Stories
Fiction & Micro-Fiction
Bees
It is an active hive. Thousands of bees cluster around the thing, flying in and out, performing any number of tasks for the betterment of the hive as a whole. They build onto the hive. They forage for food. They nourish and care for the queen. But most of all, they...
The Shop
An hourglass, where the bottom is a clear crystal chamber and the top is a human skull. Sand passes through the jaw to the chamber below, where a live scorpion rearranges the sand into geometric patterns. A stuffed cat, taxidermized in such a way that all its fur is...
Dragoling
“Hey, Matt, what’s that on your shoulder? “Uh, it’s a dragoling.” “A what??” “A dragoling. It’s basically a dragon, but smaller. He’s already grown to full size.” “Weird. Where’d you get it?” “Egg.” “Of course. And where’d you get the egg?” “Gypsy.” “You’re a wealth...
The Boy Who Couldn’t Dream
Now he's having nightmares. The boy who once couldn't dream is now suddenly having nightmares. Every night, and repeatedly every night. And they're affecting the rest of the world. He dreams of long, shadowy creatures with razor-sharp claws and pointy teeth. They...
This Space for Rent
I can't tell you what I've been doing. Mostly, because I don't know myself. You see, I've been renting out my body and cranial space to the highest bidder. And that has made me immensely wealthy. But because I'm not fully present in my body during those times, I have...
Body-Walker
She was lost. She’d only stepped out of her body for a moment, but somehow that was all it took to lose it. Now she was untethered in an astral way and had no way to get back to her own body. So she decided to borrow someone else’s. She found a lady nearby who was...
Emerging from the Dark
We emerged from the tunnels back into Haven just as a search party was about to leave to look for us. We described our journey, our adventure, to the others as they listened with rapt attention. All the while, you had an arm around my waist, and I had one around your...
Walking in the Dark
We walked, then, through the dark tunnels, with hardly a care in the world. We were hand-in-hand, and I thrilled at your touch. We talked in hushed tones, reluctant to wake up anything that might be lurking out of sight. The tunnel we were in just then began to slant...
Splitting the Sky
Lightning splits the sky, making contact with the lightning rod on the Capital building. Only, instead of disappearing, the bolt remains, freeze-framed between cloud and building. Another bolt, and another freeze-frame. Over the course of the next ten minutes, dozens...