When a parent dies, It is not so much for him, Or her, That you cry, But for yourself, Because in their end, You see, Your destiny. ©Copyright 2018 by Kevin Fraleigh

I post, no one comments. I tweet, no one replies. I publish, no one reads. I cry, no one wipes my tears. I die, no one mourns my passing. ©Copyright 2018 by Kevin Fraleigh

I touch her and she walks away, I lay beside her and she leaves my bed, I’m beginning to think there’s something wrong, Something wrong inside my head. I want those things I cannot have, I want those things only we can share, I’m beginning to think there’s something wrong,…

I am a sad song. I am darkness. I am age. I stand at the cusp of the void, waiting. No expectations. No regrets. Only transition. I am a sad song. I have no release. The words, the lyrics, bind me and hold me. I cannot be free of them….

Yes, I know that it’s been a long time since I’ve posted an article, but I’ve been busy. Really. There are so many cat videos.  And important political memes.  And life. But don’t worry. I’ll be back. Soon. Because I miss you. I promise. ©Copyright by Kevin Fraleigh 2018

When you reach a certain age and a certain point in a relationship, every anniversary becomes an existential contemplation of how two bodies wandering through the cosmos are drawn together in a perfect unbreakable orbit. ©Copyright 2018 Kevin Fraleigh

In previous posts, here and here, I mentioned that I was slowly and painfully making my way through Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (1994).  Dr. Kaku, a brilliant futurist and theoretical physicist who’s CV would embarrass the fictional Sheldon Cooper (Big…

If you saw my office, you might mistake it for a junky spare room.  The only clue that there is anything special about it is an oversized desk and the computer—and books, lots of books.  With only a single chair at the desk, it does not invite visitors. When I…

Yes, I’m still working my way through Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension .  Full disclosure requires me to tell you that while I can easily grasp the higher concepts and especially appreciate the human aspects of the minds that generate them, the…

Okay, so I’ve been reading Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension and it got me to thinking about applications of the fifth dimension to my fiction.  I did touch on the idea of parallel universes in Any Tomorrow, but I thought…