MJ Santos is writing to make the world a better place, or at least trying to give people a little distraction now and then. Find out when stories are published on Twitter or Mastodon. They'd love it if you sent them a coffee.
When I'm suicidal, I do three things: • If I can wait another five minutes or a half hour, I might feel better. • Second, there are specific things I want to do in the future. I list them out loud.
By MJ Santos3 years ago in Psyche
(This tale was co-written with WordHero, an AI text generator. If it comes up with these kinds of ideas, is it a warning that the machines are coming for us?)
By MJ Santos3 years ago in Fiction
I tried to be patient and not judge all the giddy people around me. Family and friends were taking dream vacations. They changed jobs or quit altogether. Some ended relationships and started anew with unlikely partners. The talking heads on TV compared it to the Roaring '20s after the Spanish flu pandemic. People were living it up.
Something shifted in the corner of the room when Elspeth looked up from her embroidery. The afternoon light was fading, and her eyes were tired. She blinked a few times but saw nothing except the tapestries on the stone walls.
By MJ Santos4 years ago in Fiction
Thea knelt beside the dead calf and stroked its soft ear. “I’m sorry,” she whispered and buried her face in its fur. She could feel the bones of its starved frame against her cheek.
