The price of nostalgia

I have a confession. I have never watched a single episode of Star Trek. So I never watched the 2009 reboot and I never got into Star Trek Discovery. As someone who loves sci-fi, my friends tell me this is a travesty and I need to watch Star Trek because it is such a classic. …

Cutting tomatoes

Prim and preened, she sat on a stool in her uncles' living room while her relatives joked about her future "prospects". Her eyes never left the grandfather clock, standing proudly over the family, passed down for 5 generations, her uncle liked to boast. She smiled languidly when they tried to involve her. She ignored her …

The thought crossed his mind as he glanced at the crowds milling below him. A sheer drop, if that didn't kill the boy, the ensuing clamour definitely would. He could still hear the dying notes of euphoric song as he held the prince above his head, golden sunshine illuminating the two of them. An auspicious …