The world flowed around him like water through a river, he was nothing more than a rock beneath the surface, a conduit for the smooth laminar flow. He watched as photons of indistinguishable origins warped before his eyes, a streak of red here, a dash of blue there, perhaps a questionable dosage of x-rays or … Continue reading Interception Chapter 1
Category: Fiction
All my stories, flash, short, series, or otherwise.
The Road to R-Day
On March 18th, 2067 in the suburbs of Toronto humanity made two major breakthroughs, one in science, the other in religion. A small start up known as TSD Biotech1 had come about with a revolutionary way to clone anything with a DNA strand, they called their patented process DOPPLE, because they claimed that their cloning … Continue reading The Road to R-Day
The Midnight Bus
Prompt: Your bus driver is a burly man with a mechanical leg plugged into the vehicle. The bus roars at each shift of the transmission. A vulture the size of a building is picking at freshly dismantled cars in the middle of the road. You hear the bus driver shout, “Time for battle!” Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/h09sdw/wp_your_bus_driver_is_a_burly_man_with_a/ … Continue reading The Midnight Bus
Community Meeting
Prompt: You live in a world with a giant angry ball of energy that floats around in the sky. If you look at it, you go blind. If you have exposed skin, it burns. Everyone, except you, just accepts this as "normal" Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/gqanv2/wp_you_live_in_a_world_with_a_giant_angry_ball_of/ The community center smelled of dust and cheap pizza, residents shuffled … Continue reading Community Meeting
Bo’ub
Prompt: You meet a monster straight out of a Lovecraftian horror novel. Except it isn't Cthulu or any of the more well-known ones. Instead, you meet Bob! The happy-go-lucky tentacled horror that loves going on adventures and havong a nice cup of tea! (source) Behold a floating obelisk, and its spirit, dread! The vantablack pillar … Continue reading Bo’ub
Let the World Hurry By
Writing Prompt: As long as you are inside your house, time doesn't pass in the outside world. As long as you are in the outside world, time doesn't pass in your house. (source) It had been three months before she returned to the outside world. She checked her her pocketbook which sat on the … Continue reading Let the World Hurry By
The Subtle Silhouette
Writing Prompt: Working for an up-and-coming tyrannical overlord is hard, thankless, morally troubling work, but at least you get dental. (source) It ain't easy being a henchman, especially a being a henchman for a start up super villain. The world of villainy isn't an easy one to get into either, with so many established … Continue reading The Subtle Silhouette
D’heet Z’hin
Writing Prompt: You were the chosen one as your parents only child. You have trained for years, sacrificed your childhood and accepted your fate to destroy the evil of the land. One day your brother is born and it is discovered he is the true chosen one not you. (source) My birth had been … Continue reading D’heet Z’hin
Rain
Writing Prompt: (character) has telepathic abilities. Trouble is they can't turn it off so have to hear people's thoughts all the time. Good detective though. (source) .... this coffee's a little bitter, I should add some cream.... .... I’m getting tired of my beat; I need to speak to the captain... . ...the psycho's … Continue reading Rain
Perfectly Reasonable
Writing Prompt: You are a ghost, who've been haunting a house for years. Most people left after a few days, some can last few weeks. You've been a mighty ghost, until a scientist moved in. He had stayed for 2 years and keeps coming up with scientific explanations for all your tricks. (source) The … Continue reading Perfectly Reasonable