Tait (taitmckenzie)'s Writing (12 stories) (showing 1-12 of 12)

A continuing series of speculative and sci-fi flash fictions attempting to intersect current issues, futuristic scenarios, and the confrontation of man with Total Reality
chapter 1: The Operating Manual (added 2009/03/05 )
chapter 2: The Greatest Discovery (added 2009/03/05 )
chapter 3: The Instant Engine (added 2009/03/05 )
chapter 4: The Automata (added 2009/03/08 )
chapter 5: The Big Hunt (added 2009/03/09 )
chapter 6: The Small Storm (added 2009/03/12 )
chapter 7: The Circles (in the style of Faulkner) (added 2009/03/13 )
chapter 8: The Pandemic (added 2009/05/06 )
chapter 9: The Bird Watchers (for Renée) (added 2009/05/08 )
chapter 10: The Arch Nemeses (added 2009/05/15 )
chapter 11: Heavens and Alchemy (added 2009/11/20 )

An absurdist tour diary in which a book of censored songs leads to the end of the known world (spring 09, unpublished)
chapter 1: In the Moment (added 2009/03/02 )

In which "The Last 20 Moments" is re-envisioned as a historical romance about international art thieves during World War II (Fall '08, short story, unpublished)
chapter 1: The Eyeless Prison (added 2008/09/25 )

An a-historical fiction derived from several Eastern-European folktales. (Spring '08, short story, unpublished)
chapter 1: The Story of the Bear and the Violin (added 2008/09/18 )

Some Beckettian flash in a timeless room. ( Fall '08, an assignment for fiction class)
chapter 1: Last 20 Moments (added 2008/09/01 )

A myth based off of personal symbols. (Fall '07, short story, unpublished, written for Dr. Fred Clothey's class on Myth, Symbol, and Ritual)
chapter 1: Murphy's Myth (added 2008/08/17 )

Sounds aren't the only thing that casts echoes... an exploration of interstitial spaces (Summer '08, short story, unpublished)
chapter 1: Echoplex (added 2008/06/15 )

Published in The Original Magazine Fiction Supplement

A dark tale about the creation of a modern day golem, and the angelic attention it attracts. (Spring '08, short story)
chapter 1: Beast In The Eye Of (added 2008/06/15 )

Psychic fiction. ('05, short story, unpublished)
chapter 1: In the Roof (added 2008/06/06 )

Journalistic ramblings crossing the border between luminosity and madness. Excerpts. (Summer '06, short story, unpublished)
chapter 1: Excerpts from the Back of the Skull (added 2008/06/03 )

Love letters to cloud city from the edge of the world, for all who fly undercover. First complete chapbook of Bumrush poetry. (Summer '05, self-published)
chapter 1: The Presto Manifesto (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 2: From the BBT (a dollar wilts quicker) (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 3: Anarcheology (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 4: The Mission Continues (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 5: Nature Shock (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 6: Things that Remain Unsaid (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 7: Smoke in Mirrors (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 8: The Only Good Poet… Is a Dead Poet (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 9: Over the River and Through the Clouds (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 10: Asleep on the Road (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 11: Critical Crusade (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 12: Another Evening Walkabout (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 13: Urban Renewal (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 14: But Where is Home? (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 15: To Life! (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 16: Invisible Neighborhoods (added 2008/06/03 )

Complete chapbook of Bumrush poetry. (Fall '05, self-published)
chapter 1: (Sky Slides Across) (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 2: Where the Sidewalk Ends (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 3: To Be Announced (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 4: Serenity (a future stranger than the movies) (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 5: On A Sour Note (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 6: Licking the Moon (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 7: Moments of Silence (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 8: Watch for Falling Rocks (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 9: (After Napping) (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 10: Everything Looks Strange in Daylight (added 2008/06/03 )
chapter 11: All Tonight’s Adventures (added 2008/06/03 )