July 24, 2017

Novella

Frederick Foote is a retired State of California worker and community college instructor. He lives in Sacramento, California and writes plays and short stories.

The great ship Nina is before Estrada's eyes at last, but her darkness has targeted his heart...

Unwillingly separated from the Nina, Estrada must find meaning in his life -- but can he live with what he finds?

Estrada has found a happiness he never expected, one he will never leave -- unless...

Conclusion. Estrada has been recalled to enlistment, back to the monstrous weapon-ship Nina. What will he find there?

Short

Clothe yourself in darkness...and then don't be surprised what you find in your pockets...

Return again to the universe of "The Mechanic" and Estrada's last hope and happiness...

How do you stand and how do you approach when you know that you cannot run?

Death is inevitable; what comes next is something more...

Time and space are finite. But love, and spirit are not...

Searching for novelty, searching for beauty, searching for excitement...why is it such a an biological imperative when so often it leads to destruction?

And this world, and all things in it...?

There! By the pilings, the water moves in that certain way -- that's where you cast your line...

Who was the first one? And who -- or what -- will be the last?

A rare look from within a lost mind...

They get into your head, into your blood, and nothing can take them away...

It's always good to plan ahead...

In the end, you're never really alone...

So different, so far apart, and yet so much the same...

Pride and greed and arrogance -- yeah, he can work with that...

Some say one thing, and some say another, but fact is, if you're doin' what you're supposed to be doin,' you'll be happy...

What did you come here to see? What has come to see you?...

Oh, for defiant hearts...

Essay

And don't forget the wall he wants to build -- who will that keep out?

Poem

"...a hidden taking of your essence..."

"...Never sated..."