Stories

Stories

By Francis RosenfeldFiction
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  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 16 - The Cloud

    “How can you not care about this, it's our

    daughter's greatest life event, don't tell me not to be worried!"
    Lily paced, tense.
    "Everything is going to be fine, why are you
    so agitated? All the preparations are well on their way, and even
    if they weren't, it's not like we can't change them if need be.
    Stop fretting, you're upsetting Lelia," Humon made an attempt to
    pacify her, but he knew his wife too well to get his hopes up. She
    kept pacing, nervously, so he sat back in the chair and waited for
    the emotional maelstrom to subside.
    "Ael's dress is not finished. The heat makes
    the lilac scent too strong, sister Abigail already complained about
    it. Like I haven't enough to worry about with people being too
    close to the Fusion Cloud!" She continued pacing, then remembered
    her quiet companion was sitting at her desk and turned all her
    intensity towards him. "How about you? Are your tasks finished? Did
    you talk to Lelia? I wish I could do it myself, but I don't have
    the knowledge," she let out in one breath.

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    11 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 15 - Something Out of Nothing

    “Have you finished writing your letter,

    dear?" sister Therese showed up on Roberta's doorstep, at the end
    of a long door to door pilgrimage during which none of the sisters
    were forgotten.
    Therese already had a stack of letters in
    her hand, which proved her dedication to encouraging the others to
    complete their writing. Sister Novis had whispered to Roberta
    through the interlink that Therese sat her down and didn't leave
    her house until the letter was completed, proofed and signed.”

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    13 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 14 - Synchronicity

    “The approved list for the flower

    arrangements reads as follows: lilacs, French lavender, and water
    lilies," Lily announced, excited.
    "Aren't we lucky Sys can make this stuff up
    at the last minute? Who asks for lilacs in an equatorial climate?"
    sister Novis mumbled, slightly annoyed.
    "They fit into the lavender theme," Lily
    tried to explain.
    "Yes, I got that from the draping, the light
    show and the purple bunnies sister Joseph is breeding," sister
    Novis acknowledged, completely unimpressed.
    "Kittens, they are kittens!" Lily
    snapped.
    "Whatever," sister Novis said. "When we're
    done spinning lilacs out of thin air, where do you want them?”

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    16 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 13 - Paradigm Shift

    “Where are the feeding schedules for the dragons?" sister Joseph

    boomed through the interlink.
    "I thought you were going to draw them up, you said you didn't trust us to do them properly," sister Felix defended herself.
    "What do we need you for, then, if I have to do everything myself?" sister Joseph said.
    "Sister, please tone it down," Seth intervened.
    "At least I can do my job!" sister Joseph snapped back.
    "Since when is putting together the feeding schedule for the dragons my job?" sister Felix protested at the unreasonable expectation.
    "Since you've been assigned to the logistics team," sister Joseph replied.”

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    17 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 12 - Just Being

    “What are you doing?" Seth asked Sarah,

    startling her.
    "Recording the atmospheric readings," the
    redhead replied, without turning her head.
    "Really?" Seth asked, and Sarah could feel
    the smile that came with the question, without seeing it.
    "Why is this surprising? You know I always
    record the atmospheric readings at this time of day?" Sarah asked,
    finally turning around.
    "I don't know, I thought you'd have
    delegated this to one of your students by now. Besides, nobody had
    a moment's peace since the preparations for the blessed event
    started, I'm just so relieved to see someone live a normal life for
    a change," Seth replied.
    "Define normal life, what's normal about
    being here? We move time-space slices across the universe!”

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    9 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 11 - The Soul’s Shadow

    “What are you doing?" Seth asked, staring in

    disbelief at sister Felix, who apparently spent several hours
    trying to put together a puzzle of sorts from left over pieces of
    gauze featuring every shade of purple, from lavender to violet. "If
    I didn't know any better, I'd swear you were putting together a
    quilt!"
    "I am," sister Felix replied, concentrating
    on the floral pattern she was working on. It featured several mixed
    posies of sweet violets and irises, with lilac blossoms scattered
    in the spaces between them.”

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    14 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 10 - Cherishing Your Gift

    “Sister Therese,

    can we count on you to perform at the joyous celebration? The wisps
    seem to be fascinated with music, especially vocal music. I often
    wonder if this isn’t the only reason they
    agreed to communicate with us. That and the
    immortals’ nagging, those Purple chatter
    boxes can talk you to death when they want something,” Lily asked,
    skipping the introductory chit-chat.
    “I was planning on it, of course.
    Do you have anything specific in mind?” Therese
    answered.
    “Purple wrote a story for Lelia.
    Can you take a look at it?” Lily handed the sister the score,
    without waiting for agreement.”

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    14 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 9 - Uncertainty

    “Where are we going to host the science symposium? It has come to my attention that the wisps expect to spend some of their time here discussing multiverse physics with Purple."

    Sarah lifted her head from her research to find herself face to face with Roberta. She didn't hear her come in, but that wasn't an unusual occurrence: her private office, the spacious one with its own VR room, covered lanai and garden was anything but. Sarah had long abandoned the expectation that if somebody wanted to stop by, use the equipment or borrow something, they would bother to ask her.

    "I assume that any number of conference rooms in this impressive building will prove adequate," she replied.”

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    11 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 8 - Nonlinear Time

    “Sister, did you finish the table placement

    cards?" sister Jesse asked sister Benedict.
    "I thought you said you needed them
    Wednesday," sister Benedict replied.
    "Today is Wednesday."
    "Today is Monday."
    "I'm pretty sure it's Wednesday."
    Sister Benedict looked at her calendar. It
    said Monday. Sister Jesse looked at hers. It said Wednesday.
    "One of us must be losing her mind," sister
    Benedict mumbled.
    "And it surely isn't me," sister Jesse
    replied.”

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    17 min
  • Letters to Lelia - Chapter 7 Abolishing Fear

    “Sister Novis," Lelia whispered, so softly

    that Novis, who had just returned from a rock climbing expedition
    and was struggling to put away her gear on a high shelf, almost
    didn't hear her.
    "Oh, sweetie, I didn't expect to see you
    here, I thought your mother kept you busy with the preparations for
    the ceremony, your input is very important, you know!" the sister
    said, cheerfully.
    "Not as much as you think. Bonding
    ceremonies are very prescriptive, other than the actual clouds
    involved, there isn't much that can be changed," Lelia replied.”

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    16 min

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Somewhere between the familiar and the impossible, a story is waiting for you. Listen to short fiction and unfolding novels by Francis Rosenfeld: strange worlds, intimate encounters.