came into focus, I was thunderstruck again, this time it was shock. “My god” I exclaimed, “Our city is in ruins. It’s as if a nuclear b...
13 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The great outdoors It was nine at night and we’d talked for two pleasant hours, sharing our stories. Rich and Tina were also graduates of universities. Tina had a degree in art and took courses in home design and also drama. Rich had his in arc...
12 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Rich We sat down and shared our names. Our two new guests were Rich and Tina. Rich had shoulder length blond hair and a beard. It was curly but short and trim, only a few months growth at most, so he must have shaved occasionally. I must have...
12 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Tina awake I awoke next to her, our heads inches apart. I savored the feeling of her breath on my neck and wasn’t going to interrupt that. She was still sleeping so I let her be. I rose and discharged the ugly task of entering the dead couples...
11 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
“Your back”. I was overcome with emotion and gave her a long, tight hug. All the while she was looking at her surroundings and then I heard a gasp. She was gaping at her arm. “What’s become of me. I’m so thin?” “Darling, so am I. But I’m feed...
