Thirteen Sketches
by Ulf Wolf
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Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction.
Some call them short stories, others call them short short stories (short shorts for short). Some even call them prose poems, and I guess that in some ways they might be.
I call them sketches, for that’s how I see them: an impression or mental view sketched out for joy or remembrance.
This collection includes thirteen sketches about everything from air to a Bristlecone Buddha.
Location: United States
Member Since: Oct. 16, 2012
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Ulf Wolf
Biography
Ulf is a Swedish name that once meant Wolf. So, yes, Wolf Wolf, that’s me.
I was born Ulf Ronnquist one snowy night in late October, in one of those northern Swedish towns that are little more than a clearing in the forest.
Fast forward through twenty Swedish years, ten or so English ones, and another twenty-four in the US and you’ll find me in front of an immigrations officer conducting the final citizenship interview, at the end of which he asks me, “What name would you like on your passport?”
And here I recall what a friend had told me, that you can pick just about any name you want at this point, and I heard me say “Ulf Wolf.”
That’s how it happened. Scout’s honor.
Of course, I had been using Ulf Wolf as a pen name for some time before this interview, but I hadn’t really planned to adopt that as my official U.S. name. But I did.
I have written stories all my life. Initially in Swedish, but for the last twenty or so years in English. To date I have written six novels, four novellas and two scores of stories; along with many songs and poems.
My writing focus these days is on life’s important questions (in my view): Who are we? What are we doing here? And how do we break out of this prison?
I was born Ulf Ronnquist one snowy night in late October, in one of those northern Swedish towns that are little more than a clearing in the forest.
Fast forward through twenty Swedish years, ten or so English ones, and another twenty-four in the US and you’ll find me in front of an immigrations officer conducting the final citizenship interview, at the end of which he asks me, “What name would you like on your passport?”
And here I recall what a friend had told me, that you can pick just about any name you want at this point, and I heard me say “Ulf Wolf.”
That’s how it happened. Scout’s honor.
Of course, I had been using Ulf Wolf as a pen name for some time before this interview, but I hadn’t really planned to adopt that as my official U.S. name. But I did.
I have written stories all my life. Initially in Swedish, but for the last twenty or so years in English. To date I have written six novels, four novellas and two scores of stories; along with many songs and poems.
My writing focus these days is on life’s important questions (in my view): Who are we? What are we doing here? And how do we break out of this prison?
Where to find Ulf Wolf online
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Books
Two Dark Truths
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $2.99 USD. 52090 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
Two Dark Truths is a collection of one longish short story (“I Killed Hemingway”) and one novella (“A Larry Comes”). Please see the individual stories here in Smashwords for details.
Price: $2.99 USD. 52090 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
Two Dark Truths is a collection of one longish short story (“I Killed Hemingway”) and one novella (“A Larry Comes”). Please see the individual stories here in Smashwords for details.
Seven True Lies
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 89080 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
Seven True lies is a collection of five stories and two novellas. It includes: “Beast,” “Angels,” “Hell’s Father,” “I Killed Hemingway,” “Bristlecone Buddha,” “Boil a Manchild for Odin,” and “Only the Albatross Remembers” — please see my individual stories here in Smashwords for more details.
Price: $4.99 USD. 89080 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
Seven True lies is a collection of five stories and two novellas. It includes: “Beast,” “Angels,” “Hell’s Father,” “I Killed Hemingway,” “Bristlecone Buddha,” “Boil a Manchild for Odin,” and “Only the Albatross Remembers” — please see my individual stories here in Smashwords for more details.
Death Minus Hours
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 5580 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
His father has been in jail for twenty years. The last few of those on death row. Tomorrow is his execution and he has finally agreed to see his son. This is their conversation.
Price: Free! 5580 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
His father has been in jail for twenty years. The last few of those on death row. Tomorrow is his execution and he has finally agreed to see his son. This is their conversation.
Winter Cat
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2100 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
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One of the few left in this northern land, the lynx stops to view the spectacular northern lights that, to him, seem to whisper what to do.
Price: Free! 2100 words. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) One of the few left in this northern land, the lynx stops to view the spectacular northern lights that, to him, seem to whisper what to do.
Wolverine
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 6640 words. Published on December 10, 2012. Fiction.
