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"The first mission I ever got was a complete crock. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame the agency (much), and would’ve done the same in their shoes, but being in my shoes? Man. Just get a load of this nonsense: mission: infiltrate a highly sensitive finance office; gather intel on recent disappearances of three, high-profile VPs parameters: time […]
Read more "555-Word Spygame"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"Rogue software threatens National Security, Internet, and lives By: Jennifer Russell, Newswave Senior Technology Correspondent; updated 6:08AM EDT, Sat October 18, 2310 (LA NEWSWAVE – NEW YORK, NY) — When it comes to the day to day tasks, for A.I. guru Jack Harper, Chief Executive Developer at ad-tech giant Lyman Apps, Inc., worrying about endangering […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 9 (of 10)"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)"For the record, I don’t typically remember my dreams. Certainly wish I did; would make great fuel for more stories! But while I slept in that space viking’s chamber, bright lights filled my view, and a small audience of shadows encircled me. It was all quite blurry as for the visuals, but the audio was […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 6 (of 10)"As Jack’s eyes finally adjusted to the sudden illumination of florescent light, they soon welled with tears and he still couldn’t see much of anything anyway. The huge viking man stood up from his glass throne and rushed to Jack’s side, the room shaking under each massive plod. “There there…what’s the waterworks about? Yer in good […]
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