Stories tagged “weapon”

  • My Strongest Weapon

    It sits on the corner of my desk, rotting away with time. I’ve not used it recently, but still, it holds a shine. I keep it sharp. As sharp as my wit. Were either to dull, I would be long dead. With great care, I pull it from it’s sheath. T...

  • First Encounters: Project Black Stone

    “I don’t like it.” Mr. Cramstock didn’t know who the first person was that uttered those words. The phrase passed along from mouth to ear, from person to person, from clique to clique, across boundaries; an audible illness of ne...

    • Author: Robert Quick
    • Posted almost 2 years ago.
    • 4 out of 5

  • Mrs. Peacock Gets Rocked/It Was Plum (pt. 2 of 2)

    The sunlight had long since vanished by the time Mrs. Peacock awoke to find herself struggling to remember where she was. The room she had grown accustom to had since been cast in alien moonlight. Outlines of a dull and unfamiliar paleness render the u...

  • Tractors and Lost Children

    The bright afternoon sun barely penetrated the overlapping branches of the pine trees. The forest was dense and even though there was no wind, a cold chill permeated it. I rubbed my arms for warmth as I ventured deeper. “Charlie!” I called ...