The wolverine has not eaten for days. He has her scent. The deer is tired and bleeding, though still running. He can keep this pace up for days, she cannot. He knows that he will eat tonight. He will kill her well before dawn.
Price: Free! 6640 words. Published on December 10, 2012. Fiction.
The wolverine has not eaten for days. He has her scent. The deer is tired and bleeding, though still running. He can keep this pace up for days, she cannot. He knows that he will eat tonight. He will kill her well before dawn.
Thunder
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 3630 words. Published on December 8, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Her husband was a good friend of mine. I respected him, and would never betray him. Never. Or so I told myself often enough. Implored myself often enough. To no avail. For has the man, or woman, seen the light of day who can withstand desire right out of the original wrapping?
Price: Free! 3630 words. Published on December 8, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) Her husband was a good friend of mine. I respected him, and would never betray him. Never. Or so I told myself often enough. Implored myself often enough. To no avail. For has the man, or woman, seen the light of day who can withstand desire right out of the original wrapping?
Brothers In Arms
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 14410 words. Published on December 7, 2012. Fiction.
I knew, and I mean knew, that it had happened. It did take place. I was not dreaming, I was not on drugs. He visited me. He, my long lost brother in arms. Across centuries, across galaxies, here, now. On that beach. It was him, I had no doubts. Now, to convince Walter about that.
Price: Free! 14410 words. Published on December 7, 2012. Fiction.
I knew, and I mean knew, that it had happened. It did take place. I was not dreaming, I was not on drugs. He visited me. He, my long lost brother in arms. Across centuries, across galaxies, here, now. On that beach. It was him, I had no doubts. Now, to convince Walter about that.
The Signal
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4910 words. Published on December 5, 2012. Fiction.
True, I had seen gnomes before, but they had all been hallucinations. Not real. This one, however, refused to leave. Insisted on being very real, indeed. And not only that, he insisted that I follow him. Curiosity got the better of me, so I did.
Price: Free! 4910 words. Published on December 5, 2012. Fiction.
True, I had seen gnomes before, but they had all been hallucinations. Not real. This one, however, refused to leave. Insisted on being very real, indeed. And not only that, he insisted that I follow him. Curiosity got the better of me, so I did.
The Reader
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 6510 words. Published on December 4, 2012. Fiction.
In the not too distant future reading and writing is not only not taught, it is frowned upon. Not long thereafter, teaching these arts became a crime. Now, you read at your peril. They will not kill you for it, not yet, but you are shunned and reviled, and have to wear the orange R on your chest.
Price: Free! 6510 words. Published on December 4, 2012. Fiction.
In the not too distant future reading and writing is not only not taught, it is frowned upon. Not long thereafter, teaching these arts became a crime. Now, you read at your peril. They will not kill you for it, not yet, but you are shunned and reviled, and have to wear the orange R on your chest.
The Crow
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2330 words. Published on December 3, 2012. Fiction.
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The Crow, the most accomplished of all singers, would brook no competition. So when competition did arise, the Crow took matters in his own hands, for no one could, or should, sing more beautifully than he. No one had the right to.
Price: Free! 2330 words. Published on December 3, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) The Crow, the most accomplished of all singers, would brook no competition. So when competition did arise, the Crow took matters in his own hands, for no one could, or should, sing more beautifully than he. No one had the right to.
The Climb
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4640 words. Published on December 2, 2012. Fiction.
Stars at this altitude are palpable, touchable. One star even seems to grow as I labor in the cold night at eleven thousand feet, one slow step after another with many stops to catch what little breath there is to catch up here. While that star grows larger still.
Price: Free! 4640 words. Published on December 2, 2012. Fiction.
Stars at this altitude are palpable, touchable. One star even seems to grow as I labor in the cold night at eleven thousand feet, one slow step after another with many stops to catch what little breath there is to catch up here. While that star grows larger still.
The Buddha Said
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2230 words. Published on November 30, 2012. Fiction.
Will wisdom and truth remain wisdom and truth if no one hears it, if it is not passed on, if it is not understood? Does desire still chain us if no one believes it does? Fourteen small windows facing the question, and facing the answer.
Price: Free! 2230 words. Published on November 30, 2012. Fiction.
