First one there loses.
My first memory is of the screen. Not the face on it, not the voice, but the glowing screen. It was some time before I understood the words it was saying, but…
Etaoin Shirdlu
9 stories written on Ficly, 2009, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Rain
It was raining. Rain was the only time the organization heads met. Too dangerous in clear weather. Joey was a nobody. Just another grunt hired for security. No…
Misdirection
“Open it” said the man with the gun. “Do it slowly.” “Okay, okay.” Sam slowly reached into his pocket and withdrew the key. It was a large old one, ornate…
No sound in space
There’s no sound in space. No one can hear you scream, as the saying goes. No one can hear you talk either. Not when you turn your radio off. It gets lonely in…
Nothing will be the same
I can’t believe it’s gone. I look into the sky, expecting to see it come over the horizon any second, as beautiful and perfect as ever. It doesn’t. There’s…
Let's play a game
“Would you like to play a game?” the computer asked. Jack sighed. He didn’t have much choice. “Why not?” The view in his neural implants changed. He was…
Garage
“It’ll be a big one” the mechanic said as he pointed at the clouds. “Of course it will” sighed John. The clouds on the horizon were blacker than he’d ever…
The Eye
The dreams started a week ago. I’ve had one every night since, and I think I’m going mad. I’m always sitting at my computer in them, not doing anything…
Life Cycle
The Von Neumann replicator approached the planet. It made no attempt to contact the inhabitants, if any. It cared not for any form of life that may have…