Stories tagged with "sf"

  • In Case of Disaster Inspired by a photo

    Jenny and I sat on the forested hillside overlooking the valley that was the meteor’s predicted point of impact, waiting. “I’...

  • Put Your Head Between Your Knees… Inspired by text

    I opened my…headlights.

    It had all gone according to plan. The schmuck running the body hadn’t noticed I had subverted his s…

  • Loopholes Inspired by text

    And then I found it: the emergency ejection code. If the physical body of these robots got too damaged, they were programmed …

  • Hawking Wares

    “Hey, hey, hey! You wann meest?”

    Parcel in one hand, flash ball in the other I pick up the pace to about a seven. The Mog le…

  • Things to Come

    Little Cardeo sat in the sun. It warmed his fur as the sea breeze cooled his skin. He looked down on the birds from the cliff…

  • Becoming

    He itched. Like a thousand tiny creatures burrowing beneath his skin, moving around with no thought to the discomfort they ca…

  • Small potatoes Inspired by text

    The end of the world as they knew it came on a Tuesday afternoon.

    Not with the apocalyptic imagery of their great-grandfathe…

  • Diamond Rake

    “We’ve lied to millions of people,” Biers said, elbow-deep in loops of purple guts.

    “Billions, man,” said Kimberley. “Both p…

  • A Godawful Small Affair

    “I want to move to Mars, and open up a bar,” Gregor said.

    Matti inhaled deeply, and let a cloud of pale blue smoke surround …

  • Future of web

    I am sitting at the Grove with Richard and Maya. We just ate some really good food.

    Now we are learning about ficlets. We th…