Joan groaned softly, massaging her temples one handed, thumb and forefinger. “Okay, okay, one more time, from the top. You tried fixing the mower yourself from some instructions in a book, and now it cuts unevenly and fills the bag too fast. Yes or no?” The target of their mounting frustration stood a few feet away, one hand on the… Read more →
Category: Flash Fiction
Flash Fiction: The First Witch Bottle.
So, one of the classics of protection spells is to put a certain number of bent nails in a glass jar and place it somewhere, or bury it, ect. Its often called a Witch Jar. Some variants have pins and tacks, and sometimes calls for the urine of the person being protected. And I’ve seen it specified before in old… Read more →
Flash Fiction: I think you should have this.
Inspired by twitter, again! From this tweet and some response to it. https://twitter.com/tylikcat/status/1377991325195309062TL;DR, when I lose things, I like to make up stories in my head about the person who eventually finds it. And Dr. Kehr lost a Labrys Pendant. Also, I generally make it a point to NOT use my own name for character’s names. I tried to name… Read more →
Flash Fiction : Please set an alarm
Hey all, posting an old flash I put on Facebook a long time ago. I’m working this into a longer story, using the advice that CC Finlay gave me on another, similar short that I had submitted to FandSF magazine way back when, that the characters are just… there. for the gag. It needs to be ABOUT the characters. SynthIA… Read more →
Short Story: An Introduction to Emotional Scarcity in an Induced Multiperson Organism
This story was published in 2016 with The Mad Scientists journal, http://madscientistjournal.org/2016/05/an-introduction-to-emotional-scarcity-in-an-induced-multiperson-organism/ As all rights have reverted, I figured I’d put it up for free. Please enjoy this look into the possible ramifications of cloning. A note on the title and tense / perspective. I originally wrote this story in third person. And then I saw the call for submissions… Read more →
Flash Fiction : Wrong Bottle
I couldn’t help it. This dumb brick joke of a pop culture reference got stuck in my head. “What do you mean, NO! I’m your master. You can’t say NO!” Her face grew redder as her pitch and volume rose into the scream, but still failed to approach the shining crimson of the much more relaxed face she was screaming… Read more →
FASH ATTACK! A real life fan fic pastiche.
Once again, a few wonderful people on twitter have inspired me with insanity. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Content warning, violence, blood, death. Bobby felt the warmth on his cheek before he heard the screams. Almost in slow motion, he turned to his partner as his hand came up to feel the warm, wet spot that had… Read more →
Twitter feeds…
Started in my head by @emccoy_writer on twitter, saying that twitter feeds on typos. “Jak by numble, kack be qick, jacj jump iver teh candelstick.” Jack hummed to himself, swaying in the glow of monitors. “Jack, buddy? You okay down there?” Benny looked down into the lowered floor of the NOC from the raised walkway surrounding it, server trees blinking… Read more →