stories

The Auklet

Off the coast of San Francisco there's a small, rocky island with a very old lighthouse. Years ago, I spent some time there as a field intern. It's only

The Goose

Limericks are traditional drinking songs from England (they're not actually Irish!). In their purest form, they should be obscene. Even better if they violate taboos. I didn't know any

Thrown Over the Fence

It's so annoying to not be able to figure something out. My job as a veterinarian is to answer questions correctly. In school, we're drilled over and over again

The Cassowary

Silence. I exhaled between footsteps. The leaves were wet, but even a small noise might give me away. No water bottle, no camera, no dangling binoculars to click against each other. A waterproof

The Brave Little Stump

Create the cover of a children's book about a plucky little tree stump who overcomes adversity. I wrote this prompt for DALLE, hoping to see what generative artificial intelligence could do.