XubTheMad

Joined June 2022

3 stories

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Ageless crocodilian eldritch horror, digital nomad, cyberpunk / horror writer, and editor in grief of the Broken Lords podcast

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Erased
“Ten thousand cads.” A weathered hand reached across the desk. The skin resembled crumpled up tissue paper. The rap sheet planted on the table read like an old Russian novel. The warm steam of the lit cigar wafted through an office congested with rusted filing cabinets and discarded husks of computer towers.
By XubTheMad4 years ago in Fiction
Ports
“No one is going to remember us, you know.” She sat on the railing and kicked her legs in free space. A thin steel multi-alloy anti-radiation wall stood between us and the infinite space of countless stars. I said nothing and sipped a canned cider I’d purchased from duty-free. It was bitter and disappointing, yet filled the empty hole all the same.
By XubTheMad4 years ago in Fiction
Black Line
It was ticking. Countless miles of endless space surrounded the dusty shell of my chrome sling ship and the damned box was ticking. For a moment I sat there, dumbfounded, as the toasted console restarted.
By XubTheMad4 years ago in Fiction