Wet Cement: Chapter 11
There was a light bump as the skids touched down onto the bay's deck. The massive doors closed and there was a pause as the bay depressurized. A light above the personnel hatch into the rest of the ship turned green, indicating safe pressure and it...
Kitchen
The Kitchen He used to stand right here. I would sit like this next to him and play while he made and shaped the dough. At least that's what I'm told. My brother said he died in the defense of Belgrade while I was still very young, and though I...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-1: The Bigot
Rika set the test unit behind her and plunged back into the open panel, straining down until her waist was against the edge of the hole. She reached down, attempting to grab the probe while her weight shifted, threatening to send her tumbling into the...
Poem: Flameout
It all goes quiet That's when you know It's happening again The nose pitches forward, So you haul back on the stick For a moment a response But it's gone all too quick Your heart, like your head, Knows what's below Knows what is...
Streetcars 4: Mom
Mom The juvenile girl (it turns out her name was "E-Lizabeth") is... frustrating. The mom-not-mother of the little girl said E-Lizabeth was a "realpain". I'm still working out what that word means, but part of is sounds like...
Gunda's Dream (Writing Corner Challenge 03/11/2020)
CHAPTER ONE Her joints were killing her. Gunda could feel the cartilage in her elbows grating together, and the ache in the tendons and muscle of her shoulders longing to stretch. She pined to be able to extend her...
Streetcars 6: Daughter
"No, go back to bed, Ellis," Crunch said quietly. She gently grabbed the sleepy woman by her shoulders and steered her back to where her "bed" was on the floor. "But Ms. Crunch,...
Streetcars 5: E-Liz
"Boomer." "Yeah?" He shifted in his position to look over at me. It was early afternoon, just after lunch. We were still on door duty, with myself also playing E-Lizabeth...
Pferdman
Chapter 1 Smack! The wrench slipped, and even though Carl was pulling instead of pushing on it, his fingers still managed to be driven into a row a screw tails. The wrench few from his grasp, and he heard it go clattering off down the inside of...
Streetcars 2: Food
Food It's been a week since Boomer lead us here. Crunch is feeling a lot better but still has a fever. Boomer brought us food, which was fantastic! It was hard for us to find anything to eat around the building, and a...
Letter to E.E. Cummings
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Streetcars 3: The Better to See You With
Better to see you with Boomer and I sat on a rooftop, looking out over the city as the system's star (EB-6221 or "the sun" as they called it) sank below the horizon. I quickly learned that his eyesight wasn't just bad in low...