fantasy Blessed Bloodstone Beginnings “So…” Mother smiled over her teacup. “How is married life treating you so far?”
fantasy Cherished Eternal In Amber And Diamonds The dress was beautiful. Lynn drank in her reflection, marvelling not only at the garment but every instruction Ralph had given the seamstress…
scifi Intangible ROIs “And here’s the latest!” Brian said proudly, gesturing at the whirring supercomputer. “HACAS is capable of running an entire hospital…”
fantasy Student PDA (Personal Djinn Assistant) “Are you going to insist that I let an otherworldly entity feast on my child’s soul to study here??”
scifi More Of A Social Bug Than A Software One “Chief? I think I’ve cracked the case of the Mysteriously Deaf Androids…”
scifi A Caring Panopticon Patient 52 was signalling for assistance. HACAS spun off an attention sub-network. Engaging speakers… “Good morning, Heather!”
realistic fiction Different Rivers, Same Bridge “Oh, this is wonderful!” Anne beamed at the two children playing in the middle of the floor. “He’s never had someone meet him where he is like this!”
realistic fiction Finally, The Perfect Size “Bella?” Ms Winters said from the doorway. “There’s a couple here looking to adopt you.” “They won’t…”
urban fantasy The Invisible Undergrad Hanna, student support counsellor, looked up as her door opened and smiled at the hula hoop levitating at shoulder height. “Oh, hello Greg! How are you today?”
scifi Let Me Just Slip Into Something A Little More Space-Worthy “Dr Wiggins?” “Carla, please.” She said carelessly, looking up from her starship prep. “You’re the witness, right? From the record office.” “Ah, actually…”
urban fantasy More Like Super-Sensitivity “Er, hello? I was wondering if you have any nose plugs which would work for humans?”
fairytale Both Curses And Blessings Must Follow The Rules “Pardon??” The fey spluttered, so shocked that for a moment it almost lost the glamour, showing a far more inhuman form. “You want to CURSE YOUR OWN BABY?”
scifi Intellectual Super-Prowess Applied Constructively Quint watched closely as the electric gauntlets were slipped onto his hands and adjusted. Now to test them…
realistic fiction A Light Lingers In The Fog Keith took the mug back with a smile that didn’t even try to hide the sadness in his eyes…
fantasy Magical Progress Marches On “Humph!” Professor Bloodwort scoffed, leaning on his cane and glaring around the almost empty lecture theatre. “Young mages these days have no dedication.”
scifi When Mobility Becomes Rocket Science “For the last time, no, you can’t have a ROCKET chair!” “But moooom…”
scifi Candid Bio Trivia At Work “Just give me a moment…” Jacob’s fingers flew over the touchscreen, unerringly skimming the docking form with the ease of practice. “Aha, I believe I’ve found the problem…”
urban fantasy Pushing Through The Veil To Push Back The Known Record Dr Madini stepped into the… well, the esteemed Council of Chronoseers would likely take umbrage at this slick professional space being referred to as a “petitioning chamber”...
fantasy A Love Transformed But Never Extinguished The first thing I notice on entering the inner temple, the Tomb of Linara, is the hush. As if the distant revelry does not dare intrude into this place of sorrow.
realistic fiction Another Flower Blooms, Bolstered By Singing Ok. This hadn’t been too bad. It helped that it was only their friends here, and even inebriated they all knew better than to bother handing Betsy a microphone.
fantasy Beating Seductive Magics With Borrowed Immunity “Huh. This is surreal.” Lance muttered, sword held ready - despite knowing that these demons being MADE of lust meant they couldn’t enter the barrier.
urban fantasy Love Is Love, Especially When It's Also Alchemical Science! A mad alchemist learns his masterpiece has achieved an unheard-of development for an artificial lifeform - but not quite how he’d expected…
realistic fiction Polishing Up A Clusterfuck Confession It was twelve minutes and eighteen seconds into Marco’s meandering series of increasingly tortured metaphors when Curt quizzically interjected “Are you saying you’re gay?”
realistic fiction Filling Your Brain With Flowers “I don’t understand how you do that.” “What? I’ve always wanted to play a trombone.”
realistic fiction Lacking The Magic Words To Make Grown-Ups Understand Dad was still at work. Mum was having a bath. The perfect time to play dress-up with your little sister, who was only allowed to be your sister when grown-ups weren’t around.
