Writober is a list of 31 propositions, one for each day of October 2021. The objective is to create, in at most 280 signs, a science-fiction, fantasy or fantastique story. In the blog post, I collect, more or less regularly, […]
Cruel and unusual punishment
This short story was written based on a prompt at Critique Circle which basically amounted to “The devil, an app and a teenage school kid with a problem”. There was an additional constraint of not editing while writing, which I […]
Dreamland
This vignette/short story was written based on a prompt at Critique Circle which basically amounted to “A dream/nightmare and its effect on reality for your main character. No more than 3 paragraphs, no more than 5 sentences per paragraph.”. If […]
Late Summer
This short story is the result of @Curator@mastodon.art‘s “challenge” found there. Four images, 50 words per image. It is a followup to the previous such challenge response. I wake up. So I should have died, but I haven’t. Snow did […]
Off Season
This short story is the result of @Curator@mastodon.art‘s “challenge” found there. Four images, 200 words. Didn’t know if that meant 200 words per image or 50, and I like my shorts shorts. 🙂 Snow has been building up. Again. Over […]
How the Seirangs did not invade Earth thanks to General Coleman
The alien invasion ships steamrolled over Tau Ceti. Earth’s direct connection with its very first and only colony was severed within the first seconds of the assault. Earth did not learn about the attack from the ground station, as the […]
Guardian Angel
The air is hot. Camille’s already in bed, but she can’t sleep. Mum has allowed her to read a little in bed as long as she doesn’t fret too much. * Louise is tidying up. She pulls the lunchbox from […]
Breakaways
The reptiles had chosen the slow, collective option. In their early times, they had played a lot on many variations, and things like growing fins on one’s back, or a disproportionate neck, was considered amusing, if somewhat tasteless, whims. So: […]
THE BENEFACTOR
This text, written by Albert Aribaud <albert.aribaud@free.fr> was published in 1996 in issue 11 of the French fanzine Dragon et Microchips by l’Oeil du Sphinx and is reproduced here by kind permission from Philippe Marlin, of l’OdS, as (slightly) edited […]
The youth
This text was written based on the June 10, 2020 #EcritHebdo (“weekly writing”) challenge to write a text starting with “HĂ© ! Les jeunes” (“Hey! The youth”). This was done in just 15 minutes from concept to publishing. Hey ! […]