Old Man Steals the Sun’s Leggings

by Brandon Wirtz

Firelight—what a charm it adds to story-telling. How its moods seem to keep pace with situations pictured by the oracle, offering shadows when dread is abroad, and light when a pleasing climax is reached; for interest undoubtedly tends the blaze, while sympathy contributes or withholds fuel, according to its dictates. The lodge was alight when [...]

Filed under : Stories from the Indians

Man with Green Green Blood Is not a Vulcan

Man with Green Green Blood Is not a Vulcan by Brandon Wirtz

Normally only Vulcans have green blood, a side effect of using copper instead of Iron to carry oxygen in the blood.  Iron gives Hemoglobin its Red Color, where as Copper when Oxidized is Green.  Recently, Surgeons operating on a man were shocked to find he had green blood. Tests showed he had taken too many [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents