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14 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
A deserted city, by Jocep Picon As our eyes adjusted to the light and the full panorama of the scene before us came into focus, I was thunderstruck again, this time it was shock. “My god” I exclaimed, “Our city is in ruins. It’s as if a nuclear b...
13 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The great outdoors It was nine at night and we’d talked for two pleasant hours, sharing our stories. Rich and Tina were also graduates of universities. Tina had a degree in art and took courses in home design and also drama. Rich had his in arc...
13 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
"Scoville Heat, Inc." In it's cheap, five and dime plastic frame, a Business Licence is prominently displayed on the back wall for all customers to clearly view, stating... "...Scoville Heat, Inc. is a small food products company license...
12 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Rich We sat down and shared our names. Our two new guests were Rich and Tina. Rich had shoulder length blond hair and a beard. It was curly but short and trim, only a few months growth at most, so he must have shaved occasionally. I must have...
12 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Tina awake I awoke next to her, our heads inches apart. I savored the feeling of her breath on my neck and wasn’t going to interrupt that. She was still sleeping so I let her be. I rose and discharged the ugly task of entering the dead couples...
11 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
“Your back”. I was overcome with emotion and gave her a long, tight hug. All the while she was looking at her surroundings and then I heard a gasp. She was gaping at her arm. “What’s become of me. I’m so thin?” “Darling, so am I. But I’m feed...
11 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Mary, Paradise Lost I had to finish my contraption. Now that I had my Swiss knife it was easy. I split one end of the wire a foot, striped the ends and poked them through a small hole in each metal tab, twisting them in place. The other end I d...
10 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I felt somewhat better waking up the next morning. I attributed this to the two meals consumed the day before and I wondered if three meals a day might be even better. This would involve pilfering another unit. I put that off for now but not ou...
10 Feb 2023 12 minute read 0 comments RTBreach
Vision darkening. Voices jibber-jabber. Hands clutch and grab. Grunting and speaking. Overwhelmed by the cold, it loses consciousness. The voice fades. Blackness engulfs the avatar. The craft wants to tip over. A burly man manages not to capsize it....
9 Feb 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Electrocution. The meal revitalized me. My limbs felt weary, aching in fact from the work I'd done. But my mind was active and I wanted to use it. I sat at my table and pondered the question of how I might best jolt my spouse. I glanced around...
