The alien craft exploded invisible to the human eye. The inhabitants had exited over an hour ago, running amazingly f...
He smoked pipes, ate limes, ate the gnats he swiped from the air. The lions lounged in the front yard. He chose lions...
On the fourth day of the invasion, the defenders opened the gates of the zoo. Let those bastards contend with lions ...
I'm trapped. I came to the beach, ready to relax. Ready to escape my work, and every annoying person in my life. But ...
"Come here," I whisper loud enough for her to hear me. She gives me a look and laughs, tilting her head up to the sky...
That damn tree was going to fall on him, he just knew it. What use was the open sky, the billowing waves of blue, or...
Everything was going according to plan until that Saturday morning. Birds chirped and the sun gleamed and glistened o...
Hard to think now, gazing into her eyes as we lay side by side, that we'd only met on the train an hour ago. I'd been...
The gate closed behind them.
I stood on the old wooden bed I always slept in. There was always a window up high and I would always look up to it a...
Three Chances. Two Donors. One Hope. December 4th. Today is the third anniversary of your first bone marrow transp...
Rudolph ran as fast as his four legs would carry him. He had run out of fairy dust over a remote forest, and unfortun...
He left me hanging.
“Pob lwc.” the elder of Saint Joseph’s had wished me, after his strange warning. I presumed he meant for my first Mas...
”Beware the Bwgan Fawr.” the old Vicar sighed. “Every chapel has to have its ‘Ysbryd capel’…” “Its chapel ghost?” th...
Freeform prompt
Friday is supposed to be a day to look forward to - TGIF, right? Sammy had been dreading Friday all week because he ...
“The entire shell is Chronium. That shields the op…” “You mean chrome. Chromium?” “Ahem. Crow NEE Uhm. Chronium. As...
The visitor asked, "Can you write a story without a prompt?" "I don't know," said the writer. "I've never tried." "...
I held it at arm's length.
I held it at arms length. A scruffy business card in battered Russian. Something like “путешествие во времени” (“pute...
I held it at arm's length. Three feet long from blade to hilt it, the replica Confederate cavalry sword is beautiful....
I held it at arm's length, pressing the butt of the gun into my shoulder. It was heavy and my muscles screamed and bu...
The girl looked up at her mother and said, "We're small." It was sudden--so sudden that the mother looked down at he...
I have writers block. Urggggg. Okay, I should probably explain myself. I am a writer. Well its more like I would li...
The people in the cafe continued talking as I stood to look at the door. Still not here. I glanced at my watch. Dash...
The drop all went wrong. I told Marsha not to get the police involved but she was too scared to think straight. Joshu...
The building appeared one day with only a white-haired gentleman who could have noticed. He didn't however, because h...
The young man ran toward the park building, surrounded by trees, bushes, and several high-rises that glowered down li...
Ring, ring! Ring, ring!' "Hello, this is General Kuznetz", I stated. "Yes, I understand". "There has been a change ...
The dress blue uniforms were itchy. They were tired and hot and couldn't wait for the ceremony to be over. The captai...
Well would you believe it? There I was sat on my couch balancing a plate of egg and chips on my knee when his face fl...