Stories

  1. Challenge Accepted

    It had been an ugly night from the get-go. The stars were wrong or something and they ended up... She asked him if he knew where the nearest restroom was and when he pointed, headed the other way out of spite. The bar made quite a bit of money that evening, so at least someone came out ahead. And when things came to a head and she shoved him against the wall, slapped him across the face, screamed that she wanted to kill him he pulled out his blade, pressed the handle into her hand and...
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  2. Time Travel

    Just a quickie inspired by a friend wondering where the time travelers are and why they aren't helping us out of this foul year of our lord 2020: 2076 Alpha (lost timeline): "Look, Bob, 2000-2008 was a terrible time for America and the world and it lead to the current situation. With this new time machine, I'm going to go back and make sure that black dude, what was his name? Ombaba? Obomo? Anyway, once those past Americans see how beneficial a truly multiracial society can be it'll all get...
  3. Lunch

    I thought about workshopping this, but it's really not worth it. I've got no experience with the software in this story, so there are probably lots of errors, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. My stomach growled. “Siri, where’s the nearest Subway?” “This city doesn’t have a subway system, but there’s bus stop one block east of here.” “No, I mean a, um, someplace I can get,” What were they called in this part of the country? “a hoagie? A, um, hero?” “Hogan’s Heroes, the complete series, is...
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  4. My Friend!

    In response to something @Tenderiser said in the Things you didn't know you didn't know thread: I didn't know I didn't know Iain was a USian and not a UKian. I (think I) know he's living in Japan at the moment but I though he had emigrated from here, not over there. Huh. That's funny. My best friend out here is English, my textbooks are split about 50/50 between American and British English, and I know that, when I go back home, my friends occasionally comment on my speech patterns, but I...
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