Ignorance Is Bliss
As the harsh sounds of a big-city morning clash with the gentle chords of a romantic mix-tape, never turned off, all in the small apartment is still – a…
What was his is now yours.
The hide peeled back easily enough over the muscles and organs but needed a little extra tug to pull free of the bones. The skinning knife was sharp and the…
this is what happens when you are bored at 12:47AM
This limit is prepost’rous We’ve really had enough 1024 characters? That’s really very rough! And yet we all know, deep within our hearts That this is…
Gone Sour
Confectionery, Niall knew, was a way of life. Little could he have guessed that even as Mr Cavendish sunk his teeth into an Exploding Pineapple Gum, far more…
Stargirl
Lying in our sleeping bags that summer night on my trampoline, I promised you that no matter what, you’d be my best friend. That you’d be the brightest star in…
My Creed
I used to be like you. Sitting at home, drinking my name-brand soda with my TV dinner, watching the news. I used to slurp goopy mashed potatoes while watching…
The Catcher in ... whatever
...We’ll be right back after these messages... Holden Caulfield is a young man on the brink. He is on the line this time. His entire way of life as a spoilt…
Rataplan
Reese’s body shook with staccato beats he could no longer tell apart. Rain rattled against metal sheets, thumped against tarps. Machine guns fired. Bullets…
The Show Must Go On!
Looking in the mirror, his paunch made obvious by skin-tight latex; once impressive cape now faded and tatty, Doctor Lucian Super-Evil IV sighed. Thirty years…
Ms.Combs?
“Patient 27 reports being awoken in the middle of the night and has the sensation of being abducted by strange beings.” “No, I was abducted.” “Yes, yes, of…
Just One Bite Of The Apple. (Part 4 Of The 4 Part Miniseries)
Hey Frank how ‘bout let’s go knock back a few beers at Hobo’s?” Another Detective yelled from an office next door. “Beer? Hell, I need some real strong whiskey…
Cat on the Case
I poured another drink to steady my paw as I looked out over the city. Ah, the city, she’s like an old house: as full of character as she is cracks and holes…
The Street Sweepers
Nobody sees this side of the city but us: The donut-shop owners starting their machines. The street walkers who didn’t catch the right eye. The lonely taxi…
In sickness and in health
She doesn’t try to hold his hand, or kiss him. Their relationship has become what it was when he first courted her. When he would lightly grip her forearm as…
I Drink Therefore I Am
“The truth is,” he said, “the truth is, I hate robots.” His breath reeked of the gin that sloshed over the edge of his glass. “You know what I hate?” he asked…
Seduction in 3/4 time
He closed the door and drew the blinds. The reading lamp was illuminated, and he was alone with his ebony Aphrodite, the memory of the music she created in the…
Without Walls
It was in the thirteenth year of my travels that I came to Oulipo. From afar, one cannot imagine it is a city for there are no structures to define it. The…
Train 424 (deception challenge)
We left Lodz four days ago, in a cattle car filled with 102 other Jews. You couldn’t sit down for lack of room. An old woman tried to perch herself above the…
Candy Floss and Heineken
When we were small we would go to carnivals then leave holding hands, me in my psychedelic leggings, you in your dungarees, candyfloss stuck to our faces in…
To Find a God
What is man that I dare keep from him the fate long ago set to by star and gods? This area, a holy den, this vale on the isle of jade and wood, once held its…