Writing – Zach Kohls

Cerebral – Part 3

Part 1 Part 2 The day I feared finally came. They found a use for me. Some dictator they had installed stopped funneling rare earth metals to the billionaire who funded the president’s campaign. I was to go in, robot body cloaked in black, and tear up his palace. A mysterious bulletproof man with noContinue reading “Cerebral – Part 3”

Cerebral – Part 1

Estimated Reading Time: 45-50 Minutes Part 2 Part 3 I was sick. The doctors said the cancer was almost certainly incurable. I had maybe 6 months left if I was lucky. I couldn’t afford the treatment anyways. I had felt a weird pain in my side for months, but I was in-between jobs and didn’tContinue reading “Cerebral – Part 1”

Cerebral – Part 2

Part 1 Part 3 My meditation was interrupted again. Two circles appeared from the void, side by side. They drew closer to me, and I could see white light with shifting shadows from within them. They enlarged, becoming my entire field of view. The image in each was blurry, seemingly identical, and shifted slightly offContinue reading “Cerebral – Part 2”

Jackrobat

Jack was starting to get nervous. He looked out at the rest of his troupe, decked out in matching black spandex. Everyone looked a little fidgety. They’d only been waiting a few minutes really, but it felt like hours. They were all eagerly waiting for their cue; that would beckon them to deliver what monthsContinue reading “Jackrobat”

Tom Plays a Sax

Tom was really good at playing the saxophone. They each laid down their cards. “Three of a kind,” announced the sax smugly. Tom confidently replied, “Full house.” Tom gathered his chips, mostly cool ranch Doritos, his favorite. He also took his winnings from the poker game.

I Sat Down In My Armchair

I sat down in my armchair with a cup of coffee. I petted the plant next to me, which purred. I opened a book and read For a While. For a While was a short book, and I was done in nearly 480 trillion picoseconds. My chair started to shift under my weight, it wasn’tContinue reading “I Sat Down In My Armchair”

The Modern Magician

“Pick a card, any card.” I say to the 10-year-old girl in front of me, while fanning out a deck of face-down cards in front of her. Her hand drifts across the cards, searching for the one she prefers. She picks one out from near the end of the deck and pulls it out. “CanContinue reading “The Modern Magician”

Cargo: Chapter 5

Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4 “This book is to record the history of The Empress, The largest container ship ever built, on which nearly five hundred survivors of the worldwide phenomenon known as The Bug have taken refuge.” – History of The Empress: Book One After they’d been on land a month, they finally hadContinue reading “Cargo: Chapter 5”

Cargo: Chapter 4

Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 5 “It has been two weeks since we have sent the expedition to land. We have seen no signs of activity on the beach, and similar to the previous expeditions, now presume them to have perished to The Bug. We are leaving this position and resuming our previous course.” History ofContinue reading “Cargo: Chapter 4”

Cargo: Chapter 3

Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 4Chapter 5 “After a trade with another ship, a former cruise liner named the SS Elizabeth, we have all the equipment we need to start a hydroponic farm below deck. We believe this will give us a steady supply of food for the years to come. Modifications are currently being made belowContinue reading “Cargo: Chapter 3”