Author

Neal A. Cline

Neal Cline has been writing since childhood. His first known work was in crayon, a horror story called The Red Hand. He is a Security executive and former police officer. His poetry has been published on the Strong Verse website but this is his first published work of science fiction.

It Matters

As I waded in the surf of the flooded human city, I saw below me hundreds of thousands of humans struggling against the waves. Many were already dead but humans are notoriously hard to kill. They fought and struggled to their last breath. I respected them for that. I certainly…

The Doctor

"But I didn't KNOW she was an alien!" The doctor just stared at me. "I mean, she was perfectly human, doc. Well, except for the eyes. And the tail. And... other stuff. Ok, I knew she was alien, all right? But I'd been drinking all night and she was really hot, y'know?" The…

Maestro

Maestro almost got his tail stuck in the door at the Chinese take-out. Of course, a full-grown tiger has to be careful in places like that. Maestro is nearly ten feet long from nose to tail and weighs a quarter of a ton. Most apex predators don't use carryout. Wild tigers catch…