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• Zombie Emancipation

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  I grabbed the squeegee by the handle and carefully extracted it from the zombie’s head. It slid out with a squelch and an out…

• Zombie Hegemony

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  Zombie Karl Marx was holding the gas pump nozzle in his right hand and my collar in his left. “I think it’s about time you jo…

• Zombie Reification

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  “Honey, I want some tuna.”

  I looked over at Nicole, who was making hungry eyes at me in the passenger’s seat. She was beauti…

• A Necessary War

  by BMGelinas 3 months ago

  The blood-tainted sweat trickled down his face as he desperately wormed his way through the mines.

  What would he find when h…

• At least for a moment, the Hawk cares...

  by Jimothy 6 months ago

  Is the hawk like a human? He is a cold, merciless killer. He has no choice. His choice, to live, or let live. He has evolved …

• The Carpenter and the Tower

  by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

  Once upon a time there was a carpenter and his beloved wife. They lived in a house on the edge of the woods, a house that the…

• Just One More

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  The day it rained pearls in Chicago was not the day of merriment anyone expected it would be. Not that anyone had actually ex…

• Human: Hawk and Mouse

  by Tad Winslow 6 months ago

  A hawk glides in a february gust.

  Searching.

  Searching to live. For the simple pleasure of a stomach not empty this bird of…

• uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge!

  by uselessness 7 months ago

  I’ve reached another personal milestone: 150 ficlets! Thanks to everyone for your ratings and words of encouragement; it’s _y…

• The Course of Human Events

  by uselessness 7 months ago

  I live in a cage.

  Twice a day, Master comes to feed me and refresh my bedpan, and if I’m good he’ll give me dessert too. I’m…