These are various micro stories/flash fictions about assassinations, inspired by recent events. Brian was an important man, running a difficult business. Health insurance. He had to juggle getting enough money to his shareholders, employees and claimants. He managed to do it admirably, replacing employees with AI and denying as much as 40% of claimants, leaving… Continue reading Tragedies & Paranoia
Category: Flash Fiction
The morning after
good morningman last night was crazy Oh? What happened? so, i was with my coworkers partyinghaving just released musiGANy 3 That's your AI music generator thingy, right? yeahand you know how it goes the company pays for all of the drinksso I'm gonna use all of the drinks Of course. and well first we just… Continue reading The morning after
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Jonah in the Whale
Why did I do this?, Jonah thought. His trip to the beach had started so well. Like some sort of living cliché, he had found a golden lamp. And of course: a brief, firm stroking action later, the Genie came and granted Jonah three wishes. But Jonah only really wanted two: To stop and revert… Continue reading Jonah in the Whale
The Midnight-Kalimba
The girl played Kalimba in her flat in the middle of the night. There wasn’t really a reason for her to do it right there and then, she just felt like playing. She didn’t think she was particularly good at it, but the instrument could create a calm and beautiful atmosphere in her hands. She… Continue reading The Midnight-Kalimba
Running
Ina was running. Running as if chased by someone, as if the destination didn’t matter, just getting away from where she was a step before. She ran, tirelessly, making no turn to the left or to the right, just straight ahead. Every time she caught herself slowing down, she’d try picking up the pace again.… Continue reading Running
Echo
The girl giggled. She knew she was supposed to be a grown-up, almost done studying and about to start serious jobs at serious companies, but right now she had discovered an echo effect which enabled her to shout and feel like being in an awesome mountain rage while doing it. The echo bounced back and… Continue reading Echo
Crossroads on the Bridge
She was standing on the bridge connecting her island to the next. She stood there, like someone at a crossroads without a map in a foreign city, confused. Even though it just was a single path forwards she had to take. Even though the bridge was brightly lit, and dawn just around the corner. Even… Continue reading Crossroads on the Bridge
The Jeweler’s Party Planner
“This isn’t happening to me”, thought the party planner as he tripped over the wire in the ball room for the third time, falling into the mirror again. The first two times, he just left some nasty finger print streaks and scratches across the mirror which King Louis XV once owned, but this third time… Continue reading The Jeweler’s Party Planner
The Katzenjammer
The cat was bored. Every day it’d lounge around, not a worry to be seen, every night it’d bounce around, only to get scolded by just its owner. What little had it achieved in life? Thrown down a single flower pot and a cup, before the owners stopped leaving easy prey laying around? Lay on… Continue reading The Katzenjammer
Leo Wattenberg 