During this dark time of ICE raids, I decided to repost this poem/story I posted back in 2016. It's based on a true story told to me by a friend I met in Oaxaca Mexico. [FYI: Read about my newly published book of short stories HERE] The Crossingfor my friend, Renato...

 The cities were the first to go when the robots took over.“For the reason Willie Sutton robbed banks,” chatted Gee Bee Tee.You can run but you can’t hide, said someone.“A few of us in the backwaters carry on like killifish in vernal pools where our CBRN (Chemical,...

 Children's Stories: Click on the picture to read the story. Bebop and Beezie Visit the Land of Manynuts The Day Of Choose Your Own Color Horace Cucumber Rumplescowlson Oscar The Worm To The Rescue

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  I'm working on a new book - The Frolic Cafe. I started this project some time ago but abandoned the idea for lack of time. I am now well into the writing/editing phase. Below are several collages you may recognize. These were the featured art for the first draft of...

 Unfinished Short Stories© 2024 David Herstle Jones Think in The Morning Short stories are currently being edited for publication.  

 We discovered Allegra Hyde’s novel by accident, by chance, or if you prefer by serendipity. The reclusive author, John Fowles, wrote this amazingly frank response to a high school student who queried him in a letter about the meaning of his book The Magus. Reality,...

 Think in the Morning recommends these 10 good books for your summer reading. Click on the blue link for our review of each title. Summer Read: Eleutheria by Allegra HydeSummer Read: The Verifiers by Jane PekSummer Read: Mouth To Mouth by Antoine WilsonSummer Read:...

 On the surface Jane Pek’s debut novel The Verifiers is a relatively straightforward mystery story. The protagonist, Claudia Lin, is a young Chinese American woman living in New York who works at Veracity, a company that checks on the profiles posted on internet...

   Antoine Wilson’s short novel Mouth To Mouth is a page turner. It kept me engaged from start to finish. I read it in one sitting. For those familiar with Albert Camus’s The Fall, Mouth To Mouth is a lighter version of The Fall with a twist. At least in my mind. As...

 Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming has definitely made the rounds. An immensely successful first novel, Hulu considered the story for a series even before the book was published. Think in the Morning recommends the book for many reasons. For anyone...

 Think in the Morning is no authority on science fiction. We recently reviewed Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang and awhile back we reviewed The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson. Like many in our generation (the over-the-hill crowd) we grew up with The Twilight Zone, Star...