Tag: Microfiction

New Transhuman Microfiction – Major Dawg

September 3, 2020 Jackson Allen

So here’s some Thursday night awesomeness: I’m continuing to write new short stories! This week I started work on a new WritingPrompt that turned out so well I think I’ll develop it into a short story about an interesting scifi topic: transhumanism. What is transhumanism, you say? It gets a little sticky, but essentially TH…

Microfiction: Atticus Finch and Fred Flintstone Walk Into a Bar

May 11, 2020 Jackson Allen

Happy Monday – here are a couple of Microfiction posts to get your week started. First up, the VR technician who gets trapped in virtual worlds: “You are a VR maintenance worker, tasked to jump from realm to realm, making sure everything runs smoothly. You find a world that’s a little corrupted, and go in…

New Microfiction – Superhero Shrink: Group Therapy

March 23, 2020 Jackson Allen

Happy to say that I’ve put some new microfiction out there. ‘Group Therapy’ is a short based on the following prompt: ‘The hero died in a sudden accident and the mentor, sidekick and villain has no idea what to do now.’ I think you’ll enjoy where this goes in four parts: Click here to read…

New Microfiction – Bright Sparks

November 13, 2019 Jackson Allen

What would it be like to see WWIII start from space? That’s the premise behind this writing prompt: “You are a crew member on the ISS in Low-Earth Orbit, you just lost contact with Houston. As you look out of your observation window you see Nuclear Explosions on the East Coast of the USA, the…

Microfiction – Supervillains and Batman’s Worst Nightmare

November 5, 2019 Jackson Allen

Got some nice Mesh feedback yesterday. One of my beta readers came back with some style suggestions but says ‘otherwise, it’s ready for next steps.’ Squee, squee! I’m hanging out over on /r/writingprompts while I wait for more feedback. Here’s a Twofer Tuesday – New microfictions for you, based on the following two premises: A…

Microfiction – ‘Starship Hunters’ – A Screenplay

October 30, 2019 Jackson Allen

Last week I said something on Twitter to Jewel Staite and Brent Spiner that got a few likes:

I want a show called ‘Starship Hunters’ where @BrentSpiner and @JewelStaite go around starcruiser junkyards to find old spacecraft to flip.

— InkICan (@InkICan) October 23, 2019

I tweeted it as a joke, but part of me thinks ‘this could totally work as a FunnyorDie sketch.’ You know I’m a huge fan of both actors, what if they did a small production like this? Might be funny in a ‘Landlord‘ or ‘Best in Show‘ kind of way. With that in mind, I knocked together a pilot episode – see what you think:

Starship Hunters

New Microfiction – “Insert Disc 2 to Continue”

October 25, 2019 Jackson Allen

Here’s some new microfiction from the following prompt: “You’re walking your dog one day when everything stops. The world goes black. A voice says ‘insert disc 2 to continue.’” Blackness, utter blackness. No sound. No sensation, whatsoever. I’ve never felt like nothing before, but that’s the only word I can use for it now. I…

New Microfiction – Defending Shia LaBeouf

October 24, 2019 Jackson Allen

Look, you’ve heard what I’ve heard about Shia LaBeouf. I can’t tell you what’s going on in his head, or what his life is about. My job is to write stories, so I do. I do get tired of Internet memes, and if I were LaBeouf, I’d be sick and tired of the ones created…

Microfiction – RenFaire for Real

October 9, 2019 Jackson Allen

Took a few days off of writing in /r/writingprompts. Now I’m back with a new piece of microfiction. This time, in response to the following prompt – “You’ve always had a passion for writing since an early age. Now, right after you published your first book, the story somehow has transferred itself into reality and…

New Science Microfiction – The Operative

October 1, 2019 Jackson Allen

I responded to a writingprompt that got my juices flowing. Here’s the original prompt: You’ve always been able to twist any situation to your advantage. Accidentally saw classified data? You got a great job protecting said government data. Got captured? You ran the enemy’s tech support. Got killed by your original employers? Okay, this one…