James Pyles's Blog, page 226
November 23, 2016
Thankful
Mick knew he only had a few minutes left. His son Tyler couldn’t stop the bleeding from his throat. Mick looked up and smiled. He wished he could tell him how much he loved him, Tyler and his little boy Jimmy. Mick knew tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal would taste like ashes to them, to Tyler’s wife […]
November 22, 2016
Adams Without Eves
The disease, or whatever it turned out to be, was highly specific in targeting anyone with XX chromosomes. Within a year, every woman, every little girl, all of them had died. The XY chromosomes didn’t get a free pass either. Over 75% of them…of us died as well. . It was that cloud the Earth […]
Trying to Wake Up
Jeremy woke up from the nightmare that was rapidly vanishing from his memory. He meant to stay up late enough to find out the election results, but after pulling a double-shift in the E.R., he was exhausted. Turning on the coffee, he opened his Macbook and searched the national news. What a relief. The 45th […]
November 21, 2016
In Sunlight
From the Unlife and Curse of Sean Becker I can’t sleep. I know that most people occasionally have to deal with insomnia, but I’m not most people. My name is Sean Becker and I’m a vampire. As near as I can tell, vampires are severely allergic to natural sunlight. One of the effects of this […]
The Monster That Got Benny
“Can you sleep in my room tonight, Grandpa?” Little Benny was visiting his Grandparents for the weekend and sleeping in the same spare bedroom at their house he’d slept in since he was in diapers. “Why do you want me to sleep with you, Benny?” Grandma had already said good night to the seven-year-old, but […]
November 18, 2016
The Mysterious Mr. Franks
From the Unlife and Curse of Sean Becker I drained enough blood from that carjacker to slake my lust for one evening, but had to get out of their and across the Bay to avoid the police the old woman called. You’d think she’d have been a little more grateful that I saved her from […]
November 17, 2016
Prey and Prayers in the Night
From the Unlife and Curse of Sean Becker Heaven help me, my name is Sean Becker and I’m a vampire. I figured I’d better write all this down. Maybe it’ll help someone else facing the life or non-life I have now. Maybe it’ll just help normal people understand that we’re not all monsters. I’d been […]
Why Don’t I Trust You?
“If you trust me, why are you so upset?” “Are you out of your mind? Just look at what’s happening to me? How could you do this?” They were sitting together on the edge of Mallorie’s bed in the dark. It was just after two in the morning but she couldn’t sleep. She barely ate. […]
November 16, 2016
Are We Still Friends?
Sometimes, a picture really is worth a thousand (or two) words. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: donald trump, friends, hillary clinton, piglet, voting, winnie the pooh
Overcoming Conquerers
The T’Quenq had conquered the population of the Earth a generation ago and with good reason. On the verge of humanity developing a working Interstellar drive, the T’Quenq, who had been observing our planet for centuries, were terrified that we would spread our propensity for strife, bloodshed, and harsh colonialism to the nearby inhabited star […]
