It had been two hundred years since anyone on Earth had slept. No one was really complaining. After all, the no-sleep revolution had revitalized the world’s failing economy, driven humanity to new productive heights, and given everyone the extra eight hours they deserved to enjoy their hobbies, friends, and families. At last there was timeContinue reading “To Sleep, Perchance”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
Not for Her
Kate “Not Katie” Bandon threw the wheeled chair down the stairs with a triumphant screech. It bounced down the thinly carpeted steps, cracking and ripping and losing wheels in every direction. Something had set her off. But no one could think of what it could have been. Until 10:06 that morning, Kate “Not Katie” hadContinue reading “Not for Her”
Rescue
The proposal hadn’t gone as smoothly as Eric would have liked. In fact, it hadn’t really gone at all. Bethany bolted for the bathroom as soon as he took the ring box out of his pocket. He’d sat at the table for ten minutes, numb, like a dazed dog clipped by a speeding car, untilContinue reading “Rescue”
Water
Water was not like her. Water always found a way, dripping through the tiniest hole, wearing away boulders and mountains and continents, flowing wherever it wished. Water was not like her. Water could not be stopped, only delayed. It would lie behind dam walls for decades upon decades, but eventually the dam would burst andContinue reading “Water”
Fairy Tales (Part 2)
Part 1 of this story can be found here. When the child grew old enough to walk on his own, he began wandering into the dell, much to the chagrin of the man and woman in the thatched hut, who scolded him fiercely each time he returned from these rambles. They needn’t have worried. TheContinue reading “Fairy Tales (Part 2)”