The Void – Part Four (The Maze)

THE VOID

By Daniel Kent

Part Four: The Maze

“Time Is Running Out”

One month Later

The King stood stock still in the centre of the control chamber, staring straight ahead into the dark. Although surrounded on all sides by monitor screens there was no need for him to pay them any attention, for all images were relayed directly into his head at all times, his mind able to flick from one to another with the blink of a single, inner eye. Without lifting a finger or even moving from this room he was able to keep tabs on every aspect of the City, all-seeing in every sense. The screens were a relic now of a former time, a time that would soon be left behind, a time before he had been brought into being as this towering, omnipotent, infinitely flexible god.

Activating automated scanning systems perched high on the walls surrounding the city, he reached out with his mind and quickly searched for traces of any incoming vehicles. There were a few headed in their direction, but it was impossible to tell if they contained what he needed. The robot side of him could have waited forever, but the human side registered the faintest flickering of impatience. There was a quota to fill and time was running short. The target had to be reached before the end of the night. It was vital… Read the rest of this entry »

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50 word story

My limbs weakened, feeling dead and heavy as I stared upon her. I ruffled my hair and adjusted my glasses, my stomach tightening as I imagined her smiling back.

But these binoculars aren’t really strong enough to catch the beauty she possesses, and the court has warned me once already….

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Ten Thousand Monosyllabic Humans

Ten thousand monosyllabic humans,

utter the word crash,

they march around in circles,

and watch the waves gently rock,

the man in a boat,

whom is watching the clock,

waiting to punch in,

as the others punch out,

grunting to each other as they swap shifts,

the boat drifts, and the people march,

the ship runs aground and they all scream out,

crash crash crash,  a well timed  shout.

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The Void – Part Three (Contact)

THE VOID

By Daniel Kent

“The Minotaur roars. The Mainframe awakens.”

PART THREE: Contact

It felt good to be out of the dark room full of smoke and soot and burning. Moving slowly on account of my injured leg, I staggered out the daylight.

I was in some kind of street, but not of any human construction. Humans didn’t build houses without windows, roads without pavements or direction. There were buildings with what looked like their electronic guts spilling out over the ground or reaching up hundreds of feet into the air as if trying to electrocute the sky itself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Thunderfrog

Hopping and jumping,
electricity brimming,
behind moistened green eyes,
behind all the flys.

Behind where the trees lie,
behind ponds, and fences,
behind houses and mud,
the thunderfrog is stood.
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The Void – Part Two (The Factory)

THE VOID

by Daniel Kent

Part Two: The Factory

“… Lay down all thought… ”, came the voice, “…Surrender to the Void…”

“You don’t exist, not anymore…” I shouted, tasting the blood in my mouth.

“You’re dead. Don’t you understand? You’re all dead..!”

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The Void – Part One (The Sky)

The Void

By Daniel Kent

Part One: The Sky

“Sometimes life gets too confusing, so I try to keep moving,

Keep moving and stay away from the complexities of life…”

 

My ship drifted along the evening skyline, the rhythmic thrum of the twin turbines buried deep in her hull interrupted only by the occasional ratcheting as the mechanism slipped a gear, like an old bird coughing as it made its way home to die. I could feel the vibrations through the soles of my boots as I paced the exposed boards of the upper deck. My knowledge of the ageing equipment was limited, and it’d been long months since I’d been able to make proper repairs. Fingers crossed we’d make it to landfall before she fell apart completely. Read the rest of this entry »

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