SS Prompt 6: It didn’t work
Word Count: 1800 words exactly
Deadline: 17 June 2020
Please do not post before the deadline.
The first moments of awakening are the best, most of the time. Well, at least for the first sixty decades of my life. Well, there were a couple of years of those childhood night terrors that my parents spoke of…...
The chatter and back and forth movement by the nurses at Mulago hospital was interrupted by the sharp sound of the telephone ringing on the desk. It was the designated phone for all person who had been tested for the…...
Note: This story is a sequel to Matrix. “It didn’t work!” Alex cried, unlatching the visor of his powered battle armor. Vigil was standing in the abandoned warehouse where he had left her. Only now, the windows were yellowed and…...
The Break Down “It didn’t work,” he said, pulling his head out from the hood…...
Joseph stared hard at the door in front of him. He had been there for quite some time now, so much so that the people around the mosque eyed him suspiciously. What was he doing there? They had never seen…...
“So what did you think”? John had just finished reading me a poem. He said he had something he wanted to share with me and just went right into it. If I’m being honest, I couldn’t say exactly what it…...
. Queen Victoria stamped her tiny feet, her voice shattering the cut-glass crystal on the butler’s tray. Fine French wine dripped over the silver, but the butler remained rooted to the spot. Immobile eyes staring resolutely straight ahead, lest the…...
