Archive for the ‘Flashes’ Category

For God, for Glory, for Santa

They say there’s nothing more dangerous in the world than a man who believes in something so thoroughly as to actually kill for his belief. Sam believes in Santa Claus, and as we speak he is somewhere wondering the aisles of the Dead Santa book store with enough dynamite strapped to his chest to ensure [...]

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Schrödinger’s Cat

One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of the hour, one [...]

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The Living Dead

“They walked carefully, talked carefully, ate carefully–whatever it took to make sure that the Imagination Purity Service – IPS for short – didn’t bother them. “They thought that they gained something by this. I guess it was the luxury. They didn’t have to worry about making their own decisions, the IPS took care [...]

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Love letter

To the most beautiful girl in the world,
I’m sorry that I had to leave you so soon, but I promise that I’ll see you again on the other side. I’ve always loved you, even when I was too scared to say it. I know you loved me as well. My one regret was not kissing [...]

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Angel of Death 6

Beside the Angel today was a little girl. She looked to be maybe four years old. She wasn’t. She was technically zero according usuall standards of counting age, but in reality she was twenty-six weeks old. She just hadn’t had a “birth” day yet. The little girl had curly black hair, and the sweetest most [...]

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Hot Summer Days

With his eyes closed, Mark felt the warm sun on his face. The heat brought back memories of his childhood, when he would run and play in summer days. But just a few months ago he thought that he would never feel the heat of the sun again. The boys over at Sky Reclamation [...]

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Undoing the Future

Steve and Akiva both sat with their backs against the tree in a grassy field. Akiva was staring at a pocket watch that he had recently acquired.
“You know,” Steve said, “I used to have a pocket watch just like that.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. My father gave it to me as a gift when I turned 13. It [...]

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Perfecting the Eye of the Beholder

Angel looked to the other side of the waiting room. All of the men and women sitting across from her looked the same. The men all had toned muscular physiques that looked like they had just left the gym. The women were skinny with the typical “perfect” breasts and well defined asses. Angel’s physique was [...]

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365 tomorrows

Just thought I’d let you all know that a story of mine has been published on 365 tomorrows. Check it out if you get the chance.

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Angel of Death 5

Men have their whole lives to make sure that they go into the light when they die. This man had 70 years. But he, like so many other people, ignored death his whole life. It figures that he would choose after he’s dead to try to fight his way out of going into the darkness.
She [...]

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