Friday-fictionettes Stories

They'd made her a promise. She was terrified that they'd keep it.

The things they'll get up to while your back is turned...

Not your usual hostile takeover. (A bonus fictionette which continues where "...BRIGHT SMILES!" left off.)

Regrettable dudes. You can only go so long as a woman in this world without encountering one. What's so sad is how preventable they are...

If you gaze long enough into an abyss, you had better be prepared to run.

Because you would be missed. Because everyone deserves second chances. Because death is a tragedy and life is a triumph. Because.

Traditions, like organisms, evolve. (Friday Fictionette for February 16, 2018. Also the Fictionette Freebie for the month!)

It would be nice to give someone good news for once. But apparently it's only urgent to warn people about *bad* futures.

They'd have to be very good reasons. Wizards aren't generally afraid of anything... right?

This was not how origami was supposed to behave.

It's all down to the fine print. Isn't it always?

When hope is the only thing left to keep you going, that's when it's time to grow wings.

If God had wanted humanity to fly, some religions might look very different.

It looked peaceful and inviting and far too perfect.

No one believes actual tiny sentient demons are infiltrating the post and editing letters for brutal honesty. It's just natural processes at work.

Serpents come in many guises, bearing every kind of fruit. But none of them bother to lie. Why should they, when the truth is weapon enough?

It was time for them to move on, and they decided to make something of it.

Just another psychic parasite, preying on my emotions.

Slip-and-fall hazards do not begin to describe the liability issues this brewpub has to negotiate.

The beast is out there. You imagine you and it might be kin.