Subject 117's published ficlets
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Beneath The Surface.5. secrets

. . . then vanished.
William staggered. Visibly. Ephraim Smith put out an anxious hand. “Hey man, you ok?”
William gasped, ...
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Tell me trees: what are you whispering?
None remembered when sentience was unlocked, and no record exists that the humans who activated the genes ever realised what …
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Beneath The Surface .4. apparition

Now they stood watching D-S Lee and the suspect.
“I’m telling you man,” the suspect hissed angrily, “The only thing I’m guil…
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Beneath The Surface .3. cliché

Daylight flashed into the subway car as it emerged from the tunnel near Davisville Station.
The chorus of clicks, beeps and…
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Beneath The Surface .2. beneath

Worried though William was, not even a careful observer would have detected the tumult in his mind. Here was a man who had le…
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Beneath the Surface .1. the surface
William Palmer was a worried man.
Looking at him, you would not think so. For one thing, he was one of those tall, thin peo…