Lost in Transmission
Another flash fiction. - - - a faint light approached charlie as he neared the exit to his secret passageway. the mousehole was behind a bookcase in the dimly lit office of donald merry, the head of the financial department.
Between Gods and Gentlemen
This is a flash fiction story i wrote for a small writing contest. **between gods and gentlemen** "spare a few coins? c'mon, just a few mon? buy a drink for a guy who's down on his luck."
FuturePlex Brings You The World Of Tomorrow
#4 of flash fiction my five-sentence flash fiction for the confuzzled competition. i came third! new, clean, safe: futureplex nuclear hovercars! why go out in the fallout, when you could send your futureplex robot?
Character Vignette -- Rainy Day Fund
What follows is one of my writing warm-up exercises, to write about a rainy day. To describe it, I put myself into a character and decided to find out just who he is. I think he's interesting enough to show up in another somewhere. I'm just not quite...
Mare Anguis (Serpent Sea)
Mare Anguis is a lunar moon. Its name derives from the Latin for _Serpent Sea_. It has an appearance resembling that of a dragon in flight, wings outstretched, and it is an impressive 150 kilometers in diameter. (All the preceding paraphrased from...
Young
Friends tell me I look young, act young, talk young. Except they don't say that. "You're like the baby of the group." "How's the pup doin'?" "You're such a cub." So on. I don't really mind. Didn't should actually be the word. Until that...
Recursive Cycles
Recursive cycles cement their way into secluded lives ceaselessly expanding, enveloping all thought and action. People like you forgot how to live. Somewhere along the way you forgot to appreciate how the sky shifts as night falls or day breaks, the...
Orc Boss - Flash Fiction
"it's nothing personal, " The tall, heavy set orc says with a pained expression, "But due to cut backs we have to lose one of the programmers." "But Graham, I have more experience than Jones," I reply, confused as to why they would let me go instead...
Santuary in Hell (flash fiction)
_Keep running! Keep running! Keep running!_ I repeat in my head like a mantra, a meditative chant to keep one footpaw after the other grazing the ground, powering me forward. In my hands I have my weapon, a 12 gauge semiautomatic shotgun, weighing me...
January '18 Flash Fictions
January '18 Shorts Hey all! Not too much to say here, been doing these since April of '17, pretty pleased with everything I've managed. Lot of new characters and some fun ideas along the way, hoping to keep things going into '18. January wasn't super...
November/December Flash Fictions
November/December '17 Shorts #1 - The Real Thing "That is an imposter!" the bull snarled as he tried to throw himself at the throne, but the blank faced guards held him fast in their steely grip. The little fox beside the throne smiled and adjusted...
Flash Fiction: Do Not Disturb
The sandy brown stoat picked up the $10 bill and its accompanying "thank you" note from the TV stand and pocketed them both before he pushed his cart out of the hotel room he had just finished cleaning. Alan let the door swing shut behind him and...