Category: Fiction

• Fiction

  Novel – The Teeth Of Vehrion

  Seven technicians jump out to a planet at the edge of Earth’s colonial reach into space. Their job is a simple one: repair a base’s malfunctioning filtration device slowing down the terraforming process. But when their ship falls foul to a failed mutiny by the ground crew, the Techs soon…

  July 24, 2023
• Fiction

  The Water Under Her Stairs

  by Simon Best The Water Under Her Stairs is a short story about fear, tenacity, and facing the rising darkness. Available as a free epub on the Kobo Store, and below in its entirety. Chapter One Alice’s last dream was of oceans. Turning and flowing eternally beneath her, she flew with outstretched arms over…

  August 9, 2016
• Fiction

  FIX

    FIX was written for NaNoWriMo 2015 and is my first novella. It explores the horror of tightening screws and crushing walls, of airless fear and unknown sounds, and the power of human tenacity in the face of terrifying odds. I wanted to capture the claustrophobia of Das Boot, the horror…

  March 31, 2016
• Fiction

  A Halloween Story – Marie

  

  My Dear Marie, I’m sorry this has taken so long. The very first thing I should tell you is that I’m not even sure if anything I’m about to describe to you actually happened. So much has filled my time that it’s impossible to tell any more. All I know…

  October 25, 2013