“Invictus Update”—poem.
A romanticized account of Geoffrey Gibbs’s ancestors, especially the Native American Silcock and the ministers Henry Gibbs I, II, and III.
“First and Second Contact”—science fiction short story.
“Brainwashed by Circumstance”—morality tale.
“Waiting for the Next Bus”—a conversation at a bus stop.
“To Lose is to Win”—poem about leaving Afghanistan
"Gilded Imagination" is about one of my favorite architects, Stanford White (a terribly flawed human being but a genius nevertheless). Few artists have had as great an impact on RI as White who designed countless gorgeous buildings throughout the…