Free Fiction
Darkly funny, speculative, and slightly unhinged short reads. Free, because even capitalism can take a day off.
Hold, Please — Satan Will Be Right With You
Little do the employees at the Suicide Prevention Hotline know that Employee of the Month is none other than Satan.
The AI Whisperer
Ethan Cole had the sort of job that made dinner parties awkward. If he told people the truth, they either launched into a TED Talk or they asked him to fix their Wi-Fi.
Bullshit Bingo
It started, like most terrible ideas in the corporate world, during a mandatory “Wellness Wednesday” meeting. Lara from HR was reading from a PowerPoint slide titled “Empathy in the Workplace.”
Notes from a Reluctant Protagonist
I first became aware of my author when he deleted my trousers. One moment I'm delivering a cutting observation about the moral fragility of empire, and the next moment, I was wearing nothing below the waist but existential dread.
When Time Began to Fold
The first indication that something was wrong appeared so quietly that no one noticed it at first. Morning had settled over the station with the dull, predictable rhythm of a weekday commute.
The Suitcase
A man is forced to pack his entire life into a single suitcase. When it’s stolen, the thief discovers something far more dangerous than valuables.
Emotional Baggage
By 2047, nobody travelled with emotional baggage anymore. At Heathrow, the departure boards didn’t just list flights. You were also cleared for unresolved trauma, suppressed resentment, and low-grade existential dread.
Pending Confirmation
At first, Mara thought the mistake was administrative. It began with a letter slid under her apartment door in a plain white envelope with no stamp, no return address, and her name typed in a font so sterile it felt less printed than issued.