Microfiction
Devoured. Top Story - May 2024.
My fingers dance across the yellowed pages of the library’s archaic volumes. Despite the candle illuminating the shelves, I’m not searching for a book. Instead, I’m relentlessly investigating the halls for a door to run from the horrible reality that consumed all our lives.
By Isabella Rose3 years ago in Fiction
The Piano. Content Warning.
The home was full of the noises of people who were in their own world. Steady hums leading to screeching crescendoes. A random shout of a name. Mutterings. Flatulence, released unknowingly. The TV blared; some gaudy game show and a presenter with unfathomably white teeth.
By Rachel Deeming3 years ago in Fiction
Water Brother
Thirst always reunites me with my water brother. I have watched him grow, and wrinkle, with me. The others are dead. The laughing dogs ate them. My spear broke under my brother when he fell, and my hands were not strong enough to fight them. I feel tired and strange. My teeth ache. The water is warm and tastes dirty and sad.
By D. J. Reddall3 years ago in Fiction
126 — The End That Never Happened
It was our New Beginnings Mortuary Special-of-the-Week: Your DNA in an amino acid broth, seeding a future place with life. Your substrate stabilized on wafers and--from low Earth orbit--dispersed 360º with sun-activated atomization recursively reinforcing momentum to 92% light speed.Thermoplast-coated wafers allow re-entry of countless "seeds" of you--YOU!--landing in areas that do the rest. You--arising--as the dominant species!
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
A little Over Dramatic
Tony was dead to the world, enjoying a rather raunchy dream, when he was ripped from his sleep by an unearthly scream. He flew from his bed and frantically looked around his room but the scream came from the kitchen. He headed that way in a panic.
By Colleen Millsteed 3 years ago in Fiction
Strutting
Ace, amazing, awesome. I am the dog’s bollocks. There’s nothing wrong in admitting what’s true. Confidence is sexy anyway. Not that I need help in that department. Look at me. Ha! You can’t NOT, can you? Look at me look at me look at me! You want a little side action? A little shimmy? Wait, check this out. Watching? I said are you watching? Oh yes. Did you see? I can do it again, watch. Yeah, it’s like I vibrate everything. I mean everything. You like that? You want to find out? Where are you going? Where are you…..
By Hannah Moore3 years ago in Fiction
