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• Silicon Emetic

  by cloister 16 days ago

  Should I even bother to clean up the mess? I sat, feet dangling over the edge, staring in disgust at the puddle of stench I…

• Night of the electrified plush apes

  by The Dod about 1 month ago

  The teddy bears were amazed. Plush gorillas should have known better than to try to climb the electric fence. Their circuitry…

• REACTr: Coragyps Atratus (Black Vulture)

  by KevMullins 2 months ago

  The Antonov/Lockheed C-5 Galaxy X made a large sweeping arc over the port drawing the attention of all on the ground below. H…

• REACTr: As the Black Bird Flies

  by KevMullins 2 months ago

  The old man sat, crossed legged, in the soft warm light that spilled through the half open shoji doors of the ancient tea hou…

• REACTr: Phantom Pain... but it Still Hurts

  by KevMullins 2 months ago

  Nick instinctively massaged his thighs as he spoke with the tech, though it did no good. Throbbing, white hot pain radiated f…

• REACTr: Building the Perfect Beast

  by KevMullins 2 months ago

  He followed the tech over to the opening of the broken shipping container where the remains of four bodies lay strewn in the …

• Computer Tech with Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) [The Don't Get Defensive Challenge]

  by YodaOnCrack 4 months ago

  Mike walked into my office, a sullen look on his face and a PC repair tool bag slung over his narrow shoulders. “What do you …

• "So We're *Not* Being Hired by Some Débutante, Right?"

  by Denubis 6 months ago

  A shock, perhaps aftershock, of barely processed ethanol and acid jumped from Gregor’s stomach into the delicate tissues of h…

• Cold Zone

  by Vonster 7 months ago

  He made his way down the darkened artery of the now dead city. It was another cold day and his breath was visible, trailing a…

• Shirley in Space

  by User 707 7 months ago

  “This is the most fun day I ever haded in my whole, entire life!” shrieked Shirley as the experimental spacecraft raced off f…