Cool situation, and I like the pace and progression of it, from idle observation to unsettling details to ‘oh crap’. Great start!

It was actually kind of hard to do, given the constraints. It’s been sitting in my brain long enough now to become a longer piece of, at minimum, flash fiction. Whittling it down to fit here took some doing. :)

The longer you practice, the easier the length gets, until you start getting creative and spend an hour trying to eke the absolute most you can from the space limits.

Great story and startlingly disturbing enemies.

Yeah, I wasn’t really complaining about the constraints. I’ve always enjoyed the challenge. It was more of a commentary on the fact that this story had spent long enough in my head to grow into a bigger beast. :)

Great pace and what a zinger ending. I hope you sequel so we can see what mayhem these birds can do.