Author
Matthew F Amati
Vs. The Giant
The Giant squats, like an unlovely boulder, in the barley-field by the village. The villagers have tried everything to get rid of him. They have run at the Giant in a mob, stuck hay-forks and scythe-points into his calves. They have set his rude tunic on fire. They have rigged a…
Planet Earth Just Blew And There's Nothing I Can Do
Speckled darkness where the Earth used to be. Such a privilege, to watch from the deck of the Titanium Elite Royalty Lounge. There are only twenty-three of us permitted to walk these marble floors. We are the elites of the global elites, the monarchs, moguls, and…
My Bologna Has a First Name
Audrey Winters rummaged through the fridge. "Honey? We're out of lunchmeat! Can you go kill us a neighbor?" Ron Winters set down his newspaper and groaned. "The rate we go through food around here!" Audrey smiled. "Three growing boys!" Ron chuckled. "Be right back!" Ron donned…
Last Day of the Universe
Tours of the Pillars of Creation will end at 11:00 AM. Help wanted packing suns away; hydrogen-handling experience preferred. All spaceships please return to port of origin. All lost spaceships, we'll turn on the house lights so you can find your way home again. Gravity will be…
Meat and Fire
We had found no food, the boy and I. We walked for miles down the cracked road. Grey clouds hid the sun. Burnt trees lined the ditch. No wind blew, and no birds sang. "There's no one left," the boy said. His voice was weak. There'd been no food for days. "They're all gone.…