Rolli is a Canadian author, cartoonist and songwriter. Visit his website (rollistuff.com) and follow him on Twitter at @rolliwrites.
"I Do Not Begrudge the Young" is in Short Circuit #11, Short Édition's quarterly review.
their ocean of avenues
For I have come to a conclusion—some bastion of sand
from which I witness the other strugglers
While they swim forlornly for their own conclusions
Captain Peck is beside himself. Timmy has disappeared! The captain's concern is magnified by the darkness that has swallowed the ship, a sliver of cloud now covering the moon.
A woman who claimed to be a chimera called the library most Tuesdays, on the old line they never got around to disconnecting after the renovations. The call went straight to a yellowed phone hung on
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The grasshopper hated winter. She could feel it approaching, with its gusts of cold air that left her continuously shivering, and knew there was nothing she could do about it.