Jake

van der Kamp

The Twelfth Fairy

Yes, the deep sleep was partly her fault but she did more to wake the Sleeping Beauty. She woke the entire kingdom then.

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The Last Priest: A Polemic in four laments

Imagine being the last priest of Apollo and knowing yourself to be so. Now imagine being the last priest of Jesus Christ.

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Eden Again

A 2,000 year expedition to a nearby star wants to tell Earth it has arrived.  But some of its members are not sure this is a good idea

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Sinda Rella

The mouse offers his credentials to sneer at humans. Please call to mind the pumpkin coach's footman on the night of the grand ball.

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The Emperor’s Old Clothes

Yes, his old ones, not his new. The new ones only confirmed what he wanted to say in rejecting the old.

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The Course of Human Events

That same course that drove events in America in 1776 drives Moon colonists to free themselves from Earth.

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Other Gods

The oracle whom her priests rejected was the only one they ever had with a gift of prophecy.

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The Seven Dwarfs

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?  Not you, O queen of Earth. Raise your gaze to the stars instead.

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The Rise and Fall of The Hang Seng Index

Investment professionals know How and Where. They know no more than you about What and When.

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