One Airbus A380 is flying fully loaded, from to London to Beijing. Two members of the crew, Abdualla the stewardess and Hans, a mechanical engineer, have planned to hijack the plane poisoning the two pilots. The unsuspecting passengers are waiting for takeoff in the waiting room. Among those passengers are a newly-married couple working in google, who are computer specialists and programmers, browsing on the trip brochures of Beijing and planning their honeymoon. Nobody can imagine that in a couple of hours everything will change.

The story of a man, taking part in a protest. His desire to make a change for the better, proves to be fruitless. However, he never gives up hope and only becomes more presistent in his efforts in passing his message along.

Article purportedly by Jules Verne, but probably by his son. According to the editor's note at the beginning: "In the Year 2889_ was first published in the _Forum_, February, 1889; p. 262. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules' son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Verne's ideas."

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain degree, a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Poe toyed with this for a while before admitting it was a work of pure fiction in his marginalia.

Once upon a time, there was an Emperor who was only interested in good clothes. He was so in love with it that he did not care much for anything else. One day a few conmen appeared and told him that they were excellent weavers and that they could make the most beautiful fabric in the world. It didn’t take long to get the Emperor’s attention. They told him they made fabrics of wonderful samples and colors with a specific feature. They were invisible to anyone who was stupid or incapable of doing his job.

Every mind is a maze... A dark journey challenging your sanity... A weapon both lethal and saving , depending on the way you choose to use it...

A whole new adventure in a whole new galaxy, the Alatlion galaxy. This planet build by all races of this universe to be the center of knowledge, science & mechanics.

The story was first published on The Weekly Knob on Medium. https://medium.com/the-weekly-knob/fruit-fly-9c78353ac4c7#.rb9zytuhx This is a flash tale about the intricate delicacies of destruction and chaos through the marvel and wonder of the human intelligence. A technological impossibility rises up through the eons in order to provide its inventors with cheap and affordable energy. The story takes place around a star and two engineers are about to complete the greatest structure ever to be completed. Enjoy.

A talented and well known tattoo artist struggling with his past, has an awkward one night stand with a writer.