What would happen if the end of the world came...and everyone slept right through it?A speculative fiction short story that is all too plausible--a killing plague that leaves no marks...What would happen if the end of the world came...and everyone slept right through it?A chilling and all too plausible short story about a creeping apocalypse, the extinction of our species just a few blinks away...From my 1997 short story collection THE REALITY MACHINE. Views: 335
No lengthened preface is necessary to the fol lowing pages. The scene in which the events of the tale take place, and the time of action, are both extremely circumscribed; the former only extending over about forty square miles, the latter not comprising more than eight days. The work is therefore more like a drama than a romance; but I am inclined to believe that this will be found no disadvantage, where the circumstances naturally lead to the adoption of such a plan.
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A boy about to reach manhood seeks the aid of a pair of old gypsies. He is in need of a magic potion, but why he needs it and what he hopes to gain by using magic as a quick road to happiness may prove to be his undoing in this cautionary tale of the dangers of temptation, and the loss of innocence.A short story about a boy who visits a pair of old gypsies to obtain a magic potion. When he realizes that the potion seems mundane and may not be magical at all, he must question how far he is willing to go to believe the two women. Why he needs the potion, and what he wants to gain by drinking it are secrets he hopes desperately to keep. But when dealing with these two old crones, he comes to realize that the quick road to happiness offered by magic may come with a price that he may not be able to pay. Views: 335
The Professional Heroes go toe-to-toe with Venators Mali as the puppet master of the whole event is revealed.Inspired by themes of separation, six authors put their own spin on things coming apart.One topic. Six authors. Six very different tales.Tobias Madden - Tobias' Moving Day gives us a bittersweet separation with a twist at the end.David R. Ford - Darling, I Wish You Hadn't Done That puts a dark spin on a familial parting of ways.Sophie L Macdonald - Roses For My Love is a supernatural romance from beyond the grave.Jeanette Stampone - Time to Go is a deeply moving tale of an unwanted yet inevitable parting of ways.Katarína Krajcirovicova - The Sentence of Love looks at the lengths people will go to in order to stay together.Andrew Szemeredy - "Swirl" or The Mystery of the Missing Host is a humorous tale that will leave you with a smile. Views: 335
In the not too distant future, a new golden age begins when mankind literally buries its past.In the not too distant future, a new golden age begins when mankind literally buries its past. An Internet video achieves wide circulation and records how mankind disposed of its problems. Views: 335
Sometimes, the truth lies in fictionIt's hard to be an American girl in 1957. Especially when your dad's job means you have to move four thousand miles from home. Especially if you'd rather play baseball than wear a dress. Especially if you see your mom fraying a little more from anxiety each day. And especially if being five minutes older means you have to protect your fragile twin brother.Still, Hedy Delaney loves her family, and she's trying to make the best of her new life on a U.S. airbase in England. After all, her dad's a war hero, her mother's a beauty, and her brother's a brainiac who writes moving stories about space travel. Then one tragic day, the unforeseen occurs and all three are ripped away, leaving Hedy alone with countless questions. What really happened on the airbase? What went on behind military closed doors? What were the secrets that could never be told? And how could any of it have led to her family's destruction?In her... Views: 335
About the Author: Percy F. Westerman was a prolific author of children literature, many of his books adventures with military and naval themes.Born in 1876, United KingdomDied: Feburary 22, 1959.Preview of the book:"...recoiling in masses of phosphorescent foam and at the same time sending clouds of spindrift flying across the lofty bridge. The Portchester Castle was forty-eight hours out from England, bound for patrol duties in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was by no means her first trip to that inland sea. In pre-war days, under a different name, she had been making regular pleasure trips under the auspices of a touring agency. It had been said that her skipper could find his way practically blindfold into any of the better-known Mediterranean ports, so long had he been on this particular service.But the outbreak of the Great War had changed all that. Taken over by the Admiralty, the former liner-yacht had been rapidly and efficaciously adapted to her new rôle. Her palatial cabin fittings had been ruthlessly scrapped. The dazzling white enamel had been hidden under a coat of neutral grey. Her bluff funnels were disguised with “wash” of the same dingy hue. Light armour protected her vital parts; quick-firing guns of hard-hitting power were mounted on the decks that previously had been given over to pleasure-seeking tourists. In short, the Portchester Castle was now a swift and formidable unit of the British Navy.Four years had made a marked difference in the appearance of Tom Webb, formerly Tenderfoot of the Sea Scouts’ yacht..." Views: 334
“Trick or Treat?” said the boy, in an annoyingly sing-song voice.“It's April,” said Grandma coldly.“And?” offered the boy.And so begins the worst afternoon Grandma Stannard has endured for a long time. A short story based (very loosely) on an old fairy tale“Trick or Treat?” said the boy, in an annoyingly sing-song voice.“It's April,” said Grandma coldly.“And?” offered the boy.And so begins the worst afternoon Grandma Stannard has endured for a long time. People just won't stop knocking on her door, trying to sell her everything, from double-glazing to Jesus. And we won't even go into her sudden vermin problem or the mysterious man in black and white. What in the world is going on?A short story based (very loosely) on an old fairy tale. Views: 334
