Category: Short Stories
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The master wasn’t pleased with me. I wasn’t making much progress, even though I honestly tried my best. “You try too hard,” he said, “your thoughts are the problem.” I gave him a long look. I deeply resented his cryptic communication style. I had to admit it was very Zen though. “I don’t even know…
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The box arrived at eight AM, at the headquarters of “Thonx”, an up-and-coming, indie fashion magazine. The delivery robot placed the box on the floor an patiently waited for Cassie to sign the delivery. Colleen ran past the reception desk squeaking like a little girl. “Oooooooh, I’ve been waiting for this!” she said. “Are these…
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Kai set out early in the morning. The cabin had no heating so he jumped out of bed as soon as he felt the cold creeping under the blanket. He went outside to stretch and breathed in. The fresh spring air smelled like frost but warmed quickly in the sun. The cabin sat on a…
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1850 – The Others The dawn broke. A ship loomed in the sky. Silent, immobile, impossible. Voices echoed inside the metal hull. “Why are we here?” a young voice asked. “We can’t know. You know that. We never know,” another voice answered in a deep baritone. “Only at the very end?” the young voice asked.…
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„Where I come from, the air is unbreathable,” Jack murmured to himself and took a deep breath. Here, in the countryside, the air was clean, fresh and warm. He was a bald man in his thirties, dressed in black leggings, shorts and a black hoodie. He now jogged down the road like he did every evening on his weekend…
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“I’d like to go see it,” I said one Saturday morning, when we were lying in bed. “See what, Mark?” Surya, my wife stretched herself lazily. “The most famous painting in the world… you know.” “You must mean the famousest painting in the world. Please use real words,” she said and smiled. „Why did I marry a Pleiadian?” I…
