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Dystopian visions: Flowers for Algernon

A bit of biology this time

21 hrs ago •

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Dystopian visions index

Reflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing * Humour

21 hrs ago •

Poetry Writing and Me

As someone who likes the idea of being a poet (and may even possess some small ability at it) but still finds the whole thing a little alien and strange…

Published on Soaring Twenties • Nov 19

Experiments in style: Bandit poem

Nov 17 •

Dystopian Visions: The Machine That Won The War

A story published over sixty years ago is still surprisingly relevant

Nov 14 •

Letter to Rebecca #24-23

Vets, pets, and rules of the game, plus a bunch of other stuff

Nov 13 •

Experiments in style: Problem Page

The 'bang on the head' story reimagined as a newspaper's weekly problem page.

Nov 10 •

Dystopian Visions: The Cold Equations

A cautionary tale

Nov 7 •

Start the week #85: Circularity

what goes around comes around

Nov 4 •

How I wrote the Mastermind version

plus a few general notes

Nov 3 •

Dystopian visions: Disappearing Act

Is computer programming etc enough?

Oct 31 •

Start the week #84

I'm back, as James Brown once sang.

Oct 29 •

Experiments in style: Mastermind

Oct 27 •

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