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Laurentia

17 Apr 2021 6 minute read 0 comments StealthySteve

Land Mass Surface impact was sudden and fast . With all of the intensity of an atom bomb up until the very last moment when touch down occurred with as much force as a burning ember riding an updraft . I sat up as if waking from a nightmare immediate...

Mary had a little child – a short story excerpt

14 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Scopeman

Imagine you are looking down from the height of a skyscraper, onto the vivid sweep of light and dark rooftops, a dull colour scheme puzzle with patches of once bright green vegetation darkened by oil spillage and pollution, but green enough to give a...

The Moon Has a Shy Side - A sci-fi short story about r/cryptocurrency

13 Apr 2021 10 minute read 1 comment Epy

              When I look around at the bustling enterprises and technological feats we’ve achieved on the Moon, I can’t help but wonder if I’m in a dream. See, the modern history of the Moon’s development is a little hard to believe. Even for me, an...

How much does the soul weigh in Nikes?

12 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments StealthySteve

The merit of a man is not measured by the length of his stride nor by the distance traveled.  But by the amount of Nike shoes stolen in his name .  A man be not judged by the value of his suit or the price of a haircut . But by the length of the 100...

Her Dream Bicycle

10 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment YmcyL.

  Malar lived at Keeranur village in Pudukottai district with her family. Malar was studying in class VI. She was eleven years old. She had two elder sisters and a younger brother. His name was Arul. Malars father was Kathirvel. Kathirvel was a hard-...

Flight

10 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment StealthySteve

Floating . I was floating in front of myself. Preceded by a sensation of pressure . Pressure is not the right word.. I was pressed out of myself. A feeling welled up in me if there was still an "in" inside of a "me" . This sensory change was to that...

White Memories - A Flash Fiction Story

9 Apr 2021 2 minute read 8 comments Scopeman

December 25, 1995. I remember. I was six years old and you were ten, and we were happy. We hoped it would last forever. I remember that day, it was a Monday. I refused to take off my new clothes that I had worn to Christmas mass that morning. You wer...

The Molara and The Danar (excerpt from Not Teeming with Life, a Novella I wrote)

8 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments dijitalhorse

               The Molara had one great enemy: The Danar. Both were ancient. Both had immense technology. Both were warrior societies. Both had been at war since nothing could remember. And nothing knew how or why the war had started. They lived far...

Matt Murphy Private Eye

8 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment IlaheyDotCom

A short story where everything happens as you read it. Matt Murphy is a private eye. When Matt investigates, cases get solved. Or shit gets real ugly. On good days he manages both. Today he’s just got himself locked in a room by someone who shut the...

What I don't see.

8 Apr 2021 5 minute read 0 comments IlaheyDotCom

“Hi, I’m Russell, and my mind is broken.” Russell held out his hand. Sometimes people would shake it, other times they’d hesitate or even go away. On some occasions there was really nobody there. Russell waited, smiling, to see which one the woman wi...