'Did you know that a beer bottle fits perfectly inside an empty can of snow-peas?' 'What are you on about?' Claire replied, vocally severing the prefix off of the word nonplussed and tossing the lexical fragment into a bin, 'Please don't tell me this is how you spent the day, Martin, you were supposed to … Continue reading Tinned Peas and a Bottle of Beer
Author: Jacob McCray
Mad Men Making Progress II
'You see, my previous assistant was the type of fellow who was adjacently smart,' mumbled Dr Bertram Everbridge in a distracted gesture to the otherwise empty air around him. Turning with a lockstep of militant precision, the crazed scientist began to pace along his favourite walking rut all the while rambling about old bits of … Continue reading Mad Men Making Progress II
A Crossroads
An old man sat alone at a crossroad and pondered existence. The day was long and in seeing the sun begin its retreat beyond the horizon's low clouds the old man knew that he would no longer make it home. He had walked this road many times in his life, growing as he travelled and … Continue reading A Crossroads
A Song of Rain
The rain softly falls upon ancient bricks and day takes on a melody rarely seen within these Eastern Steeps. A pattern of droplets tentatively fall to the ground and paint a portrait of spots across the small courtyard, slowly giving life to the canvas of moss and ancient brickwork that has rested untouched for time … Continue reading A Song of Rain
It’s Hard To Take a Wrong Turn On a Ladder
'Where'd you go Nigel?' Harlow yelled out while looking out toward the infinitely spiralling network of ladders that encompassed her newly designed A8-2340 grain silo. Tense with apprehension, she had been waiting for nervously for the test graining process of her new silo and was worried about how explosive it would be when compared to … Continue reading It’s Hard To Take a Wrong Turn On a Ladder
Caught by a Sundog
Just a quick note that this is a horror short. The day obscures so much horror from us.The sun, its warmth, the radiance that illuminates the path of life holds a brightness so vivid that we fear to not walk within its safety. I can smell the dried leaves of summer; I can see the … Continue reading Caught by a Sundog
Access Memory 0.4
Just a quick note that this is a horror shot RE: Facsimile received on the 8th of July 2005 Hey Tony, me again. Still nothing much on the missing person case, we had a few more interviews with Janet but she was struggling to remember much. We did have to remind her about Haraway a … Continue reading Access Memory 0.4
The Haraway building 0.3
Just a quick note that this is a horror short. *Ring, ring.**Ring, ring....click.* 'Wow, this place is trashed, just look how old these computers are,' Lea laughed as the beam of her torchlight swept across a desk holding nothing more than abandoned circuitry. Jumbled wires and loose paper were scattered throughout the workshop, and it … Continue reading The Haraway building 0.3
A Fax 0.2
Just a quick note that this is a horror story. RE: Facsimile received on the 8th of July 2005 Morning,This case landed on my desk yesterday, so I hoped you could quickly run your eye over it and see if anything jumps out~.On the 6th of July, a Mrs Janet Liu reported a missing persons … Continue reading A Fax 0.2
Clouds that May Linger in the Stillness of Sky 0.1
Quick note: This is a horror short Excerpt from October 2028 software update. Keynote speaker— [Name redacted]--------run-code ##*#y\\ Edited 2030-08-15 “My wife died a few years ago...but now with the cloud she's always with me, just over my shoulder, never sad, never lonely.” Here we sit among the ides of comfort, we are surrounded by … Continue reading Clouds that May Linger in the Stillness of Sky 0.1
Sunday Short Stories 