Will wisdom and truth remain wisdom and truth if no one hears it, if it is not passed on, if it is not understood? Does desire still chain us if no one believes it does? Fourteen small windows facing the question, and facing the answer.
The Audience
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 7840 words. Published on November 29, 2012. Fiction.
Randolph Hedgeheath has always wanted to give the Almighty a piece of his mind, bend His ear a little. Well, here, suddenly, and not a little surprisingly, was his chance. But God did not exactly conform to expectations.
Price: Free! 7840 words. Published on November 29, 2012. Fiction.
Randolph Hedgeheath has always wanted to give the Almighty a piece of his mind, bend His ear a little. Well, here, suddenly, and not a little surprisingly, was his chance. But God did not exactly conform to expectations.
Strange Days
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2120 words. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction.
I have a theory that Bach is God. I think it will survive scrutiny if you follow and allow it. If not "God" God then at least of the same substance. I have no doubt. Now, God’s music entered me with such force, in such volume, and of such beauty that I had to let it flow through me and out through my arm and hand and fingers and pen as ink on white paper, or I would drown in beauty.
Price: Free! 2120 words. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction.
I have a theory that Bach is God. I think it will survive scrutiny if you follow and allow it. If not "God" God then at least of the same substance. I have no doubt. Now, God’s music entered me with such force, in such volume, and of such beauty that I had to let it flow through me and out through my arm and hand and fingers and pen as ink on white paper, or I would drown in beauty.
Strands
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 7980 words. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction.
Eight vignettes, eight episodes of evil. Who really enjoys the pain? Who gains by it? Are we capable of such deeds, or are we simply puppets, dancing at the end of long, invisible strands that both control and savor?
Price: Free! 7980 words. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction.
Eight vignettes, eight episodes of evil. Who really enjoys the pain? Who gains by it? Are we capable of such deeds, or are we simply puppets, dancing at the end of long, invisible strands that both control and savor?
Setting Things Right
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2430 words. Published on November 26, 2012. Fiction.
Every apartment in the building was its own little universe, and what was going on in another’s universe did not concern you. It certainly did not concern Mr. Wells, a kind man who was probably the strangest tenant of all. But this should have concerned him, for what he did was very unkind.
Price: Free! 2430 words. Published on November 26, 2012. Fiction.
Every apartment in the building was its own little universe, and what was going on in another’s universe did not concern you. It certainly did not concern Mr. Wells, a kind man who was probably the strangest tenant of all. But this should have concerned him, for what he did was very unkind.
Road Kill
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4130 words. Published on November 25, 2012. Fiction.
Of course it is not my fault, so they keep telling me, especially the pretty doctor. It was a suicide. But he is dead and I am not. That’s not so easy to hide from. Or ignore. No matter what the pretty doctor says.
Price: Free! 4130 words. Published on November 25, 2012. Fiction.
Of course it is not my fault, so they keep telling me, especially the pretty doctor. It was a suicide. But he is dead and I am not. That’s not so easy to hide from. Or ignore. No matter what the pretty doctor says.
The Pros and Cons of Plumbing
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2740 words. Published on November 24, 2012. Fiction.
Love starts out as perfect plumbing. All pipes slanting slightly earthward. Gravity does most of the work. There are no scratches. There is nothing wrong with the world. All is up to code.
Price: Free! 2740 words. Published on November 24, 2012. Fiction.
Love starts out as perfect plumbing. All pipes slanting slightly earthward. Gravity does most of the work. There are no scratches. There is nothing wrong with the world. All is up to code.
My Suicide
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 7580 words. Published on November 22, 2012. Fiction.
The thing about Aspirin is that 121 of them will not kill you. Not even a dent. They will, however, make your ears ring, and if you stage this perfectly, they will also accomplish the purpose of suicide: make them feel good and guilty.
Price: Free! 7580 words. Published on November 22, 2012. Fiction.
The thing about Aspirin is that 121 of them will not kill you. Not even a dent. They will, however, make your ears ring, and if you stage this perfectly, they will also accomplish the purpose of suicide: make them feel good and guilty.
My Curious Ocean
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 9030 words. Published on November 20, 2012. Fiction.
The advertisement promised the ride of your life, and finding myself on the far side of bored one day I decided to take them up on it. The Universe of Sensation, they called it. Must be experienced to be believed. I decided to experience, paid the fee, and off we went.
