A Chance to Touch
Huge thanks to the critique workshop group on writerscrossing for giving me a pile of feedback on this story. it's no masterpiece now, but i think it's better for their input!
Fractal
" **Fractal"** An electric silence filled the bright silvery dome. Seventy scientists had come to witness the making of history. They stood along the upper balcony, still and quiet as the machinery surrounding them. No sounds were heard but the...
Home
When I joined NASA at the Kennedy Space Station, I really thought it was a dream come true. I?d spent my whole childhood wanting to be the one talking to the aliens whenever they wanted to have a conference with humanity. Of course, I got older and...
The Madness of Mrs. Frank
Upon the floor I labored, sweat dripping from my brow. Several times I retraced work already done, damaged by the saline drops. The chalk in my paw was gritty and made the black sleeve that went to my elbow white half up my forearm. At least it matched...
Just What You Do
They really needed to get the lighting fixed in here. Only the dull red glow of the exit sign. Not that it mattered; I could climb these stairs in my sleep. Which step creaked. Just where to reach for the bar and shove open the door. My foot didn't...
A Lay in the Park
A Lay in the Park Nicholas stood on the top most tier of the playscape pretending to captain his ship as several of his friends ran about him miming the hoisting of sails. The park about him was a sea, and the peoples drifting through on their phones,...
S.H.O.T.A
My team and I work with a program called Simple Heuristic Operations Tracking Algorithm. Yes. We are aware what the acronym spells. You don't have to tell us. Believe me, we've heard our share of jokes--especially with regards to how it relates to...
2811042 Blackraven2_the_shrink
"This is the first time I ever had to sign an NDA to see a patient. Now, tell me what you have in there? It's not an alien, right? Don't tell me all that Area51 nonsense is actually real, is it?" The lemur asked, slightly amused. "Nah, nothing like...
An Unusual Pregnancy
Agreements are made when moneys are paid in exchange for the work of my pen. Commissions l gained, grotesque and mundane portraying the longings of Men. Although l have had affairs good and bad, yet the strangest accruing to me was...
Curiosity
When you peer into the abyss, sometimes the abyss gazes back-Nietzsche Every state institution that's more than a couple years old has skeletons in the closet. Doors best left unopened. Topics avoided by mutual agreement. No exceptions. Ours was...
The Hive is Me
Did you know, I used to be a cat? No, really! Well, at least I thought I was a cat. I definitely looked like one. Brown-beige with stripes and cute little green eyes. And... I was allergic to bees, would you believe that? Hah, no, but that's what...
2796761 ironsnake345_springtime_sting
Springtime Sting By ironsnake345 Story prompt for Writer's Crossing * * * "Madam, please, it is bee season, you must be cautious!" The window slid shut in my face, slamming into its frame with a noise that made my ears ring. I shut my eyes and...