Category: Short Story
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Apocalypse Man
Briefing: July 1943 Colonel Reed The Super Soldier programs are either resounding successes or abysmal failures, depending on who you ask. Our brain trust, the most gifted scientific minds in the world, have given us miracles. Man-made superhumans. Yet pencil pushers with small minds are responsible for our continued funding. A drug that can give […]
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The Shining 3: Payback’s A Witch
This is a Flash Fiction challenge from Chuck Wendig. The Challenge is this: Write a story about vengeance. It is also the third in a trilogy of Shinings so check out the other two if you like. *Psst! Here’s Part Two* Emilio spent the better part of a week on bed rest. His shoulder ached and […]
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Mr. Mercedes
Here’s a Flash Fiction challenge courtesy of Chuck Wendig at his Terrible Minds blog. The Challenge is this: Take a Stephen King book title and write a short story based on that alone. So here it is! After a long life well lived, Mr. Mercedes met his end after finding himself standing under a large […]
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The Shining
Here’s a Flash Fiction challenge courtesy of Chuck Wendig at his Terrible Minds blog. The Challenge is this: Take a Stephen King book title and write a short story based on that alone. So here it is! “First time to the big city?” Emilio shifted in his seat. The world flew past his window as […]
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The Dark Half
Here’s a Flash Fiction challenge courtesy of Chuck Wendig at his Terrible Minds blog. The Challenge is this: Take a Stephen King book title and write a short story based on that alone. So here it is! “Do you know why they call it the Dark Half?” Emilio pushed the control console away from […]
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I Never Lived in Caves
It was recently discovered that Neanderthals went extinct much later than previously thought. This comes as no surprise to me since I know for a fact we never went extinct in the first place. You may be wondering by my use of the word ‘we’ how a self proclaimed Neanderthal could be walking around unnoticed or how […]
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Don’t Worry, the A.I. Will Save Us!
A special thanks to John Michael Greer over at Ecosophia.net for inspiring this story. Especially this post. Here’s a little known fact, Artificial Intelligence or A.I., was developed by the military about ten years ago. It turned out not to have much military application, so the eggheads at the Pentagon kicked it on down […]
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The Willamette Murders Part Three
Previously Alonzo Baker couldn’t believe it. An invitation to the home of the world famous Florian Willamette. A personal invitation! What could it be for? How did Florian Willamette even know his name? Alonzo was but a poor old clothing designer. An up and coming one but generally unknown. He’d only ever been to one […]
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The Willamette Murders Part Two
Previously The room was damp and warm and stunk of pain and violence. Jeremiah Scott Spencer was tied to a chair. He was disoriented. The haze of whatever the men in fine black suits had drugged him with was slowly wearing off. The famous Florian Willamette was sitting in front of him. “Look at you. Do […]
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The Willamette Murders Part One
The letter was unaddressed, unmarked and generally uninteresting, which was how it made it into the pile of Florian Willamette’s personal correspondence. It could have been mistaken for a plain envelope had it not been sealed. Willamette spotted it right away. It was different from the rest. Understated. He’d been going through a Simplicity phase of late; […]
The Wormhole Less Traveled 