Microfiction

Tree
Introduction This is for Sara Parker's Challenge that you can read about below. The music is "In Dark Trees" by Brian Eno
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Fiction
Wonders of techology
Hank stood up and switched off the new color set, which had been working perfectly since the repairman replaced that valve. He wondered how he ever got on with black and white. He stepped into the hallway just as Rita was putting the phone receiver back on its cradle. The AT&T man had only just installed it last week. Bright, shiny white plastic, replacing that ugly old black Bakelite. Rita had bought a new mahogany telephone table with a built-in seat so she could make her calls in comfort.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Fiction
The Great Giggly Adventure
Once upon a time in the whimsical town of Quirkville, where gravity sometimes took a holiday and cats held weekly meetings to discuss the meaning of life, there lived a curious young girl named Lily. Lily was no ordinary girl; she had a knack for getting into the most peculiar predicaments, often involving her talking pet parrot, Sir Squawksalot.
By Babar khanabout a year ago in Fiction
Whistleblower
Once upon a time, very recently actually, a writer got an idea for a silly story. Being of a rather snobbish frame of mind that day, she decided not to write it.
By L.C. Schäferabout a year ago in Fiction
279 The Fog: Adventures in COVIDism
It all started with my creepy flesh. My entire body, or rather, the covering of my entire body, became hypersensitive to touch. Light touch hurt badly. Harder touch, strangely, not so much.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
Strange Meeting
Luke startles at the feel of a hand on his shoulder. He doesn't like being this jumpy but circumstances are contriving to make him this way. He needs something to steady himself. Just a little something. He won't drink the whole bottle...
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
The Final Expedition - Episode 18
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By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
Language, Brain and Behavior
I'm sitting in a class on Brain and Behavior at my college between two of my own courses I teach on MWF. It's tiring but fascinating. As a doctoral student in 2005, I took a course in Perception and Sensation that covered a lot of brain functions relating to speech and language, but a lot has been discovered since then due to various imaging technologies used to study the brain. So I'm basically catching up.
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in Fiction
Sandman
He steps slowly, firmly. Bringing the cold dust of dreams on the pads of his paws, his magic beans. He circles, and settles, and something settles with him. Is it the drifting scent of starlight on his whiskers?
By L.C. Schäferabout a year ago in Fiction
The Black Kaleidoscope (Origins). Content Warning.
This is a conclusion to the story here but can be read as a stand-alone piece: The Black Kaleidoscope (Origins) The Sisterhood of Witches had destroyed the Black Kaleidoscope but kept a little of it to track down its creator whose name had been given to them as part of the freedom pact that they agreed with the imprisoned Demon. The dark wizard was called "Toymaker" and his penchant was to create haunted toys to steal the souls of those who came into contact, which were usually children.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Fiction
Regret
Dave I never had a chance to say anything else to Laney. I should have dragged her back, had it out with her but I didn't want to cause a scene.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
278 Terraforming Mars — Part 2
DIARY ENTRY SOL 4,155 Seismology from the moons’ impacts established what extremes that could be withstood should something bigger wander into Mars’ orbit. This was prudent, considering what goes whizzing by in the next outer orbit around the Sun.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction