Category Archives: Short story

The Death of an Encyclopaedia Salesman

Posted on April 5, 2014 by mb0u906a

The front door closed in his face. He slowly turned from the doorstep and started up the road towards the next house down, shaking his head ruefully. It was the latest missed sale in what had become a long list … Continue reading →

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Posted in Short story | Tagged Death of a Salesman, Door-to-door salesman, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Salesman, Nostalgia, Short story, Writing | Leave a comment

The devil in the detail

Posted on October 12, 2013 by mb0u906a

The father-to-be sat one afternoon, hunched over the screen, working a wooden toothpick from one corner of his lips to the other as he considered the options. There seemed too many. The down-payment had cleared, the funds were showing in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Short story | Tagged Devil, Fiction, Flash fiction, Gene sculpting, Genetic modification, GM, Human nature, Humour, Odd, Satan, Science, Short story, Spoken Word, Stories, Writing | Leave a comment

Scripted

Posted on June 15, 2013 by mb0u906a

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Posted in Short story | Tagged Dialogue, Fate, Fiction, Human nature, Narrative, Predetermination, Relationships, Script, Short story, Stories, Writing | Leave a comment

Tears

Posted on June 13, 2013 by mb0u906a

It had been the case that each new drop darkened the path left by its predecessor, dampening the trail to the edge. The flow pulsed, hung, aggregating in pregnant suspension until it grew too bloated for adhesion and finally fell … Continue reading →

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Posted in Short story | Tagged Abstract, Climate change, Fate, Odd, Short story, Stories, Tears, Writing | Leave a comment

The search and little else

Posted on April 21, 2013 by mb0u906a

People evolved. They grew bald and hairless: after all, when you lived in a controlled environment, you didn’t need to trap warmth when it came to you unbidden. Their eyes were large and somewhat protrusive, like a rabbit’s, and could … Continue reading →

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Posted in Short story | Tagged Flash fiction, Freedom, Gollum, Imprisonment, Lord of the Rings, Short story, Stories, Writing | Leave a comment

Prison break

Posted on April 6, 2013 by mb0u906a

She’d grown sick of being cooped up in there. The same white walls, bare room. The cycle of sleep-and-wake. The tread of her own feet pacing the carpet. The smell. It smelt.. of nothing. Dead air. Dead air and her. … Continue reading →

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Signs of a revolution

Posted on April 6, 2013 by mb0u906a

There had been no warning. It all started off innocently enough. There was mild embarrassment when men started walking into the ladies and ladies started walking into the gents. It helped to stick to bars you knew already. Because the … Continue reading →