Philosophical Fiction
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A Field Note from the Present Age. It has come to my attention, upon observing the customs of this era, that a most peculiar error has taken hold of their language.The word empathy is spoken as though it denotes virtue.It does not. Yet the people in this time seem convinced that to “possess empathy” is…
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The Case of Gentleman Jack When the archaeologist holds the remains of past ages, what stories pass through their fingers?The time traveller must borrow archaisms if she is to be heard at all, to prevent time from editing meaning into misread stories, so that others might hear what she heard. She took to a gambol…
Notes from a Time Traveller by Elke Stevens 