#flashfiction Doctor Mortimer Powers completed the pre-launch checklist and felt his baby hum to life. The starship, which he called Destiny, had taken twelve years to build and he had spent his entire adult life designing the ship systems and the Continuum drive. The speed of light was immutable but Powers found the shortcut around […]

  Another image prompt from Authors Publish for a 6 word story … Ground approaching, life receding, wrong step.  

#flashfiction #hell “I’m telling you it’s the entrance to Hell,” the old man almost shouted. Helena smiled in what she thought was a calming manner but any observer would have recognized instantly as patronizing. She always managed to encounter such quaint and, frankly, insane superstitions whenever she visited one of these middle of nowhere burghs. […]

This was a prompt from Author’s Publish on Facebook. Write a 6 word story about this image Her soul forever trapped, forever mine.

#flashfiction #cthulhu Commander Hess staggered onto the beach with his handful of sailors. Less than half his men had escaped. He would be glad to put this godforsaken island behind them. The watch officer had spotted the island three days ago. Hess and Captain Van Hort had both scratched their heads in confusion, no island […]

#flashfiction Barry heard a cracking sound. Something heavy snapped a branch on his right. He froze. The park ranger had warned him of grumpy bears just waking from hibernation. What had the man said? Was he supposed to freeze or run? Why had he spent so much time focused on updating his Twitter feed instead […]