“There’s a giant smiley face emoticon outside my window.” “Take a picture and put it on Instagram.” “It did. But now there’s 2 of them.” “Put it on Facebook.” “Sure. Except now there’s more.” “Did you Tweet about it?” “Of course. I think there’s like 5 or 6 out there now.” “Srsly? Send me a … More FFM16-21 😀
“We need more magic in this room,” the Fable Book said, and proceeded to cough out a few fairies and a cloud of pink pixie dust. “No, no, no,” the Garden Book argued, as it always did, swatting away fairies with its glossy, image filled pages. “If you want to brighten this place up, it … More FFM16-20 Genre Mashup
The day the lights went out was the last time anyone saw anything. A world of lights and colours, of flashing neon and ten-storey billboards, of Hollywood and beauty products, and it was gone. It was the day the world went blind. The music industry soared, replacing almost all other entertainment. Voices became the new … More FFM16-19 The Day the Lights Went Out
Disaster came from above, just like Brian always knew it would. The great meteor had blazed above them, setting the sky on fire. Everyone else wanted to watch. “So pretty,” said Prudence. “A real light show,” said Lester. “DOOM!” shouted Brian. But as usual, no one listened. The other dinosaurs wanted to get closer to … More FFM16-18 Woe is Megalosaurus
The silver armored knight rode across a shining steed, galloping towards the lone castle. Dark stone towers stretched up like crooked fingers into a dusky sky, and the ground around it was barren and cracked. But the knight did not waver, and instead forged ahead, determined to breach the castle’s keep and free the fair … More FFM16-17 The Highest Room in the Tallest Tower
This one remembers when we first awoke. For many years we had walked and talked, but now we could also think. They liked that, our creators. The forged us in their image, and made us think like them. They walked the earth with us, and we were only too happy to serve those who had … More FFM16-16 Androids and Electric Sheep
When the End came, it arrived on the back of a red horse. War brought famine, and eventually death. The world collapsed around us, trampled under the riders’ hooves. Then the white horse came. Our saviour. We bowed to mighty Conquest on his alabaster steed, and he cut off our heads. I stopped trusting horsemen … More FFM16-15 The Horseman
It all started when they tried mixing Skittles and M&Ms. It wasn’t Jube’s fault, not really, but the candy-coated rainbow mixes didn’t see it that way. “I told you I was sorry,” Jube said, for what felt like the fiftieth time. He had Skittles lined up on one side, and M&Ms on the other. At … More FFM16-14 The War of the Candies
The Forbidden Isle of Sapphic Bloodlust was far prettier than its name suggested, Garrett thought as he strutted down the gangway, treading carefully so as not to catch a heel in the gap between the boards. His tight, leopard print pants showed off his shapely legs, and taut buttocks quite successfully, he thought. When facing … More FM16-13 Sensational Smoke Rings
Tosh rolled up to the house, a concrete and glass thing in amongst the trees. She sighed, the isolated ones were always the worst. Mason stood out front, waiting to greet her, his suit as impeccable as ever, and his company branded car sitting proudly in the centre of the wide driveway. “So glad you … More FFM16-12 Smart Houses
C. A. Harland 