The Soul of Wit

An unexpected event can change everything, especially when things are not as they first appear. This has always been true, and will remain true in the future. Here are three tales of chance encounters and the changes they bring, set sometime beyond the day after tomorrow.

“Swept Away” – All Richard wanted to do was relax and read a book....

Look over your shoulder, but don’t turn around. Here at the edge of reality, things are not always as they seem.

“A Friend of Kim’s”
Now you see her, now you don’t. Things tend to happen in the time between.

“Crossing the Pond”
Old friends visit Walden Pond on a rainy day, and meet someone they could not have expected.

“Page Turner”
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Writing fiction of any length is a journey through unexplored territory, with the intention of leaving a trail behind for others to follow. In these short essays, one writer shares his view of such journeys, and how it feels to take them. It’s a quick look inside one writer’s way of working, and of how stories can come into being.

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