Sun, 27 Feb 2005

Trompe L'oeil

We've all heard the admonition "be careful what you wish for," but when confronted with "artwork" that can be whatever the audience imagines her to be, the gulf between desire and expectation can be a most dangerous one. While I'm not sure there's enough sex or violence in here to warrant a warning, this is nonetheless intense. (N.B.: The inspiration for this story came from play with a 'toon' character, Missy Vixen, on Tapestries and FurryMUCK, although the vixen in this story is quite different from Missy.)

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Sun, 14 Dec 2003

Dark Romance

"Dark Romance: The Sensuality of Predator and Prey" is an essay I wrote a few years ago theorizing what attracts (some) people to macrophilia. While I liked it, it was rambling and a little unfocused – a first draft written without an outline, and it showed. I've been meaning to rewrite it for a while, and finally have.

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Fri, 30 Nov 2001

The Last Aspect

A science fiction story about artificial intelligence, religious intolerance and, well, a giant robot vixen. No, really. Honestly, I think it's one of the best stories here.

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Sun, 26 Nov 2000

Metamorphosis Day

What if one day in the not-so-distant future, the world suddenly contained animals, doing normal animal things, who just happened to be a couple orders of magnitude larger? This piece flirts with magic realism and even a little social philosophy.

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Sat, 02 Jan 1999

Bargaining with Kali

A dark future hard sf novelette, a political thriller and, oh yes, a story with a giant ringtail girl. I've joked that it started out as Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman and somehow became Blade Runner along the way, but in seriousness, this is one I'm particularly proud of.

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