Archive - Singular Dream

Quibble, 62. Cascade

Nish, Vega, and Aladfar piece together their enemies’ plans for a war of genocide and utter control against Ones and Zeros alike.

Aug 5 •

Joshua Lavender

July 2025

Quibble, 61. Argument

When she reunites with her son after nine years’ absence, Nish faces a painful choice.

Jul 24 •

Joshua Lavender

Part 10, cont: Call for feedback

The timelessness of empathy, with reference to Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and a Japanese folktale.

Jul 21 •

Joshua Lavender

"Write every day" is terrible advice.

Jul 17 •

Joshua Lavender

Quibble, 60. Nahli (ii)

Haunted by his treachery, Nuah becomes the boy who fell in love with night.

Jul 10 •

Joshua Lavender

Quibble, 59. Nahli (i)

As Alnasl the Zero becomes Nuah the Far, a fraught history comes to light.

Jul 3 •

Joshua Lavender

June 2025

Quibble, 58. Memory

Defenseless, Quibble faces the Aht-nah's whispering sword.

Jun 26 •

Joshua Lavender

Quibble, 57. Glyph

Quibble leads the helpless Alnasl through the Waste.

Jun 19 •

Joshua Lavender

Quibble, 56. Sah

A fable of the Far.

Jun 14 •

Joshua Lavender

Quibble, 55. Sen-an-dah

Alnasl teaches Quibble about survival in the Waste, and Quibble realizes Asuja gave her a fighting chance.

Jun 12 •

Joshua Lavender

Exigence: The Heart of the Story

A reflection on revising my short story "Away" and the writer's need to think about a story's exigence.

Jun 6 •

Joshua Lavender

May 2025

{Short story} Nat, an AI with too much to do, takes a vacation.

May 31 •

Joshua Lavender

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