by AnnMarie Kalus | Jun 18, 2025 | The Sea Whisperer
Everything around me is history here. Below my apartment is a 220-year-old pub whose regular customers sometimes sing drunken songs, but I don’t usually mind. The singing is as much a part of the town as are the old buildings and cobblestone streets. None of it helps...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Jun 18, 2025 | The Sea Whisperer
It has been a long-time wish of mine to write about the sea. I wanted to create a story that was personal, with characters who are close to my heart and who I hoped would resonate with others the same strong way they do with me. And so came the idea for The Sea...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Feb 16, 2025 | Original Short Story
The seconds from the clock over the door tick viciously. I despised that clock ever since the secretary put it up some weeks ago, but earlier today I caught myself imagining how I might bring it down and break it into small pieces until it stops making its little...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Feb 16, 2025 | Original Short Story
Submitted for Reedsy Short Story Competition, Contest #266 I had all of it laid out: my Phrygian cap, the Golden Fleece, the epic poetry tablets of Calliope, the sacred laurels of Apollo, fragrant incense, milk, and honey. Desperately, I chanted her name...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Jan 25, 2025 | Science Article
The true nature and mechanism of gravity have been of deep interest to humanity ever since the ancient world, and it continues to fascinate us well into our 21st century. However, the essence of gravity is still very much elusive. Particularly, when it comes to its...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Jan 25, 2025 | Science Article
Bioluminescence has been fascinating to humanity for as long as we can remember, and it has certainly inspired many scientists and non-scientists alike over the last decades. Bioluminescence is the emission of light by living organisms. This natural phenomenon has...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Jan 25, 2025 | Science Article
Can technology offer a solution to our growing biodiversity crisis? And are robot bees the future of agriculture? Not too long ago, a mysterious affliction called colony collapse disorder (CCD) began to wipe out honeybee hives, informs Juliet Ferguson in her article...
by AnnMarie Kalus | Jan 25, 2025 | Science Article
Can a mental disorder be calculated? Can any disorder be put into numbers at all? It’s certainly hard to imagine, without understanding some of the brain’s major functions. The human brain performs tasks that are of a computational nature. Therefore, some...
