by Jude Mire | Sep 15, 2020 | Story, Weird
When all four moons swung around to his side of Junireng, the Beachcomber found the most miraculous things on the bottom of the sea. Today was not one of the better days for moon alignment. Only three of the four hung over the horizon and one of them had waned down...
by Jude Mire | Mar 15, 2020 | Sci-Fi, Story
When I saw the man, the man with arms made of flesh and bone, bare to the shoulder, lifting boxes into the bed of a transport truck, when I saw that his arms weren’t long insect things, bristling with hairs, slender and strong, and when I saw he lacked pincers,...
by Jude Mire | Feb 2, 2020 | Short, Weird
Candice Jane sat on a wooden stool with a shotgun across her lap facing the front door. There was a rocking chair in the corner that was far more comfortable, but she didn’t trust herself not to fall asleep in it. It had happened before. Most often when she was...
by Jude Mire | Feb 2, 2020 | Horror, Story
“Jimmy, I hear you lock your sister up in a barn every day. Is that true?” I turned around and squinted into the back-lit silhouette of Robin West. “That’s a lie. I only lock her up on school days.” She had a nice shape, but the light from above was hurting my eyes so...
by Jude Mire | Nov 29, 2019 | Sci-Fi, Story
Author’s Note:This is the first excursion into the setting of the world of the novel I’m writing; The Ebb of Abandon. It’s a bit of a canary in a coal mine with me testing out some odd concepts, how to convey them, and how to parse out world history....