Tag Archives: flash fiction
Everyplace. Everywhen.
“Listen I just wanted you to know that the longer this takes, the harder it will be to get back to where you started, even if you don’t want to be back where you started. If you’re lost at sea, … Continue reading
Leap
Down the steps of the subway station, and suddenly, vertigo. I was here. I’ve been here. She stood near the gap, turning slowly, looking around, confusion widening her eyes, furrowing her brow. What is it about this place? She catches … Continue reading
Miss Misery
Strains of Elliot Smith in the apartment; she listens to the iPod through its bluetooth speaker, and wanders around, putting things back where they belong. It’s like cleaning up after an earthquake. A flood. A fire. There’s a damage, here, … Continue reading
Day in the life of…
Say something No pleasant music. No bright lights. No comforting warmth. No one around, except for the thin girl curled around herself to give the illusion of touch, of connection. I’m giving up She rests her cheek against the dirty … Continue reading
Aftermath
She spent the better part of three years doing nothing more than trying to wake up. Abandoned by everyone, everything she’d known, left to gather dust in the institute, the AI her only companion, and it only answered the necessary … Continue reading