Short Fiction Fridays: War In the Streets

Adrienne Carter limped out of the building burning behind her. Pain shot through her left leg as she struggled not to fall to her knees. She took another step, heat searing her back and then another, hoping she could get away from the building fast enough. She hoped whatever that was in there died along [...]

Short Fiction Friday: I Swore An Oath

Scott had to wait until the hail of bullets subsided before he could run to the men and women laying out in the street in front of him. Automatic rifle fire rattled against the mailbox he was ducking against as he prayed to any deity that would hear his medical supplies were still intact. Cursing [...]

Friday Short Stories: Commander Allison Maxwell

It began as a countdown. Allison Maxwell held out three fingers, returning one to her fist every second before pushing the button on the detonator, blowing the door off of its hinges. Simultaneously, the door across the room exploded open with armored figures crowding into the opening firing automatic weapons. Allison burst into the room, [...]

Superheroes

I must have been 15 when it happened.  I was on a school trip downtown when the sonic boom tore through the city and threw the bus over our heads.  It took a second for any of us to know what was going on, and it was not very pleasant.  One kid, a girl I [...]

No One Gets Left Behind

Bullets whizzed over her head as she ducked behind the overturned table.  Angie had a bullet hole in her shoulder and Thomas was crouched over her trying to wrap it.  He spoke quietly as he kept pressure on the wound. “It’s okay,” he said.  She was breathing hard and her eyes darted around the room.  [...]

The Landing: Gloval’s Perspective

Gloval stared out at the sea.  He couldn’t smell it from the observation deck. It was hard to believe how much more real the sky looked on Earth.  There was a horizon here, which the holographic sky the city had lacked.  Just a wall. He looked down and smiled at the party below on the [...]

First Day of Vacation

I was going to finish up that vignette about Vanessa Leeds last week, but things got really busy on Thursday and Friday and I couldn’t get to my computer.  Part of it was preparing for my vacation at work, I got a lot of copy done so the rest of the paper wouldn’t be behind.  [...]

Robotech Reboot: Vanessa’s story part I

2107- Eight years after the Visitor. Springfield, Ill. “I’m not entirely sure you understand the gravity of this situation, Miss Leeds,” Principal Graves said from across his desk.  Vanessa gripped the sides of her chair with all of her strength.  “Cyber terrorism is quite an offense.” Vanessa choked.  Cyber terrorism?  That’s insane. “Sir, if I [...]

3 Dog Must have really wanted to hear the Inkspots

Yeah, late update.  I know, it’s Tuesday on the East Coast as I type this.  Sorry. I beat the main quest of Fallout 3 again.  I went in as the hero, even though I had Fawkes right there.  Eh, Nathan may be a sneaky scoundrel who likes putting live hand grenades in the pockets of [...]

A little concept story

Pain still shot through my stomach as the voice in my head assured me I was going to be all right. “Don’t worry, vital signs are returning to normal,” the voice said.  It was female and distracted.  “You managed to dissolve the bullet into a benign protien and your skin and organs have returned to [...]