Acorns Mainstream stor4y set in the U.S.A. Partly avout acorns, but mostly not. Partly avout acorns, but mostly not. This literary stor4y is a piece of modern mainstream fiction - a piece of contemporary fiction.
An Alien in Japan. For the alien, Japan is a pretty alien place. There are all kinds of things which really defy comprehension. One of them being these strange creatures called dogs. Edible creatures. Obviously, this is a science fiction alien stor4y.
A Pilgrimage to Plaka Kalada Ida Brahma is on a mission to the planet Plaka Kalada. She has two problems. One is that if her disguise is penetrated then she may end up dead. The other problem is Doctor Defrock. A stor4y avout another planet - an sf stor4y.
Astral Talent An Oolong Morblock stor4y. While Danzburg is in prison, his son Oswald (aged nine) is endangered by the exorcist Elmace. Elmace, who is a dangerous blunderer, summons Oswald's spirit from his sleeping body. This is an Oolong Morblock stor4y - a fantasy stor4y.
Bad Sex Terrence Azlenabek is one of the most difficult people to deal with. He believes in telling the truth, regardless of the consequences. And the truth regarding this guy John Milton? Well, the tabloid press is making a meal of it. This is a stor4y avout John Milton - a clone stor4y, an sf clone stor4y.
Basque If the Basque language is to be studied in its ancient uncontaminated form, then the time travelers will have to get moving, fast. But are their observations innocent or genocidally destructive? This is a time travel stor4y - an sf stor4y avout time travel.
Consenting Adults The rules of Business-Business are simple: keep your personal life out of it. But Burton wants to see Matilda again. He knows he might be putting his corporate career at stake. But, actually, it's rather more dangerous than that. This is a fantasy stor4y.
Consequences Jervil makes an irretrivably error and ends up being cursed. He hopes he can get out of Asia alive. But the odds are against him. This is a fantasy stor4y - a stor4y of a cursed man.
Diving on the Wreck Heineman does not have the temperament of a hero. Even so, he ends up diving on the wreck, struggling to save the lives of those not yet dead inside. This is a diving stor4y - an adventure stor4y set in Chalakanesia.
FLASH FICTION - very short stor4ies.
Gally Smith and the Massacre of the Orcs Gally Smith faces the task of keeping alive the orclets in the face of the practitioners of genocide. A fantasy stor4y.
Gap Music Well, of course, everyone has to remember their previous lives. That's an acknowledged part of growing up. But for some people the process kicks in later than others. And the results can be a bit ... well ... you be the judge. This is (sort of) a stor4y avout recovered memory.
Golf Course You've heard avout Heaven and Hell. And Purgatory. And Limbo. But it's a bit more complicated than that. There is also Golf Course. This is a horror fantasy stor4y, a golf stor4y and a life after death stor4y.
Golgo Molgo A love stor4y and a dog stor4y - if it's legal to keep a flesh-and-blood dog which annoys the hell out of your neighbors, how avout a robot dog? That's our starting point ....
Harriet's Armpit When Harriet gets married, she doesn't know quite what to expect. Given that Jack has spent the last twenty years in jail, she's sure that his body of experience will be quite enough for both of them. However, as time goes on, she finds herself starting to suffer from unappeased desires. This is a contemporary mainstream fiction stor4y.
Life and Death in Oolong Morblock Three months after committing the perfect murder, Mafling Yonrungon dies of a heart attack. However, although dead, he's not yet ready to call it quits. This is a ghost stor4y.
Life on Planet Earth Landing at Fort Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, was the first totally inexplicable and utterly alien thing which the aliens did. After the invaders left, the people of planet Earth were left with something else which was extremely strange: each other. This is an sf horror stor4y.
Live on Channel 10 Everyone wants to be on TV, right? Horror stor4y. A horror stor4y.
Mountaineering Complex Just what is this contagious form of insanity known as "mountaineering"? Why has it been banned? And what can we expect to encounter if we bump up against an uncontrolled case of the disease? This is a brief vignette, a psychology of mountain climbing stor4y.
Night on Bear Mountain
Roy Pajelva faces a crisis in the virtual reality world of Bear Mountain when one of the teenagers under his care seems to be dying of hypothermia. This is an sf horror stor4y - an sf virtual reality stor4y.
