Category Archives: Short Fiction

Vignette: the Vampire’s Visit

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Confanity

(The Kid has been practicing writing Japanese every day for a couple of years now. These days he writes enough to fill about 3/4 of a wide-ruled notebook page – with each row of characters taking up two lines for … Continue reading →

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A fabled foray into interactive fiction

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Confanity

Longtime readers will remember that I’m interested in tabletop role-playing games and have even dabbled in a bit of design and setting-creation, but it was still with some surprise that back in October, I found myself visiting the local university’s … Continue reading →

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Seedling

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Confanity

(Shortly after leaving college, I think, I had an idea for a cyberpunk retelling of the Lord of the Rings, crossed with a hefty dose of Lovecraftian Dreamlands mythos and a bit of The Matrix. This fragment is all that … Continue reading →

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A Flash of Feathers

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Confanity

(This bit of “flash fiction” was inspired by a writing prompt found on Reddit. It seemed to be fishing for a story about “How I got wings.” And I, apparently a bit of a contrarian at heart, decided to make … Continue reading →

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A GOP Parable: You Reap what you Boar

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Confanity

When Jesus arrived at the other side, in the region of the Gadarenes, he was met by a demon-possessed faction coming from the swamp. They were so obstructionist that no useful governance could pass that way. “What do you want … Continue reading →

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A GOP Parable: On Neighborliness

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Confanity

On one occasion, Drumpf stood up to test Jesus. He wasn’t an expert in the law, but he sure had opinions anyway. “Teacher,” he asked, “What must I do to gain a facade of basic human decency?” “What is written … Continue reading →

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A GOP Parable: On Strategies and Consequences

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Confanity

The word of the Constitution came to Mitch, son of Addison: “Go to the Senate floor and hold a vote on confirming a supreme court justice nominee, because a vacancy has come before me.” But Mitch ran away from the … Continue reading →

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A GOP Parable: On Teaching Mercy

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Confanity

The LORD appeared to Avraham and to Cruz near the great trees of Mamre while they were sitting in the shade during the heat of the day. They looked up and saw three men standing nearby…. The men turned away … Continue reading →

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A GOP Parable: The Taxman Cometh

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Confanity

On Taxation When the chief priests of the Grand Old Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they realized that he was talking about them. And although they sought to have him arrested and silenced, they feared the crowds, who held him to … Continue reading →

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A GOP parable: The Widow’s Offering

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Confanity

There are politicians and pundits who profess the Christian religion, and declare that the US is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. They claim that this means that Christian rules for living should control the law of the land … Continue reading →

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