Implant

My patient, John Smith, sat in my office at the hospital looking alert and healthy. He’d come a long way from the unwashed, raving, homeless lunatic that the po...

Absolution

The road is long and straight, the land flat as a table. Even in the dark I could drive fast, but I don’t. I know that three miles ahead there’s a turn coming u...

Mathematics for Orphans

“I’m telling you the truth,” Araceli shouted. “Because I’m a bad kid, you don’t believe me, right? But even bad kids don’t always lie.” Miss Ellis shushed Arace...