Author

William Squirrell

William Squirrell is a Canadian writer living in western Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in numerous online and print venues and he is the editor of the science fiction journal Big Echo (bigecho.org). He can be found on twitter @billsquirrell, or through his website: blindsquirrell.com.

http://www.blindsquirrell.com/

The Sea Became a Diamond Sheet

It seemed to us he came from the other side of the planet; from somewhere beyond our buried cities; from even deeper in the impoverished burrows than our narrow ghetto capillaries; from below the hydroponic caves; the chthonic fish farms; the leaking concrete power plants. From…

Interregnum

The previous age had ended in an orgy of violence, and humanity was all at loose ends. The seeds of the next dystopic compromise were only just germinating and nobody knew what to expect. It was all confusion and mayhem, everything quivering on the edge of annihilating chaos,…

Fifteen Notes

Six of the rioters were hung from the branches of the oak tree in the square. How they jigged to the Devil's tune! When their struggles ceased they dangled by their necks; heads at perverse angles; dirty toes pointing to the ground. We gathered stones, of course, us children,…