Melvin Tooker
An old man attempts to mash words together and hope for the best... His journey into writing. With advice, commentary, opinions, and regrets.
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Canticle for the Future
Saturday morning
The early morning cyclist glanced up out of habit. The mast was always there. He suddenly stopped, looked again, and pulled out his phone. He posted a picture and continued on to his workplace.
By 6:30, seven people...
Canticle for the Future
Endgame (Photo by Brateevsky, via Wikimedia Commons)
The pieces were on the board.
Now only the endgame remained.
Friday
Nyssa left a note telling her that she had been called away. Heidi kept to her morning routine. On her...
Canticle for the Future
The Bolt, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard - photo Shonagon 2026-01-02, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=181134986
Aria arrived early, heels clicking like a countdown no one had started.
Whatever came...
Canticle for the Future
The pieces were being set in motion, the clock ticking,
waiting for his opponent to arrive.
Wednesday
Nyssa and Heidi kissed Franz and Matt goodbye and left Noirhaus as if nothing had changed. They stopped in front of the Landesmuse...
Canticle for the Future
The jewels weren’t in the room, but their shadow was.
And in Noirhaus, shadows always meant trouble.
Laura Müller crossed her arms and stared at her assistants. “Which one of you informed Matt about the Louvre heist?”
The two Georges fro...
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I walk the long road of storytelling, where starlit realms meet forgotten futures. I craft tales of fantasy, science fiction, and noir, all threaded with mystery, love, life and death… stories that echo with truth and reflect the soul.
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