This is stolen? We’re

This is stolen? We’re in a stolen jet? Not stolen, said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot’s seat. Almost stolen, Grascious corrected. Semi-stolen, said Donegan. Quasi stolen, said Grascious. Aurora’s frown did not turn upside down. So is it stolen or not? Donegan and Grascious hesitated. Yes,they both said toghether. Derek Landy

Sometimes maybe you should

Sometimes maybe you should let someone you love travel great distances away from you. You shouldn’t think you needed to set out to retrieve them and put them back where they belonged. Sometimes they were only safe and happy, like Annabelle Aurora. And then other times, it was just possible they were lost at sea. … Read more

One of my pleasantest

One of my pleasantest memories as a kid growing up in New Orleans was how a bunch of us kids, playing, would suddenly hear sounds. It was like a phenomenon, like the Aurora Borealis — maybe. The sounds of men playing would be so clear, but we wouldn’t be sure where they were coming from. … Read more

Not as the plants

Not as the plants and flowers of Earth, growing peacefully beneath a simple sun, were the blossoms of the planet Lophai. Coiling and uncoiling in double dawns; tossing tumultuously under vast suns of jade green and balas-ruby orange; swaying and weltering in rich twilights, in aurora-curtained nights, they resembled fields of rooted serpents that dance … Read more

America’s gun culture demonstrates

America’s gun culture demonstrates itself in the Wild West, Dirty Harry mentality of people who actually believe that if a number of people were armed in the theater in Aurora, they would have been able to take down this nutjob in body armor and military style artillery. When in fact almost every policeman in the … Read more