With grease still on my hands, I put my rifle down and unloaded my gear. The rough, olive drab was a second skin by now, not just my own, but of everyone it seemed. Greenish grey and greyish green stitched a patchwork between all aspects of life over there. Finding a seat set aside from […]
Read more "With Grease Still On My Hands, Part 1 of 5"(Black screen. Small drips reverberate, a cave may be imagined. Red lights pop out from around an undistinguished corner. First one, then 3, now five; of varying heights. They aren’t bright, but glow brighter each second. They bounce a bit, dancing without choreography. A sense that the lights are coming toward you is derived in […]
Read more "Final Exam, with a Pop Quiz"Emma was a tree, standing twisted and old on an African plain. The orange sun slid down a grapefruit colored sky as a pride of lions padded gently besides her. A majestic father with his gal and 2 cubs. Peering out from eyes embedded in the rigged bark, she focused intently on papa lion’s face until […]
Read more "An Unexpected Detour"Three men surfed through space inside of a giant, titanium golf tee. Not so much like those longer ones proliferated these days, more like a good-ole-fashioned ‘regular’ tee. The tee also had a few wings and some added minor details, such as rocket propulsion, landing gear, and a rover to explore the surface of extraterrestrial terrestrials. […]
Read more "The Great Lunar Lie"When the first train of the day pulled into the station, a man stepped off and walked with purpose in his stride. He wore a grey fedora and carried no bag. When the alarm clock went off in a luxury apartment, a woman sprang out of bed. She took a shower, put on some clothes, and had coffee. She […]
Read more "500-Word Thriller"For what seemed like a long time, I thought I might be falling. Though if so, very slowly as there was no wind rushing by; just floating maybe. It was still entirely dark and silent. Really, there was no evidence that I was moving in any way, it was just a thought. I forgot it […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Epilogue"Climbing and climbing, in pitch black. I began to lose my sense of even up or down. My hands rode the damp, rain-smoothed stone walls, for I could find no rope or rail to guide me. Step. Step. Step. One at a time, I can’t trip. I must get to the top right away. I’ve […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 8 (of 10)"Almost as shocked as by the blinding sunlight, though much more slowly and painfully drawn out, Jack felt a yoke of guilt hang from his neck, as he walked through Vastendom’s commercial district with its mighty leader in tow. This was the town he wrote up, no question about it, but just as Stuart had […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 7 (of 10)"“You’re an idiot. And I don’t fly with idiots.” The steel door slammed and produced a high-pitched ringing capable of calming a battalion of angry dogs. Jimmy scratched his head. ‘So much for trying…’ he thought. ‘This is gonna be a great 6 months…’ The USS Wright was the first of it’s kind: a 22nd century […]
Read more "I am my brother’s keeper."In an instant, everything became clear. This was never a game at all. This was the very last wish of a dying man, who never truly believed his dreams would be fulfilled, and only now, only in this final and desperate act…his trust was in me to make every minute to have finally meant something. […]
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Satisfied Fool 