Turning Towards Destruction
And all the while the climate is changing. Angry summers, persistent floods, beligerent blizzards. Grudging droughts and pissed off hurricanes. The poles…
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32 stories written on Ficly, 2009–2010, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
The Scraping Claw Down Our Necks
The new monsters peer over the horizon. Good intentions spliced to blind arrogance and numbing greed. Franken foods and terminator seeds. Herbicide tolerant…
The Beast at Earth's Edge
A faint howl in the distance pierces the night. The monsters we have created, lumbering to rampant life, are heading even now toward our village. Nuclear…
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A Cold Love
The main engine was in flames. How this happened, who knows. All I know is I’m speeding towards a dead planet with no control over where the fuck I’m going…
Engines can be in the Hull, Right?
Zipping up the suit, I stood tall over the cabin. Prepared to conquer anything in my way. The way the sun gleamed over the planet in front of me seemed to urge…
A Decision I'd Rather Not Face
“Enigma, please give me the details of Earths current state” I say, still in awe. “Earths current condition is deemed uninhabitable. No traces of life are on…
What Used to be Earth
“Warning! Warning!” Enigmas shouts awoke me from my peaceful sleep. “Estimated twenty five minutes before reaching destination” But her words did not reach me…
Enigma XT23
“Enigma, what is the estimated time of arrival?” I asked in the eerie quiet. The computer responded “The craft will reach your destination in approximately…
Too Late for Second Thoughts
I pull the trigger; hopefully the bullet still has enough speed to travel through my temple, after traveling through both of hers...
A Modern Odyssey
The sand surrounding became cold like the night sky around him. Walking out of the building that kept him safe, he found himself alone. Men around him dead. He…
Rain, Rain. Go Away.
Day 219 since nuclear fallout. Diary entry number 159. Time 6:42 AM. Temperature 32 degrees Fahrenheit. From the depths of hell, these rains pour. My makeshift…
On A Beach where One Man Breathes
Day 216 since nuclear fallout. Diary entry number 156. Time 2:12 AM. Temperature 22 degrees Fahrenheit. I have awaken once again to a growling stomach. Five…
Between the Signs Lay the Truth
Please answer this message. I am from the year 2026. (ALl things arE N)ot going well. Something diffe(Rent has grACE)d this Earth. (IN the sky’s aboVe us…
A Sinking Sun. A Rising Fear.
Day 206 since nuclear fallout. Diary entry number 151. Time 11:41 PM. Temperature 53 degrees Fahrenheit. This is my third night sleeping under the Atlantic…
Fighting a Lost Battle
Day 203 since nuclear fallout. Diary entry number 148. Time 1:34 PM. Temperature 92 degrees Fahrenheit. Two hundred and three days of wondering has lead me to…
The Battle of the Cans 5 : Saving Private Zero
*Pepsi*: Why....why? WWHHYY? *Coke Zero*: SUP BITCHES? I WAS JUST CHILLIN BEHIND THE COUCH AND I FIND THAT FUCKER! I THINK IT’S MY COUSIN OR SOMETHING.OH AND…
The Battle of the Cans 4 : Operation Z
*Pepsi*: We need to get out there, retrieve Zero. *Dr. Pepper*: And that Japanese fellow. I would love to examine her ingredients. *Coke*: We retrieve every…
The Battle of the Cans 3 : Straight Up Alone
Alone on the cold floor of his masters kitchen, Coke Zero looked around. *Coke Zero*: DAAYYYUUMMM. THIS SHIT BE POPPIN. I’M STRAIGHT UP Z. He hopped on his…