Category: Flash Fiction

***Note – Mature themed story*** Wednesday Darren pushed the shopping cart behind his mother slowly, letting her get ahead in the aisle. While she checked for can vegetables on sale, he grabbed a box of Advil liquid gels from the shelf and popped 3 in his mouth. He washed it down with a bottle of spring water from the case…

She opened her eyes slowly to darkness. The darkness held her. Her eyelids closed. A jolting thump, thump, thump, told her she was moving on a bumpy road. How long would they travel? The box she was stuffed inside provided little room to move and made the rough road unbearable. Thoughts of her homeland gave her hope that one day…

Teddy ordered the expensive dark Irish ale and a shot of top-shelf whiskey from Saturn’s Ring, an out-of-the-way bar on the moon. He’d done his homework. Very few people visited this place. No sports holograms, no avatar pool, or 3D board games. Just booze and finger food. The menu was vegetarian since animal protein was illegal on most outposts. A…