Tag: fiction
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As a child, I never knew the word or knew what a mirror was, as no one from the village would even whisper it; the existence of an object that could show you what’s behind the tip of the nose better than the wavy surface of the water was hidden. I wondered if my eyes…
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Hello, I’m Steven the living, reconstructive, block of flesh and this is an interview about, well, me and my thing. When I lose parts of my body, I can regrow or reattach them and I did it over 400 times now. As an example, the little finger you can see on the floor next to…
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Step by step, guided by an ancient routine, the twenty something editor drags his legs from the bed to the office room. The grogginess was how the the universe told them that a long day was just around the corner, with a lot of raw footage left unchecked and unworked. When they got the job,…
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The water beneath the alabaster vehicle was so still, you might mistake it for a puddle instead of a sea . It was barely creeping by the row of my rower, and it seemed more like it slid along with it than being pushed by it. My left arm was already deep in it when…
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Matthew Suarez Location: Redacted Date: 31st of Redacted Mrs/Mr. Smith, Real UN Department of Unknown Division- Online Data Research The Pacific Ocean, Redacted Dear Hiring Manager, I have just graduated from my 10th year at the University of Hanga Roa, third in my class. I got interested in the Online Data Research Scrubber position after…
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The year is, uhm, somewhat present time. I think. If not, then it’s probably somewhere in the future, past by when it ended for me. Problem is, though, I’m still here, wandering all the roads we could have taken, all the old buildings with crumbling walls we could have avoided. That was my dream for…
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It has only been an hour with a shove in his hand, and the splinters are already making a mocking out of the freshly out of high-school worker. He thought the safety gloves would keep his hand safe from the perils of the job, but even a safety net has its cracks. The boy never…