Drabble: Sleeping Beauty by Emily Martha Sorensen
Mildred watched the princess skip down the stairs to the tower. “You woke up Sleeping Beauty? How?” Topaz, the princess, shrugged. She pulled out a vial of something and shook it. “Revoltingly strong...
View ArticleDrabble: Computer Gremlins – by Emily Martha Sorensen
My computer has a gremlin infestation. I know because one started talking to me. “That was delicious,” it left on one of my documents. “Syrupy poetry.” “Rather dry,” it complained, gnawing on a tax...
View ArticleDrabble: The Dark Lord’s Genie – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“All right,” the genie said. “No man shall ever kill you. As for my payment —” “Hey, wait a minute!” the Dark Lord protested. “What about women?” The genie snapped his fingers. “Fine. No living human....
View ArticleDrabble: Proof – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“Mom,” I said in a strained voice, “you’re not an elf.” She just stared at me. “Oh?” she asked. “And how can you prove that?” “No one has to prove it! Elves don’t exist!” Mom looked puzzled. “Who told...
View ArticleDrabble: The Assassin’s Karma – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“My schedule’s booked through November,” the assassin said. “I had a target in March.” The client tried not to stare at the assassin’s obviously-pregnant belly. “Is that going to get in the way?” he...
View ArticleDrabble: Their Daily Eight Minutes – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“I believe that what you do with your time-travel is your own business,” Ms. Atwin said, holding out a basket as she walked down the aisles. “But if you use it in my classroom, it’s considered...
View ArticleDrabble: Shoulder Angel, Shoulder Demon – by Emily Martha Sorensen
I wish they’d never invented Morality Day. “Go apologize to Helen,” my shoulder angel insisted, poking my cheek. “Go TP her house,” my shoulder demon grinned, twisting my earlobe. “Leave her a plate of...
View ArticleDrabble: Miss Galaxy – by Emily Martha Sorensen
I nearly stepped into an oozing puddle. “Excuuuuse me!” the alien beauty queen said. My face flushed. “Sorry.” “Now, we brought you here because of humans’ reputation for unbearable ugliness,” my guide...
View ArticleDrabble: The Body-Borrower – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“Have you been borrowing my body again?” Tasha demanded, glaring at the dog. Woofie looked at her with huge, angelic eyes, as if to say Who, me? Tasha held out her hands. “There are dog biscuit crumbs...
View ArticleDrabble: Identical Twits – by Emily Martha Sorensen
“They’re not, in fact, identical twins,” I tried to explain to the teacher. Off to the side, my little brothers were fighting over a toy they both wanted. No surprise, since they had identical tastes....
View ArticleDrabble: Zombies – by Emily Martha Sorensen
Two zombies were shambling around the kitchen. Breathing heavily, I cocked my squirt gun and prepared to shoot. Blam! I hit one in the head. It howled with outrage. Splat! I splashed one across the...
View ArticleDrabble: Dragon Bait – by Emily Martha Sorensen
They left her as bait for the dragon. It only made sense: She’d been a stranger on the road, and none of the villagers wanted to sacrifice their own daughters. As the dragon swooped down, wings spread,...
View ArticleDrabble: Standardized Testing – by Emily Martha Sorensen
Miss Hatkinson wandered between rows, avoided tripping on the dinosaur-centaur’s tail, and nudged the cords of an air machine away from the walkway as she passed a methane-breathing squidlike student....
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