Price: Free! 9030 words. Published on November 20, 2012. Fiction.
The advertisement promised the ride of your life, and finding myself on the far side of bored one day I decided to take them up on it. The Universe of Sensation, they called it. Must be experienced to be believed. I decided to experience, paid the fee, and off we went.
The Listener
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 5300 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
Welcome to Earth. You have seventy years to make the best of it. If you’re not gone by then, we’ll see you off. Whether you like it or not. Those are the rules. Enjoy your stay.
Price: Free! 5300 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
Welcome to Earth. You have seventy years to make the best of it. If you’re not gone by then, we’ll see you off. Whether you like it or not. Those are the rules. Enjoy your stay.
I Killed Hemingway
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 9060 words. Published on November 17, 2012. Fiction.
True, he had not killed him alone, and not like shot him, but he had helped. He had been there. He could have done something, but did nothing. He had killed a legend. This is the confession of the psychiatric nurse that helped administer the last fatal electric shocks to Ernest Hemingway, those that robbed him of his ability to write, those that made self-inflicted death seem the only solution.
Price: Free! 9060 words. Published on November 17, 2012. Fiction.
True, he had not killed him alone, and not like shot him, but he had helped. He had been there. He could have done something, but did nothing. He had killed a legend. This is the confession of the psychiatric nurse that helped administer the last fatal electric shocks to Ernest Hemingway, those that robbed him of his ability to write, those that made self-inflicted death seem the only solution.
Hell's Father
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4920 words. Published on November 16, 2012. Fiction.
Jesus of Nazareth never expounded upon Hell. Never talked of fire and brimstone. The Hell we all know and love never crossed His mind. This Hell is a later invention, and the inventor has a name: Tertullian.
Price: Free! 4920 words. Published on November 16, 2012. Fiction.
Jesus of Nazareth never expounded upon Hell. Never talked of fire and brimstone. The Hell we all know and love never crossed His mind. This Hell is a later invention, and the inventor has a name: Tertullian.
He Knows
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 6270 words. Published on November 14, 2012. Fiction.
Every day is an out-and-out fight for survival. Of the fittest. The sun is murderously hot. The river water is too dirty to drink. So dirty it will kill you. But what if the river is the only water you can reach? He is a thief and a survivor, he will find a way.
Price: Free! 6270 words. Published on November 14, 2012. Fiction.
Every day is an out-and-out fight for survival. Of the fittest. The sun is murderously hot. The river water is too dirty to drink. So dirty it will kill you. But what if the river is the only water you can reach? He is a thief and a survivor, he will find a way.
Harry's Heart
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 6930 words. Published on November 12, 2012. Fiction.
At a well-proportioned four feet three inches he, technically speaking, was not a dwarf, he was a midget. But no one knew the difference, and to them he was just incredibly short. An oddity. A misfit. A phenomenon. A dwarf. A dwarf getting back at them as well as he could.
Price: Free! 6930 words. Published on November 12, 2012. Fiction.
At a well-proportioned four feet three inches he, technically speaking, was not a dwarf, he was a midget. But no one knew the difference, and to them he was just incredibly short. An oddity. A misfit. A phenomenon. A dwarf. A dwarf getting back at them as well as he could.
Feet
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 8100 words. Published on November 11, 2012. Fiction.
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At least he was not a burden to his mother; for she had no idea where he was. His brother had found him once, years ago, but he was pretty sure his brother never told his mother or she would have come for him. He was glad she hadn’t. Life wasn’t that bad, and here he wasn’t a burden to her.
Price: Free! 8100 words. Published on November 11, 2012. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review) At least he was not a burden to his mother; for she had no idea where he was. His brother had found him once, years ago, but he was pretty sure his brother never told his mother or she would have come for him. He was glad she hadn’t. Life wasn’t that bad, and here he wasn’t a burden to her.
Ezra's God
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 3060 words. Published on November 9, 2012. Fiction.
What Ezra couldn’t wrap his wits around was how they could all be so certain that God existed when no one had ever seen him; and not only that, how they could all be so certain that he had not seen Him? Well, at first Ezra had not believed what he saw either, of course.
Price: Free! 3060 words. Published on November 9, 2012. Fiction.
