Not your grandfather's science fiction
Not your grandfather's science fiction. A scene from Dee's life We join our heroine, Dee, and her plucky-yet-sarcastic sidekick holed up in a hotel room. "Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into. Got any great ideas for getting...
2811042 Blackraven2_the_shrink
"This is the first time I ever had to sign an NDA to see a patient. Now, tell me what you have in there? It's not an alien, right? Don't tell me all that Area51 nonsense is actually real, is it?" The lemur asked, slightly amused. "Nah, nothing like...
An Unusual Pregnancy
I battled the chills, the cramps and the spills, infused in creativity as line after line exited a mind in such undeterred urgency i labored and strove, delivered and drove nine months, with a week give or take, encountering
Curiosity
When you peer into the abyss, sometimes the abyss gazes back-Nietzsche Every state institution that's more than a couple years old has skeletons in the closet. Doors best left unopened. Topics avoided by mutual agreement. No exceptions. Ours was...
2796761 ironsnake345_springtime_sting
Springtime Sting By ironsnake345 Story prompt for Writer's Crossing * * * "Madam, please, it is bee season, you must be cautious!" The window slid shut in my face, slamming into its frame with a noise that made my ears ring. I shut my eyes and...
James and the Giant Deep
?James was sure he'd be fired. The entire board was in there. He'd barged in and seen top secret files. Glanced, really, he didn't have time to read anything they said. And yet, that eye haunted him. Just thinking about it his fear grew. He could feel...
Perpetual Princess Project
?"Bees. An entire planet full of bees of all sizes. And woe, here am I, above it all, allergic to bees." Razion lamented her royal plight as she floated in her bedroom window looking down upon her colony world. She watched as the skyhook hauled up a...
Creative Writing Prompt #5: Tone
#5 of creative writing this creative writing prompt was to prepare us for our one minute scenes. it was to get us to understand the concept of tone and creating images to depict certain feelings.
The Acerbus Wolf
Do you remember that old prediction of the end of the world back in the year 2000? I don't know exactly how it went but from what my mother told me after her mother passed it down was that the whole worlds computers were going to short out or something...
I had this dream
A ring of the doorbell, and like clockwork, five seconds is all it takes. "Oh, Louise! You're back in town for the summer already? University treating ya well?" "Just fine, Mr. Brooks. Everything's going wonderfully so far." Nosy as it may...
'Drifting'
Blood Pulsating, Pixelating, Nostrils Flaring... Shut, Blinded, Concealing. Breathing Heavily, Sensitive To Within, Burdened Of Restlessness, Mind Numb, Voice Is Silent. Smile For Her, Fall, Beg, Plead, On Your Knees, Praying For Her...
'Glimpse Of Light'
Night unwraps, Darkness our new enemy, Protection from the world, As I wrap her around my wings, Growling amongst evil. By the door we stand, Thunder and rain pouring, Tips her feet, Our lips meet, Catching me off my feet, Holding her gently,...