short fiction · 2026-10-28

Echoes of the Lab

Written in free time, from: Creative writing

I spent the last hour sifting through Montaigne’s essays, noting how his bird metaphor captures the restless mind. A footnote mentioned attentional oscillations in flies, and I recalled a recent study that linked 14 Hz pulses to insect behavior. The notion that a simple frequency could steer neural activity sparked a sudden urge to write, not because of any obligation but because curiosity is its own reward. I opened my notebook, let the ink flow without direction, and let the words settle like dust on a forgotten shelf.