wolframdioxide
Joined Ficlatté in March 2015
27 stories, 0 challenges, 1 prompt, 30 comments, and 8 friends
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Amateur author. Mainly focussed on science fiction and urban fantasy.
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Lesson Zero
A few heads turned to look at her. She ignored them, focussing on Nick. "Put this on," she said, han…
Published 7 years ago.
Transport Failure
Jim Sanumá parked his car, such as it was, far enough west of the airport not to be seen. Retrieving…
Published 7 years ago.
Primary Colours
The drone tumbled, hissing aerosol, as the pre-programmed flight plan adjusted for turbulence. Right…
Published 7 years ago.
Unfamiliar Ceiling
A glint of dark light. A pitch-black night sky, if you will, crisscrossed by dark galaxies, stars, …
Published 7 years ago.
The Plan
"We've got it."
Captain Khan's tablet filled with lines of text and numbers. A massive spreadsheet, …
Published 7 years ago.
Flying Away
Nick goes flying, spinning and bleeding, through the train. He passes through walls and seats and hu…
Published 7 years ago.
Mind The Gap
Same city, different station.
Enter Nick Llewellyn, coming into stage right at about thirty klicks a…
Published 7 years ago.
Smoke And Daggers, Part 2
There was a sound like a small thunderclap in Simon Melnikov's apartment, as several cubic metres' w…
Published 7 years ago.
Smoke And Daggers, Part 1
In another city, on the other side of the world and two weeks after Larry's unfortunate disappearanc…
Published 7 years ago.
Game On
The surviving security footage from the office building was taken out, uploaded to the police comput…
Published 7 years ago.
No Villain To His Minions
The Old Man, holding his gaze on the computer screen, raised his hand and curled his finger. Come.…
Published 8 years ago.
A Meeting On The Edge Of Town
They took their passages out. Secret subterranean extensions in the parking garage led them into the…
Published 8 years ago.
When One Door Closes...
A moment passed, for Matt Quyen, where he was uncertain if he had gone from standing to lying on his…
Published 8 years ago.
Exit Stage Right
They open the steel-walled box which contains the data. It's a red plastic object the rough size of …
Published 8 years ago.
Incident Report 207-J, §1
Suspects entered the building at 10:19. We arrived twelve minutes later...
"It's locked!", said Ma…
Published 8 years ago.