Black side down, shiny side up. A joke instruction on my new driverless vehicle. It’s meant to be a reference to the car’s simplicity. Just set it on the street and you’re good to go. I didn’t find it much different than all the others, but it made me chuckle. That’s definitely a plus. I…
The Last Hot Shower
It finally ran out, and I don’t know what to do. I’m stranded on this forsaken planet waiting for someone to look for me, waiting for someone to notice that I’m gone. I left my world in search for water. I wanted to bring back hope for my people, but who am I kidding, they…
The World Under the Drain
I was eight when it happened. It had been a rough day at school, tons of homework, tons of house chores, you know, that type of day. I had been waiting for the night to take me away into the land of dreams and it came as it always did, but it didn’t take me…
The Monster In The Ship
I’ve been sitting at this dark window for hours, staring out into the black voids of the universe; I’ve been watching the stars twinkle from beyond our reach. It’s not that I find them particularly interesting, they aren’t, at least not from this distance; It’s that I dread the idea of going to my room…
Upcoming: The Unusual Property of Stone Alley
The hobo must have been crazy, there was nothing out there. Maybe there was a spider, or a dead animal. Maybe that guy just wanted to scare them, or maybe… just maybe…. there was something there. Something that would rattle their notions of existence, of the universe; And maybe, even if they didn’t realize…
The Space Adventures of Commander Clarke and Fearless-Galactic: Emergence
Below the thick black clouds of a thunderstorm, under the relentless showers, amidst the lightning and the roaring skies, a hero was born. A courageous personage that would go on to explore the universe, travel the vastest of distances and learn the ways of countless other species; He would go on to defeat the enemies of…
The Man Who Knew Everything
At first I was ecstatic. Every question anyone asked, I knew the answer to. Every question I asked myself, ceased to be a mystery. It was everything I had dreamed of. Knowing it all, everything, unlocking the secrets of the world one at a time. It started locally. When my parents noticed my ability they…
His Second Life
“Come in please,” said the lady in the white coat, “Are you sure you want to do this?” “Hi, thank you. Yeah. I’m sure,” Leah said. She walked through the door into the large hall where a myriad different tools and weapons sat in display. “They’ll bring him in shortly.” Leah waited, she wasn’t sure…
Immortal Eidetic
“Are you ready?” asked Cori. “Umm… well I think we’ve got everything. You?” “I feel ready,” said Cori, “I’m so excited!” No! We can’t go yet. Maybe next year Cori. Maybe we’ll go then. I smiled, “I know! Me too. Okay, well let’s go then.” Cori walked out of the house and waited for me…
Henrino and Fredino
Inside the garbage storage room of the Harriette super-building two faulty androids sat together in the darkness. They waited for the crushers to come in, they waited for their end to come. And in their last instants of consciousness, the two struck up a conversation. Henrino, the taller of the two sat in a corner…