Истории Newweird

A collection of short stories inspired by the Inktober 2023 prompt list. A mix of fantasy, sci-fi and cosmic horror.

A collection of short stories and one-shot fics for the browser game Fallen London.

A haywire satellite signals the end of the world. Inspired by Wendigoon's Conspiracy Theory Iceberg series Word Count: 1,295

It seems like every Spring she has a visitor. A creature appears intend on tormenting her. Is her husband right and she's loosing her mind? Could the creature be something more?

A marine biologist gets a specimen unlike any he'd ever seen before. Word Count: 368

One day, elephants started falling from the sky. No one knows how. No one knows why. But they just... keep falling. A surreal and absurd story about a world trying (and failing) to stay normal.

The curious circumstances of a curious town. Based on Jerusalem's Lot. Word Count: 472

This short story is an attempt to capture the "New Weird" genre style most notably established by author Jeff Vandermeer in "Annihilation" and other recent works.

A package from an old friend starts a descent into madness.' Word Count: 843

West and East must unite in a battle spanning millennia, one which will determine the fate of the human race. Contains many internal references that (hopefully) no one will understand. Word Count: 3,461

Jackson Wilburs is the first human to set foot on the moon in centuries, long after space exploration was outlawed. In 3003, he discovers the Battle Station of Infinite, a proposed city-project for mankind to live on the moon that was never completed. However, the station is not what it seems, and Jack finds himself trapped in a twisted labyrinth of doors and traps at every corner. As Jack struggles to survive and unravel the mysteries of the station, he discovers a new understanding of the universe that will change the course of space history forever. With each step he takes, he uncovers shocking secrets about the project and realizes that everything he thought he knew about the universe is not what it seems. In this thrilling science fiction adventure, Jack must fight for his life and for the fate of humanity as he navigates a maze of deception and danger on the lunar surface.

A camel out of place, a world out of time; settings inverted, roles reversed in 100 words, no more no less.

Things are a little strange for Justin, which all seemed to start after a dream he had. People who aren't really there, roads that disappear, and people with different memories. Will he ever find out what is going on? Prologue | Finished (April - Nov 2017) Chapter 1 | Finished (Nov 30, 2017) Chapter 2 | Finished (Dec 1, 2017) Chapter 3 | Finished (Dec 15, 2017) Chapter 4 | Finished (Dec 20, 2017) Chapter 5 | Draft (Dec 27, 2017)

It speaks to me in my dreams. I must answer the Call. Adapted from Frank Belknap Long's "The Hounds of Tindalos" Word Count: 1,258

Globe was happy with her life as a Device in the Kingdom. It was a place where Devices and Users got along as equals, a place with no disease, no hunger, and no gods. She brought rain to the fields and was content to live out there five year lifespan and be fed to the Machine, to be reincarnated infinitely with all the other Users and Devices when it was their time. Or she was, until one feast day a starship is brought down in the nearby tunnels, and the survivors are round up and captured. The survivors are a band of humans, dangerous creatures that mimic the appearance of Users. From their captivity they immediately try to convince the Users that they are all trapped in some sort of prison. Globe doesn't like them, they don't treat her like a person, and she isn't sure if they are worthy to be fed to the Machine. However despite her best efforts to ignore them, she can't deny that something about what they're saying fills her with a deep sense of dread, and though she tries to suppress it, that dread only grows as she comes closest to the day that it's her turn to get fed to the Machine.

An amnesiac with no eyes is rescued by the US Coast Guard. Hear his story. Sequel to My Time in Tindalos Word Count: 852

Written and released under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Watch me shatter! A deeply personal story. Word Count: 2,142

The first book in the Anchietas saga. On an ordinary night in Brazil, there was an abduction. Fábio Anchieta's arms were transformed. And soon the world too. He must fight and learn how to use his powers to survive in the face of alien special forces, clandestine mercenaries and supernatural creatures as he faces facts from the past and events that lead the entire world to an impending disaster.

A short story of a bleak future in which humanity is ruled by an unknown force and only true monsters can save them.