A COLLECTION OF THE BEST short STORIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

A COLLECTION OF THE BEST short STORIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE


Whatever shape reality takes is often a reflection of the world around us. Through the art of storytelling, we are able to understand our society, our culture, and ourselves better.
Cultural Commentaries

A genuine REFLECTION OF THE human EXPERIENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD.

Why Queer Lit Is Important For Adults Too
In high school, I was a voracious reader. I devoured the books my friends lent me, and begged for bookstore trips, unable to resist setting one more book atop my massive to-be-read pile. I read a lot of books about me—a teenager who didn’t quite fit in social circles,...

Acid Rain Isn’t Always What You Think It Is
photo by mark chamberlain, courtesy of liz goldner Much has been made of late about Woodstock’s 50th anniversary: it was a milestone in a tumultuous time, an anarchic cultural gathering that managed, despite many slips in the mud, to reflect essential goodwill between...

Seasteading and the Blue Green Revolution
“The Floating City will serve as an incubation hub to develop wave energy generation technologies, floating solar, materials science, algae-based food and fuel, sea water air conditioning (SWAC), desalination, and marine education.” ---Joe Quirk, President of the...

From Beneath the Southern Cross | An Irreverent Look at Cannabis Culture in South Africa
To set the background, I am a 63-year-old, white (if that makes a difference) South African. Rather than choose the way of invisible pensioner, I was conned into writing, and when this opportunity came along, felt calling to become vocal. Been smoking dope since about...
Whatever shape reality takes is often a reflection of the world around us. Through the art of storytelling, we are able to understand our society, our culture, and ourselves better.

Cultural Commentaries


A genuine REFLECTION OF THE human EXPERIENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD.

Why Queer Lit Is Important For Adults Too
In high school, I was a voracious reader. I devoured the books my friends lent me, and begged for bookstore trips, unable to resist setting one more book atop my massive to-be-read pile. I read a lot of books about me—a teenager who didn’t quite fit in social circles,...

Acid Rain Isn’t Always What You Think It Is
photo by mark chamberlain, courtesy of liz goldner Much has been made of late about Woodstock’s 50th anniversary: it was a milestone in a tumultuous time, an anarchic cultural gathering that managed, despite many slips in the mud, to reflect essential goodwill between...

Seasteading and the Blue Green Revolution
“The Floating City will serve as an incubation hub to develop wave energy generation technologies, floating solar, materials science, algae-based food and fuel, sea water air conditioning (SWAC), desalination, and marine education.” ---Joe Quirk, President of the...

From Beneath the Southern Cross | An Irreverent Look at Cannabis Culture in South Africa
To set the background, I am a 63-year-old, white (if that makes a difference) South African. Rather than choose the way of invisible pensioner, I was conned into writing, and when this opportunity came along, felt calling to become vocal. Been smoking dope since about...