Friday Fiction: A Wish For Something Convenient
If you could wish for anything, dear reader, what would it be? And, more importantly, how would you phrase that wish to avoid it backfiring?
By Brandon Scott on Jun 9th, 2023
If you could wish for anything, dear reader, what would it be? And, more importantly, how would you phrase that wish to avoid it backfiring?
By Brandon Scott on Jun 2nd, 2023
Dear reader, to say much more than the title of this story ruins the surprise. The horrific gut punch at the center of this odd tale. So, I must ask you to trust me on this one.
By Brandon Scott on May 26th, 2023
It’s a long-ago established idea in science fiction that we might live in some computer program. And thinking about it can lead down so many roads of thought. What does that mean about our lives, about our personalities? Who are we outside the simulation?
By Brandon Scott on May 19th, 2023
Words have so much power, dear reader. Apple. Car. Battery. Simply by reading that, you likely pictured some or all those objects.
By Brandon Scott on May 12th, 2023
In human history, the things people regularly drink have profoundly affected the course of civilization.
By Brandon Scott on May 5th, 2023
After that harrowing multi-part story, we figured it was time for something more lighthearted. A little more whimsical.
By Brandon Scott on Apr 28th, 2023
If you’ve read this far, then you know the cats are about to show their full plan. The price for all of Bethany’s good luck.
By Brandon Scott on Apr 21st, 2023
The longer they stay in Plain House, the stranger things get. Bethany’s new and improved life is showing some more of its… changes. Its costs. Its cracks. And soon, she may need to face the full scope of this supernatural house.
By Brandon Scott on Apr 14th, 2023
Jeff has been such a good boyfriend to Bethany, but there is something strange about him. Something that doesn’t make sense.
By Brandon Scott on Apr 7th, 2023
Bethany’s life is going much better now—but she doesn’t remember where or how she got so many cats.
By Brandon Scott on Mar 31st, 2023
Today’s story is only the beginning. In a neighborhood you’ve never visited, there’s a house. It’s called Plain House, for it is not worth describing how it looks.
By Brandon Scott on Mar 24th, 2023
You may have read this introduction before. I cannot speak for certain. Time can be strange like that. Sometimes it doesn’t move the way you would expect it to move.