Shorter Pieces
These guys sit somewhere in the ‘very-short-story’ zone. Longer than paragraphs, though.
#141
The man wore old cargo pants and a blue checked shirt with ripped elbows. His chucks had the laces undone, and his toes were sticking through holes in the ends.
Alien Visitation
The first anyone knew of the Alien presence on Earth was when a large underwater explosion destroyed the entirety of the island of Fiji.
The Aliens were quick to send a delegation—an ambassador, they said—to Sydney. Their ambassador was, in turn, quick to express embarrassment and regret. The explosion was, he claimed, due to internal conflict between two of the, well—he hemmed and hawwed a little—two of the observation units currently sitting beneath our oceans. Observing, he emphasised.
My Lives
Once, I was a foot-soldier in the armies of Persia. I recall a charge across a vast plain, my comrades in a mass stretching away to either side, while our[…]