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The end of the world - A (very) short science fiction story (ENG) / La fine del mondo – Fantascienza: un microracconto (ITA)

16 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

The end of the world - A (very) short science fiction story (ENG) I answered the phone muttering a sleepy- Hello ?!"- Luca, what are you doing still in bed? Haven't you heard the latest news?- Which ones? - I mechanically replied without the feeling...

Keeping the Receipts

14 May 2021 7 minute read 0 comments MonsterOfTheEmacs

Keeping the Receipts As he approached the castle, the spires rose into the sky like hands reaching up. The ancient castle had been a dot on the horizon, but now it became a great stone behemoth. Gaelic phrases carved into stones lined the road toward...

Microfiction - making every word count! Writing challenges, having fun, learning and maybe just getting some reward for doing what you enjoy.

14 May 2021 6 minute read 3 comments SA_Sam1971

As far back as I can remember, I have always had a passion for literature, writing and debate. I entered Literary contests in my teens, joined the debating team and wrote short stories and poetry, mostly musings on life and philosophical by nature. I...

Oopsy

6 May 2021 5 minute read 0 comments deuZige

Imperial Military Science observer "Nervousness", April 5th 2063 (Earth Calendar)As the sub-leader finished her report it took a moment for the supreme fleet leader to grasp the bottom line of what she had told him. He looked at her as he realized an...

Mall Walk pt2

6 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments StealthySteve

Being a ten year attendee of the Hedonism adult vacation destination was not without its benefits. Tamdel Warwick had survived multiple run-ins with Gonorrhea,  The Clap and nameless ego damaged husbands who did not understand the thrill of hidden ma...

The Fabulous Famigger

6 May 2021 5 minute read 0 comments hermesmensageiro

Megalok's Red Zone. Jack Sparrow, code name given by the cyberman friends, given his similar way of dressing to the protagonist character of Pirates of the Caribbean, decides to uninvited, to step into foreign territory. He promises his friends to en...

Spearment Rhino

5 May 2021 2 minute read 1 comment CarbonJawed

The very apparent smell of vanilla and coconut companied by the kind of light's that would cause seizures abrasively kicked my frontal cortex as I entered the Rhino of spearement sin. In the distance there was that red curtain. The red curtain where...

Mall Walk Pt 1

5 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments StealthySteve

The large Native American Boomer paused . The walkers slowed their brisk pace. This early in the morning , no one suspected someone getting pwned. Robert Jon in his worn blue jeans , the knees worn white came down hard on both . A thud echoed down th...

New Year's Eve ... A day to forget

4 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments hermesmensageiro

Midnight. I hear crashes. I see escapes of desperate beings in shock under beams of lights that populate the night sky. In agony, they seek shelter under cars or towards the back of houses. Their hearts flutter about to come out of their mouths. I lo...

Be Careful What You Say At Hole-9 Research Facility (Fiction)

3 May 2021 8 minute read 1 comment Epy

There are many peculiar jobs in the solar system, but in my humble opinion none are quite as strange as mine on Jupiter’s moon of Ganymede. For starters I’m the sole human operator of Hole-9, which is a lift station called a GOLF, short for Ganymede...