Fiction: Fiction

Glaucon Before Lachesis

Mark Piper unveils the long-lost epilogue to Plato’s Republic.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022]

The Confession

Mike Mallory sits in on a future tribunal.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

The Determined Will

Stephen Brewer’s couple are determined to argue about free will.
[Issue 149 :: April/May 2022]

Socrates’ Home Life

Lydia Masseron finds out exactly what’s on Xanthippe’s mind.
[Issue 148 :: February/March 2022]

Santa’s Existential Crisis

Samantha Neave finds that Christmas is a time for woe ho ho!
[Issue 147 :: December 2021 / January 2022]

The Parable of Aladdina

Michael Langford says you should be careful what you ask from a genie, or you might get lamped.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

Freedom & Responsibility

Cora Cruz finds that sometimes you have to take both.
[Issue 145 :: August/September 2021]

The War with the Insectoids

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues and Ricardo Tavares find good intentions leading in the wrong direction.
[Issue 144 :: June/July 2021]

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Coffee Morning

Stephen McKenzie records a (mostly) friendly meeting between Friedrich Nietzsche, Khalil Gibran and Diotima of Mantinea.
[Issue 143 :: April/May 2021]

Hegel Walks Into A Bar…

James V. Mead overhears Hegel mansplaining #MeToo.
[Issue 140 :: October/November 2020]