The Bunny “Eight villages in our district have had significant to total structural damage from mudslides. Furthermore, the weather conditions conducive to mudslides have only been increasing in the past decade.” Professor Cristian Avendaño clicked the button and a list of temperatures, wind conditions, and annual rainfall popped up on the screen. He looked every …
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Start – My Short Sci-Fi Story Published in Etherea Magazine
Well, I guess if getting paid makes you a professional, today I can finally call myself a professional science fiction writer. My sci-fi short story “Start” was just published by Etherea Magazine in their 7th issue! It’s about what getting out of prison might be like in the future. Your kind words really keep me …
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The Ice Pack: A Pandemic Short Story
She woke up to damp sheets and a pounding headache. “No, no, no… This can’t be happening.” She did stay up later than she should have. The half empty bottle of Jack told her she drank a little more than she should have too. Maybe she wasn’t sick. She willed herself to sit up and …
Dumped – My Short Sci-Fi Story Published in Waste Advantage Magazine
Note: If you’d like to read it in the fancy magazine layout version, it’s on pages 70-71 in the March 2021 issue of Waste Advantage Magazine. “Back in the truck, Casanova.” Matt flashed a smile at the girl. “Don’t mind him. He’s just hating because he’s ‘happily’ married.” My partner Matt Murphy was a smooth-talker …
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Sunday
You click the side of your phone for the sixth time in ten minutes. No likes. No comments. No snaps. No messages. No new notifications. No one. You stopped doing the dishes a week ago. The sink can’t fit any more and it’s starting to smell. You avoid thinking about it. Just like you flinch …
Her Birthday Dress: A Zombie Flash Fiction
This was originally published in 2013 in “Zombies?! Zombies!! An Anthology”. He didn’t want to do this. He couldn’t do this. “I can’t. I can’t.” He was sobbing now. The tears were streaming down his face. “Please no. I can’t! Please!” No one else could do anything. “GOD HELP ME!” he shrilled. “Is this …
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