Fiction

The Legendary Lowry Greither

He was under arrest in a foreign land, confident that the truth would set him free. But what was the truth?

Better Be Ready 'Bout Half Past Right

Washington: Colonel Dunlap's Coup

A fictionalized essay that has been circulating within the Pentagon offers a blunt warning on severalfronts

Slatland

For every situation there is a proper distance. Sometimes you need to rise above the earth to gain perspective

Nights Can Turn Cool in Viborra

“How lucky the Crimms are to have scraped acquaintance with me,” thought prizewinning travel writer Chick Jardine, ‘ for I seldom reveal my identity to ordinary people ”

Meeting the Queen

Courier

He was tired, he said, of feeling sorry for both of them. Then don’t come back, she said

Release

He’d been warned to be cautious, but after years of prison he intended to enjoy his freedom fully

The Pink House

He did not want a swimming pool, or walk-in closets. He wasn’t sure he wanted to buy a house in the first place. His wife and son, however, hoped to show him the way

Ichthyology

He gazed into the eyes of the orangestriped fish and for a moment felt as if he, too, were floating, rocking, oddly out of place