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The Sci-Fi Speculum

The Sci-Fi Speculum
By Adam Rothstein
Published in The Brutalitarian, by Brute Press
July 15, 2009
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Today I had a vision—in it, Sci-Fi was dead.
Alright, so I’m feeling a strange essay coming on. It’s still a little hot [...]

Around Me, Dark Tentacles

Around Me, Dark Tentacles
by Adam Rothstein
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The bubbles I exhale precede me, clearing my path through the waters up the ladder towards the positive pressure of the diving hole.  As [...]

With Due Warrant

“With Due Warrant”
by Adam Rothstein
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With Due Warrant
“You!”
The voice was a shot, fired outward across the dry land into the wind needlessly, in a place where sight traveled much further. [...]

The Bridge

by Adam Rothstein
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Simon Alleverde stood in place, as if he had been moving and suddenly come to a stop. He was standing before the bridge, and below it, [...]

Nearing the Machines

Nearing the Machines
By Adam Rothstein
Published in The Brutalitarian, by Brute Press
May 1st, 2009
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When I was in New York I went to see Merce Cunningham’s Nearly Ninety performance at BAM, on his 90th birthday.  Actually, [...]

Open-faced Mushroom Blastocyst

Open-faced Mushroom Blastocyst – A Novella
by Adam Rothstein
Fungus is a delicious food, but it makes a confusing way of life.  We’re lucky most eschatology is written in books, rather than in the heated course of the blood vessels in our stomachs.
Available in These Editions:
Paperback Version 2.0
This edition of version 2.0 is printed on #20 bond, [...]

It Had Better Hurt… or What’s the Point?

By Adam Rothstein
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It had better hurt, or else what’s the point?
I wanted to turn around right there, dash back up the stairs, grab her in my arms and tell [...]