Tales from the Great Western Watershed

Category: Fiction

  • The Ancestors’ Temple

    The Ancestors’ Temple

    A small boy marches in procession, footfalls synchronized to the throbbing drums. His voice is lost among the others, their deep rhythmic chant fading into the night. Sunrise hits the sky like an igniting inferno, as vermilion dances with crimson, gold and turmeric. The song hastens, and so does their pace.  Rounding the final bend…

  • Moon Cheese

    Moon Cheese

    Before you ask, there are no cows on the moon. Or goats, or sheep or camels, nor has there ever been. The Luna-moo Dairy Corporation would never trust something as unreliable as a lactating mammal to feed our citizens…

  • The Golden Pianist

    The Golden Pianist

    First appeared in the October 2015 issue of Nature Physics.