short story

It was a mistake. Too cold and too hot generate males, while moderate temperatures generate females. Females were dangerous, not only were they bigger, but they were also unruly and stronger than their counterpart. In the beginning of the experiments, females and males were produced in the same proportion. Males complied, but females were often […]

Nothing exists beyond this room. I am floating in space. I was eating a marble column, it was sugar, I noticed after the first bite, they were mad I ate their history. It was tasty. I woke up biting my own fingers, I craved sugar. We have no sugar anymore. I remembered sugar from when […]

“Birds are hostile.” Fran watched the small shadows moving, brown stains in the blue sky, agitated in groups, flying in circles and chirping. “What if they all shat on us now?” “That is statistically impossible, can’t you just enjoy the moment?” “I am enjoying.” She said removing an acorn poking her ribs under her mat. […]

It wasn’t a distinct moment. It happened in a flash, it was imperceptible. It was almost perfect. Ivan was in his old car, transmission would freeze here and there, but human and machine knew each other very well. Only Ivan could tame the metal beast. The scratched red paint had personality, and the torn seats, […]

Dogs do it. My cat did it too. I am human, civilized, fully clothed, and vaccinated. I can do it. It was my mantra as a kid. Toilets always fascinated me. As a child, I was mostly afraid of the flushing noise, I ran away before my mother could flush it for me. During the […]

“Eww, I don’t want that one!” The kid looked at the wonky head, half deflated giraffe. “I still have the pink dog.” The clown tried to hand it over to the kid. “I’m a boy! Don’t you see? I have short hair.” The boy with a superhero T-shirt was flustered to see only a pink […]

It was easy, for every two kibble she ate, I could have one. At first, it did not seem fair, I know, but I was just starting, I had to learn the craft, and she was willing to teach me. Another reason is that I am smaller than her, I don’t need as much as […]

My hands trembled, the drink spilling sideways while I tried to find her. The spritz wasn’t cute, the orange slice sunk below the ice. She took it from my hand and smiled, but I knew she would not go home with me. She pretended to have a phone call, she had the calculator open, looked […]

The excavators arrived lifting dust. The scream of men organizing labor. Nobody told them anything. Not even a sign of their turtle god. The bucket buried its metal claws in the soil and threw it in the largest part of the stream, a pond under an old bridge. The order was simple, fill half of […]

Was I visible? I don’t know, I couldn’t know, I saw myself through his mind. The frothy waves unburying me from the warm sand. I felt something poking me, it was not very smart, I repelled it, I needed brain power, at least until I could replenish myself. I felt soft claws digging me out, […]