by Bettina Borg Cardona Standing in near pitch-blackness with mouth wide open, feet planted parallel -bare- hands tearing out matted hair at the bloodied roots, she was screaming. He was half jolted out of the narcoleptic stupor into which he found himself falling at intervals, eyes bewildered and bloodshot, veined with desire for even the
Year: 2011
The sun is shining and Schlock is in the mood for adventure! Join our EXPLORATION issue through “innumerable vistas” and tempting worlds of exotic beauty, madness and wanderlust – there are steamy jungles, punch drunk pirates and a pixellated world all waiting to be discovered. Plunge on in, enjoy the stories, and leave your comments.
By Rachel Agius “Pirate?!” The sound of breaking porcelain and splintering wood followed the Admiral as he hastily made his way from the Captain’s quarters. He adjusted his hat after what appeared to be a peg leg sailed overhead and dislodged it. His men, two lanky youths who had taken to playing a card game
by Colin Meldrum “Am I the first to do it? Could I be the first woman to bare a son without first lying with a man? This is a new miracle to our tribes, but surely I won’t be the last to accomplish it.” The matriarch speaks to me with a quavering, staccato voice, as
by Nick Tramdack “It’s simple,” said Engineer03. “To make a great fantasy you need just two things. A bad guy they love to hate and a good guy they hate to love. You know, with flaws…” Engineer03 lowered a cup of tea from his mouth. Despite the greenish light flooding out of the bar and
by KC Wilder The most repulsive parasite to ever nest in human flesh measures 98 millimeters long. The giant cockroach. It’s believed to subsist for as long as 9 or 10 years by sucking all the juices out of human genitalia. Scientists call this a mutant insect parasite, genus giganticus genitalis cockroach. Its method for
by Robert William Iveniuk “Pass the can,” Olson begged, his hand making a pathetic grasping motion at his associate. Wind blew through the old store, sending scraps of paper and shredded cardboard across the ground. Emptied shelves flanked the duo, and burnt-out lights hung above their heads. Long-dead and withered, a man in tattered clothes
Of all the women in the world, the most beautiful are the women of the isle of Melita. And in all the land of Melita there are none like the women of my own village. And in my village there are none that can be compared with the girl next door. The girl next door
‘Juliette, Juliette. Juliette!’ Juliette came out from behind the trees, hurriedly wiping her hands on her apron. ‘What’s wrong? Did someone jump out of the bushes?’ ‘No, why should they?’ With a clean sweep of her scythe, Juliette sliced the top of the undergrowth right off. Justine shrieked as the head rolled to her feet
He was sitting in the coffee shop, his third cup of coffee – black, no sugar – getting cold, just like the previous two. He didn’t particularly like the taste of coffee. He didn’t much like coffee shops either, but he figured some sacrifices had to be made – he was going to be a