Here’s a short story I wrote that was originally published in Short Fiction Break. Enjoy! Gritting her teeth, Nadia seized her knife and viciously swung it, chopping down hard. Another potato fell apart in two jagged pieces. If the stolovaya provided sharper knives, her job wouldn’t be so difficult. But what could you expect from a …
A short sci-fi story for your reading pleasure. The windshield wipers barely kept up with the downpour. Natalie leaned over the steering wheel to peer into the darkness. She strained to see the faint yellow lines in the center of the road. Clutching the wheel, she forced herself to keep her breathing steady. How …
I grew up watching the Jetsons, and longed for the day when like Judy Jetson, I would travel by flying car. Decades passed, and it seemed that flying cars would remain just an impossible dream, as fantastic as the scenes from Star Wars with the flying traffic making its way through the city in an …
I’ve started to think about writing a dystopian novel. (Now that I actually know what that word means—opposite of utopia—I like using it) Swirling in my head are possible characters and a few disjointed scenes I hope to connect by a thrilling plot. Beyond the fun of creating a world lies the eventual reality of …