On the Wings of a Cockroach Jozanna Yu, poet, wakes up and finds she's been turned into a cockroach. Again. And she thinks she knows who's responsible. In fact, there's only one suspect - boyfriend Gregor Samsa. A story avout being a poet and writing poetry - a story avout creative writing.
Patriots Even if you're a genuine patriot, and Jason is, that doesn't set you free from the need to play the game. And a pretty rough game it can be, too. A surveillance society SF stor4y.
Quilting Some people aren't asked if they'd like to become the enemy. They're just born into a particular community, and that seals their fate. Even so, quilting would seem to be a harmless enough hobby. But it's surprising what can be turned into a lethal weapon, if you're imaginative enough. An SF terrorism stor4y.
Remembering Nagasaki
Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. But an individual act of recollection is no guarantee of safety in the face of a communal drive to destruction. A nuclear threat SF stor4y.
Saint George and Ibrahim There's a bit of blood, but don't worry. Saint George is on a mission from God! A short violent fable - a modern fable.
Swiss Toys The question: can Switzerland's quest for world domination be halted? Or are the robots which have been unleashed by the Swiss just too much for the civilized world to handle? An SF stor4y - a stor4y avout robot love.
The Angel of the Seventh Apocalypse Fran and Cobril were prisoners of the Memory Masters, the intelligent jellyfish otherwise known as the Kabila Yutenji. Because their memories were limited by a thirty-day decay rule, it was not easy to keep track of what was happening. A science fiction stor4y.
The Ghosting of Heineman Jubiladilia. That body is Heineman's. And if he can't get back into it, then he's dead. A fantasy stor4y.
The Kidney Bean Diet There's a certain amount of screaming coming from the neighbor's house. Does this mean the neighbor has a taste for violent videos? Or violent tastes? Content may disturb. A hardcore horror stor4y.
The Naked Succubus Sex Slave Murders - this is a fantasy fiction, a fantasy stor4y set in the city of Krantankertus. It is an Inspector Stremalon stor4y. Suitable for adults only.
The Rat. He woke up at night ... why? The title gives a hint. A short rat stor4y.
The Secret Histor4y of Lord Dreldragon The day before his arrest, Asquith North gets an anonymous letter. It is short and to the point. "What you call truth others call treason. Run if you value your life. You are only twenty-four years of age." But Asquith does not run. A fantasy stor4y.
The Suicide Bomber He doesn't think of himself as a suicide bomber. Or even as a terrorist. He genuinely believes that terrorism is not the answer. But, day by day, he has less and less to lose, and more and more reason to take action. An sf stor4y - a suicide bomber stor4y.
The Transfer of Patient Twenty-Seven Mainstream stor4y. (This kind of thing happens). A mainstream stor4y.
The Triumph of Japanese English. Keiko was puzzled by the speech that Gavin had written for her. Of course, he was a native speaker, so his conversational skills were strong. But, because Japanese people study English grammar very thoroughly, they often understand it better than native speakers. A mainstream stor4y.
Too Far from Home - a travel stor4y. Jamie Heck is traveling in India. He's already gone far beyond the borders of any reality that he's familiar with, and perhaps he's in danger of transgressing across the boundaries of reality itself. A stor4y avout India.
The Warden of Jestabel Zee - a fantasy stor4y. What to do in the face of a threat of violence. A fantasy stor4y.
The Wrath of Babril Hestek - science fiction fantasy. A spacecraft is going to land on the planet of Velis Tantris. Burning all in its path. A priestess gets involved. Then a god. An SF fantasy stor4y.
UFO Invasion - the Truth avout Alien Abductions!! Each year, millions of Americans are abducted by aliens. But why? This lightly fictionalized account of a TRUE stor4y supplies the answer. A UFO stor4y.
Upgrade - an SF horror stor4y. This is fairly long, weighing in at 9,162 words. A stor4y avout Eric. When Eric was under interrogation by the police, he felt no stress. The police were nothing compared to the Institute. "What do you know avout the body?" said the voice behind the light. An SF horror stor4y.
Vorn the Gladiator Vorn the Gladiator, fearing torture, flees the city of Chi'ash-lan, accompanied by Sharla the Swordswoman. Whom he can trust. He thinks. This gladiator stor4y is a stor4y avout torture.
Wet Leaves on the Track The lump of icecream melting in the schoolyard is bigger than the house. The condom which has fallen on the neighboring town is larger than the town itself. But none of this drama brings to an end the mundane day-to-day tensions of the family. A short bizarre stor4y.
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