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The Resourceful Elf: Part Two
By Tom Mercer
Former Carbondalian
Continued from Dec. 22, 2022 Work in Progress page
Snuffles the…
read more →Hello Darkness
By Jampa
Carbondale
It’s that time of year
When darkness drops without dusk
And crushes the light.
The Resourceful Elf
By Tom Mercer
Former Carbondalian
Snuffles the Elf had mixed feelings about the coming Christmas. Santa…
read more →Dream Time
By Tom Mercer
Dream Induction Technologies Corporation (DITC) had established an incredible record of success since its creation in 2041. The company was founded by Jay Skillton-Adams, the neuroscientist who initially developed and commercialized the dream induction process.
Skillton-Adams introduced… read more →
Notes in The Pocket
By Tom Mercer
Zachary Gene Smithson led a solitary sort of life in a very small town in Central Illinois. Zachary was born there, just as his parents had been, and he knew nearly everybody in town by name. That was no major… read more →
The Apple Tree
By Isabelle Levine, age 9
It is autumn and my apples are ripening. Soon the whole Lee Family will come to my trunk for a grand party.
My leaves are shaking with excitement for that day to come. I love all the… read more →
The Man Next Door, Part Two
By Tom Mercer
My name is Alex and this is my story. It was the last week in May 2075 when Chrono-Corp transported me back in time to the first part of the 21st century. My geographical target was the… read more →
The Man Next Door
By Tom Mercer
I had lived on a dead end street in the suburbs of Boston for about 10 years when the man moved into the house next to me. We introduced ourselves to each other the day he moved in, but… read more →
This reviewer has been an avid reader of science fiction novels ever since discovering them in a small-town library in Illinois. Those books were “a ticket out of town” and transported the reader to different worlds, thereby broadening imagination and creating a literary thirst for more of the… read more →
The Sopris Sun introduces the Work in Progress section which serves to highlight the ample creativity among the local community. Submissions are swept with an exceptionally light edit to preserve the creators intended voice and style.
The Story-Teller and his Dog
By Tom Mercer
My…
read more →Last autumn, my partner and I said goodbye to Carbondale. We packed our belongings into a rental trailer and began the long drive to Florida.
We left Carbondale at 3 a.m. Glenwood Canyon had just been cleared of fallen rock and the pavement was still… read more →
