Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.

It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. read more

It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. That's simply not realistic. Until that kind of projection is made, a table of this sort is not complete.

There are fortunes being made by turning fans into victims and all it starts by creating that frenzy known as read more

There are fortunes being made by turning fans into victims and all it starts by creating that frenzy known as celebrity worship.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what read more

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working read more

We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.

It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into read more

It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into it. This is typical equipment, and you could have an occasional breakdown.

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... read more

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.