MODERN DI$PARITY: Prologue, scene 1
It was July 7, 2007, when I moved from Iowa to Malibu...
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Plight of the Poet
the writing of Bailey Stone Barnard
EXCERPTS
- Dec 4, 2015
the lab
From the novel Monopole. The magnificent glow of the M Corp lab casts an eerie blue light in through the window of the nuke as they...
- Oct 23, 2015
hidden island
From the novel Monopole. Teddy’s unconscious thoughts then wander, finding their way back to Sylvie, as his memory continues playing like...
- Jul 17, 2015
dr. yann
From the novel Monopole Before Teddy has a chance to react, a metal door slides closed high up in the distance, sounding like it is...
- Feb 28, 2015
wrench
From the novel Monopole. [a defining sentence] After a moment, Teddy sets down the wrench, commands the machine to generate him a sturdy,...
- Feb 27, 2015
dandelions
From the novel Monopole. Time passes. Gertrude comes to retrieve Teddy, pushing in an old-fashioned wheelchair. She is hurried, almost...
- Jan 20, 2015
into the blue-green fog
From the novel Monopole. Once the stranger goes on his way, Teddy steps from the flow of the crowd rushing in and out of the station, and...
- Nov 19, 2014
the call of the machine
From the novel Monopole. When she left, I knew it was for good. I didn’t have any illusions about her coming back after everything I’d...
- Jan 14, 2014
like a fish
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The tone coming from the device on the floor beside Teddy’s head stops and the...
- Dec 12, 2013
love and photosynthesis
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] To be anything again would be a dream. I yearn to take risks, but can hardly...
- Aug 23, 2013
safer than he feels
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] Felix enters the coordinates, engages the automated clutch, and sits silently as...
- Jul 15, 2013
welcome back, mr. doe
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The elevator door slides closed. Teddy looks down to admire his new tuxedo as...
- May 10, 2013
goodbye, john
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] “Goodbye, John,” says the voice of an electric lady, which seems to come from...
- Feb 9, 2013
the belly of the earth
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The rumble slows and then recedes, seemingly back into the belly of the earth....
- Jul 25, 2012
chloe floats!
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] “Another remarkable characteristic of the material,” the ALLpod says, “is that...
- Apr 6, 2012
mid-morning city
A sneak peak at the next draft of Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The mid-morning city passes by. Teddy stares out the van’s...
- Feb 29, 2012
feathers
From the not-so-immediately forthcoming novel tentatively entitled Modern Disparity …a thought occurred to me that had been festering in...
- Nov 15, 2011
ever-fleeting storm
From Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] An ever-fleeting storm dissipates beyond the deep horizon. She is best when she is less...
- Oct 31, 2011
man on bus
From Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] …The bus ride is slow and there are many stops. The time, too, is slow, but Teddy enjoys...
- Oct 24, 2011
a thousand shades of saffron
Teddy goes into a bar. Orders a beer, asks for a straw. Has to repeat himself until the server understands. Sucks the beer up through the...
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