Shorts
I am pulling out everything less than 300 words from my misc writing post. They get their own category now.
View them all: #short
Catalogue:
In House 93 words Snippet on the origins of “contestants”
Do You Realise 36 words Aggressive dialogue
The Angels And The Rocket 250 words Angels observe humanity and are unsettled
On Love And Endings 145 words Nearly poetry
No Blood 43 words They say we all bleed the same...
A Cut Above The Rest 167 words A gifted individual rejects an offer to change sides
Naïve 80 words Snippet of retrospective on judging one another’s world views
A Good Job 115 words Blunt honesty in the aftermath of an unspecified disaster
Think of Me 196 words Do you think of me, when you play your helpless little songs of defiance?
The Wanderer Returns 262 words Poetry. A homecoming to ruins.
Temple of Rust and Ruin 94 words A warning regarding safe conduct within the temple
Guinea Pig 279 words A prisoner is enrolled in a drug trial without consent.
I Had It Handled 278 words Torture victim saves herself -- mostly.
Don’t Mind Me 247 words Victim wakes restrained with a creepy figure at the foot of the bed
Sources 298 words Magic is powered by suffering. But it doesn’t have to be your own.
Falcon 25 words Almost poetry
Too Beautiful To Grow Old 51 words Faerie entreaty
For Once Needy 91 words Creepy captor with defiant victim vulnerable in their sleep
Punish Me 74 words Generic character begs for punishment
Not To Be A Creep 76 words Internet weirdo plugs whump website
The World Ended 57 words On living through the end, and carrying that with you
The Dead Speak To Me 168 words Brief horror piece on hearing ghosts
Prisoner Delivery 254 words Historic/fantasy prisoner treated roughly
Command Decisions 127 words Monologue on the decisions that war demands
The Pit 206 words Where monsters are made
Pinned 135 words Brief interaction between telepath and a victim pinned by her power
Negotiation 95 words We don't negotiate with hostage-takers -- until we do
Capture 182 words Violent manhandling
Alike 141 words A promise of the inescapable influence of an enemy
Another Dose 176 words Prisoner goes through withdrawal as captor withholds drugs
Cope 145 words Rant on living through the intolerable
Masterpost created: 26/09/23