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A Midsummer’s Dear John

03/31/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

Dearest Oberon,

Although I swore to renew our vows this Midsummer’s Night, I cannot in good conscience re-marry you.  Your cruel joke on Nick Bottom backfired, and I’m still pissed that you snatched my changeling to make him one of your warriors. Continue reading →

The Art of Creation (or vice versa)

03/20/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 5 Comments

In the beginning, there was darkness. No movement. No sound nor smell. Continue reading →

Migration to ‘TRAPPIST-1’?

02/28/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 7 Comments
aurora

Credits (and apologies)to Kim Stanley Robinson. This is his book cover.

“You’re telling me there are seven new human-habitable planets, a mere 40 years away light-speed distance?” She looked at him, eyebrow raised. Continue reading →

When Good Bears Go Bad

01/25/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 3 Comments

grizzlySmokey sighed and sniffed the shirt front and wide-brimmed hat of the abandoned Park Ranger uniform.  It had been dropped near the scenic overview, next to the Michigan-plated Lexus. Betsy likely hadn’t even noticed that her guide had paws, not hands and feet.

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An Ounce of Prevention, or Who’s Chasing Whom?

01/22/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 5 Comments

grizzlyBetsy jogged through the underbrush, pounding her Calphalon saucepan with a designer stainless slotted spoon. The rhythm was irregular, to keep the grizzly ahead in a state of terrified confusion. Continue reading →

All the News That’s Fit to Print

12/31/201604/21/2018 / Liz H-H / Leave a comment

farmShe wrapped her hands around the hand-thrown mug, coffee scent misting the still-cold morning in an exhausted cloud. The metro newspaper lay splayed before her on the kitchen table, moaning headlines and sub-stories of international terror threats, environmental ruin, domestic violence, a floundering economy, and the collapse of another small local non-profit. Continue reading →

Blackguards in Christmas Town

11/27/201604/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 2 Comments

pine-tree_ink_liCorky tipped the bill of her cap back and scratched her forehead, staring up the length of the tall pine.

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