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February 17th I remember specifically one exchange; “You can’t put that in coffee!” “You can put anything in coffee.”

I had multiple missed calls from him the following morning. I also received some texts with an overtly aggressive tone. When I responded, he called me, hung up on me, and called me back only to hang up on me …

The All-Natural man awakes in the morning with the firm and pleasing belief that the world is there for his benefit. He spends the hours of the day in prosperous toil and the nights in depraved debauchery. The All-Natural Man …

“I have lived now for thousands of years. Generations of people have born and died. Times of war, times of peace. Times of bounty and many droughts. But the people are always the same. Hateful. Hateful of their neighbours, hateful …

Official business. Strictly confidential. Must keep hush-hush, on a need-to-know basis. I’m what you’d call a Government Man, you see. 5 passports in a safety deposit box. Today I’m Lorne DeLancey, society schmoozer, and I play the part well enough.

Just let him try to rebel against me, his big brother. He has never, nor would he ever dare. He loves me too much, and understands deep down in his dog heart that I love him too.

“What are the variables which contribute to the success or, shall we say, failureee -” the Eugenicist savours the word “- of a living organism? Easy, easy, yes, I know, I know, nature and nurture, nature and nurture…of course…yesss. Well, …

The Party had started when Mr. Braunnfmann arrived...

They must get up early. The Construction Boys. To make the most of the day. The parables usually tell us that someone gets their blessing in the middle of work. That’s when god goes down to them, to give them …

In a moment all sense, all reason was lost. I knew it was coming. I knew it was wrong. I did nothing to stop it. I just observed the whole thing. She was mad with me. Of course. I was …

Recently, the Polack, who was still young enough to be considered a bachelor, had met a young and pretty woman. This woman told the Polack that she was from France, from a family of jewellers, and that back home, in …

“I can’t imagine being interested enough in somebody to do something about it”...

Prince Nazir, his softly oiled hair resting on a silk pillow imported from some far reach of the kingdom, from the oriental lands. His guards in their spiked helmets roaming the halls, ever-vigilant to encounter any assassin and thwart any …

...And down he descended many depths, deep in the hollow of the earth, a gaping dark cavernous ruin, he descended. And as the light faded the tunnel narrowed, until at last he was forced to find his way with touch …

I confess to my friend: I like your sibling.

There is a danger threatening the world. We humans have begun to divorce ourselves from the earth, from the primal essence of nature. We have begun to regard ourselves as masters of all, demanding that our every need be met …