Conception: A Drabble Duet

Conception: A Drabble Duet “Part 1: Moonchild” History would call it the spermiad meteor shower. Fortunately, for those that lived on the earth, all of the meteors that would have struck our world burned up on the atmosphere. The moon had no such defense against the cosmic rapist the rained down upon her virgin surface. [...]

Disarmament

The arms that the people of the town wielded, had threatened to destroy them all. Over the years, what once had been taken for granted as simple tools had developed a sinister aspect. As if the arms of the people that once had protected the village, were now plotting against the townspeople themselves. They all [...]

Special Day

Deirdre Morton finished adjusting her husbands tie and brushed his lapels with her hands. “You look wonderful, dear. Just perfect for your special day.” She reminded him each year, since they first met in the coffee shop. She brought him cherry pie. He’d only ordered coffee. Her hand touched his and she smiled and said, [...]

Straighter

The straighteners worked without end. On the sub-atomic plane they would flatten probabilities to a linear distribution. They moved on to the realms of geometry. Triangle was ripped wide and bent to one hundred and eighty degrees. Circle was pierced, torn, and drawn taut. Mighty Hexagon was crushed. They came to the macro universe and [...]

Leaving a Mark

Countless quantum decisions flowed through diverging universes in the cosmic expanse. Patterns formed and emerged; intelligences arose, history and memory began. Systems to monitor, store, and analyze the universal information flow came into being. For lack of anything better to do, they set to task; cataloging, sifting, recording all of existence. When their work was [...]