Microfiction
5 Worst Fighter Jets
What a mess: Although fighter jets are significant military assets and iconic aviation symbols, not all have been successful. This article examines five of history's worst fighters. Due to its VTOL design flaws, the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-38 had poor handling and was prone to engine failure, limiting its effectiveness.
By Shaeen Sarker10 months ago in Fiction
Words Get In The Way
Words do get in the way--do watch them. -Michelle Liew 📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥📤📥 "Watch those darn words," groused Mavis, Spencerfield's angsty mouthpiece and elementary school teacher. Townsfolk believed she was just eccentric, always on a language crusade as if these would end in grail findings. "Words stick. Words stew."
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin10 months ago in Fiction
Top Ten: remarkable experimental aircraft
The spectacular North American X-15 was the pinnacle of the US series of ever-faster X-planes. Despite the fact that the previous record was set in 1967, this unparalleled aircraft continues to be the fastest aircraft ever built with a human pilot. It was carried to a high altitude beneath the wing of its NB-52 mothership before being released at 45,000 feet at a speed of about 500 miles per hour. At that point, the aircraft's rocket propulsion would propel it to speeds exceeding Mach 6 and altitudes exceeding 100 kilometers.
By Shaeen Sarker10 months ago in Fiction
Echoes of Yesterday
The year is 2077. Mumbai’s skyline, a jagged tapestry of skyscrapers piercing the ever-present smog, hummed with the electric thrum of a city that never slept. But in Elara’s small apartment in Bandra, a heavy silence reigned. The only light came from a holographic projector casting a ghostly blue glow on the cluttered room.
By hiteshsinh solanki10 months ago in Fiction
Lenin's Birthday portrait
April 22 is the Birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the world's proletariat and the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. It always surprises me that Hitler's and Lenin's birthdays are so close, just one full day apart (April 20 and 22, respectively). Here's a Drabble illustrating how serious Lenin's cult was in the former Soviet Union. It is a loose translation of a story by Denis Dragunsky, a wonderful Russian children's books author, who remembered this episode from 1961:
By Lana V Lynx10 months ago in Fiction
Freedom
Finally, a moment to rest. They slow down, allowing their breath to catch up with them. Bloodstains frame the tears in their clothes. They wear muddy masks that hide their bruises. Both of them slump against the wall, slowly sliding to a seat. Whether it’s the adrenaline or the persistent pain flooding their bodies doesn’t matter. They can barely feel the jagged stone that forms the walls of the cavernous maze.
By Tales from a Madman10 months ago in Fiction
