Sci Fi
The Clan
The Clan has existed in this remote valley for a thousand years. There was enough land to farm, game to hunt, and stay totally isolated from the rest of the planet. Clan members resembled early pioneers in dress, housing, and way of life. Their government is like an oligarchy, minus the royal titles and trappings, but keeping all the brutality and iron-fisted rule. Four families controlled all government functions:
By Mark Gagnon4 years ago in Fiction
The Countryside
Eleanor T. Howard looked up from her newspaper as the tea kettle whistled. An ancient, hefty pipe hung from the corner of her mouth, puffs of tiny clouds escaping the basin like a witch’s pot. Her face was mostly smooth but her sunken eyes revealed her true age of 56. The addition she held shakily in her grasp was from the 30’s. The headline: THE NEW AGE OF THE FIXER? glowed with a pale blue light. What she called an ‘oldie paper’ was actually a hologram. The letters floated in her peripheral vision as she stared at the kettle. Waking from her thoughts, she finally set down her white tablet and went to fetch herself a cup.
By Victoria Cage4 years ago in Fiction
The Cat Lady
Luke stared down at the dirt-stained, neon green golf ball. It was the final hole, and he needed a hole-in-one to win. The windmill before him creaked with age as the blades spun slowly, the plastic tunnel he was aiming for a black hole behind the blades. Bringing the club head back, Luke was ready. Of course, as was his luck, Luke’s cell phone vibrated insistently in his pocket and threw off his aim.
By Anthony Stauffer4 years ago in Fiction
Live-in Son-in-Law, Su Yi
“Look, you guys! That’s Su Yi!” “A year ago, he was the ‘Sword Chief' of the Blueriver Sword Manor’s outer sect, a rising celebrity. But then, due to some unexpected misfortune, he lost his entire cultivation and became the Wen Family’s live-in son-in-law. What a pity!”
By Turnell Feliu4 years ago in Fiction
