The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty Gorgeous day for a picnic in Shenandoah. Daughter Shiela had brought along Flavius, the hipster boyfriend, oscillating between boredom and superiority. “Look at the bee on the Lobelia cardinalis,” he intoned with his best innocent condescension. Fumbled with his iPhone. “It’s trying to do something with the network, but we don’t have any […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty The proprietor’s impassive face makes monks seem animated. The bedraggled, alcohol-reeking customer struggles to get the jewelry box from the tote, meaningless baubles spilling over the counter. Exchanges words and money. Leaves. The scene clicks. I ask, “Weren’t the two of you across the bar from each other last night at the tavern […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty The two imperial wizards met in the sound workshop at the conjunction of the moons. Jurtran sat at the Azelbethor Grand, and Mindor (along with his impedimenta) sat among the Five Cellos of Delbin. They launched into the Great Spell of the Zephyrus Monsoon when the shadows cast by the moons through the […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty Cord. Dirty, slack. Perfectly strong-looking as it went from the small wall cleat, through the floor debris, under the locked door. That rusty door was going to drink all the convenient oil before the key would be useful. “Treasure,” said Thorgun, hefting his axe. “Trap,” countered Greybane, adjusting a ring. “Tempted!” admitted Rhialto, […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty Dawn broke, and he had to admit the spires of the city were lovely. Flying cars shuttled the rich to their jobs, where they would unplug from the car and jack into the grid that ran the economy across the solar system. The weekend loomed, and they would show up at his farm, […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty “…beside all that, I will give you centuries of life, free you from the need to sleep, and give you the might of a dozen flaring limbs,” said her lush lips, while her emerald eyes hinted at much, much more. The pearl necklace, diamond tiara and wand-like cigarette holder, combined with the familiar […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty She was hot. Figuratively and literally, as she’d been jogging at least a quarter hour. The bush was thick, but not really that close to the path, so the rapist had to sprint to get at her. He counted on panic to freeze her, as he was frankly not in that great of […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty The yellow crane stunned him. Now? That color here at the weekly update meant what it meant. Shaking, he sent the text. * * * He hoped she came today, the smoldering redhead at the arboretum the last couple of weeks. She’d sit at noon and launch a white paper crane. She was […]

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