With grease still on my hands, I put my rifle down and unloaded my gear. The rough, olive drab was a second skin by now, not just my own, but of everyone it seemed. Greenish grey and greyish green stitched a patchwork between all aspects of life over there. Finding a seat set aside from […]
Read more "With Grease Still On My Hands, Part 1 of 5"(Black screen. Small drips reverberate, a cave may be imagined. Red lights pop out from around an undistinguished corner. First one, then 3, now five; of varying heights. They aren’t bright, but glow brighter each second. They bounce a bit, dancing without choreography. A sense that the lights are coming toward you is derived in […]
Read more "Final Exam, with a Pop Quiz"Emma was a tree, standing twisted and old on an African plain. The orange sun slid down a grapefruit colored sky as a pride of lions padded gently besides her. A majestic father with his gal and 2 cubs. Peering out from eyes embedded in the rigged bark, she focused intently on papa lion’s face until […]
Read more "An Unexpected Detour"Three men surfed through space inside of a giant, titanium golf tee. Not so much like those longer ones proliferated these days, more like a good-ole-fashioned ‘regular’ tee. The tee also had a few wings and some added minor details, such as rocket propulsion, landing gear, and a rover to explore the surface of extraterrestrial terrestrials. […]
Read more "The Great Lunar Lie"(Soft piano music and gentle clinks of metal on porcelain fill the air. A small Italian restaurant. White tablecloths with napkins the same shade as their house red. There is a single candle on each table, so that the room’s already dim lighting flickers slightly; an almost imperceptible strobe. A bit crowded for a Saturday […]
Read more "A Date with Mr. French, Film Director"The first mission I ever got was a complete crock. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame the agency (much), and would’ve done the same in their shoes, but being in my shoes? Man. Just get a load of this nonsense: mission: infiltrate a highly sensitive finance office; gather intel on recent disappearances of three, high-profile VPs parameters: time […]
Read more "555-Word Spygame"When the first train of the day pulled into the station, a man stepped off and walked with purpose in his stride. He wore a grey fedora and carried no bag. When the alarm clock went off in a luxury apartment, a woman sprang out of bed. She took a shower, put on some clothes, and had coffee. She […]
Read more "500-Word Thriller"For what seemed like a long time, I thought I might be falling. Though if so, very slowly as there was no wind rushing by; just floating maybe. It was still entirely dark and silent. Really, there was no evidence that I was moving in any way, it was just a thought. I forgot it […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Epilogue"Rogue software threatens National Security, Internet, and lives By: Jennifer Russell, Newswave Senior Technology Correspondent; updated 6:08AM EDT, Sat October 18, 2310 (LA NEWSWAVE – NEW YORK, NY) — When it comes to the day to day tasks, for A.I. guru Jack Harper, Chief Executive Developer at ad-tech giant Lyman Apps, Inc., worrying about endangering […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 9 (of 10)"Climbing and climbing, in pitch black. I began to lose my sense of even up or down. My hands rode the damp, rain-smoothed stone walls, for I could find no rope or rail to guide me. Step. Step. Step. One at a time, I can’t trip. I must get to the top right away. I’ve […]
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