microfiction Crying For A Signal A landslide leaves two children trapped in a cave they shouldn't have been in, and their com units can't get a signal through the rock...
microfiction The Hotel Listens "Don't worry about the sounds, it’s not… It’s just echoes. Sort of. Same for the voices. It’s nothing, honest. We think the building just gets lonely during the off-season. There’s no actual ghosts."
microfiction A Touching Warning "They tricked me. I've never needed a hug more in my life but it's already too late."
microfiction A Pirate's Dream ARG “Hi, Nat.” Mum’s voice was bright and breezy. “Do you remember hiding treasure in the walls?”
microfiction Mr Flumkins Needs A Pet-Sitter When a request came in for a week in a woodland cottage caring for a “special needs cat” Tom didn’t hesitate. Now, here he was... staring at a rickety fence topped with skulls.
microfiction Sir, This Is A 24/7 This was what she got for slipping off-script. The guy being wild-eyed and covered with lacerations had thrown her. Not the usual kinda weird for overnight shift, even here.
microfiction An Itinerant Mouse On days like these, when the wind whistling past is wet and cold and the air inside the van stinks of petrol and coffee, I wonder if my mother was right. Perhaps I truly am a house mouse at heart.
microfiction The Troll Toll Bridge Hard to believe it was real. People swore it had to be magic. But it had stood strong for generations.
microfiction The Monster Left Under The Childhood Bed Student accommodations don't allow monsters. Blanket rule.
microfiction Viciously Violent Verbosity As alliteration assembles arcane arcs, the entire market trembles. The glottal hags are fighting AGAIN.
microfiction The Second Inheritance Lavinia Brent knew she couldn't truly escape her family history, but she wasn't about to let her brother drag her back in.
microfiction Settled In It was funny how quickly you got used to people calling you by the name you used inside.
microfiction Prom Monarchs He was the prom king, she was the prom queen... and through conspiracy a third crown was readied.
microfiction Hatch Or Suffocate The air is growing stale and close. I press my hands against the cool, smooth, gently curving surface surrounding me. Searching.
microfiction Footsteps Out Of Place Once you made that fifth turn and could see the exit it would all go back to normal.
microfiction Like Finally Finding Shoes That Fit 2 Joy bubbled in Sam's throat and rattled against her diaphragm as she eased the shirt on - making sure nothing touched the sigils on her arm.
microfiction Like Finally Finding Shoes That Fit 'Come on, Sam. You can do this.' Her heart pounded as she stared down at the illusion patches. Funny. The sigils painted on waxed paper looked kinda like temporary tattoos.
microfiction Few Problems Are Bears "The trick is to see people as they are. Not how they project themselves, or how you see them."
urban fantasy Buying Shares In Our Future "Dear friend, you have me all wrong! I’m not selling paltry investments! No, I’m selling shares in FUTURES!”
microfiction An Ounce Of Doubt And Reciprocity Sam set the money down. A crooked smile curving her lips. “I *knew* you were under-charging me last time. First hit is cheap, eh?”
microfiction Truly Welcome In The Empty Nest Mattie hugged their best friend tight and forced a smile. Settling into a new home was never easy, but...
microfiction Halfway To A Saint Susan folded her arms and scrutinised the kindly, somewhat doddering figure. Not at ALL what she’d expected from descriptions of Anna the Devoted.
microfiction The Heartbeat Of The Club I stomp until the memories of this hard week beg for mercy beneath my feet. I sway until the clinging sadness gives up and falls away. I punch the air until my frustration is splattered across the ceiling like invisible neon paint.
microfiction A Perfectly Normal Approach It’s nothing. I mean, it’s perfectly normal to mess around and experiment with your avatars, right? Especially when you always end up having a dozen characters in each game you play. That’s just… everyone does that. It’s NORMAL.
