Cean Mills
Bio
Aspiring Seattle fiction writer, plaintiffs attorney, and maritime lawyer. Expert soup, salad, sandwich maker. Formerly a professor of law in Lebanon. Formerly a wildlife researcher in Alaska. World citizen. Uberrimae Fidei
Stories (2/0)
An Unexceptional Miracle
When the storm started, I was in the old barn with my brother smoking a cigarette. The cigarette paper was the back page of a pocket bible I had found in dad's crumpled pile of trousers. The smoke was corn-silk, mint, and rose petals from mom's garden. Tobacco was going extinct — one of the first species targeted by for eradication. Corn and roses were doomed as well, though they were not targeted, at least initially. Scientists predicted that mint might fare better, and I wonder sometimes if it was rescued like the rest of us.
By Cean Mills3 years ago in Futurism
A Graduation Gift
Dearest Candidate-Computer-Engineer (56732.3602138): I pray this gift and message reaches you peacefully. This necklace is yours now, take care, because it wouldn’t be mine to share without purpose. Metals for this locket and chain were mined by people long ago. It might have been part of a Mayan idol or maybe the calf that Moses condemned. Perhaps it was part of the knife that stabbed Jesus or Caesar. It doesn’t matter because it cannot be any of those things anymore. They took it from Bert when we were arrested. I gave her a heart shaped locket because Grandma had one where she kept a picture of Grandpa trapped inside. Grandma used to fumble with his portrait as it dangled against her chest, and she blabbed about the fires that burned down the planet and her cabin; about the plagues that killed everyone but us. All of that was back in the ‘20’s or ‘30’s, before we left Earth. This little locket is from Earth, just like Grandma and Grandpa, and all the moms and dads, just like you. They are me and I am you, so pay attention to our story - because it is your story.
By Cean Mills3 years ago in Fiction
