Prose
This post is about your mother
He was so paranoid he thought everyone was making fun of his mother. Even if nobody had said the words “fat,” “ugly,” or “whoregoblin.”
Nice Enough
She called him a nice guy and he got indignant and annoyed. She smiled to herself. A guy who wasn’t nice would have let her continue.
Die Young, Leave a Beautiful Absence
She was taken before her time, but not a moment too soon.
Serial killers also know this trick
When Dex discovered his super power of being able to erase memories, he immediately knew he would never have another bad breakup.
No Cap Capitalism
Humanity thought it conquered mortality when it took to space. But with spaceships designed by the lowest bidder, they were all short-lived.
The Dark Forest
It’s rare for two neighbor worlds to harbor complex life. Actually: no. It’s rare for two neighbor worlds to harbor complex life… for long
Background Noise
Earth’s epitaph was media steadily deteriorating in clarity as it traveled before becoming background static as with countless worlds before
Earth’s Epitaph
In one billion years, land was uninhabitable. By two billion, the oceans were gone. As Earth prepared to die, no one was left to cry.
Generation Ship
Rocki spent her whole life on a spaceship. She gingerly arrived on the new world. The terraforming had gone wrong.. There were no survivors.
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.