Kitchen
The Kitchen He used to stand right here. I would sit like this next to him and play while he made and shaped the dough. At least that's what I'm told. My brother said he died in the defense of Belgrade while I was still very young, and though I...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-1: The Bigot
Rika set the test unit behind her and plunged back into the open panel, straining down until her waist was against the edge of the hole. She reached down, attempting to grab the probe while her weight shifted, threatening to send her tumbling into the...
Chapter 8
Rika and Gamun jogged down the hallway, panting slightly as their rakkan lope quickly ate up the distance, -much like it had eaten the distance across the base. Both of them were late, and Rika hoped that they had a good enough excuse not to catch...
Chapter 9
1940 Hours - Artillery and Air Interdiction Range Bravo Lieutenant Commander Sadok glanced up in awe as the black outline of an Air Force B-52 lumbered by. Black rivulets of smoke poured out of the four engines on each wing, leaving long darkened...
Poem: Flameout
It all goes quiet That's when you know It's happening again The nose pitches forward, So you haul back on the stick For a moment a response But it's gone all too quick Your heart, like your head, Knows what's below Knows what is...
Streetcars 4: Mom
Mom The juvenile girl (it turns out her name was "E-Lizabeth") is... frustrating. The mom-not-mother of the little girl said E-Lizabeth was a "realpain". I'm still working out what that word means, but part of is sounds like...
Gunda's Dream (Writing Corner Challenge 03/11/2020)
CHAPTER ONE Her joints were killing her. Gunda could feel the cartilage in her elbows grating together, and the ache in the tendons and muscle of her shoulders longing to stretch. She pined to be able to extend her...
Streetcars 6: Daughter
"No, go back to bed, Ellis," Crunch said quietly. She gently grabbed the sleepy woman by her shoulders and steered her back to where her "bed" was on the floor. "But Ms. Crunch,...
Streetcars 5: E-Liz
"Boomer." "Yeah?" He shifted in his position to look over at me. It was early afternoon, just after lunch. We were still on door duty, with myself also playing E-Lizabeth...
Streetcars 2: Food
Food It's been a week since Boomer lead us here. Crunch is feeling a lot better but still has a fever. Boomer brought us food, which was fantastic! It was hard for us to find anything to eat around the building, and a...
Letter to E.E. Cummings
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Streetcars 3: The Better to See You With
Better to see you with Boomer and I sat on a rooftop, looking out over the city as the system's star (EB-6221 or "the sun" as they called it) sank below the horizon. I quickly learned that his eyesight wasn't just bad in low...