Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Fiction.
Gemini
After two years of being a Diver, Kaya and her team have finally found something of interest. All the other teams in her Diving unit have found things in the city ruins beneath the waves years ago. Kaya’s team had been deemed unlucky or useless for the longest time but now, finally they have something to show for all the resources they were using.
By Jada Whittaker5 years ago in Fiction
A World, Forgotten
He stared into his palms, and for a moment, he thought he could see the totality of man’s existence. Etched into his cracked skin, the vermiculate lines crisscrossing and broken, embedded with a history of some forgotten age. A pathway to somewhere. Where do they end? And where did they begin? He stared even more intently, before closing his fists. His knuckles whitened. He continued to clench them tighter, closing his eyes and now he willed it for it to be over. For things to go back to as they had been before. He imagined the streams, bursting with the shimmering scales of the trout that glided beneath its surface. The skies blue, filled with the songs of birds that ached to return to their home. And the acres of forests that that had once spilled across valleys and mountains. A symphony of nature. But he knew none of that existed anymore. He knew. He relaxed his hands and uncurled his body as it sat against the concrete wall. He opened his eyes and gazed, numbly, around the room. This was all that was left to him.
By Armaan Kapila5 years ago in Fiction
Heart of Hope
The world ended! Well the world as we knew it ended, everything had changed. No one had money, if they did have money, it was worth nothing. Our currency was now trade. If you had a skill that could help someone, you negotiated your time and then paid by using your skill.
By Rebecca McQuillan5 years ago in Fiction
The Locket
Cindy was at the window, gazing out between the boards. It was an upstairs window, her bedroom, and like all the other windows in the house, it had boards criss-crossing, nailed into the siding. Many of the homes in this neighborhood were likewise boarded-up, abandoned. She wanted hers to appear abandoned. She was hiding out there, retreating from the mayhem that was going on all around her. She reflected on what had transpired to bring her life to this point.
By Denise Evans5 years ago in Fiction
Diary Entry #1
Dear Diary, It feels strange writing “dear diary” as though I have some sort of sense of endearment towards the documentation of my thoughts. It feels child-like, as though I’m writing to an imaginary friend. Academically, I don’t look down on what others might consider child-like or immature, but it still feels off to me, it feels like a misrepresentation of who I am, which seems to contradict the purpose of self-documentation, being to accurately express oneself with pen and paper. Perhaps there is an alternative to writing “dear diary” at the start of a diary entry, but I wouldn’t know what that alternative might be.
By Brian Ayers5 years ago in Fiction
An Error in Time
An Error In Time The spacecraft emerged vibrating from Hypervoid, silent in the air above Sedata, Arizona one rosy dawn in summer, 2065 A.D. to return abductees taken for study. It materialized, disguised as a cloud, above Clang Rock--a bell-shaped formation now called a VorTax since tourists paid top dollar to climb it and experience ultimate connection.
By Stephen Vernarelli5 years ago in Fiction
Between Two Worlds
Awake for only a few minutes and I was already sweating. The anemic walls of my hospital room were tightening around me like a hand on a neck. What had once been a comfortable refuge from the chaos in the outer world was now a tomb, or so it felt.
By Sarah McQuaid5 years ago in Fiction
Was That The End?
Lieutenant Christopher Pike stood over the corpse of the man he had just shot to death. Captain Stuart Hoag showed cowardice in the face of the enemy, which meant he had to die, but he had to turn the key first. He hesitated. To Lt. Pike, that meant that his people had to die first--all due to this man's cowardice. The junior officer screamed "Turn the key, sir!" When that failed, he fired a shot that took off a chunk of the senior officer's ear. "One, two, three, turn." Pike ordered, not giving a thought to the millions about to die.
By Karen Krebs5 years ago in Fiction
Lady Nyx's Thieves
Every sky pirate knows how difficult anti-gravity maneuvering gear is to use at first. The flying gear can navigate a person through open skies, but learning to use it can be dangerous—as was obvious during my students’ final approach to the landing deck after their first unassisted flight.
By Keturah McQuade5 years ago in Fiction
Very Special Properties
It was burning her chest again, even through a thick cotton turtleneck. Annelise loved the beautiful gold heart pendant with a blue opal on the front, but she could not wear it comfortably, nor could she take it off. It was a gift from her husband, Dan, who’d been working on the DigitPet project overseas. She was moved by the locket. The couple never bought presents for each other preferring shared adventures. Still, this locket was so beautiful, and it was the last thing he gave her after a business trip, that horrible trip that changed him into an angry, silent person. She immediately put it on so that her husband could see how much it, and he, meant to her. She wore it 24/7 at first.
By MP Zarrella5 years ago in Fiction