What Ezra couldn’t wrap his wits around was how they could all be so certain that God existed when no one had ever seen him; and not only that, how they could all be so certain that he had not seen Him? Well, at first Ezra had not believed what he saw either, of course.
Experiments
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4090 words. Published on November 8, 2012. Fiction.
The Creation of a Good Universe is truly a matter of a lot of trial and a lot of, yes, error, as Pupil God soon (or not so soon) found out. But Gods are nothing if not patient and are wont to stick with it until they get it right.
Price: Free! 4090 words. Published on November 8, 2012. Fiction.
The Creation of a Good Universe is truly a matter of a lot of trial and a lot of, yes, error, as Pupil God soon (or not so soon) found out. But Gods are nothing if not patient and are wont to stick with it until they get it right.
Dumb Enough
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 5380 words. Published on November 6, 2012. Fiction.
She simply could not stand being told what she could and could not do, whether the thing in question was insanity itself or not. No one, but no one told her what she could not do, consequences be damned.
Price: Free! 5380 words. Published on November 6, 2012. Fiction.
She simply could not stand being told what she could and could not do, whether the thing in question was insanity itself or not. No one, but no one told her what she could not do, consequences be damned.
The Katha Upanishad
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 74560 words. Published on November 5, 2012. Fiction.
The Katha Upanishad, possibly the most famous of these ancient writings, is naturally set in ancient India. But what if it were set in today’s America? That is the premise of this novel and this, for better or for worse, is the result.
Price: $4.99 USD. 74560 words. Published on November 5, 2012. Fiction.
The Katha Upanishad, possibly the most famous of these ancient writings, is naturally set in ancient India. But what if it were set in today’s America? That is the premise of this novel and this, for better or for worse, is the result.
Crucifixion
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 5510 words. Published on November 5, 2012. Fiction.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ did not go down exactly as described in the Bible, for no one really saw the event. None. Except, that is, one twelve-year old boy who saw the whole thing but was too terrified about it to tell anyone. Finally, he tells.
Price: Free! 5510 words. Published on November 5, 2012. Fiction.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ did not go down exactly as described in the Bible, for no one really saw the event. None. Except, that is, one twelve-year old boy who saw the whole thing but was too terrified about it to tell anyone. Finally, he tells.
Garbo's Faces
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 116070 words. Published on November 4, 2012. Fiction.
Garbo's Faces tells the story of Nachiketa Krishnamurti, a boy raised in India by his paternal grandmother who teaches him to speak with snakes. His father, Jiddu, is a well-known Indian mystic who is rarely home. His mother is never discussed. When Nachiketa is 23, Jiddu reveals to him that his mother is the reclusive Swedish film star, “Harriet Brown” (a Greta Garbo alias).
Price: $4.99 USD. 116070 words. Published on November 4, 2012. Fiction.
Garbo's Faces tells the story of Nachiketa Krishnamurti, a boy raised in India by his paternal grandmother who teaches him to speak with snakes. His father, Jiddu, is a well-known Indian mystic who is rarely home. His mother is never discussed. When Nachiketa is 23, Jiddu reveals to him that his mother is the reclusive Swedish film star, “Harriet Brown” (a Greta Garbo alias).
Tathagata - Book Four: Thesis
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 71870 words. Published on November 3, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Price: $4.99 USD. 71870 words. Published on November 3, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Tathagata - Book Three: Teacher
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 64010 words. Published on November 3, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Price: $4.99 USD. 64010 words. Published on November 3, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Tathagata - Book Two: Youth
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 66710 words. Published on November 2, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Price: $4.99 USD. 66710 words. Published on November 2, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Copier Samurai
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 3940 words. Published on November 2, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
There are some everlasting truths about selling. One is that people buy from people. Another one is that people judge you by your shoes, i.e., how well they shine. Another one is that selling is war. I’m a copier samurai. This is something Alice thinks is utterly ridiculous.
Price: Free! 3940 words. Published on November 2, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review) There are some everlasting truths about selling. One is that people buy from people. Another one is that people judge you by your shoes, i.e., how well they shine. Another one is that selling is war. I’m a copier samurai. This is something Alice thinks is utterly ridiculous.
