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The Martians Have Landed

Worrying times. “You look worried. What's troubling you, Watson?” “It is the lockdown, Sir.” “Dammit, man! We are all concerned about it but we have to put up with the inconvenience if we want to get rid of the Covid virus.” “It is not that, Sir, it's the traffic light system.” “What is the problem? It is elementary dear Watson, you don't need a Sherlock to explain it. You are are an experienced officer and ...

June 25, 2021 / ionicus / Fiction Challenge, humour, Ionicus- prose, science fiction, Surreal / 8 Comments / 206 words / /

Lockdown

The new normal created a new economic driver and race, and population control over time – The Zombie. The United Nations ‘UNMZI’ – ‘United Nations Mission Zombie Integration’ and slogan ‘We live off each other’. Singing tonight the first Zombie, ‘Zalo’ live-ish on ‘Lockdowns got Talent’: Simon “Excited to see you in the flesh. Let me pick your brains, why singing, Zalo?” Zalo “So nice to see a happy menu, I mean audience, (Giggles) I ...

June 25, 2021 / kjs68 / Fiction Challenge / 13 Comments / 210 words / /

Two Jailbirds. One Stone.

It’s real quiet. No clanging doors. No clatter of shuffling boots. Been a while since we had total lockdown. Soon we'll start the cell-to-cell search. Took ten seconds to pull Whacky-Will Boulder off Sly Penny, but that’s all he needed to crack open Sly’s head like a coconut. Whacky’s a lifer. His mum’s been bringing him copies of the Beano and Dandy every Wednesday for fifteen years -- keeps him calm. By Sunday Whack’s read ...

June 25, 2021 / Guaj / Fiction Challenge / 14 Comments / 208 words / /

THE GAME

Content WARNING! PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED ...

June 25, 2021 / griffonner / Fiction Challenge / 13 Comments / 200 words / /

The Face in the Mirror

Now being a widower, and living alone, lockdown was not much different from his normal life. He would get up early, eat his breakfast, and then pass the day in his set routine, centred around his reading and radio, with some television in the evening before an early bedtime. What changed was his time in the bathroom. Once shaved, he spent more and more time studying his face in the mirror. Gradually, he began to ...

June 25, 2021 / Dodgem / Fiction Challenge, Flash Fiction Challenge / 25 Comments / 191 words / /