Clean country air overlayed the sky in opaque nothing, starless and moonless above the undertakers as they drove. The fields out around them periodically blinking out red syllables of lifeless irrigation and wind. No knowledge of the void before them gave any comfort as the road rose and fell away from them in the empty night, … Continue reading The Green Ghetto
Rock Ridge School was an oddity of the old world, or rather, the world they all used to live in. There was no high school in Rock Ridge. Rather, they had a single school to educate children from preschool up through twelfth grade. As to whether this was strictly legal was questionable before they all … Continue reading Atoms Part 5
Samuel pressed the gun against his head and spun around to see where they all stood. Amanda’s huffing and the John Ripley’s grunts beat either eardrum in succession. They each looked at him like a piece of meat to be devoured. The other townsfolk backed away slowly with their hands up above their heads. “Samuel, … Continue reading Atoms Part 4
The Thessalonian Archive created and destroyed itself in ways that modern scientists have yet to fully understand. How what we thought was a library could become sentient and end its own existence… We were shocked as a species and sorely afraid. What else in this universe held consciousness that we knew not of? And with what powers of … Continue reading The Thessalonian Archive (Flash Fiction)
The woods don’t change very often. Sure, it goes through the cycle of seasons. Trees fall in storms. Animals migrate through. Butterflies emerge from their cocoons. Rain falls. The sun dries up the rain. Creeks overflow and then become empty beds. Underbrush builds up and fires clear it all away. These endless cycles don’t really … Continue reading Walter and Margaret
From the journal of Marshall Matthews, Astronomer: I hope this is the first day of the final reset of this strange place where I and a number of other individuals have found ourselves trapped. I am restarting this journal for what may be the hundredth time. This place has all the appearance of a small … Continue reading Atoms Part 3
The old dog padded along beside Samuel on the edge of the abyss. The grass of the field was going to seed and drying out in the hot sun. Even in the day time, he could walk along the edge of their world and see the stars orbiting each other and the galaxies swirling in … Continue reading Atoms Part 2
It was a start. The traveler felt the strain on his body more than he thought he would. “The trip of a thousand kilometers starts with a single step…or something,” he mumbled to himself as he leaned against the sole rock he’d seen in numerous kilometers. This road was bizarre. The locals had told … Continue reading The Traveler
Stepping out of his front door, Samuel saw that the night was dark and the stars were invisible between the bright security lights on each street corner. He only ever went grocery shopping at 1 am because he wouldn’t run into anyone. He was the sole tenant in an all but abandoned neighborhood. As the … Continue reading Atoms Part 1
“Have you heard the truth about the Scarlet Gypsy?” Ed was the town eccentric and often spouted off conspiracy theories and legends--sometimes simultaneously. His wild, bushy beard and equally wild eyes really sold a performance, but left little to be believed. Sitting in the pub watching the young folk romance each other and the old … Continue reading The Scarlet Gypsy
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