by Pat Bove | Jan 24, 2025 | A Short Story
I sat in a dark room facing a video camera. I asked them to put one out so I wouldn’t have to repeat myself. Two agents that were once heroes for show in the gladiator games sat across from me. They never introduced themselves, but I recalled their faces. Their smug...
by Pat Bove | Jan 21, 2025 | A Short Story
A glass pane covered in runes the Knight did not understand separated him and the corpse of the slain Demon King—runes that Valôr first mistook for the usual glyphs of dark sorcery, yet they glowed with an odd symmetry. The Wyrd Interlude: In a Wyrd Realm of steel and...
by Pat Bove | Jan 21, 2025 | Absurd Flash Fiction
God sat at his desk, thinking of what major tragedy he should cause next, when he heard a knock at the door. “Michael,” God said, smiling, but the smile faded at the sight of the data geek standing next to his favored son. “And Lucifer.” The two scurried in, fumbling...
by Pat Bove | Jan 19, 2025 | A Short Story, Fiction
It was winter when Beelzebub and his armies returned. I was a priest in the age of man. I hoped that might matter. Even when the dark armies gathered all holy men across all regions, I thought we had a purpose. It was a foolish hope. Upon his arrival, Beelzebub spoke...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | Absurd Flash Fiction
In the near future, Santa has changed industries due to the high request rates for peace on earth. During the year he has a modified military grade sleigh and goes on guerilla missions to take down oppressive regimes. Sleigh bells ring. Are you listenin’? The words...
