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August 4, 2018
Announcing Wolf at the Door
Back in May I set up Codename Caerus: a game project bringing a team of people together to make something better than any of us could have produced individually. That something is still in the works – it’ll take more than a couple of months to see it through to the end – but we’ve […]
July 31, 2018
Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny 2: Aquatic Boogaloo
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 31 Challenge #14: Write a story that includes a criminal character and is not set on dry land. It may be a 369er, an epistolary narrative, or a work of interactive fiction. A hyperlinked version of this story is available here. 1 You are Wishes O’Houlihan, top agent of the […]
July 30, 2018
California James and the Chapel of Rome
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 30 “Come on, Squat Runt!” “Can we rethink my nickname, Doctor James? I feel as though it crosses the line from affectionately disparaging to actually hurtful.” “There’s no time! We have to reach the Sistine Chapel before that albino monk gets—” A hooded figure stepped out from the doorframe. “My […]
July 29, 2018
Satan and His Robot Buddy Paul
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 29 EXT. SAINT SWITHUN’S HOME FOR EXCEPTIONALLY BIG-EYED ORPHANS – MORNING We see the sun rising over St. Swithun’s Home for Exceptionally Big-eyed Orphans, which is prominently signposted. Birds are singing. Peaceful flute music – you know the music I mean – plays. Record scratch. The music stops. Woman screams. […]
July 28, 2018
The Three Commandments
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 28 Challenge #13*: Write a story that involves an original fictional religion, a moral quandary, a language the protagonist can’t understand and a crisis of faith. The story must be either 555, 666, or 777 words in length. “Thank you for coming, Father 73.” The priest gave a dismissive wave […]
July 27, 2018
Wolf in Sheepish Clothing
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 27 “Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in!” “Not by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin!” “Guys, seriously, could we not do this right now? The delivery guy called while I was in the bath and when I ran out to try and catch him the door swung shut behind […]
July 26, 2018
Squinter Cell: Pandora Whenever
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 26 Challenge #12: Write a story that includes a powerful janitor, incompetent guards, and a substance with miraculous properties. One of these elements must be inverted. “Intruder is in air vents. Please advise.” “Do not deviate from patrol route. I repeat: do not deviate from patrol route.” “But he’s banging […]
July 25, 2018
Blunderball
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 25 “The name’sh Bont. George Bont.” “George Bont the international super-spy?” “Uhh…no. I’m a different George Bont.” Le Chauffeur whipped out his phone. “Are you sure? Because you look just like this George Bont on Facebook: employed at MI6.” “That can’t be me. I’m an economisht.” “Really? Explain quantitative easing […]
July 24, 2018
The Damocles Protocol
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 24 Challenge #11: Write a story that takes place within either a utopian or dystopian setting. It must make use of dramatic irony and a key scene must revolve around a musical instrument. At 2:47am Michael Johnson died of a heroin overdose on the third floor of a multi-storey car […]
July 23, 2018
Tomorrow Never Lives and Lets a License to Kill Die Another Day
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 23 “Do you exschpect me to talk?” “No, Mr. Bont, I expect you to watch this PowerPoint presentation detailing my elaborate scheme to hold the world to ransom.” Eugene Stelios Boccali directed his laser pointer towards the large screen hanging from the wall and clicked a button to bring up […]
