Short Story
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The Ghosts of Past Glories
Dust swirled between sun-bleached, tumbled walls. Hints of past greatness could still be glimpsed, here a faded mosaic, there the glimmer of crystal slowly being buried beneath shifting sand. The wind howled mournfully through Mal Tek, the great city now little more than standing stones. Beyond those ruined stones stood towering cliffs, at the foot… Read more
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Working to Armageddon
The rain spattered down, running in rivulets across the clods of fresh-turned earth. Pale yellow light from the distant street lights reflected off pools gathered in the hollows. Mr. Dig pulled the brim of his derby hat lower over his pale eyes, lips quirking in a self-satisfied smile above yellowed teeth. A good night’s work, this, he… Read more
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Slice
156 words | Horror | CONTENT WARNING “Put that damn thing down. Are you a fucking girl?” -slice- “Puking bleeding hearts just want to take away what’s yours.” -slice- “But, you can only have so much compassion for those people. Eventually, they’re just trying to get one up on you.” -slice- “You gonna suck dick, boy? You… Read more
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Mask
245 words | Flash Fiction | Horror Sirens wailed in the distance, coming closer. “What’s wrong with you?” I demanded. He stood there, glaring at me. “This is for your own good.” “My own good? What the fuck are you talking about?” He shrugged. “I mean, it’s down to genetics and evolution, isn’t it? Your… Read more
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200 Channels and Nothing Worth Watching
207 words | Satire -click- “Tonight on NOT JIMMY KIMMEL Live, we’ll sit down with the leader of the Eastern World, Vlad Putin, who’ll explain how he’s retained the Russian presidency for the last 40 years and how the US can do the same thing.” -click- “How do you confuse a liberal? You don’t. They’re… Read more
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The Fastest Human Alive
393 words | Flash Fiction | Horror | Satire Tom: Good afternoon, Chuck! Chuck: Hi, Tom! It’s great to be here in America First Arena for the 2040 Enhanced Games. A huge thanks to the President and First Lady for their continued support of this amazing event and for the use of the stadium. I… Read more
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The Kiss
399 words | Flash Fiction | Horror/Folk Horror The baby’s cry wakes me in the night. Not the I’m hungry, feed me, feed me, wails. These are different— high-pitched, almost frantic, and edged with something that might have been fear. Skrrrtch. Skkkkreeee. Skkkrrrr. (What’s that noise?) Heart pounding, mouth dry, bare feet slapping bare wood, I… Read more
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The Well
407 words | Horror | Flash Fiction “Don’t go down there, Bran!” Willa cried. “I’m the man of the house now, Ma said.” Bran shot back. Willa grabbed his arm, trying with all her strength to pull her brother back. If he went there, he’d be lost, like the rest of them. “The lights will… Read more
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The Lib
499 Words | Horror | Satire Chad hit the pause button on KILL ALL THE LIBS XIV. He could have sworn he’d heard something. Popping one ear cup off, he listened, but all he heard was the shhhh of the air purifier and the zzzt-glug of the water alkalizer. The tinny drone of the Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity… Read more
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The Hungry Gods
Danu tossed beneath the heavy furs. Sleep would not come, no matter how hard she clawed at it. The sounds of her parents’ coupling came to her over the crackle of the central fire, the slap of flesh on flesh, the husky breathing, her father’s grunt as he spent himself and rolled off her mother.… Read more