Carbon remembers the days when it floated carelessly through the air. It sure beats being blasted through space after a star explosion. After millions of years existing with its kin - a whole bunch of other carbon atoms - one day it paired up with Oxygen. She was a young beauty, and it was a … Continue reading The Carbon Atom
Ten thousand years ago, humans came to Earth as refugees, but we have since forgotten our origins. Three hundred years ago, another alien species came to dominate. They hid in plain sight, waiting and watching. Since we had forgotten our history, our foe could hide with impunity as a spiky green ‘plant’. We didn’t know … Continue reading Alien Invasion
Dragons do exist. Throughout history, they’ve always been horned, four legged scaly beasts. Since the times of old though, they’ve gone through the process of evolution. It’s not the same kind of evolution that the birds and bugs undergo though. It’s the kind of evolution that humans have meddled with. But it’s not like the … Continue reading Dragons Do Exist
A (Precisely) 100 Word Story It’s time to meet my online sweetheart. She wants to give me directions - like a treasure hunt. I get a text. “Turn left at the end of your street. Destination 500m on right.” She’s half a kilometre away, on the next street! I send a text from the car. … Continue reading Good Directions
Since last week the sky has taken on a red tinge that is alarming. Nobody here knows the reason for such a change. It turned from a magnificent velvety blue to this. Although the temperature is the same, it rains every day and the crops grow without problem. The whole population seems to be happy. … Continue reading The Outpost
"All right. Calm down. Tell me again what happened." "Don Pedro, one of my officers is stealing from me. Every day I find out that some of the tools are missing from the workshop, and I do not know which one of them is the thief. Nobody wants to talk and the only utterance that … Continue reading The Magical Duck
A writer sits at her desk, looking through her window over the city of Buenos Aires - the city of “good air.” She tries to write, but she can’t. It’ll be the fortieth screenplay she’s written this month, but she can only squeeze out so many chauvinistic, trivial, petty one liners. They’re designed to appeal … Continue reading The Roaring Forties
A (Precisely) 100 Word, Alliterative Story This is a message to the masses. An appeal to all the aperture openers. Photographers: feel for the forgotten and forsaken background blur. Consider the sacrifice of seldom starring in the snapshot. Its inherent invaluableness is indisputable. It makes portraits pop; macros magnificent; and beauty shots... beautiful. The background … Continue reading Background Blur
A (Precisely) 100 Word Story Every day, the smoker precedes work by smoking next to the air vent. Every day, the secretary does her photocopying to avoid the smell of smoke. Every day, the boss makes coffee so he can peruse the secretary’s bum as she photocopies her documents. One day the smoker quits smoking. … Continue reading The Air Vent
A (Precisely) 100 Word Story Her legs just don’t match her body. Everyone can tell. If she could just lose a kilo, her legs would be perfect. She lost a kilo. Now her body doesn’t match her legs. If she could just lose a kilo, her body would match her legs. She’d be perfect. She … Continue reading The Realm of the Shadows
