Most people didn’t notice when the cataclysm came. A new dawn came and everyone went on as usual, unaware that everything had changed. But at first, it was only the little things that were different. Cataclysms are supposed to come with hellfire and trumpets. With nuclear launch codes and packs of ravening zombies. Alien abductions. Continue
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The Rooted Ones (SF)
Supplementary Log: First Crew Rotation of the Incident Situation Report: After suffering from an as-of-yet unknown systems failure, the Trawlenmastre 33.752 has lost course and fallen into a gravity well. Though the inertial dampers came back online before we made impact with the orbital body in the gravity well, the resulting atmospheric pressure wave decimated Continue
Downtown Nirvana (Magical Realism)
The dawnlight was just beginning to leak over the far-off hills above the city. A tint of pink illuminated the tops of the trees. Below, the city in the valley was still shrouded in semi-darkness, streetlights still giving a glimmer before winking their last greeting to the rising sun. Then the moment passed and the Continue
The Lost Words (Fantasy)
The great-grandmother of our great-grandmother’s grandmother first taught the lost words. We do not remember her name. She is from the before times. No one knows what generation this grandmother was from. It happened so long ago that there is no one alive who remembers someone who knew someone who was alive when it happened. Continue
The Reflectix (SF)
“Why can’t I have a Reflectix?” Becca asked for what seemed like the hundredth time. Her face was sour and pinched under her heavy black eyeliner. Twelve was a little young for such heavy makeup, but Becca’s mom was tired of the fight. “It’s just not a good idea, honey.” “I saved up the money Continue
