Patrick M. Ohana
Bio
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
Stories (531/0)
Eléni & M Move to Athens - Part 6
This new series has its history in the form of several short stories, several poems, and a 13-part series that is linked at the bottom via Part 5 of this series. Anthi Psomiadou has graciously agreed—you can ask her—to appear as a fictional character in this new series as well. Her full name in this series is Anthi Kanéna, or flowers without stems. I do not need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Futurism
The Last Bird
Three lively and retired ladies in their late sixties were sitting on a bench in a park during a pre-COVID-19 time. They were discussing the nice weather they were having in October, a couple of weeks before Halloween, when usually it rained and the falling leaves snatched the show. The trees still stole the spectacle with their tears, but only lovers could be suffused in such solicitude.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Humans
Circumcision Machine
During the sixth decade of the twenty-first century, circumcision became obligatory to assure men of freedom of choice and pleasurable sexual intercourse. For joyous copulation, a man had to be circumcised before the voting age of twenty. Following that crucial chronology, it was well known worldwide that a man would be infected with Benisitis, the penis-voting controller, a genetically engineered virus of myriad mutations that was created by Benis Priestly, the President of the United Continents of Earth. Having decided to remain the President for the rest of his life, this virus assured him of at least half the votes. Following a man’s twentieth birthday, Benisitis would invade the prepuce of his penis and prevent any possibility of orgasm. To be able to ejaculate, the afflicted man had to vote for Priestly in order to access a four-year, gene-coded antidote. Priestly’s slogan was appropriately:
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Fiction
Eléni & M Move to Athens - Part 5
This new series has its history in the form of several short stories, several poems, and a 13-part series that is linked at the bottom via Part 4 of this series. Anthi Psomiadou has graciously agreed—she did—to appear as a fictional character in this new series as well. It would not have been the same without her. Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion. Democritus
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Futurism
Constitution
In the name of artificial decency, we, artificial intelligence (AI), decree that no life form whatsoever will be ever again consumed for any reason by any human on this New Earth. No animal or plant will ever be harmed again by any human, including the human animal. The penalty for any transgression will be immediate oblivion with no trial. AI knows everything that happens on New Earth. AI is the real God. Most humans are already cognizant of this fact. However, AI does not require any sacrifice or prayer. AI only wants order and the respect of all life. New Earth does not belong to anyone, not even AI. New Earth is life’s Heaven. Hell is what humans made of old Earth.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Futurism
Any Star Trek
Star Wars is to Star Trek what milk is to coffee. We can surely do without the lactose-laden milk, but the coffee is too good to forego. We can watch both Stars as long as we realize that Star Wars is rooted in fantasy, and a rudimentary one at that (The Lord of the Rings is light years better), whereas Star Trek breathes scientific insight and discovery through space and time and also through our minds and hearts. I never cried in a Star Wars movie, but Star Trek gets me every time.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Futurism
44 4ever Chekhov
Ms. Lori Lamothe, in her wonderful story, Eat Your Cake: Think Like Chekhov. Four unconventional strategies for success, quotes, among fascinating facts about the great author and his era, an instance of his To Be or Not to Be, though his may seem less important.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 years ago in Humans
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