Our worldly encounters flit in our minds — like static .
From science fiction and fantasy author D.A. Xiaolin Spires, published and forthcoming in pro-publications Clarkesworld, Analog, Retro Future, Grievous Angel, Eye to the Telescope and several professional anthologies and more; Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest , comes a scintillating look into our emotional psyche.
In this flash short story, Einstein Ring , Spires takes you on an exquisitely crafted journey through the mechanics of a raw and heartfelt confrontation. Poetic and energetic, the work reads like an electric surge of current— charged and dynamic. With references to the expanse of space and relative speed and motion, Einstein Ring raises metaphysical questions that bear on our human endeavor for real contact and meaning.
D.A. Xiaolin Spires lives in oscillation between Asia and the US, and currently resides in Hawai'i. You can find her sniffing tropical fruit at farmer's markets, scouring lawns and beaches for fallen plumeria blossoms and boarding research vessels.
Her work appears or is forthcoming in various publications such as Clarkesworld, Analog, Grievous Angel, Fireside, Retro Future, Reckoning, LONTAR, Liminality, Andromeda Spaceways, Gathering Storm Magazine and Story Seed Vault; as well as anthologies of the strange and delightful, such as Sharp & Sugar Tooth, Broad Knowledge and Ride the Star Wind. She can be found on her website daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @spireswriter.