The young man stopped for a moment to wipe his brow with a hand that was stained brown and calloused, suddenly turning his head to peer furtively over one shoulder. It appeared that no one was around for the time being, and he estimated it was probably time for a lunch break anyway. Stooping to [...]
Sigmund has uncovered a new passion: hobknobbing with the high-flying ladies of the Fruits and Flower Arrangement Club (FFAC). The studied delicacies involved in framing Austria’s Edelweiss flower between those fairy-light tufts of Primula farinosa and Saxifraga stellaris are coming to him, and with the aid of a marvellous educator with exquisite taste in shoes, [...]
Read about the theft here! Sitting in my first class cabin, I thought about the information I had to go on. There wasn’t much. My client, a world class opera singer, had her her voice stolen sometime a few weeks ago. She had been the budding protege of Jackson Magro, underworld demigod, until they fell [...]
They dragged her to the secret place, and she resisted only with her body’s friction. Flailing around wouldn’t help at all, and she didn’t want to wail, scream or beg. She felt like she was winning already. Recess would end in ten minutes, which gave them a clear deadline with which to administer her humiliation. [...]
A FLASH FICTION SERIAL FROM THE ULTRANAUTS ARCHIVE – PART 6 To read part 5, click here! The star tug requested docking permission at the Kuiper Belt Casino Station. It was attacked by the pirates roaming the area, delaying its cargo of vodka and herring. The pilot asked if the station crew would be so [...]
“This great stillness never loses its power over me. It is when all worldly sound has ebbed into silence that one can discern the subtle breath of God, whispering through the matter of the Earth.” As choir master of the Order, Brother Redor was himself partial to worldly sound, but he decided it was a [...]
I stated before that I was no ordinary person. I posses the ability to enter dreams at will. Humans who are able to break into the DreamScape are collectively known as the DreamChampions. But I am different even for those of my kind. So far, I am the only one, who is able to experience [...]
The hallway walls were covered in pictures, postcards three to a frame, of boats stacked tall with fish and drawings of dogs with round eyes. The old man raised his cane and pointed to a small green door at the far end of the hall, ‘Just through there,’ he said, ‘it’s a good thing you’ve [...]
The old king bent forward and picked up the small brass trumpet that was tarnished round the middle, raising it slowly to his ear. On the third repetition, there was a sharp intake of breath, and the trumpet fell with a clatter from his trembling hand, rattling its way across the marble floor and into [...]
“Come along, we’re going home, daddy’s tired!” A breeze of white skirt and green polka dots fly past you and a hand tries to wipe the strands of cotton candy moustaching your upper lip. Dad is always tired and it’s always time to leave and you’re so bored and your sweater is too hot and [...]
