Dust blew down Camacho Street as Ernesto walked to work. He shielded his eyes with his cybernetic hand, a custom job that he had to done to make his work easier. A little camera built into his hand counts pills for him as he fills bottles at the BioCon Ultra pharmaceutical factory most days. Should… Read more: Ernesto’s Jackpot: Part 1

A flash-fiction story about an encounter with an alien life form.

A short fictional horror story about a man trying to get home to his family.

A fictitious short story about a female pirate captain.

Joseph plopped into bed and turned out the lights. While he was sleeping he felt something sting him. He swatted at his face to kill the pest. He woke up and found the remains of a smashed bug on his pillow. With the back of his hand he swept it off his pillow and onto… Read more: A Bad Lump

It was late. I just got off the bullet train. I was tired and hungry. The bus from Heihe, my hometown, to Harbin took almost six hours. The bullet train was as fast as advertised, but it took almost 17 hours. So, in total I had been travelling for over 24 hours. I wanted to… Read more: Nightshift Buyer

It was an overcast day in a small town in the sunbelt. A white van pulled into Mira’s driveway. “They’re coming Robbi! Don’t let them in!” Mira shouted. Robbi checked to see who was at the door. “It’s the authorities, specifically the Federal Inquisitor Robotic Enforcement, FIRE for short.” Robbi said. “I know who it… Read more: Mira and Robbi

It was early morning and the dew on the grass was still fresh. A man with a large hat walked along an empty muddy road. A motorized cart followed close behind the man. The sign on the cart written in bright crimson characters read, “Taro’s Sundries”. It was several miles to the next town. Taro… Read more: Taro: Yatai Ansatsujinsha

I woke up in a cold sweat. My eyes were burning and and I could hear the hiss of air leaking from my suit. I reached for my flashlight, but it wasn’t in my holster. I tapped the side of my helmet and my dim interior helmet lights flickered on. I used what meager light it… Read more: 5 of 163 with a short story

I woke up bleary-eyed with a sore throat. My heads-up display said that I slept for 2 whole hours. Time to get cracking again, time is money. “Open Delivery Dingers,” I said to my bike. The delivery app map filled my vision. I only had ten minutes to pickup the delivery. I straddled my bike… Read more: Jet Panic Delivery

The setup: I found it in a creative writing textbook. The instructions are to write a page or two about a black sheep or eccentric person you know or heard about. Takanobu Yusuke In middle school in between classes Yusuke would walk the halls and pretend to be a velociraptor. He would stomp his feet… Read more: Black Sheep Writing Prompt

The setup: I will use the above pictograms to write a piece of flash fiction of around 300 to 500 words. I’ll give myself 1 hour to complete it. I’ll put the words I interpret from the pictograms in bold. Prince of Serendipity The workday was dragging on. Tiffany was on the phone gossiping with… Read more: Story Cubes Part 2

Here’s the setup. I will roll nine dice with pictograms on them. I’ll have 30 minutes to write a fictitious story based off the pictograms that I rolled. I’ll give myself 15 minutes to proofread and edit it. I can use the pictograms in any order to make the story flow more organically. I’m going… Read more: Story Cubes

Ok, this is the third and final bird variant of the elephant bird skeleton that I’m going to do. I want to make some more progress in the “Designing Creatures & Characters” book I’ve been studying. It’s my least favorite of the three. Which do you like better? Share your thoughts in the comments. As… Read more: Birds from the Isle of Harrows

The air outside was dry and cold. I felt my skin cracking as the wind blew on my face. My thoughts were not on the road ahead of me but on the memory of a warm hearth and the taste of savory stew. I patted my cheeks to see if they were still there or… Read more: Barbed Wire