Category: Fiction

• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  Emergency Landing

  Everything is hopeless. Fuck it all.Alarms blared. There’s a hiss of air coming from somewhere in the cabin. Lights were flashing. The planet’s surface was rapidly approaching. The baffling on the nose of the ship was on fire.Sweat poured down her face. The other two were out cold. It’s up…

  January 6, 2022
• Fiction Horror Short Story

  Suddenly a Spider!

  “UGH” She huffed. “Alec, turn down Sleepy Head” She called to the other room. Every night he played Sleepy Head, like it was some funny joke. She could hear that bassline and that tinny noise and immediately recognize the song. Stupid stupid song.The song suddenly cut off. Meghan sighed at…

  December 16, 2021
• Fiction Short Story

  Mothering a Man

  Dear Pru,I was at my wits end with him. I was exhausted by his mood swings, his irritability, unwillingness to listen, and just the fact that he would suddenly turn into a giant toddler.So, I’ve been seeing this guy for about a year now. Most of the time, things are…

  December 10, 2021
• Fiction Short Story

  A Lonesome Man

  A man is staring into his fire place. He’s graying at the temples. His goatee has flecks of gray. The fire crackles invitingly.The rest of the room is cloaked in dancing shadow. The worn leather chair casts large looming shadows across the back wall. The edges of the chair jut…

  December 2, 2021
• Fiction Short Story

  Burnt Forest

  Two small squirrel like animals were chasing each other. One happened to catch the other and they rolled across the gently sloping grass covered hill.A mechanical hiss startled both animals from their frivolity. They darted away towards the nearest tree. The slower of the two barely making it out from…

  October 21, 2021
• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  Umhat

  Umhat felt the shockwave, the second, and then the earth trembled. He turned to his crew. They were loaded in the bike’s cargo hold, they were ready. Umhat nodded and began to pedal.He raced. Getting there first was critical for the success of the colony. Getting there first, but making…

  October 14, 2021
• Fantasy Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story Speculative

  A Strange Traveler

  I felt my cart roll to a stop. The gravel crunched beneath the hooves of my mule. It was a dumb brutish animal and didn’t like stopping only moderately less than starting again. It was an animal that liked things to be consistent. I tried to understand why the mule…

  September 15, 2021
• Fantasy Fiction Short Story

  Dragon’s War

  Cyrus’s stomach was in his throat. He could barely keep down his lunch. Even after 50 years, Lilly, his Dragon, still managed to find new ways to shock Cyrus with her maneuverability.Cyrus glanced up at the passing matte black dragon. Its own rider struggling to stay mounted. As they leveled…

  September 8, 2021
• Fiction Short Story Speculative

  Quite the Trip

  Elane pushed her daughter into school. Allyson was a freshman in high school, she’d been paralyzed by her drunkard father. Makalya walked next to Elane, she wasn’t too happy about walking into school, her first day of high school, with her mother. Elane was tired. It had been a struggle,…

  September 2, 2021
• Fiction Horror Sci-Fi Short Story

  Death, the Accountant

  Douglas decided it was time for him to step out of the darkness. to take his rightful place in the world again.He smiled as he looked at the little people studying his home. They had these little brushes, large wide brimmed hats, and sacks with pieces of chalk and string.…

  August 26, 2021