• Flash Fiction,  Friday 55,  G-Man,  Swan Song

    Farewell for the G-Man

    So I hear you’re going to hop on your Harley,ride off into the sunset this weekend.Doesn’t surprise me.Isn’t that what the good guys do?And you’ve earned a break.So go on and go.I won’t miss you.Sniff.Much. Cuz… you told me awhile back I could clone you.So I did.Trouble is–he can’t say,“Have a kick-ass weekend!”like You do. ~Nara šŸ™ Gonna miss you, G. This is my contribution to G-Man’s Friday Flash 55. Go here to join us in saying farewell.

  • Flash Fiction,  legend,  nature,  Paranormal,  Romance,  Selkie

    Fathomless Love

    1. Liquid LettersShe haunts the black cliffs by day, walks the shore at night. Memories cocoon parched heart. Reality shredding hope as jagged rocks shred surf.Seven tears cast upon the ocean, one for each year sheā€™s waited. Encrypted pheremones and DNA. Her love letter. A summons wrapped in white caps, delivered via Poseidonā€™s pony express. A Love endangered, bouyed by watery dreams.Beast summoned from sea. Man summoned from beast. 2. RiptideHe rides the surf in after the first sunset of the spring.Tongues tangle, limbs entwine on first contact, every minute precious, measured in undulant beat of bodies braided with swirling sand and foam.Seal song rising, a duet of sighs and…

  • Artificial Intelligence,  Binary Man,  Flash Fiction,  Poetry,  Robot Love,  Virtual Reality

    Binary Man

    Like frozen embers spit from a fireLike snow in a desertThey’re an impossible merger Flesh heart synced to beating algorithm Liquid crystal eyes lockedOn shared solitude Solitary companionshipImpossible mergedForged in a pixel fire. There’s no happy ending waiting.No magic to make him realShe doesn’t want real She wants him. ~Nara Malone I read an article about a guy who was growing a friendship with a scripted digital girl in a game. He talked about her like she was better than real. The male in these pictures is Rob, a digital man I made as part of research for a story. I guess that makes him an object, a thing. He…