So Quoth the Father

So Quoth The Father is a compilation of over 50 short stories. The pieces have been organized by subject matter: science fiction, humor, shortstory fiction, essay, sensuality, social commentary, political, devotional, poem/prose, and miscellaneous. A description of a few selected pieces is provided below.Probe. A capsule is found with a message from extra-terrestrials (?!). Scientists struggle to decipher the message until they enlist ordinary citizens.Ascent To. We follow a man through his career as he ascends to power.Buncha Freaks. Some friends are to put on a skit written by one of them... who is off his rocker.Fodder (A Fantasy). A piano tutor falls for a princess who lives in a castle.Portalic. A 75 page poem/prose piece on the topic of surreality.Joseph of the Far. A husband and wife take a hike through the wilderness for their honeymoon vacation.The Great Awakening. University students participate in their traditional quadrennial campus-wide Project Graduation.The Jukebox Joke Box. Three masters of comedy entertain the inhabitants of a mysterious space craft that orbits Earth.The God of Sets. A piece attempting to unify computer science with God via the argument that God=zero.Fate. A discussion about luck is disguised as a lovely romance.Farthest Reaches. The history of the Forn and Athromancers, whose races were destroyed by artificial intelligence.Halfway to Somewhere. A man and woman stumble about their space ship confused after waking from hibernation. Eventually they realize what they must do to salvage their mission.