Insert all the puns about 20-20 vision right here. This year I won’t try to make any resolutions, since I’ve ended up way off-path this past one. I know I’m behind on many of my projects, but I’m moving forward and being more productive than ever before. So, for 2020 Read more…
Mamacita woke up in a haze. She was someplace that she didn’t recognise, that wasn’t unusual for her. Her eyes couldn’t focus on anything, and she was sticky and sweating all over. She saw the sun from the window, then it was suddenly dark. It was all a blur, a Read more…
Lena was not happy with the beach. It was apparent in the way she frowned and stared daggers at me. But how was I to know that the supposedly ‘secret beach’ in Crete would be such a mess? Discarded trash, broken glass, thankfully ground down into brown and green pebbles, Read more…
12 Jan 2056 – I caught a tablet today, and dad let me keep it. You know, to have something to keep me occupied. It’s Chinese-made, but it’s one of the good ones. We’d normally sell it but things are going well these days. Our new falcon, Rebecca, learnt to Read more…
Ada dreaded the school trip. Landing there at Rome airport, she didn’t know why she’d even agreed to come here. I mean, she didn’t have any friends to hang out with, she certainly didn’t have a boyfriend. What did she expect to do all week? Then again, she had earned Read more…
Waking up is a pain in the ass. That’s why god gave us Turkish coffee. I opened my eyes and yawned loudly. I didn’t feel rested, at all. I had another one of the nightmare trainings, which were exactly what it said on the tin. Nightmares that train you. I Read more…
The night was young. What a silly expression. The night is old, she always has been. Humanity hasn’t lived long enough to make that claim. They’re just an eyeblink in the vast existence of Earth.Yet, some people have such a small mind that they think they’re the centre of the Read more…
Note: Instead of a full story, I had an idea for a long time about a gumshoe-style series called Smog City. I worked on it, combining some ideas floating around and it kinda gelled together at last. So, here’s the first chapter. If you like it, let me know in Read more…
Gorgoneion “Tell Perseus he’s a pussy,” Stheno yelled, disembowelling another one of his men. His partner just stood there in terror, looking through his mirrored shield. Stheno moved in closer to him, her snakes writhing on her head. She raised her sword at him, the tip dripping blood. “I said-” Read more…
Beau needed to go faster. Usain Bolt had set the record too high, 9.58 seconds. That Jamaican superhuman remained unbeatable for years. Beau wasn’t in the Olympics. But it didn’t matter. He had himself hooked up with the official Hermes timekeeper AI, in real time. It acted as a witness Read more…