In One Sentence: Meeting in Heaven
The moment Andrew laid eyes on Jake’s smiling face he knew that life in heaven would be hell for him, knowing that depraved sinner was there as well.
The Prince Will Come
“The prince is coming here,” said the traveling merchant. “How do you know this?” asked someone from the crowd. “I saw him in a town far to the south, and members of his entourage told me he was heading this way. He plans to come all the way to the coast, and that will surely…
Futrelle: The Problem of Cell 13
I’ve had this link hanging around for some time. I’m ashamed to say I hadn’t read this story before last month, and located it due to a link from a blogger, which I’ve now lost. It’s well worth reading, and a great deal of fun. (Updated to include the link; my apologies to early readers!)
Book: Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun
This is a lovely collection of 28 short stories by Mike Resnick. I blogged previously about getting the inspiration for a devotional from one of them, but I’ve now finished the whole collection. It’s available in a Kindle edition, hard cover, and paperback. My favorites were <em>Kirinyaga</em>, <em>For I Have Touched the Sky</em>, and <em>Watching…
The God-Talk Club – Tornadoes!
[This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between the characters and real people or the places and real places is strictly accidental. What’s more, this is practice fiction, wherein I practice writing dialogue, so any resemblance to real fiction is accidental as well. This is the second of the series. I introduced the God-Talk…
The New Judge
[Note: This is one of my attempts to tell either a different part of a Bible story, to tell the story from a different perspective, or to get a similar point across in a different way. I will quote the related scripture passage at the end. Besides the general fun of setting myself the assignment…
Civilian Targets
[This is a work of fiction. The people, places, and events are entirely products of my imagination. I have used Names appropriate to the United States for the players, but by leaving out place names and other signs of ethnicity it is my intention that this not look like any particular war. It could be…
The Birth of Traitor Tad
[The following is a work of fiction, as would be obvious even without this note. It is copyright © by Henry E. Neufeld, 2007] I wake up, but I don’t recognize where I am. For a moment I think I’m in the barracks back home, but there is a strange light. Slowly it begins to…
Yes Mama
[This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of the places, people, or conflicts in this story are coincidental.] Elena and the village girls were in the woods outside the village gathering berries when they heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of their village. Gunfire was not unusual in their young lives….
Easter Morning Resurrection
[Since this is contemporary fiction, and it may not be obvious, all persons and events in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely accidental.] Dr. Philip McDermott was brutally awakened at 4:00 AM by the ringing of his phone. He was not on call for the emergency room that…