Matt Brubeck's Favorites

  • Brass, Ivory and Springs

    Anso hunched over the machina, furiously trying to finish the assignment given him by the Abbot. The sound of the keys cla…

  • Holo Kitty Inspired by a photo

    Are you feeling bored and listless? Does your old catnip mousie just not do it for you anymore? Is your pet human threatening…

  • How to Buy a Time Machine

    Sam was having a crummy day, a lackluster week, and a downright disappointing life. His girlfriend broke up with him, his car…

  • Never believe the stories

    Pulsating cracks of light were appearing in the barrier erected in desperation around M. Lis and M. Pearl. M. Lis is on the v…

  • Heresy Inspired by text

    The Abbot was a wizened, prune of a man. He hunched over a simple cane, carved from the trunk of an Ash tree, and gestured fo…

  • Murder Most Foul Inspired by text

    “And where is Anso now?”

    I paced the busy scriptorium while questioning the Abbots immediate subordinate, Prior Sandro. Monk…

  • Time's Ripple Mars Skepticism Inspired by text

    The link loaded into a rather stereotypical Ebay page. Sam winced at the overdone flashing banner ad, and quickly scrolled do…

  • How to Shatter Skepticism Inspired by text

    Sam stared at his handwriting in disbelief. There was no question whose hand wrote those words; no one but Sam was capable of…

  • . . but I'd still wear sunglasses

    They tell you not to stare into the sun, something about corneal sunburn. Well I’m here to tell you that thats bogus. They ar…

  • Tap-Tap. Tap.

    There was a hesitant knock on the metal border of the cube’s entrance. Not a moment too soon, he thought. The drone of the wh…

  • bang

    World to his back and sky to his front, he lays in a field. Pistol aimed to the clouds.

    Each shot feels as if it takes part…

  • Tap-tap two Inspired by text

    She walked up to the cube, a slight feeling of dread tingled in her spine. He was sitting there, hunched over his keyboard. H…

  • How Not To Be A Footnote Mature Inspired by text