When John Fitzherbert Smith perfected the theoretical calculations that allowed him, at long last, to complete his time machine, there were some problems he anticipated. He realised, for example, that though the past was inscribed in the present, each scene of history contained within the minute, infinitesimal folds of the moment at hand, the future [...]
If in the beginning there was the internet, rest assured that the Almighty would have spent that one day of rest browsing blogs. Therefore you could do a lot worse than going through our latest selection of blog posts, and that is a fact. (Incidentally, it is also a fact that last week Schlock released [...]
Click here for more tales of Dr. Millie and her undead raven: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V (1) Part V (continued 2) Part V (continued 3) Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI Part XII *** In which our heroine, laced into a pattern against [...]
by Kris Green When the world ended people just carried on doing the things they always did. They buried their dead and they cleared away the rubble and got on with their lives. One good thing about the end of the world was that there were a lot less people around, though some considered that [...]
Joshua came home with a torn up notebook. He was in tears. It took his mother only three seconds to realise that all of this was self-inflicted: he carried the notebook in his left hand like a trophy, and the tears, still streaming, were not being dried by his free hand. And he was stomping [...]
First off, we hope you’re enjoying our new issue! We’re ready to announce some changes in our weekly schedule. In an attempt to make our content more streamlined and excellent, as of today the Schlock team will now present THREE pieces of flash fiction each week, with a regular dose of Sunday blogs and other [...]
Here at Schlock HQ we thought it prudent to kick off the new decade at the very beginning. Our first quarterly of 2011 treats the theme of Prehistory, with a deliciously gaudy cover by guest artist Victor Roa and the usual mix of quality content. Schlock’s contributors have been busy exploiting the theme’s more pulpy [...]
by Teodor Reljic The world is white, so white. I can take the ground into my hands and, as I watch it escape between my fingers, it sifts like silt and disappears down and it is so white, so white! Mother tells me this must pass, otherwise we would all die: she thinks it’s too [...]
by M. Shaw Previously: During an interview for the Cycling Magazine, I dared to ask world champion racer Vance Headstrong how it was that he did not age visibly during the 26 consecutive years in which he won the Tour de France. Notoriously touchy on the subject, he flew into a rage. But just as [...]
by Krista Bonnello Rutter Giappone This book belongs to SARAH. ‘Don’t play with your food, dear.’ ‘Jimmy’s not food, mother. Jimmy is here to play.’
