FollowThis multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapters Rick sat in his living room, contemplating the situation. After all that had happened, the mood in Mingo was difficult to gauge. It seemed to be split between those who applauded the executions and others …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapters He’d been lucky when it came to Marta’s reaction. She’d only looked at him and shook her head before digging into her seemingly bottomless storage bin, looking for something to bind his ribs. The two …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapter Rick woke up the next morning feeling like he’d been run over by an ore dozer. Pudding did that to him these days. Well, really any alcohol but pudding was the worst. When he was …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapter “Oh god, that is so good,” Davy said, holding the cup of stimmy with both hands. “It’s even better than the stuff they have at the office.” She took another sip. “How does she do …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapter Disembarkation from the ship went as smoothly as it always did, despite more scans and inspections to ensure that no one was attempting to get any contraband through. These last, and in the miners’ view, …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Chapter 1 Richard Quentan made his way down the tunnel his pod had drilled in the rock. It wasn’t a small passage, but it still felt tight because the hardened vac suit so necessary to his survival when working …
David Chambers lay in his bed in the nursing home, as the aides chatted away, unaware he could hear them. One was his favorite, Amelia. Jamaican by birth, just hearing her accent could cheer him up. She was also the most encouraging of them all, able to get him out of bed when no one …
Bolts punched through the composite walls like they were paper, making me hunker even lower behind the ferrocrete foundation. Not for the first time since this standoff began, I wished I could burrow into the floor but there was a granite-like rock under the thin layer of regolith that covered this planet. So far, I’d …
Today’s entry is a retelling of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. This began almost ten years ago in a college creative writing class and I’ve been kicking it around ever since. I hope you enjoy it. Babcock E. Bare sat fidgeting, barely able to contain his nervousness. He knew therapy was the only way he …
Link to Pts. 1 and 2 Charlie was sitting in the school office when his mother arrived. She took one look at his puffy, just-beginning-to-swell eye and cheek and snapped, “What have you done?” “I got in a fight,” Charlie mumbled. “A fight,” she said, shaking her head. “We send you to this school to …