January 2018 – Flash Fiction Library

Suicide Note

January 29, 2018 Keith McLachlan Science Fiction, Technomology

I do not expect you to agree with this. I do not expect you to condone it. I only expect you to do the maths. And, after that, I hope you understand it and, perhaps, even consider it yourself. Now, about the maths… There at least two-hundred and fifty billion[…]

Jefferson

January 23, 2018 Keith McLachlan Horror & Dark Fiction, Science Fiction

He struggled forward–one step after the next–as he absentmindedly wiped his hand on his spacesuit’s pants. The blood had long since wiped off and the bodies were far behind him but all he saw was his goal. It was just in front of him. At this altitude, distance from the[…]

The Thing That Matters

January 5, 2018 Keith McLachlan Science Fiction

God, Lucifer, Buddha, Shiva and all the angels, demons and mythological beings of the cosmos looked very worried. Each and every one was scared. They were lined up sitting, lying or lurking on one side of a great table just around the corner from reality. On the other side of the[…]