My Inner Werewolf By Victor Schwartzman Victor Schwartzman vschwartzman@gmail.com 604-987-0190 604-328-0154 906 Bowron Court North Vancouver, BC V7H 2S7 Canada Copyright Victor Schwartzman, July 2023 ISBN: 978-1-7777625-0-6 Chapter One My Anger Anger led me to become a monster. A real life monster, in many ways. I have anger issues beyond issues. Anger rules my life. […]
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Lust, On Mars Chapter 44
44 Running Newman turned on his TV and in a moment there he was, in his face–Shallot’s great grandfather smiling grimly into the camera. Newman knew of this morning’s broadcast. The entire colony had heard about it. Almost everyone was watching. Anyone still remotely close to Newman texted and phoned, urging him to check out […]
Lust, On Mars Chapters 36-43
36 Hurricane At Your Door “Now what?” Madeline looked at Sally as they sat in her apartment. “Best guess? He’ll avoid the plants. For now. He’ll sit with the workers’ organizations, quietly feeding their fears and need for…him. Ugh.” “Ugh. Drink? Cuddle?” “Not yet. No time.” “So…what? Time for what?” Madeline shrugged. She liked this […]
Lust, On Mars Chapters 24-35
24 Power Play Before and during the last chapter, there was the early morning emergency Council meeting–the follow up to yesterday’s meeting; for the Councillors it led nowhere, for Newman it led to the final set-up before achieving power. Newman felt huge that morning. Powerful. A guiding light. He saw clear wonderful daylight through the […]
Lust, On Mars Chapters 19-24
19 Murder on Mars A murder in the colony was terrible–but had been usually limited to domestic violence: couples in love killing each other because they loved each other. But a random murder? Without love? Colonists were shocked. Four murders over the past two hundred years, all domestic disputes-this was the first without any clear […]
Lust, On Mars Chapters 12-18
12 Ready? Now? “I know who I am,” she told him. “No matter what’s screwed up outside, inside me the time is right. I don’t want to wait any longer. I’m ready. We’re ready.” “Children? Here? Now?” He gripped her shoulders, gently. “Let’s get married instead.” Peter looked at Wendy, at the back of her […]
Lust, On Mars Chaptters 6-11
6 Lust And Lost, On Mars So many felt unsettled. Something was wrong and thinking it was right was almost a crime. By that evening there were few people out, many staying home to play the game. Even colonists who never played computer games tried it—everyone said that, for the first time, the game was […]
Lust, On Mars First Five Chapters
Lust, On Mars By Victor Schwartzman Copyright 2024 Victor Schwartzman 906 Bowron Court North Vancouver BC V7H 2S7 vschwartzman@gmail.com 1 Lust, on Mars Below them her bed, above them the dome, sealing in the colony from the reality of Mars. Completed in 2225, today–a hundred years later—still the sole colony. The reality of Mars intervened […]
Real Life Interactions In The Digital Age
Arnold was exhausted. He concluded it was because he was around other people. When he sat at home alone, he had plenty of energy, or at least enough. At 80, he never had quite enough energy. Alone, he interacted with people by a distance, with delays—texts, emails. No matter how stressful the interaction was, now […]
A New Climate Change
A New Climate Change Jack was increasingly concerned about climate change. Not tornadoes or atmospheric rivers or heat waves. Jack was concerned about farts. People ate healthier, with far more fiber, resulting in a wave of farts. Riding in an elevator was often an unpleasant experience, as was being stuck in a meeting with ten […]
Victor’s 80 bday World Poetry Cafe
Following Advice
Turning The Other Cheek
Martin was a regular fellow. Unfortunately, people ignored him and his ideas, hurting his feelings. He always turned the other cheek. His turning the cheek was not based on any religious belief. It felt demeaning. He needed an alternative. Eventually Martin had artificial cheeks implanted. The new cheeks looked like his real cheeks–but now when […]
Sleeping Through Life
Emily Dickinson Hated Submitting
Emily Dickinson hated submitting. It was demeaning, ill fitting. She wrote for herself and felt no need for her work to be judged by others. But. By her sixties she had many poems sitting unknown on her shelves and now believed people should read them. She had to get her work published. Yet Emily Dickinson […]
Randall Stephan Hall
Today’s guest is the musician, artist and fellow of many skills Randall Stephen Hall, calling in from Ireland. You’ll hear him sing live, plus we play a recording of Beauty From Belfast. Stories and poetry from Ariadne, Randall, Sharon Rowe, Kelly Montgomery and Victor Schwartzman. Fascinating show, great listening!
Talking in the Family Room
They were waiting for answersI hate these family meetingsI’m okay if I don’t start before noon eye drops andmouthwash keep my secret I feel normal until I standsneak drinks when she’s shoppingI worry about getting caughtbut not enough to stop We looked at his glazed eyeswhere did we go wronghe seemed on track in schoolthen […]
What Should I Tell My Daughter?
I have a daughter of two—just reaching out to people. What should I tell her about relationships? About how to be with people? What might she tell me as an adult? I needed to know, so being an experienced astroelectrician, I designed and built a time machine (in my basement, near the pool table.) One […]
Lust, on Mars – Chapter 1
Lust, on Mars – Chapter 5 – Mars and Me
While George struggled with his situation, at the front desk of the Clinic Shallot and her two besties dropped off the rest of Alice’s chocolate. Alice had died before she could eat the rest. The woman smiled pleasantly, took the chocolate and told them George would get it. Then it was quiet. “I want to […]