Skyler Saunders
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Kicks. Top Story - November 2024. Content Warning.
Silent words descended on the minds of the racers. “Do this for speed and agility.” Benson Mitt sat in his car and just looked around the front interior. He noticed the knobs, gauges, and gears. He felt as if this car had flowed from his bones to form a specific way of melding metal with flesh.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
With Power
Some of the decal had been peeling and the serial numbers faded on the equipment. Dr. Reginald Hanover still looked at his laboratory equipment with pride. At ninety-six-years-old, he still possessed the stamina and ability to fulfill what would be his last task: a cure for every ailment known to man.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Keep in Touch
When the time came for the men and women to separate and go in their respective cells, Taurus Vine shuddered at the brisk coldness. He looked at his calendar and noticed the tally marks. Too many oily smudges had destroyed some of the lines. He didn’t care. He ambled over to his rack to find sleep. None came. He had pads on his hands and gauze surrounding his face. He heard the electronic hum of the cell door opening.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
This Nation
The cat, Zalina, purred under the window sill. The room had two other occupants in it. Professor Thomas Detter and Dr. Felix Gaxer sat across from each other playing digital chess at New Sweden University in Wilmington, Delaware. The lights around them did their black skin no justice.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
No Vote
Heads swiveled. Tiny beads of sweat gathered below the noses of the pundits. “No absentee, no one showing up at the polls days earlier.” Custis Merrin announced in sheer bewilderment. Wind whistled through the empty polling places. The fallen leaves stirred up in dust devils. Like an idea of America where people in blue states and red states finally agreed on one thing: don’t vote.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Smartystan. Content Warning.
Water spurted onto the kitchen floor. Learned machines scrambled to address the problem. It was like a geyser had issued forth a steady stream of liquid. One of the lead machines raced to the drain and analyzed what had gone wrong. The drain had been missing a washer. The machine quickly assembled its other counterparts. All three of them focused on shutting off the water first and then addressed the missing washer. With tactile agility, they all worked as a unit and stopped the water from gushing. One of them sent for a cleanup crew which used steam to dry up and clean the floor of the water.
By Skyler SaundersExclusive • about a year ago
Palanquin. Content Warning.
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. But not just that. It turned blood red. The crimson river emboldened dozens of youngsters, most of them men and women just eighteen and nineteen-years-old, to avenge the disappearance of their fair woman of the Riverson throne. They were the Thoroughbreds. The irony was that they possessed no horses in their camp. The name had referred to their completeness and sound abilities to take on any foe and aid whatever friend. To lead all of this brigade, to fight for her return, Azure began with a strategy. He was twenty-six and his skin looked like cinnamon. His hair had been stylized into a Caesar cut. Though youthful, he led the band of young men in their journey to rediscover the lady that blessed their lives.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Smartystan. Content Warning.
With the sting of the bumblebee, six-year-old Keija had found out the rules of nature. It drove her. She wanted to become a botanist at first and a horticulturist and a zoologist. She finally decided to become a biology major in college. With advanced degrees in biochemistry and engineering, she knew the path had been cleared away for her to become ever present on the world stage of science.
By Skyler SaundersExclusive • about a year ago
Word Steak. Top Story - October 2024.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. “We know we can’t touch it,” Leeson Noble announced. “Why, Dad? We’ve tried everything else. the window’s clamped shut. There’s only one way to escape this library. That’s through the door,” Gaston Noble replied. Leeson grabbed his son’s arm, prohibiting his advance.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Horror
