When the Rapture Comes...
Roger was sitting in his living room sucking down a Slushy on May 21st, the day that yet another extreme fundamentalist whack job had predicted the end of the world. _What a joke!,_ thought Roger, _the same whack job had predicted the end of the world...
The Way the World Ends...
**Walking along a deserted street near dusk one evening, I became aware of the sound of footsteps some distance behind me. Although I knew it was foolish, I slightly increased my pace. To my discomfort, the unknown walker behind me did the same. I...
Easter in Hell...
**A knock coming to my front door early one bright Easter morning was my first clue that things weren't going to be all sweetness and light that day; a steaming, viscous puddle of a black, tar-like substance was all over my doorstep. As I stared...
Love, War, Fox Ghosts 'N' Stuff
After the transformation of Alex's shrewish wife into a solid gold statue, he grew ever closer to the strange, otherworldly house guest that was the spirit of a dead fox, so much so in fact that he grew to question his own sanity. Following the...
World Without End
Roger had regarded his cat, Frankie, to be his best friend, so much so in fact that when the cat died he cremated the body and retained the ashes, stipulating that they be put into his coffin upon his own demise. In accordance with his will this...
Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow
On December 21st, 2012 the ancient aliens returned to the earth, their enormous motherships encircling the world and hovering over every major city. The aliens had the heads of animals and furry humanoid bodies, much as the gods had been depicted...
Cruelest Cut
Sylvia was extremely unhappy with the work of the stylist at the hair salon; her hair had been trimmed up her neck far higher than she had desired, a fact she hadn't been aware of prior to inspecting the cut in a mirror at home. Bending to stroke...
Dances With Meat...
In a time long ago, a religious bovine zealot called _John the Brisket_ was holding court, telling his listeners to straighten up and fly right because the Big Cheese was sending his Number One Son. "Straighten the path," John would preach to his...
Mirror, Mirror...
The mirror was an antique of indeterminate age, one which had been in his family for generations. The ornately carved oaken frame surrounded glass darkened and distorted with age, and there was an old family tale that the mirror...
Trinity
Trinity by ff\_b Located just off the tip of Long Island and six miles from the Connecticut coastline, the Plum Island level-4 bioresearch facility was during the Cold War era a secret government installation reputed to be involved in the...
It's A Wrap!
Jeannie had recently discovered those vacuum-seal plastic storage bags, and was enthused about how they could save closet storage space by removing the air from bulky items such as sweaters and blankets, enabling their storage in the off-season in a...
The Augments
I. _Ignition_ The young fox whose cage was labeled simply as J-47 whined in pain as a needle was again rammed into his flank at the Plum Island Research Facility. The thick liquid burned as it coursed into his body, one of the many injections that...