fiction
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Lungs Filled With Hope
The sun hung low in a hazy sky, dimmed by layers of smog so thick that it was difficult to imagine a time when breathing had been effortless, free. For most citizens in the mega-metropolis of New Horizon, the oxygen… Continue reading
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The Last Memory: A Drake Cipher Story
The neon haze of Nightline City blinked around Detective Drake Cipher, casting harsh reds and purples over the narrow alley where he’d stopped to breathe. He watched the passing drones glide by, sweeping the wet streets below with blue beams,… Continue reading
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The All-Consuming Flames – Part II
It wasn’t unusual for Tommy to watch YouTube videos of fires. The other guys did it, too, and sometimes, they’d all watch them together as instructional videos. But the way Tommy was obsessively watching these videos recently was not normal.… Continue reading
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The Legend Who Loved Himself (Too Much)
Once upon a time, in the grand (but slightly shabby) nation of Blandovia, a leader rose like none other. His name was Ronald Dump, and he was a man of supreme self-confidence, endless ambition, and an unshakable conviction that every… Continue reading
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The Great Escape of Feline Tusk
Feline Tusk was a peculiar kind of billionaire, even by the unusual standards of wealthy tech moguls. Hailing from the small, oil-slicked country of Petrostan, Tusk had earned his fortune by promising “Clean Energy for a Dirty World,” a slogan… Continue reading
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The All-Consuming Flames – Part I
The flames roared into the night sky as the grocery store on Old Hickory Street burned with an intensity that seemed to sync with Tommy Sullivan’s pounding heart. He wouldn’t admit it to most people, but it was times like… Continue reading
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The Cold Road
In the world without the sun, the cold was all its own entity. It slithered across the earth in silence, a smothering weight that pressed down on the land and left it cracked and broken. Whatever colors had once decorated… Continue reading
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A Sales Rep’s Guide To Eternal Employment
As a sales guy at GlitchWorks, Inc., I’m not one to question the ins and outs of the IT department. My job is to sell our “product,” whatever that is. The truth is, I’m pretty sure nobody knows what we… Continue reading
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We Sold Our Souls For Rock ‘N Roll – And It Wasn’t That Bad, To Be Honest
“Dude,” said Axel, lead singer of SludgeForge, as he waved the freshly signed contract in the air. “We did it. We’ve actually done it.” Jax, their bassist, leaned in, eyeing the contract suspiciously. “What … did we do exactly?” Axel… Continue reading
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The Last Drop
The sky was a hazy shade of red, dust hanging in the air like a fog that never lifted. Miles stretched ahead, and the land was dead and empty, save for the crumbled skeletons of what used to be civilization.… Continue reading
God Is In The Radio 