Flash Fiction
Storytime Blog Hop: Ritual
Akviziel is late for tea again.
“I swear it isn’t my fault this time,” he says when he finally does show up. “I got summoned.”
Storytime Blog Hop: Autonomous Militarized
The AMPs are chasing me, slow but inexorable. I sprint for headquarters, past all the nearby police stations I scrapped for parts years ago. No one goes there but me, but the damn robots didn’t turn themselves back on and people are dying. I don’t have a lot of time to turn them off before they catch up.
Storytime Blog Hop: Archive
The archivist ignored the flashing wearable on her wrist and dodged the sparking proto-holos that erupted in her path on her way to special collections.… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: Archive
Storytime Blog Hop: Rescue Mission
“…No one’s coming to rescue us.” JJ looks over at Raul, crammed beside him in the picked-over skeleton of their wrecked craft. The transmission they… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: Rescue Mission
Storytime Blog Hop: Inhuman
It drifts down the street, unnoticed, invisible. Its target is just around the corner: a young woman, killed in a car crash. Tragic, is what… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: Inhuman
Storytime Blog Hop: A Hiding Place
Terin crouched in a doorway, hands over his mouth to muffle his panting. He’d finally shaken the Enforcers; they were still prowling but they couldn’t… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: A Hiding Place
Storytime Blog Hop: Secrets
She steps out of the restaurant and finds a sidewalk full of paparazzi, as usual. Just as they start all their shouting and camera flashing,… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: Secrets
Storytime Blog Hop: The Man of Your Dreams
This story will also be read aloud on the Alone In A Room With Invisible People podcast on Halloween! Rachel dreamed of a man she’d… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: The Man of Your Dreams
Storytime Blog Hop: Bad For Business
The slap of my boots against worn concrete echoes hollowly in the too-silent hotel stairwell. The quiet means the fans are out, and if the… Read More »Storytime Blog Hop: Bad For Business