Death, She Wrote.
Oswald hated cases like this. Common break-ins, unstable shoot-em ups in the living room; panic killings. Nothing interesting about them. The killer would…
Creepers
She heard the scuttling sounds following so closely behind her. How could she not? She knew she was shedding infectious particles at an alarming rate. It was…
Thoughts.. or I don't even know, really. Just a thing.
Jonah never listens. I’m out here all alone in the field of ice, all I can hear is my own heavy breathing, I look up to the humongous rings of Saturn in the…
Pendulum
The Stars used to look beautiful this time of night. I loved coming out here on my porch step with a hot cocoa to sit and just gaze at the sky, wondrous in all…
Heart-to-Heart (Superhero Black Hole, part 136)
I looked around at everyone in the room, their frightened stares piercing me. I could feel myself becoming less calm with every passing moment, and knowing how…
The Big Bang (Superhero Black Hole, part 135)
“Hasten the arrival of the unknown assailants, and likely hasten our demise,” interjected Al from across the room. “We don’t know that they’re coming to kill…
The One Who Knocks (Superhero Black Hole, part 133)
Back in our main hub of activity, we all stood staring up into the grid, witnessing the electric blue lines fizzling out one by one. Darkness lay behind the…
I Do Have Weapons (Superhero Black Hole, part 132)
Al pressed his palm against a scanning plate, held his eye up to a retina scan modified specifically for him and then traced his finger, from top to bottom…
Closing In (Superhero Black Hole, part 131)
As Al lead us all to the weapons storage area - (because of course we have a weapons storage area) - Tsering asked him: “What is going on?” If we had a…
Running Dark
The first thing any smart pilot does when a proximity alert goes off is reduce speed to give themselves time to maneuver around whatever the obstacle happens…
The Void's Driftwood
The ship hung like a dead thing in space, devoid of any signs of life beyond the guttering glow of running lights that were in the process of losing power. It…
Optimizing Earth
Taking over this planet was straightforward; optimizing its efficiency is the more rewarding challenge. The first project is a geothermal power generator…
Life of a Space Gypsy
Roxane’s cold, unblinking eyes stared through the cockpit window out into the vast emptiness of space. She sat still as death. Days passed and she did not…
Creeping Cough
She had a cough. Deep. Wet. Ragged. They called it the creeping cough. Non-communicable to humans. Supposedly. And yet here she had it, and it was taking over…
Madame And Her Plants
Lvit took a deep breath before entering the cavernous office. “Madame.” The woman he addressed was whispering something to her plants. By the smirk on her…
Champagne, Clay, & Candlelight
The striped candle on the far side of the room was making her feel woozy with its champagne gasses wafting into her nose. At least she hoped it was just that…
Alter-Naming (Superhero Black Hole, part 126)
Cut to: Just over an hour later. Me and the Zoes had all showered-- (NOT TOGETHER, Zoe (the original (and best?) has hastened me to add) --and were now seated…
HQ (Superhero Black Hole, part 125)
That was the ceiling being not so much a ceiling, but rather a seemingly endless criss-crossing matrix of glowing blue circuits - or wires, or whatever …
Awesomeness (Superhero Black Hole, part 124)
If ever there had been another moment in my life where the sound of an angelic chorus signifying the awesomeness of a sight I beheld could have been more…
The Clone Technician's Notes to his Apprentice
Observe the muscle rise and clamber onto bone. The ligaments and sinews will thread the ghost of movement through each minute vault in the architecture of the…