Little Things — Living Through Science Fiction

"A Good Night at the Hollywood Bowl" and "Take in the Metallic Sun"

The Hollywood Bowl is dead. The vast parking lots are silent, the attendants sent home to join the millions awaiting unemployment checks.

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Jennifer Schneiderman

"Three Poems"

The collected pieces come to us via a creative writing teacher, who has compiled handwritten poems written by inmates of a California jail.

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Various Authors

"Ouroboros"

I have become, in these last 6 months, a twisty little ouroboros. I eat my tail because it’s all I know and I savour my pain and confusion. I am always full and always empty and a little twitchy from all the coffee.

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Leah Capgras

A Walk During Covid-19: A Comic

A comic by Joshua Boulet

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Joshua Boulet

"Showtime"

I hadn’t been on the subway in months, not since the orders came to stay home, certainly not since I was sick. Sick is a relative term, of course.

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Barry E. Negrin

"The Duality of Connection"

I speak to friends and family daily. I only live with pets. I’ve seen inside many homes through the Internet. I spend twenty-three hours a day in my own.

Little ThingsPlanet ScummNovember 15, 2020Luke Foster