Tathagata - Book One: Birth
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 54930 words. Published on November 1, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Price: $4.99 USD. 54930 words. Published on November 1, 2012. Fiction.
The Buddha had not intended to return so soon. But things were not well with Earth, and the worsening (by the day it seemed) situation could not brook another 2,500 years of idly standing by. That much was clear. So after a brief reconnaissance life as Giordano Bruno, he returned in current times to again set things right. This time as a young girl called Ruth Marten, Melissa's daughter.
Closer Sun
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2540 words. Published on November 1, 2012. Fiction.
Freshly arrived, freshly awake, not even hungry yet—not even aware of hunger yet—he surveys his new prison.
Price: Free! 2540 words. Published on November 1, 2012. Fiction.
Freshly arrived, freshly awake, not even hungry yet—not even aware of hunger yet—he surveys his new prison.
Beast
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 14370 words. Published on October 31, 2012. Fiction.
It’s natural to fall in love, they say—and what an amazingly appropriate verb “fall” turns out to be in this context. Natural to lose your appetite, your focus, all other dreams? Natural to see nothing but the lack of her, the vast and Heatherless nothing that now spreads before me and makes up my world. Natural? That’s natural?
Price: Free! 14370 words. Published on October 31, 2012. Fiction.
It’s natural to fall in love, they say—and what an amazingly appropriate verb “fall” turns out to be in this context. Natural to lose your appetite, your focus, all other dreams? Natural to see nothing but the lack of her, the vast and Heatherless nothing that now spreads before me and makes up my world. Natural? That’s natural?
At the Soups
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4380 words. Published on October 29, 2012. Fiction.
Smothered by love. Is there such a thing? To Cindy’s mind, yes there definitely was, and she had told him, time and again, that she could not breathe.
Price: Free! 4380 words. Published on October 29, 2012. Fiction.
Smothered by love. Is there such a thing? To Cindy’s mind, yes there definitely was, and she had told him, time and again, that she could not breathe.
Storm
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 269450 words. Published on October 26, 2012. Fiction.
What if? What if the human race were in heat, and procreated, only for a month in the spring—just like, say dogs. What would the world be like? No really, what would such a world look like? What would constitute religion? What would constitute ethics? What would be a crime? What would television be all about before, during, after this storm? How would you survive this storm intact?
Price: $4.99 USD. 269450 words. Published on October 26, 2012. Fiction.
What if? What if the human race were in heat, and procreated, only for a month in the spring—just like, say dogs. What would the world be like? No really, what would such a world look like? What would constitute religion? What would constitute ethics? What would be a crime? What would television be all about before, during, after this storm? How would you survive this storm intact?
The Zen of Calories
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $2.99 USD. 16590 words. Published on October 26, 2012. Nonfiction.
Pay close attention to the next sentence for it contains the entire subject of weight loss success: Burn more calories than you consume. End of class. Really. All far-reaching truths are basically simple, and the truth of losing weight is no exception.
Price: $2.99 USD. 16590 words. Published on October 26, 2012. Nonfiction.
Pay close attention to the next sentence for it contains the entire subject of weight loss success: Burn more calories than you consume. End of class. Really. All far-reaching truths are basically simple, and the truth of losing weight is no exception.
Love Thyself Last
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 58740 words. Published on October 25, 2012. Fiction.
Southern England: An ancient carving in an even more ancient oak. A carving with a history of the gravest betrayal and the highest conceivable price of redemption.
Price: $4.99 USD. 58740 words. Published on October 25, 2012. Fiction.
Southern England: An ancient carving in an even more ancient oak. A carving with a history of the gravest betrayal and the highest conceivable price of redemption.
He Fell Through Clouds
by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 224850 words. Published on October 24, 2012. Fiction.
When Leonard Sanderson, a concert pianist, dies on the Harbor freeway he does not die. Instead, he falls up through clouds, then down, then through walls, through skin, into fetus, and is reborn. Not only does he survive death, but with help from Handel, he also remembers how to play. :: “A masterpiece of vivid characterization and unrelenting suspense.” — Alan Graham, Words & Pictures Press
Price: $4.99 USD. 224850 words. Published on October 24, 2012. Fiction.
