Stories
Fiction & Micro-Fiction
Wandering in the Dark
I walked those crazy, twisted pathways for hours, and still I failed to catch up with you. Every now and again, I heard your laugh, both near and distant at the same time. The acoustics in this place were odd, seeming at times to amplify your laugh while at other...
Spider Corpses
Spider shells, littering the floor to the bedroom. Vague carcasses left behind after the creatures molted and outgrew their skins. But that isn't how spiders work, is it? Well, not for these spiders, at least. Creepy webs all up on the walls, the ceiling, filled with...
Glitch
It was a technical glitch. The universe wasn't supposed to temporarily wink out of existence like that. We apologize for the oversight. The error was completely ours. The hotfix we pushed out that led to the glitch was intended to bypass the Wormhole Highway...
Pieces of an Angel
The city streets shimmered in the sun. An old man, draped in a dark cloak, marched along one of those streets. His head was hooded, obscuring most of his face. But that was alright. Most who visited the Market of the Macabre chose to veil themselves in one way or...
The Globe
The globe he found himself standing on was small. Very small. Like, he could walk all the way around it in just 20-30 minutes. So, a couple of miles in circumference? He wasn’t 100% sure how he got to this globe, though he knew with keen certainty that it was...
The Long Bridge to Haven
"I object," Jasper said morosely. "To what?" the fairy mother replied. Her expression and tone of voice both bespoke surprise. "You're about to cross the long bridge to Haven. What's to object to?" Jasper shook his head, raising a hand to his temple as if he had a...
Psychic Surgery
He needed his sense of humour. So of course that was the very thing they surgically removed from him. He could see it there, in a jar, on the shelf, pulsing quietly. He didn’t know why they had removed it, but he was really in no position to ask questions, strapped as...
To Protect the Kingdom
No one was surprised when it happened. But the would-be assassin flew backward out the castle window, scattering shards of glass through the air. He landed on the ground roughly, and it was a moment before he could stand back up. Meanwhile, a figure appeared at the...
Manhunter
It was the sixth day of the heatwave. It was so hot you could see the air rippling and warping as the sun baked off the moisture from the ground and the air. No life could be seen anywhere, except for the buzzards whirling and twirling high up in the sky looking for...