by Rob Diaz | Jul 10, 2010 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on July 9, 2010: “In her right hand a woman holds a loaded gun, in her left, a coin that just came up ‘tails’”.) There wasn’t much more to say, so I stayed quiet. The officer looked at me icily, contempt and...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 29, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday >prompt on August 28, 2009: “A new Government research and development facility is built on a decomissioned prison site”.) “Hey! Watch where you’re putting that picket sign, buddy. Some of us like our faces...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 19, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on June 19, 2009, which was “(your character) closed his/her eyes, took a deep breath and jumped”.) There was chaos. It had started with an explosion – a loud, fiery explosion – that had violently rocked the floors...
by Rob Diaz | Apr 10, 2009 | Humorous, Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on April 10, 2009, which was “A dentist is stabbed while he waits in line at the movies”.) Dr. Richard P. Hanning, III stood in line outside of his favorite MovieMax Theater on the dreary gray autumn day, watching...
by Rob Diaz | Mar 21, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on March 20, 2009.) It had been a dark and stormy night. The rain had finally stopped but the wind still blew coldly against his face on the dark road as he stood there, staring at the opened hood of his car, the only light...
by Rob Diaz | Mar 14, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on March 13, 2009, which was to write about a businessman who finds a voodoo doll in his hotel room on the third night of his stay.) “May I help you, sir?” asked the young woman dressed in the neatly pressed hotel...
