The God Gun

by David Walls-Kaufman A template of Innate Ethics has been a preoccupation of mine for decades, and I’m hoping to complete a book on them soon. The God Gun came from that idea, and blended with ideas of some sort of serious civil confrontation. All of which I feel is…
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Family Buffalo Safari

by David Walls-Kaufman This story went into the “Overmorrow” sci-fi anthology in 2020. I developed it from chapter seven in “Robot, Archangel”, and liked it so much that I included it in the final version of the novel. DAVID             “Do you want to fly to dinner, Jason?”             The boy couldn’t…
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Robot, Archangel

Book One: Wazku Vanishes by David Walls-Kaufman          This was a short story submitted to Liberty Island and it was rejected because there wasn’t enough to it. I disagree. My vision of the story was to show a hopeless future where ordinary people had no chance. The LI editor suggested it…
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Why Me? 1987

          A story contest wanted a sci-fi piece derived from your favorite sci-fi novel, and you had to use the title of that novel in your opening sentence. Here is my rendering of what Winston’s life looked like after his arrest and re-education in 1984. DAVID By David Walls-Kaufman          In…
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Frankenstein, Politician

By David Walls-Kaufman          I really enjoyed the Liberty Island short story contests because you had to come up with a story outside your comfort zone, and you had to write for a deadline. It was terrific practice for a writer. This was for a “Fantasy Father’s Day” contest. DAVID          A…
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Nothing Like It In the World

By David Walls-Kaufman          The story challenge was to deal with a subject that had at some time horrified you. The thing that stuck in my mind was an obscure subject I had come upon several times in reading histories about the First World War. DAVID          “It’s the meanest thing in…
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Of Crusaders and Cartels

by David Walls-Kaufman       One of my favorites of my short stories. It has been rewritten several times and was originally published under the title Plight of the Locusts. It is based on a true event involving the Mexican drug cartels. DAVID          “Remy, I am going to go over the Border.”…
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