Daikaijuzine

A lame name, perhaps, but I wasn’t feeling creative that day when I found her, hiding under the porch at MacPherson’s old place. The same deck I ducked under when I saw the shuffling mob coming down the street. I’d seen her, a shadow within the shadows, her eyes so wide open her iris was [...]

Summer is the season of noise on the fifth moon of Ore when bauxite excavation rents mauve soil. Steam shovels grind endlessly as operators pull triple shifts like drones in a sci-fi flick. Foremen cuss in cinderproof suits praying volcanoes stay dormant beneath the boiling bayous. The last eruption devoured a whole month’s toil and [...]

Thessalian dream,enchantress, yourheart has flames. Weave,sing your songs, for yourdreams alone. I hear yousinging your fair-spundreams alone. I hear yousing your songs, for yourheart has flames. Weave,enchantress, yourThessalian dream.

There behind the garden wallBeneath the tomato plants—Could that be the work of gnomesOr quite industrious ants? Ah. Here is the riddle solved:A half-buried plastic toy.The castles, moats, and bridges—Their architect was a boy. Cowboys, knights, and army menHere laid siege to sandy walls,Fighting for king and countryAnd the love of paper dolls. They came [...]

When trolls attacked far away in the north,The Galdonan army had been sent forth.The King’s personal guard remained behindTo protect the city, they were assigned.At the north border, the army did fight.They were unaware of Azraelis’ plight. Off to the east, more enemy did come,The tramp of feet, like the beat of a drum.Their advance [...]

Andromeda calls meand I wish I could answershe’s farso far, so distantand there’s no vehicle yetthat can take me thereno way to journeysave through my mindand I long to soar amongthe stars, the comets,the voidand if the darknessswallows me,at least I’ll be lostwhere I liveout among the stars ABout the Author: Rob Brooks is a [...]

We created a new astrology here,As through the protective dome we’d peer,Watching for the survey ship to come back,A star-like movement in the ebony black… Red stars we pretended spoke of wars of oldWhite stars danced in patterns of fates untoldA distant planet traced hope in a path of lightPretty pictures to wile away the [...]