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Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 3)Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 3)

Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 3)

Welcome back for Part 3. The final part. The conclusion. In it, our narrator will find the Hidden Gnasher—but it… Read More

17 hours ago
Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 2)Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 2)

Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 2)

Not every monster is a scary, massive thing, as this story proves. In our second installment of “Hiding In Plain… Read More

1 week ago
Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 1)Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 1)

Friday Fiction: Hiding In Plain Sight (Part 1)

Some worlds have monsters. This is one of them—but they’d done a very good job of containing them. They are… Read More

2 weeks ago
Friday Fiction: That Old DrumFriday Fiction: That Old Drum

Friday Fiction: That Old Drum

We’ve done a lot of high-concept stories on Friday Fiction. Ones where the technology or magic is very obvious, and… Read More

3 weeks ago
Friday Fiction: The Many Spaceships Of The Biggest CityFriday Fiction: The Many Spaceships Of The Biggest City

Friday Fiction: The Many Spaceships Of The Biggest City

Possibly, this is the furthest in the future we’ve ever done for a Friday Fiction. The technology in “The Many… Read More

4 weeks ago
Friday Fiction: Ceiling Men’s ManagersFriday Fiction: Ceiling Men’s Managers

Friday Fiction: Ceiling Men’s Managers

Just because we said the next story—this week’s story—would be even weirder than our last, doesn’t mean that it’s going… Read More

1 month ago
Friday Fiction: The GrasshopperFriday Fiction: The Grasshopper

Friday Fiction: The Grasshopper

What would you do if a grasshopper came to your door? That’s the absurd question at the heart of this… Read More

1 month ago
Friday Fiction: I Don’t Know Where I’m Going TodayFriday Fiction: I Don’t Know Where I’m Going Today

Friday Fiction: I Don’t Know Where I’m Going Today

You got to take the day as it comes, right? Well, at least that’s the perspective of our MC. It’s… Read More

2 months ago
Friday Fiction: I Took A Nap Inside Your SoulFriday Fiction: I Took A Nap Inside Your Soul

Friday Fiction: I Took A Nap Inside Your Soul

This is the tale of Marcus. He has a monster inside of him. But not in, like, a metaphorical way.… Read More

2 months ago
Friday Fiction: This Interplanetary Meeting Prefers They All Be Served SoupFriday Fiction: This Interplanetary Meeting Prefers They All Be Served Soup

Friday Fiction: This Interplanetary Meeting Prefers They All Be Served Soup

I feel like, as these things go, you can already tell a lot of what this story is about from… Read More

2 months ago
Friday Fiction: This Cosmic Horror God Prefers CupcakesFriday Fiction: This Cosmic Horror God Prefers Cupcakes

Friday Fiction: This Cosmic Horror God Prefers Cupcakes

Last week, we looked at a dragon who enjoyed bacon—as well as some other fun monsters. This time, the scale… Read More

3 months ago
Friday Fiction: Literally All The Knowledge In The WorldFriday Fiction: Literally All The Knowledge In The World

Friday Fiction: Literally All The Knowledge In The World

Imagine, dear reader, if you could know all there was to know about a planet. What would you do with… Read More

3 months ago