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.
12 Sep 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The Blank Book That pure, white cloth had a marked effect on the diseased psyche of mankind. In the following days, either by chance or pre-arrangement, a small council of scholars and former disciples and aides of Luke, along with two popul...
11 Sep 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The last picture The catalyst in this strange formula was the plague. When it suddenly broke out the whole might of our medical industry was rallied against it and in the first few months there was some hope of a vaccine. But the swiftn...
11 Sep 2022 9 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Herbert Luke It's high time, I think, to look back a few more years and relate what I have been putting off in this narrative, that is, a brief history of the fall, and the first causes that brought on our revolution. It was a horri...
10 Sep 2022 17 minute read 1 comment Diomedes
My invention, 123rf.com Spring was here with its milder weather. My duties were light and varied, my health returned, and I enjoyed a pleasant renaissance of intellectual life. My curiosity revived. Around the huge, shadowy whales of pr...
10 Sep 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
A new continental highway Spring was here with its milder weather. My duties were light and varied, my health returned, and I enjoyed a pleasant renaissance of intellectual life. My curiosity revived. Around the huge, shadowy whales of...
9 Sep 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Wax tablet, twitter.com That first morning I could barely walk. I was led with the rest to the nearby wharves. The leader of our squad was the man who had pointed out my bunk. He was as sad and as taciturn as the rest and his only disti...
9 Sep 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Lickers I woke up to the sensation of Ben shaking my shoulder. My head was aching. It was the second hour of morning and the family were just preparing to go to the church service and on to work. They each bid me ‘good luck’ and thanked...
8 Sep 2022 10 minute read 1 comment Diomedes
Ben, ukrainianjewishencounter.org I came around just in time to find myself being dragged into a doorway by two men and then propped up on a bench against a wall. Then a woman came and began wiping my forehead and my bloodied hand with a...
