FollowWelcome. Reading this means you’ve stumbled into my little corner of the internet. It’s home to all the weird, off-the-wall, maybe even slightly creepy stories that tumble out of my head. We’re talking speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc. — and new content shows up every week (usually on Fridays) so be on …
It was that dusky dark time of day when Chloe Clarke arrived for her interview. She had thought it was an odd time for such a thing, and the fact that the interview was taking place in her potential employer’s home didn’t help. But, if her time working as a personal assistant for the wealthy …
Read previous episodes here For a moment, Petra wondered what could’ve happened to the bike. Did someone steal it? Doubtful, not with that lock and chain. And, she had a feeling that not many Wisdom residents would go to the trouble of stealing a bicycle. A motorcycle maybe, but not a bike. Could it have been …
Read previous episodes here Petra was on her second cup of coffee when the tablet chimed and her browser locked up. As she tried to scroll, a dialog box appeared. Congratulations on reaching Dillon. As a reward, we offer you another quest. Successful completion may alleviate your transportation dilemma. Failure will result in a strike …
Links to Part I and Part II Petra woke as the bus left I-15 and entered Salt Lake City’s downtown. She looked at the clock on her tablet. 4:12 PM. They were only five minutes behind schedule. That wasn’t too bad, she thought. In her experience, buses always ran later than five measly minutes. They …
See Part I here Petra saw the first hints of sunrise as she returned to the lot where the car was parked. All but dead on her feet after the obstacle course, she needed some sleep. She was still wearing the outfit from the challenge since her clothes were gone, which wasn’t optimal. But, she …
Petra waited nervously behind the curtain. She knew there were two other people on the stage with her, but she couldn’t see them because of the walls of the booths each of them were in. She could hear the noise of a crowd on the other side of the curtain, an indistinct murmur that rose …
Vesto Slipher’s day had not gone well. It had started with a knot of dwarves trying to dig a mine in his backyard. They claimed they needed a new source of lastite and all the signs pointed to his property as the location of an extremely rich vein. The stumpy little shits had torn down …
This story takes place in the same universe as “Welcome To the Shitshow.” If you asked them, most people would say they were not doing well living in the ruins of society. Jake Hess, however, wasn’t most people. If you asked him how he was doing, he’d have said, “Eh, I’m okay.” That’s about as …