Slingship Sam, Chapter 8: In The Cooler
Slingship Sam, Chapter 8: In the Cooler Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 They tased Sam again and half-carried him through the maze of re-purposed containers to a bare empty container, 8 feet wide, 8 feet high, 40 feet long. An empty […]
7. Entering the Dome
Slingship Sam, Chapter 7: Entering the dome Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Gravity inside the airlock slammed him to the floor. He was still paralyzed from the taser but still fully conscious. Must be corium plating in the floor. Felt like about […]
SlingSam 1.6
Slingship Sam chapter 6 Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 “Good morning, Sam, it’s time for you to get up. We will return to periapsis in thirty five minutes.” There’s no morning in space, just a clock setting. Astronauts in the old Space Station […]
SlingSam 1.5
Slingship Sam chapter 5 Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Sam woke in darkness. His head hurt. He was floating in zero gravity, and that was not good. The interior of the spaceship was dark, lit only by the stars and the dim reflection from […]
Anne Hedonia
Anne Hedonia A memoir by Colin Campbell2,710 words I didn’t know that Anne had died until I saw a notice in the classifieds that her condo in Montecito was in foreclosure. My first emotion was schadenfreude: hah, she couldn’t keep up with the payments! But it turned out that she stopped making payments because […]
Bahamian Rhapsody
Bahamian Rhapsody, a short story by Austin I Pullé 2,860 words Betsy’s return after a week’s absence delighted Luke. The beautiful green Anna’s hummingbird was feeding from the red feeder replenished with the sugar fluid filled by Luke earlier that morning. As Luke watched, Cicero, his neighbour’s Siberian, come through the fence, its intent […]
I Never Liked the Night, v2
I Never Liked the Night second draft of a story byLisa Marciano1,140 words I never liked the night. It was too quiet. And dark. When bedtime approached, a dread would wash over me and I would beg my parents, “please, please, don’t make me go to bed!” My dad, who was always on my side, […]
Mr. Blondo
Mr. Blondoby Colin Campbellsecond draft 2,059 words I never met a billionaire until my niece married one. The reception was up in Mission Canyon at the Rockwood venue of the Santa Barbara Women’s Club. The ballroom was mostly empty; a couple workmen were setting up a 16-foot TV screen on the stage. Outside […]
I Never Liked the Night
I Never Liked the Night by Lisa Marciano1,156 words I never liked the night. It was too quiet. And dark. When the sun moved below our back fence, I knew bedtime wouldn’t be far away, and the dread in my stomach would begin. “Pajama time,” my mom would say so nonchalantly. I felt as though […]
Monument Garden
Monument Garden by Austin I Pullé 1,420 words Evan Meredith brushed off the snowflakes off his black hoodie. His mother, Anabel, wore a pair of Guess jeans and a fur coat. She looked like the heiress-model that his father married twenty-five years ago. He noticed the lone cardinal perched on the “Private Property – No […]