Sci Fi
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
“Do you remember the first time we came up here?” Chaani asked, tying her hair into a ponytail as the train pulled to a stop at the pristine Chimera Heights station. Unlike Vargos’ other train stations, Chimera Heights was equipped with top-notch security measures, a heavy corporate police presence, and immaculate sanitation and architecture–a delight to visitors and a comforting relief for those returning home from the city’s seedier districts.
By R.R. Stephenson2 years ago in Fiction
EPISODE 3 : THE TEST OF POWER
The silence in Luiz Fernando's apartment was profound, but his mind was in turmoil. He was determined to understand the powers that now resided within his body. Sitting in the center of the room, with the blue stone in front of him, he took a deep breath, focusing.
By Luiz O freitas2 years ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 1: The Missing Persons The fluorescent lights of the Rockhaven Police Department's forensic lab cast harsh shadows across the evidence laid out on the steel table. Sarah Mathews pushed a strand of auburn hair behind her ear as she leaned closer to the grainy security footage, her green eyes narrowed in concentration. Three separate case files were spread around her workstation, seemingly unrelated until she'd spotted the pattern.
By Shane D. Spear2 years ago in Fiction
The Great Cereal Heist of Apartment 12B
Every morning at precisely 8:03 AM, Gerald Fumbleton shuffled into his cramped kitchen like a man on rails. It was not that he particularly enjoyed breakfast—he considered taste a distraction—but routine was everything. He would open the third drawer from the left (always the third, never the fourth, lest disaster strike), extract a single, unremarkable spoon, and approach the pantry. There, without fail, sat his box of Quantum Oats™—the cereal engineered by shadowy scientists to taste like absolutely nothing but to fill the void deep in your soul where meaning used to reside.
By The Kind Quill2 years ago in Fiction
