From Romeo Esparrago. Where the cosmic web hangs black and deep, in the Coma Cluster's tangled seam, a great fungal empire does not sleep. It spreads its spores and plots its scheme. Ascomycota Supremus, proud, spins thinking threads through starless space. It seeds each world beneath a shroud, then waits to rule the ruling race. … Continue reading Poetry : The Threaded Dark
A science-grounded supernatural Korean-Drama romantic comedy from Romeo Esparrago. An Uncontrolled Encounter. Chapter One | Seoul, South Korea, March 2028. The morning’s meeting started with a peculiar, polished hostility in a room in which everyone was waiting for Mi Nari to approve something they knew she should not approve. Maybe because Mi Nari had not … Continue reading Story : It Mite Be Love
Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever. How sweet it is! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-spot-sugar-in-interstellar-space-for-the-first-time-ever
Spine-tingling news! Is this doctor getting a Head of himself or does he need to go Back? Well, work progresses forward to the dream of being a disembodied brain in an A.I.-ndroid body! Nov. 17, 1997 : https://nationalpost.com/news/health/worlds-first-human-head-transplant-successfully-performed-on-a-corpse-scientists-say/ Oct.23, 2026 : https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371900/chinas-head-transplant-advocate-ren-xiaoping-completes-12-hour-landmark-surgery-russia About the artist : Rome Dome says, “Get a backbone!”
A series of Scifaiku from Romeo Esparrago. I. Before. Before the first light it was, and it hungered, blind: father, mother, maw. II. The Chains. Ultimatium : binds the Abyss. Still it dreams, and its dreams reach out. III. Hundun. Faceless scarlet sack, in China it wore no eyes. Bored open, it laughed. IV. Tiamat … Continue reading Poetry : The Million Names of Azathoth
Hey, Chicken Little, this is predicted for tomorrow Wednesday 4-November 2026. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-telescope-swift-observatory-plunging-back-to-earth/ . https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-swift-telescope-fiery-return-to-earth-12645620 🪐
A Sequence of Clerihews. From Romeo Esparrago. I. The Undertaker. White dwarf J thirteen-twenty-eight Long ago met its fiery fate; Now, cold and tidy as a tomb, It keeps a graveyard in the gloom. II. The Inner Ghoul. The inner survivor, a few kilometres wide,Is the zombie that lived when its neighbors died;It shuffles a … Continue reading Poetry : Dawn of the Dead…Planets
From Romeo Esparrago. Part One : The Memory of Spacetime. A wave passes, and the detector does not come back to where it was. It comes back almost. That "almost" is permanent. We call it memory, and it is the most ordinary thing in the universe: everything that has ever happened has left the world … Continue reading Story : The Unfinished Amplitude, Part One
For fans, readers, and writers (including wannabe writers) of genre fiction–mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal – the Creatures, Crimes, & Creativity Con is the place to meet in an informal atmosphere so that everyone can have fun connecting, and learning about writing, the authors and their books. Doubletree Hilton Hotel, Columbia, MD … Continue reading PSA : Columbia Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con
A Rondo Patungan story from Romeo Esparrago. PART 1 OF 2 : THE INVITATION. A Postcard at Lunch, Round Rock 2026 Rondo Patungan was sixty-two and three spoonfuls into his bowl of tinola chicken stew that had a squirt of patis and a squeeze of lemon at Lil Mama’s in Round Rock, Texas, when he … Continue reading Story : Part 1 “A Kiss Before the Feast”
