Aboutface
Early Sunday morning, the Pony Express was given the sack. Their services were no longer required, owing to the ubiquity of the new United States Postal Service, and telegrams – […]
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About
“What is this about?” I did not look at her when she entered the room, nor when she leveled the question. I played off the impending conversation, dunking hope in […]
Abound
Carmenita, My only daughter, such a week I have had! I only hope that you are treating your mother kindly. Heaven knows she is a fragile creature, much like this […]
Abort
Our aborted mission to the moon was riddled with foreboding hints that we took to be mere nonsense. Weird cracklings over the interstellar radio were interpreted as fluctuations in the […]
Aboriginal
My father hunted the old people of this desert. The government handed him his contract, and under the terms that came with it he came back to them with scalps, […]
Pierce Nahigyan 