Stories tagged “farming”
-
Genetic Drift
After Faerie returned, the mundane corporations, naturally, scrambled to figure out how to capitalize on new revenue streams, how to maximize profits beyond CEOs’ wildest fantasies. Perhaps no one benefited as greatly as Monsanto, with its chemis...
-
The Loft
Are you really my father? Are you really my mother? It smells like the dew at dusk, sweat, and freshly-cut hay in the tightly-packed loft. I can’t breathe; I’m exhausted; I can’t move my little 12-year-old body anymore. The bales drop...
-
Seeds
Johann dug at the hard-packed soil with the dull edge of his hoe. Sweat, beading on his forehead, dribbled down into his eye. As he dabbed his face with his rough sleeve, he surveyed the field. Birds fluttered overhead, and far beyond them, scuddy clou...
-
Warrior's Sonnet
Low and fallow ground below us may lie To seek that soil’s embrace, cradle of life Humble aspiration, kingly reward Take part with yon god, gods or some goddess Urge and shelter, worship green creation Tis not for us this peaceful endeavor Climb ...