STSC Symposium

A sci-fi short story about propaganda and freedom

Jul 5 •

The Dreamer Who Wanted to Touch Grass

Fiction: Nothing existed. Except The Dreamer. So how could he touch grass? Or make love? Or be known? And so, The Dreamer decided to do what he does…

Jun 28 •

The Shadow Runner

Flash Fiction: The sport of running from myself

May 14 •

Fiction: In the third age, men defeated Sauron, but in the seventh age, they gladly and willingly gave him the whole world.

May 1 •

The Attention Deficit

Reflection #80: We have created an energy deficit by paying the world with too much of our egoistic attention and by not engaging in the re-creation of…

Apr 16 •

Modernity is Hell

Reflection #79: We, apparently, wanted hell, and so we built it. But there is a way out.

Apr 12 •

Apr 4 •

The Purple-Tinted Spectacle

Reflection #72: My kitten reminds me of the importance of leisure

Feb 20 •

Creativity is a Relief Valve

Essay: The relief valve and the Hope of Resolution

Jan 9 •

The Christmas Shaman

Flash Fiction: A spiritual journey through the nativity within

Dec 13, 2024 •

The Jester's Election

Fiction: An eight year old boy learns a truth about the world that most adults choose not to see, from an unlikely, and not entirely benign, source.

Oct 29, 2024 •

How to Grow Your Grimoire of Girlfriend Necromancy

Fiction: Mort the Necromancer is back, and he's stretched his Necromantic techniques to new heights, guaranteeing that he, and his newly raised dates…

Sep 28, 2024 •

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