Satire

"Let's Build a Tunnel!"
"Hello, Elon?" "Yes, Mr.President." "I have our friend Vladimir on the line here. He suggested you start building a tunnel between Russia and Alaska."
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Fiction
Contingency Plan
The world plunged into darkness. But the Beaufords managed to keep the lights on. They didn’t venture outside. They didn’t need to. They had each other and they had their supplies to ride out the catastrophe that had enveloped the world.
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Fiction
Ripple
Thing 1 There I was, nineteen, nursing a swollen lip and feeling stupid. I did not know what I was being brought into.
By Lacie Grayson3 months ago in Fiction
We don’t want him!
Musk sat under his basking lamp and moaned. He clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth. He hissed. “I just wanna go home!”
By Sam Spinelli3 months ago in Fiction
Blueprints to Solitude
Clutching top secret plans for a single-pilot spacecraft, the tall, gangly silhouette made his way out of the base. He was sure he'd gotten away with it this time. After all, one of his many companies did design the security system.
By Paul Stewart3 months ago in Fiction
Home
Introduction This is a drabble for Lana V Lynx's "I Want to Go Home!" challenge, which you can read about here: The music is "My Baby's Takin' Me Home" from "Li'l Beethoven" by Sparks
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Fiction
"I Want to Go Home!"
When SpaceX Dragon Capsule exploded on April 20, 2019, Tom Mueller, the lead propulsion engineer, followed Elon Musk into his office minutes after Musk burst out of the mission control room.
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Fiction
Fostering Doubts
Author's Preamble: As noted above, this is my 22nd rejection, in my ongoing attempt to win something or have something published outside of Vocal. The following story was written for the 2025 Ligonier Valley Writers' Flash Fiction Contest. The prompt was simply, AI/robots, the light or dark side. 1000 words or less.
By Paul Stewart3 months ago in Fiction
Revenge Is Best Served with Spite
Michael sat down at his laptop. This time, he was determined to go through with it. Unlike all the other times before, he now had someone to share his life with. Someone with whom he could find the happiness that he had been seeking for many years.
By Calvin London3 months ago in Fiction
The Cow That Outsmarted Mosquitoes
It began as a joke. In a quiet farming village on the outskirts of Kyoto, Japan, a man named Dr. Taro Kojima lived among his cows and his notebooks. Once a promising university biologist, he had returned to his father’s farm after losing funding for his research. The world had moved on, and so had the science he once loved.
By Wellova 3 months ago in Fiction
Ashes of Yesterday
“Evelyn… is that really you?” Marcus squinted at the figure in the dimly lit café, unsure if his eyes were playing tricks on him. Time had sculpted her differently: the bright, audacious girl he once knew had vanished, replaced by someone quieter, more measured, yet undeniably familiar.
By Ethan Cole3 months ago in Fiction
The Great Arica Deluge
At the time of “the great earthquake of ’68,” said Mr Swiddler—William Swiddler, of Calaveras—I was at Arica, Peru. I do not have a map with me, and am not certain that Arica is in Chile, but it can’t make much difference; there was an earthquake all along there.
By Alpha3 months ago in Fiction