Posted on November 8, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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The Singularity Kendall Evans David Ackenhaur scripted the program, a quantum-based program unlike any other, that could interface with standard existing computers, and later, of course, they said that he was a genius. In a sense, he was. But by the time he became…
Posted on July 19, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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The River of Stars by Kendall Evans Shall we not depart The Courts of the Moon Abandon the Chambers of Nautilus? Follow these tracks to Old Phobos Station— Let your shuttles recline at Asteroid Oasis Preparing at last for Jupiter Transit Tomorrow we sail…
Category: Poetry, Science Fiction Tags: Asteroid, evans, jupiter, kendall, oasis, phobos, river, stars, station, transit
Posted on July 19, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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Reality’s Weave by Kendall Evans She handed me Reality’s weave All tangled up Worse than a Gordian knot And I thought: Do the Fates Really expect me To unravel this? From infras to ultras A disordered rainbow Of colorful threads Extending to infinity Some…
Posted on July 19, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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Flight of the Dragon by Kendall Evans The Dragon soars Above the world Over the hilltops Seeking prey in meadows and valleys Hungering for goats, calves, pigs, sheep In villages far below The Dragon flies high Over white-iced mountain ridges Plunging down toward Lantern-lit…
Posted on July 19, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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His Master’s Voice by Kendall Evans Listen to His Master’s Voice Fire up the old Victrola Interpret all these messages From the cosmos’ past Encrypted in Al Jolson songs And Rudy Vallee’s crooning
Posted on March 28, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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Swallowing It All Whole Kendall Evans and David C. Kopaska-Merkel These are the longitudes and latitudes On the split/curved landscape separating fact from fiction. Beyond these easy curves—who can say? Here, expressed like a Monopoly board, A map of realms demarcating the boundary between…
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Crystalwizard
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The River of Stars By Kendall Evans Shall we not depart The Courts of the Moon Abandon the Chambers of Nautilus? Follow these tracks to Old Phobos Station— Let your shuttles recline at Asteroid Oasis Preparing at last for Jupiter Transit Tomorrow we sail…
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Crystalwizard
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The Fattest Cat’s Car Keys By Kendall Evans The sound a thunderous final exclamation of the world mountainous boulders rolling down slopes in a place where mountains will be no longer constant din of objects falling from the sky impacting earth …
Category: Fiction, Science Fiction Tags: car, cat, elspeth, entanglment, evans, fat, fattest, kendall, keys, quantum, su, sue
Posted on August 17, 2017 by Crystalwizard
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Reality’s Weave Kendall Evans She handed me Reality’s Weave All tangled up A Gordian Knot And I thought: Do the fates Really expect me To unravel this? From infras to ultras A disordered rainbow Of colorful threads Extending to infinity Some of the strands…
Unquestionably a moon or an Asteroid Kendall Evans Within this circle or sphere that I look upon, an ash-colored formation, lozenge shaped, not quite oval, in the lower right quadrant – indicative of different terrain? I imagine myself with my eye pressed to the…
Posted on August 7, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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In Orbital Mirrors David C. Kopaska-Merkel Kendall EvansI swallowed the mercurial net, my veins a tree, mandrake-forked. Listen! I hear my buds unfolding & the sound echoes echoes in orbital mirrors. four or five synchronous satellites broadcast the dreams of ancient mariners; crinkled…
Posted on August 7, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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Beyond the Mad/Funhouse David C. Kopaska-Merkel Kendall Evans She is underlit There atop the cathedral madhouse As if by the floor lights of a stage Illumination ascending, spotlighting mercilessly Casting crowraven shadows of features and form All in the…
Posted on August 7, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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Recursion David C. Kopaska-Merkel Kendall EvansWhere’s this starship been Resembling a pretzel Infinite figure 8 Maybe a moebius Nor-easterlies, or their 4D equivalent From another universe Might be responsible Or some minor deity’s Momentary inattention Its unscarred surface Belies the great age That seems…
Posted on August 7, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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The Station Master Nearly Always Runs the Trains on Time David C. Kopaska-Merkel Kendall EvansIn the morning’s roaring rain The driving outrageous migraine pain I disobeyed the Station Master’s instructions Despite his threats of Post-mortem punishments And repercussions yet more direI never told how…
Category: Poetry, Science Fiction Tags: david, evans, kendall, kopaska, master, merkel, poem, poetry, station, train
Posted on August 7, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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Corrected Maps of your City David C. Kopaska-Merkel Kendall EvansEvery convenience store has them: So shiny and bright, Each street name legible, They fold and refold perfectly (Your first clue they are alien technology) Behind your building, no-name alley, You know, the one with…
Posted on July 30, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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Wicked child!David C. Kopaska-MerkelKendall EvansMomshealwaysembarrassedyou when she was withyou remember when she wrote inthe sky “surrender Dorothy!” you thought that was sorude you wanted to drift awayyou rid yourself of her but you’rejust likethat witchThe end
Category: Fantasy, Poetry Tags: child, david, dorothy, evans, kendall, kopaska, merkel, mom, oz, wicked, wizard
Posted on July 30, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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I Am He As You Are They And We Are All TogetherDavid C. Kopaska-MerkelKendall EvansIn the beginning the word was, I’m told,We all wanted to be a part of something biggerWe sacrificed mobility but gained collective strength,Our numbers covering a great deal of territoryIn…
Posted on July 30, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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The Third Planetor, Something Had to be DoneDavid C. Kopaska-MerkelKendall EvansThe blues of seas, the aquamarinesWhite whorls of cloudThe sun-struck tans and brownsOf continents with tailsAnd trailing islandsAs if the Coriolis force affects them too–The third planet: thin-skinned, touchy,Not a particularly good neighbor,Prone to…
Category: Poetry, Science Fiction Tags: david, evans, kendall, kopaska, merkel, planet, poem, poetry, Science fiction, third
Posted on July 27, 2016 by Crystalwizard
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Dragon’s TeethDavid C. Kopaska-Merkel and Kendall EvansOur teeth fell out like seedsThe new children of MedeaCanines:Extinct species resurrecting,White-feathered dinosaurs,Albino Dire Wolves and Deadly ManticoresProwling the arctic’s equatorial islandsIncisors:Our own ancestors,Giant rats,Camels like giraffesBicuspids:Rhinos 11 feet high at the shoulderSabred cats and sharksA chitinous group-mindMolars:Groves…
Category: Poetry, Science Fiction Tags: david, dragon, evans, kendall, kopaska, kopaska-merkel, kopaskamerkel, merkel, poem, poetry, Science fiction, teeth