lé Carousel

He remembered how it had always worked. Life was a circle; a cosmic merry-go-round. When he died, he came back to live the same life over again. He cried over those he had lost; friendships that had fallen out, all his failures and foibles. Then, he looked back at Christmas as a child; how Santa [...]

Clown Dust

Jimmy fled down the alley gasping at the dead end that rose before him while the chortling of the clown in pursuit echoed off the brick walls. At his feet he saw a two by four with a 6 inch nail. Smelling its rancid breath he turned and sunk the nail deep into the clown’s [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Toshie’s War

“I hate you, Toshie. I always have.” she screamed across the room. “I don’t understand why. What have I ever done to you? I’ve always been here for you.” “Because you’re stupid and vain. You think that you’re so much better, so much prettier than me.” “That’s so not true. I love you,” Toshie answered [...]

Yarn

Michael looked down frowning at the errant strand poking forth from the weave of his sweater. He idly tugged the end and it smoothly drew forth. Pulling faster at the multi-colored yarn loops and coils formed at his feet. He toiled on, nearly buried by the mass of fibers. Finally, the thread pulled taut and [...]

Jack

I lay in deathly sleep. The cold, sharp edge of the blade opens me, awakening me from my sweet slumber. My skull carved open, brains scooped out and discarded as useless trash. I would scream, but have no mouth for my agonies to issue forth from. Not yet, anyway. My simple, smooth face is next. [...]

Picky Eater

Everything was set for a perfect romantic evening. Cobwebs swaddled rivers of frozen wax flowing from toppled candlesticks, artfully strewn across a tablecloth decorated with stains of memorable repasts. He sat at the table in anticipation as his lovely wife brought the main course and gently set it down with a sloshing thud. As she [...]