Spring Adventure Short Stories - Page 2

The quantum scan tore through the floorboards. Ten years of history, down to a single keystroke.

The ground simply opened up and swallowed Chad whole, taking the van keys and the livestream with him.

The drone hovered. A plastic vulture. Gage didn't look at it. He looked at the mud.

Kyle hunts for organic life in a bio-hazardous spring where nanobots mimic pollen and automated drones sanitize the ruins.

Jacob and Corey push deep into the spring woods, losing their signal as a strange silence takes hold.

The sky was screaming with their names. Jenn ran until her lungs tasted like pennies and the city burned.

State Security was two minutes away. Tariq had a cracked screen, a stolen drive, and a terrible choice.

The tarp was slashed, the compost was gone, and I was going to kill him with a trowel.

The mountain unzipped itself, taking the trail, my left ankle, and my dead husband's ashes with it.