The Price Of Hope
Mack defined a good day’s busking as having earned enough for a hot meal AND the ten-quid buy-in at the local casino. He had a good feeling about this one.
Topic
microfiction
A collection of 223 issues
Mutant Mould Or Whatever
It’d been a long day already. I was not ready to walk into my apartment and see THIS clinging to the ceiling.
The Silence Collector
Is there any sound sweeter than silence? I think not. That’s why I collect them. And yet, even after centuries, my collection is missing something…
Broadcast Lunacy
If the broadcast hadn’t been targeted, global losses would’ve been catastrophic. But where is it coming from… and why is it targeting astronomers?
An Ideal Cradle
At first it seemed perfect, a new earth after hundreds of years wandering space. Then they found something oddly familiar…
A Gate To Nowhere
Normally ghoul squads get sent in once caution won’t save you. So why are they telling us to be careful? What did they FIND under that ice?
Our Mother Welcomes You
Honestly? This was only like the fourth creepiest cult Natasha had been in. Er, investigated.
The Hunger Of The Cathwary Rhombus
The inscription could be translated as either ‘fortress’ or ‘prison’. Scholars likewise weren’t sure what the deity it housed had been a god of…
The Last Train Home
My life began to end when I fell asleep on the train home. A mistake I’d made plenty of times before, like who knows how many of my fellow commuters. But this time…
Zombism Or Hypothermia?
It all made sense once I decided I was dead.