Welcome again to Schlock’s podcast, now on it’s second episode with well over an hour’s worth of flash fiction, discussions and even a first – a comedy sketch of a rather dark nature, as Schlock Troupe make their audio debut after a successful run at The Burlesque Monster Cruise earlier this month. Taking part is [...]
Read the prelude… Nar: They walked through the empty streets talking of unimportant things. Now and then one of them would laugh or shout with happiness. They pointed at all the strange sights of the dark city. The city was calling to them. -Come to me… Its language was as old as stone and dirt. [...]
‘Your funeral arrangements are underway, expenses to be borne by the community; the whole village will be there.’ They were conducting a vigil beneath his window at this very moment. Everyone knew Percy wouldn’t survive the night. He had performed ‘miracles’ in curing everybody else; but he couldn’t – or wouldn’t – save himself. The [...]
Over a wooden bridge across the green waterway comes a procession of robed men, shimmering white under the summer sun. Solemnly, they bear large candles, while a few swing smoking censers to an inaudible rhythm, cleaving a path through the throngs that kneel and weep before their leader, the Patriarch. He is a pious [...]
Anyone who knew her, even peripherally, knew her as the girl with the camera around her neck (or, if we want to be precise, cameras, for their were several she alternated between, as one might choose this or that pair of shoes based on the requirements of the particular day). There had not been many [...]
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 Part XIII Part XIV In which our heroine, trapped [...]
He descends from the aircraft and touches the island’s ground rather for the first time, following an uneventful flight from Rome’s Fiumucino. In his breast pocket, a folded up photo of a young, red haired woman. He feels for it, ensuring himself it’s there. She’s gone, he tells himself, and I have to find her. [...]
First, we gave you erotica and now… Schlock continues to celebrate spring with a series of tales culled from our contributors’ deepest childhood memories. Some are nostalgic, some explore the darker underbelly within… one is even multi-lingual! We all love a fairy tale, so why not dip into our offerings below? Between tales of shady [...]
There once was a maiden of greening bronze, who stood atop a beautiful fountain in the gardens of the Sun King’s palace. The king’s son, the young and handsome prince, who was often lonely in the large halls of the shining palace, liked to walk out into the gardens, and admire the many beautiful flowers [...]
There are no shows here, he said. There is only light, sound and magic. He was fifty-two then, when the local rags seized the delicious sound bite. What Caliban and the Travelling Circus of Valletta had attempted to do was unprecedented; nobody could deny that much. A proper variety show, lasting beyond two, three weekends [...]
