by Rob Diaz | Mar 6, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on March 6, 2009) “You did… WHAT?” demanded Justin. He rubbed his hand across the thick hair on his head as he paced angrily to one side of the room and then to the other. “I just…” started...
by Rob Diaz | Dec 2, 2008 | Edited, Publication Announcements, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories
Author’s note: Lost on Earth is the result of a collaborative fiction effort for which I wrote the first chapter. I have included the first chapter here, but to read the rest of the story, please visit...
by Rob Diaz | Oct 10, 2008 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday “Alice tried to remember who had given her the key” prompt) Alice tried to remember who had given her the key. There had been many keys given to her over the years but she had never once struggled to remember what each one was...
by Rob Diaz | Sep 12, 2008 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “Stranger in a Strange Land” prompt) I remember it now like it was just yesterday, though it was many, many years ago. “Mom!” I had screamed as loudly as I could while stretching the vowel sound out for as long as possible. “Glipper...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 15, 2008 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “Write about a Stolen Conversation” prompt) (author’s note about ‘The Conversation Stealers’) The idea for this story came to me in a dream (I went to bed thinking about the writing prompt) and got itself fleshed...
