Microfiction
Microbes discovered in "living fossils" provide information on the origins of sophisticated life.
Some of the earliest living things on Earth were created by microbes, yet most people wouldn't be aware of them. In shallow waters, they form silently and resemble ordinary, dark boulders. For billions of years, these stromatolite formations have shaped life on Earth.
By Francis Dami7 months ago in Fiction
The Direction of Time
There is a moment in every life when a person realizes that time has only one direction. Not forward in the hopeful sense people talk about when they are young, but forward in the quieter, harder way. Forward without permission. Forward without interruption.
By Dagmar Goeschick7 months ago in Fiction
Facets
The rotunda had no need for torches, such was the power of the light reflected off the crystal atop the Plinth at the rotunda’s center. Even Vistruvian’s shadow as he passed between the crystal and the bands of light coming down from the lantern windows did nothing to diminish the crystal’s aura.
By Matthew J. Fromm7 months ago in Fiction
Putin and a Fortuneteller
Vladimir Putin called the most powerful and famous psychic and fortuneteller to his bunker. "I haven't been sleeping well lately. Wake up from nightmares where someone is hunting me but I can't see who. Can you tell me who that is?" Putin asked.
By Lana V Lynx7 months ago in Fiction
Midnight Bus
The bus doors opened with a long metallic sigh, even though no one had pressed the stop button. For a moment, I stood on the empty sidewalk wondering if I had imagined it. The streetlights flickered softly above me, and the road stretched into darkness like an unanswered question. I had been waiting for nearly thirty minutes, and the city around me had already fallen asleep.
By Vocal Member 7 months ago in Fiction
