I’ve been taking care of aquarium fish since I was seven. Until a fateful day last year, I had two albino cories, a tetra, and a few zebra danios in a small tank at the corner of my bedroom. Now, an empty fish tank sits in its place.
Happy Zombie Adventure
You are Steve, a survivor trying to survive in a world filled with infected zombies everywhere. You have a pistol and a backpack. You have managed to survive several months avoiding zombies and scavenging food. You cautiously enter a rundown store and hear a noise.
The Gift
The woman’s cold fingers twitched as the doctor worked on her. I could not see what he was doing because he stood in front of her with his back turned toward me. He hummed as he worked. Finally, he turned around with his two hands holding out a dark red hunk of an organ. “Her heart,” he said. I nodded and looked at the cadaver woman as the doctor placed the organ into an opaque white canister.
The Invention of Teleportation
The clock showed 11:58AM. The computers and machinery around me were humming with energy. I sat strapped tightly to the cloning chair so I wouldn’t move too much once the teleportation process began.
The Black Market at Costco
I’m going to tell you a story that may or may not have taken place at Costco. It’s a story so wild that it may or may not have ever happened. Actually, who am I kidding? I totally made this shit up.
Father’s Day, 2043
people. Back then, her father would say, you didn’t have to hunt or forage for food. Everybody had a job to do, and when you did it, you got money for it. All you had to do to make a living was do your job and get your money. With the money, you could trade it for food, shelter, tools, or whatever you needed.