Category: Fiction
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2015 Retrospective
by Jason Stotts Usually, in early January, I do a big “Best of” the year post that highlights my best essays from the year. This year, however, there weren’t many essays on Erosophia. Nevertheless, it’s been a really big year for me! (Older best of’s: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009) First, Erosophia turned 10…
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Happy 10th Birthday Erosophia!
by Jason Stotts I really can’t believe that it’s been 10 years since I started blogging! Blogging is interesting. I never set out to be a blogger. In fact, I only started writing a blog on a lark. Then, I just sort of kept writing and at some point things got interesting. Somewhere along the…
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Harrison Bergeron
by Jason Stotts I was recently sent a link to the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, about the ideal of “equality” and the practical implications of that. I strongly recommend taking a look at the story, which you can find here. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only…
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The Tow: A Short Story
by Jason Stotts [Author’s note: this is the first short story I’ve ever written, constructive criticism would be appreciated.] When you’re unemployed, each day is like the last and they end up running into a blur of searching for jobs, submitting resumes, and waiting anxiously for calls from potential employers. So, when he woke up…
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A Brief Confrontation
by Jason Stotts “You’ll learn. Oh, one of these days, you’ll learn.” She said it as if speaking across the experiential gap that divides children and adults. “What is it that I should learn, mother?” He said it simply, inquisitively. The question was more directed to understand her motive than her position. “You’ll learn,” her…