Online gaming, Scorpio style
Photo by m wrona on Unsplash Playing Murder Mystery I’m sitting on the sofa in the living room, and my son is sitting at the kitchen table, our eyes glued to our phones, trying to figure out who the murderer is. “Mom,” he said. “Follow me in the game. I’ll show you a secret room.” “Okay, sounds good,” […]
Monday Flash Fiction: Western, Sci-Fi, Bodice Ripper genre mash
[READ THE TITLE AGAIN. “BODICE RIPPER.” YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.] Sabrina stomped in to the old, worn-out building, her boots thumping on the creaky, wooden floor. There was dust everywhere. On a bad day, she loathed this place. On a good day, she still loathed it but remembered that it at least put food on her […]
Flash fiction: Capricorn, Inc.
Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash The slender woman opened the door to enter her high-rise apartment, and let it slam behind her with a satisfying bang. “Ahhhhh,” she sighed, pleasantly closed off from the outside world, at least for a few hours. She kicked off her designer, patent-leather heels to the side of the foyer. “Hey babe!” […]
Flash fiction: A Scorpio is always searching for more than a feeling
May 7, 2018 Photo by Nigel Tadyanehondo on Unsplash You are gravely misunderstood, Mr. Scorpio. You do not seek mere physical gratification. Rather, you seek transendence. To invade someone’s soul, to transform it and be yourself transformed. Your goal is difficult because most people are closed up and closed off, locked up tight, unwilling to be vulnerable and […]
Microfiction: On Sagittarians
April 17, 2018 — Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash “And even as I wander, I’m keeping you in sight. You’re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter’s night.” REO Speedwagon, Can’t Fight this Feeling. Fire doesn’t like to be contained. It travels up and up, uncontrolled. Just let me run wild and free. Don’t […]
Microfiction: Gemini: Daily life as an air sign
I’m trying to print and the printer is out of ink. Why does that always happen?! Ugh, I just want things to work! And the kitchen sink is full of dirty dishes! They need to be washed. I don’t have any clean forks. And my office desk is cluttered with paperwork, unfiled bills, and old […]
Flash fiction: Any Way you Want It
Any Way You Want It by Maria Riegger I opened the front door to my apartment and immediately began opening my mail. Oh no, I thought when I saw the red Hallmark envelope. Another greeting card from my mother. She insists on marking every occasion, from Halloween to St. Patrick’s Day, even though we’re not […]
Microfiction: Intuition
February 12, 2018 Intuition by Maria Riegger “I don’t believe in psychics. You’re crazy.” “Then how come I always call you when you’re thinking of me?” My sister waved a hand dismissively. “It’s because we grew up together. It’s just — intuition.” “Aha!” I said, with the success of a mystic who has just begun […]
Microfiction: Leave Astrology out of it
February 5, 2018 Leave Astrology out of it by Maria Riegger “Read this book,” I told my sister, shoving the tome in front of her face. “I’m not gonna read that,” she answered, wrinkling her nose. I sighed. “I knew you’d say that. You Aquarians are so detached. You’d think revolutionaries would be more open-minded, […]