Micro Monday #7: “The Unnamed Kings” by Ian Brunner
I.
You’re walking down a semi-congested road a few days after the year has rolled over. It’s not
Micro Monday #6: “The Shape on the Moor” by Eric Dodson
I will tell you of my encounter with the Shape on the moor. It is a dark tale, and for
Chapter 1: May 2025-“A Matter of Life and Death”
“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” Edgar Allen Poe
In this chapter, we will explore
Micro Monday #5: “furniture’s revenge” by Jay Goldin
sunlight awakens the slumbering couch
bringing to a boil its simmering rage
likewise the carpet, the tables and chairs
on
Micro Mondays #4: “If She Stayed” by Serena Zygmunt
I never pictured it might come to this. My mother stands steadily in the doorway, bearing a pistol at any
Micro Mondays #3: “Bogeyman” by Nathan Perrin
In the dark, I see
the glowing red face
peeking out from the
closet in the corner.
It taunts me
Micro Mondays #2: “What Lurks Beneath” by Jack Croxall
Mission Control looks just like it does in the movies. Lines of desks aimed at giant
screens, scores of scientists
Micro Mondays #1: “Pharmakos” by Ian Patterson
“A seed is a promise, or a wish. Like the hanging potential of a guillotine, its success bisects possible futures.
The door has opened…
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