Have a short story feature two situations, and then let them solve each other.

I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science fiction story. And if I was doing a science fiction story then I would come up with what can go wrong with this system.

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

We only have one dog now. Calamity Jane had to be put down. She was very old, and her medicine no longer controlled her seizures. Dilly is five now, I think. He's a neutered American Pit Bull Terrier, very gentle, about the color of buckskin.

Before you ask more questions, think about whether you really want to know the answers.

There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.

God is the nest we build together.