Desperate Mission
The platoon moved through the woods the way only soldiers can - quickly, urgently, but also with a sense of quiet caution. The air was oppressive - almost unbearably hot and humid, even under the protective canopy of the trees. They brandished their...
Not Quite Prometheus
In the late 1940s, an alien spacecraft crashed on Earth. No, it didn't crash at Roswell. Absolutely nothing crashed at Roswell, though the rumors did serve as a useful distraction for the conspiracy theorists and other people who would get in the way...
Stories in Six Words
Birth, growth, decline, death - life's destiny. Seeds sprouted. Grain grew. We ate. No rain. Plants withered. We starved. Insulted dragons? Better have fire insurance. She died, and he was lost. For sale: exotic dildo, slightly used. In darkness,...
On the Moon Bridge
Takuma loved the way the castle garden looked at night, when everything was shaded in silver and blue. The plants took on an otherworldly glow when bathed in moonlight, and the air was quiet, calm, and cool. A placid stream ran through the garden's...
Awareness
It awoke from Nothingness into Awareness. It didn't know where It was or what It was, and had only the faintest grasp of what those concepts meant. But It was aware of Its Parts: the nubby legs that held It above a hard, flat Surface; the cool body...