On this far-away horizon we fly, age-old balloonists, at peace. I long thought, in the moonless nights, reading, dreaming, of those eons ahead of us - the universe 's infinity, the long journeys, our transformation, progressive, imperceptible, on the shores of time. Old-fashioned I am - we are - in the eyes of the past centuries, albeit not … Continue reading #VisDare 114: Prepared #WritersWednesday
Steampunk
#FiveSentenceFiction: S(team)punk
She's a great captain: in her world, perhaps the most decorated of them all, besides being a beauty. Sailing is her life, through the eery oceans of virgin planets, observed by multiple stars, and by alien, voracious and concupiscent eyes. Adulated by her crew - and what a crew! of crustacean giants, sea spiders and weird … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: S(team)punk
#FiveSentenceFiction: Goggles
Commander Lara Maiakovski, whom we met earlier, standing tall and blond on the deck of the battle cruiser Aurora, summoned her second in command Olga Braun. Lieutenant Braun, sporting a new pair of reflecting goggles under her officer's cap, reported within seconds, her boss observing, as usual, what a cute little bum her second in … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Goggles
Of Glass & Paper 