It was forty-seven minutes after ten in the evening on a mid-March night when Landrigan pulled up his eye-shade, stared up at the white stuccoed ceiling, and announced - “I know what I am.” His companion of fifteen years four months and ten weeks but who was counting said, “What?” “I’m an egg,” Landrigan said. … Continue reading Egg (Microfiction)
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A curious writer versus AI “hallucination”
I use, among others, the Proton email service. I have no complaints about the email service.Awhile ago now, the same company who provides this email service also began to offer (and promote) Lumo.AI.I want to be very clear here - I have never used any AI to "write" any of my stories, poems, blog posts, … Continue reading A curious writer versus AI “hallucination”
Rabbit (Microfiction)
Rabbit found at the bottom of an empty coal bin, how lucky were you? How did you survive the initial shock? The loudest noise in the world, the world tumbling up and over and around and down around you, into the dark. Then waking, in a cave growing cold, with a bloody stranger whose first … Continue reading Rabbit (Microfiction)
Microfiction Monday – Untitled
Hello. I am continuing to participate in my regional online group's microfiction Monday's. (Mondays?) What happens is our dear leader gives us a theme of the month (which I usually ignore/forget) and a prompt for the week. We're supposed to limit ourselves to under 300 words, but I rarely do that. I am a chronic … Continue reading Microfiction Monday – Untitled
Excerpt from “Crooks”
Back in February, I wrote a story prompted by the theme "love and loss" and the word "evening." A later draft of this story is currently out there in the world looking for a home. This passage, which will introduce you to the speculative romance's dorky and homesick main character, was cut from an early … Continue reading Excerpt from “Crooks”
Kilmeny MacMichael 