This is the first story I submitted in last year's NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Contest. The Contest is fun and challenging. You're given a setting, item and a genre for a 1000-word story. Then a panel reads your story and you get points and if you get enough you go onto the next round. I... Continue Reading →
Just One More Thing
For the first time in my life I felt truly free and, I realized, for the first time ever there was no pain. And in that second of realization came another discovery, I had no body. It was scary, but I guess with no chemical feedback from a brain that was no longer there, my... Continue Reading →
Return to Earth
I could feel every eye in the court room on me as I took the long walk to the stand. I got in the witness box and took the oath and sat down. The prosecutor stood and gave me a sympathetic smile, though I know he’s not on my side. “So if you would, please... Continue Reading →
Egg Drop
This is the first of a new feature on the website. It's an original short story for your enjoyment and it's free. Iris Dusk, that’s my name and I’m a “plist” and have been for nearly five years. For you country folk and the wealthy set, a plist is what we city folk call people... Continue Reading →
Robert Varnon -- R.D. Varnon 