Tag Archives: fiction
Where we're bound to end up…
She leans her head against the wall, feeling the slipsoft scratch of tangled curls between scalp and surface. She frowns, and reaches up, now and then, to touch, but her hands are muffled, and the gesture is halted partway there, … Continue reading
Flashes
All the places she’s searched for him, she’s been alone. All the windows she’s climbed in, no analogue to greet her. All the phone numbers she’s called, there’s been no answer. Billions of other people walking the street and she … Continue reading
Return 21
Our Captain dreamt. In the red dark, he walked in the footsteps of those before him. He walked in his own footsteps. He saw the Desolation, the Central City, the sprawling tides of the dead, the skeletal faces of those … Continue reading
Return 20
This is Part 20 in an ongoing serial. Visit the ‘Serials’ tab at the top of the page to read parts 1-19. * * * Time passed — slowly. Without Luroteo, a great and dismal sadness seemed to settle over … Continue reading
Life Is Hell
“I didn’t end up quitting,” he said quietly, one hand curled around the stems of a slowly-wilting bouquet. He dragged hard on the cigarette; they didn’t stay lit like they used to, especially in the damp. The thick, sweet taste … Continue reading