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.
23 Jul 2022 10 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Previous Chapter ... Miranda joins the fight. bikesrepublic.com Sheila jumped on the back of my bike and we sped off to the house, where they were, the survivors. I couldn’t explain such traumatic details in a corridor. The house was only minute...
22 Jul 2022 33 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Previous Chapter ... The next day they attacked. The next night we went on a similar raid but noticed they’d deployed patrol dogs. We shot those and a few soldiers with silencers. But they doubled their searchlights and we didn’t enter the fence...
21 Jul 2022 20 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Previous Chapter ... Bikers. The next morning I rose early and collected some favorite books for my backpack. I went to the bunker and knew exactly where they were. Almost as an afterthought I threw in some bottles and bags of coffee, until it w...
20 Jul 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Previous Chapter ... The Russians arrive. Back in our yard Sheila asked to take the three children directly to her loft. She knew her time with her son was limited and she wanted it all. She set them up with a movie and snacks while she dived into...
19 Jul 2022 9 minute read 3 comments Diomedes
Mexico City After Houston received us and our vaccine with open arms we sent an exploratory mission south, vehicles and gas tankers. They came back in three weeks unharmed. They met no resistance and found only a desert landscape, starving dogs in d...
19 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I came across this question on 'Quora' recently. It sparked some thoughts and I read a dozen replies, most of them citing our slow evolutionary change in looks and declaring that we'd look almost the same as we are now. I knew this was a ridiculous...
18 Jul 2022 11 minute read 3 comments Diomedes
Previous Chapter ... Sheila arrived on a bright morning, a soldier driving her in. We greeted her with hugs, Nancy was holding her child, squirming to be put down. Sheila knelt and gave him the tightest embrace, which he didn’t quite understand. We...
17 Jul 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I'm taking a break from my autobiography to give you the last four chapters of my novel 'Pandemica'. All the earlier chapters were included in my posts from last January to March. The book is not yet published but will be available on another site so...
16 Jul 2022 10 minute read 2 comments Diomedes
The Fallen Angel continued What really happened. Madeline listening goodfon.com/wallpaper/amy-green-blondinka-yuba.html A few weeks later our office moved. The bankruptcy had begun along with the move to the temporary bunker. I was there and at our...
15 Jul 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Fallen Angel A beautiful American journalist for the New York Times, now a crack whore of the projects of San Juan, met in a dive at three a.m. Cool wallpapers 2870179 Former journalist, crack addict, still stunning. We’d only been in the condo nine...