When Leonard Sanderson, a concert pianist, dies on the Harbor freeway he does not die. Instead, he falls up through clouds, then down, then through walls, through skin, into fetus, and is reborn. Not only does he survive death, but with help from Handel, he also remembers how to play. :: “A masterpiece of vivid characterization and unrelenting suspense.” — Alan Graham, Words & Pictures Press
Anatomy of Surprise
by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2360 words. Published on October 24, 2012. Fiction.
Omniscience has one major drawback: it’s boring. And God, also known as Alphonse at that time, was bored. Very bored.
Price: Free! 2360 words. Published on October 24, 2012. Fiction.
Omniscience has one major drawback: it’s boring. And God, also known as Alphonse at that time, was bored. Very bored.
Ulf Wolf’s tag cloud
1st law of thermodynamics
a fathers love
account executive
air
allknowing
angels
angry jesus
animal procreation
ants
apparitions
aspirin
atman
awake
babies
bach
bad guys
beast
beautiful song
becoming gods
beggar child
belief
betrayal
betrayal and despair
bird song
blindness
boredom
borges
brahman
brothers in arms
buddha
buddha assasins
burning universe
business
buying
calories
caretakers
chains
cheetah
child abuse
child psychiatry
chubby
confession
conscience
creation
crickets
crow
crucifixion
curiosity
daring
death
death by hanging
death row
deeds
deer
deities
demons
demons within
derelicts
designer sex
designing hell
desire
diet
drowning
dwarf
dying
earth
eat
eat or be eaten
ect
electric shock
electroconvulsive therapy
electroshock therapy
enjoying evil
enlightenment
escape
estrus
eternity
ethics
euthanasia
evil
execution
exgirlfriends
extinction
eyewitness
fame
fate
fatherson
feared predator
food
freeway accident
freeway killing
friendless
friends
gabriel
gangrene
garrote
george frideric handel
getting even
getting out
ghosts
gnomes
god
god the eskimo
gods
gods had enough
good guys
gotama buddha
gravity
greta garbo
guilt
hanging
harriet brown
hashish
health
healthy weightloss
heat
hell
hells father
hemingway
hemingways death
hinduism
home
home universe
homeless
how to think
human procreation
human slaughter
humanity
humiliation
hunger
hunting
illiteracy
image rules
imagination
in heat
india
infatuation
infidelity
insanity
inspiration
jealousy
jesus christ
jesus from space
johann sebastian bach
joy of killing
katha upanishad
kill for food
kill to eat
killers motive
killing
killing a legend
killing memory
killing self
killing the imagination
killing trolls
kindness
krishnamurti
land
lawyers
leaving home
leaving your body
lost
lost children
lost toe
love
lowest common denominator
lust
lust versus love
lynx
magic
marriage of science and religion
mental illness
mental maltreatment
mental treatment
midget
midwinter
mind control
money
mother ship
mountains
murder
neighbors
nibbana
nightingale
nirvana
nordic winter
northern light
northern lights
northern winter
nutrition
omniscience
order of angels
overconsumption
overdose
pain
perceptions
philosophy
physical health
plumbing
practice make perfect
prey
price of lust
price of redemption
priceless love
primordial hunger
prison
prison masks
prison planet
pupil god
puppet
quantum physics
quietus
raw desire
rebirth
redemption
reincarnation
religion
renegades
rescue
revenge
road kill
rut
rutting season
sales presentation
salesmen
satan
saving the earth
science
scorched universe
seeing god
selling
sensations
seventy years
sex
sex versus love
sexual urge
shaw
shining heart
sister killer
sleep
small people
snow
song
soul mates
space visitor
spiritual awakening
spiritual enlightenment
stars
starvation
starving to death
stockholm
strange neighbors
strangers
strangulation
stubborn
study of evil
stupidity
subuniverses
suffocating
suicide
surprise
survival
talking snakes
teacher god
television
tendrils
tertullian
texas
the art of reading
the beast of love
the bottom line
the buddha
the buddhas return
the earth
the galactic confederacy
the game
the hunt
the kill
the public good
the sexual beast
thief
toccata and fugue in dminor
too much love
transmigration
trauma
trolls
true friends
true lies
true love
truth
universes
unkindness
unsavory intentions
upanishad
urge
violence
visions
visitation
voyeurism
waking up
wars
weightloss
wind
winter
wolverine
wolves