Category Archives: Short Story

The Tale of Ayla, Part 7

Posted on September 21, 2015 by fredhesser

It has been raining for several days now. It rains often on the coasts of the Sorrows. In the town, the streets are slow flowing rivers of mud, through which a pack of children play by the fading daylight. Splashing … Continue reading →

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Death on Sunday

Posted on August 17, 2015 by fredhesser

Death and I play chess every Sunday. Not for my soul or extra time. It’s not like that. It’s just a friendly game. At 6 AM I gather my chess set, fill a thermos with coffee, and head to the … Continue reading →

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Slow

Posted on July 20, 2015 by fredhesser

The man was slow. Not dim-witted; physically slow. He moved at a ponderous, deliberate pace which made performing any task quickly seem impossible. He was not old or fat or visibly ill, he simply moved as if this were the … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Bus

Posted on July 6, 2015 by fredhesser

John would feel so much better if he could read the language here. He knew a few words, and the cds he’d been listening to had taught him a few phrases, but he was still very lost. He had managed … Continue reading →

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The Tale of Ayla and the Blue Knight

Posted on July 3, 2015 by fredhesser

[It’s high time I posted some more of the Tale of Ayla here. This is super skipping ahead in the tale, but it has been waaaaay too long since I posted something Ayla related. Please enjoy :)] This is the … Continue reading →

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Eyes

Posted on June 22, 2015 by fredhesser

“It’s amazing,” he said, “Uncanny. How do you get them like that?” Molly sighed. The conversation had been going so well. “It’s natural. Freak accident of birth,” she explained. “No way. No gene-splicing at all?” He was Centaurian, which meant … Continue reading →

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Will and Paul

Posted on June 15, 2015 by fredhesser

He was forgetting his own name recently. No, that wasn’t accurate. It was more accurate to say that he was forgetting which name was his. He thought it was Paul, then he thought it was Will. He was certain it … Continue reading →

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Sid Seeks Alexis

Posted on June 8, 2015 by fredhesser

Every other day it seemed, I would see the ad in the classifieds. It was a small, unusual little ad. It said: Sid Seeks Alexis 3500.1938.0916 Soon It had been going on for a few years. When I first saw … Continue reading →

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Sand

Posted on May 26, 2015 by fredhesser

[Few pages of an idea I’ve been toying with. I’ve got a map, a pile of notes, and these pages of story. Maybe I’ll go further with it eventually. Though the list of projects I’ll “get to one day” is … Continue reading →

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Anglerfish

Posted on May 18, 2015 by fredhesser

They’re like anglerfish. I’ll be the first to admit that this book is awful. Evil wouldn’t be the right word, as evil implies an agenda, and I’m not convinced it has one. I think the book just wants to be … Continue reading →

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