inproper timing
My family history is a bit complicated compared to most families I know. My parents divorced when I was in middle school. From what my Mom said, Dad was cheating on her with someone they knew and she filed for divorce immediately after learning about...
Protector
You watched the doctors leave with a bitter taste in your mouth, their lack of news didn't surprise you but it was still disappointing. It had been part of your routine for close to a week and their refusal to...
How to Seer, Part 9
How to Seer, Part 9 copyright comidacomida 2020 Although I'd worked hard to make a life for myself in Cherry City, the one thing that I didn't want to leave behind entirely was family. By the time the holidays rolled around I realized that...
Time Passes
Time Passes copyright comidacomida 2020 Sampson had the distinction of being created in the core worlds. Unlike many other genetically modified organisms, the large Dog was produced in the Sol system, and on Terra nonetheless! ...
Beyond the Failing Light: Flight of the Firekkan
# Beyond the Failing Light: Flight of the Firekkan The Storm to End all Storms. I see its fires rising beyond the sky, sense the heat as its burns all who are, all that is to cinders. The cinders, to ashes. The ashes, to dust. The dust, to nothing....
Confusing Relationships
My weekend was a fucking nightmare. Rumours had spread around school regarding what had happened between me and Jeb with varying degrees of truth and realism. When one of my classmates had messaged me asking where the fuck I'd gotten a gun from, I knew...
Magical Missteps.
It had been an accident, a simple spell that backfired. Truthfully Hermes should have known better than to use wine instead of grapes. His roommate, a typical slob jock type that rarely got anything for himself, however had eaten the grapes he had...
Writing Prompt #5 - "Transmission One-One-Two-Five"
“Foxtrot Tango Three, this is Mission Control. Do you copy?" “Affirmative, Mission Control." “What's your position?" “Point-zero-niner, four-five. Approaching target at 900 knots. Visual in T-minus thirty...
Writing Prompt #6: Difficulties in Dungeon
Type: Prose Length: 350-500 Description: There is no war in Ba Sing Se: write an article for a periodical that at face value relates a certain event or advances a certain position, but can also be understood to relay the opposite of what it textually...
Writing Prompt #5: Two-Part Invention
Type: Prose Length: 350 words Description: Write a dialogue between two or more characters, and include only their dialogue, with no supporting descriptions or non-verbal text, as if this were a transcript of a recorded conversation. The...
Firecracker
I looked out of the window for the tenth time that morning, searching the horizon for the tale tell shimmer of red scales that belonged to my dad. But once more, the windows showed only green hills and a curved earthy road. I let out an annoyed his, my...
Saved
The Pacific Coast, 2044 The only mercy from the pain was the cold he felt as the burnt skin was removed. Inch by inch. He knew he was dying, but he could do nothing but wait as the doctors on the ship tried everything they could...