Short Story / Sci-fi The dimmable lights were turned down to their lowest setting. The shades were drawn, the computers in sleep mode, the AI assistants muted. Bose sat upright in the room, reveling in the silence. A sudden beep caused Bose’s steady, rhythmic breathing to fluctuate. The motionless surface of his mind rippled; and […]
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Flash Fiction / Nature Therapy He is lying on his back, his posture defying his backbone. His left arm is tucked under his back, and he is clutching his new phone with his right, keeping it suspended mid-air. The screen is tilted downwards and he cranes his neck unnaturally to keep his eyes at level
Short Story I am in the Banana Boat. I was exiled on it. The fate of the boat, and the fate of the bananas, are also my fate. My name is Eira. I come from a beautiful land that grows bananas. Lots and lots of bananas. Bananas enough to color the horizon and cover the
Short Story Maya stole out of the flat sneakily, careful to close the door softly to make sure her brother didn’t hear her leave. He was in his room, listening to podcasts with headphones on, but she wasn’t taking any chances. She needed the leaf, she needed it bad. She knew her brother was baffled
Short Story The bombs fell splatteringly, like rain. They were tiny little raindrops at first, slipping out and down from the dark and ominous clouds of the unfeeling metal planes. Then they fell more jarringly, like a downpour, a downpour that beat down on the earth weakly, like a tempestuous child beats down at a
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Fiction / Novel Excerpt He didn’t have to turn the corner to realize he had fucked up. Royally fucked up. He could see the smoke from around the curb, rising up playfully, almost tauntingly. It was the dull, transparent, unassuming nature of the smoke that convinced him. It didn’t look like that of a house
Fiction / Novel Excerpt On the West end of Texas, nestled between two artificial, flat-topped hills, is a sprawling array of concrete buildings and underground laboratories. BFT zone-260 is the hidden pride of US defence, an ace tucked neatly into the folds of their military sleeves. Built without congressional knowledge, it forms the largest and
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Short Story / Post Apocalyptic I moved my hands through the blue, papery flames. The desert sun was blistering overhead in the brilliant desert sky, casting angry, yellow rays that baked the rough sand and us. The cold fire helped a bit. My eyes fluttered from object to insulating object before resting on the nomad
Short Story / Second Person TW: Gore / Death You are in a forest. The scorching sun has pulled itself laboriously over the thin horizon, and the last shreds of red-orange light have climbed in after it. A handful of stars still twinkle dimly in the far reaches of the cosmos, and you can just
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Short Story / Sci-fi Hello. This is Mark. I’m messaging from the remains of Shuttle P-6–7, currently in orbit around the sun at the extreme edges of the solar system; coordinates unsure. Emergency code C64, I need immediate assistance and evacuation. Surviving Crew: one (Mark XII). Spacecraft: non-functioning. You can lock onto me by my
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