Science fiction

Seven Years

Bright lights. They were aboard The Destiny. “So, what was that about?” Char gave Lore a playful tap on their shoulder. “With The Chronicle?” “He...
Cherry

WebWorld (4.1)

Part 4: Supply and Demand 1. The trees were all turning summer-green. Small fruits were forming at the ends of branches. We had apples, plums, pears...
Gold cherry

WebWorld (3.11)

We held a funeral on a cloudy day with a bitter taste in the air. It was two days later and we were all still in freefall. I hardly knew Dinah,...
Cherry

WebWorld (3.10)

Stay close. Don’t split up. And we’d never meant to. Just… in the heat of the battle… We all converged on Penny. “What happened? Where was she?” “She...

Avid Readers

Four knocks. It had been an hour since they had last heard The Chronicle’s voice and while the time alone was productive, there were questions to be...

Starved History

Long straights. Their perception of how close the Chronicle was had been a fallacy. What had appeared to be a relatively close building was, in...
Cherry

WebWorld (3.9)

It was the long night. The one that seems like it’s never going to end. If I thought I’d had nights like that before, this night was proving me naïve...
Cherry

WebWorld (3.8)

I don’t know whose idea it was for an obstacle course Olympics. It was just one of those things that kind of grew out of a throw-away comment, and...