Field guide No. 1323
Lightning frozen in amber
Kept for a stormy day
A lump of amber on black rock holds a forked bolt of lightning, still glowing. Insects are traditional, but this one bit back.
Field noteAmber holds a lightning bolt mid-fork, still lit after the resin set.
- Specimen
- No. 1323
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Where it doesn’t exist
- a bed of black rock under one lamp
- Nearest existing relative
- an insect in amber
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Objects
Also impossible, also breaking physics
Noon in reverseLight falling exactly where the shade belongs is shade that is lit. That is a square trying to be round.
Two worlds, one ocean bridgeTwo planets with the same coastlines are one planet in two places, and one of them is thirsty.
Unlit match, burning reflectionMirrors only repeat what is there. This one lights a match that is unlit, and the flame spills past the frame.
Red door, impossible waterfallFreestanding door pours a waterfall from a room that is not behind it.