Broken World: Desire (Part 3)
Part III"I like fighting," said the Wart. "It is knightly." "Because you're a baby."--T.H. White,The Once and Future King Graadig sat eating cottage pie with his fingers as he watched the third man's body being tossed into the nearest fire. Now...
Cold
Gabriel had met Nora at an art exhibit downtown. Normally he wasn't the type of person to frequent art exhibits, but a friend of a friend of a friend had a piece on display. Instead of ducking out or coming up with an excuse--an excuse called Breath...
The Faithful
"You will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth." --God, who loves you quite a lot apparently Church was everything to Maria. In her eyes, it was everything to everyone, although some unlucky souls just didn't know it yet. The...
Lateral Move
"_[T]he machine masturbated and we had to take it or die."--Harlan Ellison,_ I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream \* \* \* Candice had worked at Rocketjet Aerodyne for going on three years now. Working as a defense contractor certainly hadn't been her...
Anything
"Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted." "What happened?" "He lived happily ever after." --Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He was going to see her again tonight. He could hardly believe it. ...
Cold
Gabriel had met Nora at an art exhibit downtown. Normally he wasn't the type of person to frequent art exhibits, but a friend of a friend of a friend had a piece on display. Instead of ducking out or coming up with an excuse--an excuse called Breath...
Pleonexia
Amina knew that it had taken her longer to find the location of the temple than it was taking to descend from where she dangled below a hole in the ground leading into it. But it was certainly taking long enough. Far longer than it needed to. Far...
The Mongrel
"The bats are in the belfry "The dew is on the moor "Where are the arms that held me? "And pledged her love before? "And pledged her love before" --Tom Waits, Innocent When You Dream --- Note to the Reader - This one is dark. Some people have...
Lateral Move 2
"There's a big old goofy man "Dancing with a big old goofy girl "Ooh baby "It's a big old goofy world." --John Prine * * * Now * * * "This is it then?" Mark felt ridiculous. Dark alley. Man in trenchcoat. An unmarked package slipped from one...
The Trial But With Pig TF
"_t is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance."_ --Franz Kafka, The Trial (the one without pig TF) "Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to...
Strays
There was no one Jenny hated more on the Planet Earth than Adalyn Fucking Middleton, and it was only going to get worse. They had known each other since the fourth grade and had hated each other all the way up through high school. It had started off as...
Pox Party
"This isn't going to be anything weird, right?" Eric shifted uncomfortably from where he was perched atop the uncomfortable exam table. These things always hurt his back and his ass. Also, who exactly did they think they were fooling with the...