The Fingertips Project: Darkened Corridors
On“So, this is the last one.” “Yep — so what’re you going to do?” “God, I don’t know. I don’t really have any good ideas.” “Do you have any?”
All Things To All People
A series of short pieces of fiction, each based on one of the segments of “Fingertips” by They Might Be Giants from Apollo 18.
“So, this is the last one.” “Yep — so what’re you going to do?” “God, I don’t know. I don’t really have any good ideas.” “Do you have any?”
“OH MY GOD IS THAT LOADED??!?” “Of COURSE it is! Come with me.” “Mmmph — where are you taking me?” “You’ll find out soon enough.” “…” “…” “…” “…”
Oh, how are you doing today? I’m OK, can’t really complain. Seem to be having a minor myocardial infarction — nothing too big. My left arm has gone numb, but that’s OK. Nothing too awfully bad — I’m right handed anyway. Hey,…
The beautiful, shimmering woman introduced herself as Eros; we welcomed her — our town was always friendly, and there’s something about beauty that makes people a whole lot more amenable to new folks. She said something about it being her day off…
[REDACTED] – The citizens of [REDACTED] have disappeared. The disappearances began last [REDACTED], slowly at first, with a few of the more outlying and reclusive residents going missing at first. Soon, however, the disappearances seemed to focus around a certain family, the…
“Would you go check that out?” “Do I have to?” “Why wouldn’t you check it?” “I didn’t even hear anything, so I wouldn’t know what to check.” “You didn’t hear that?” “Nope.”
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I don’t know what it was. It was just an empty grasp and yet it grabbed me and held on tight and would not let go no matter what I did or how I screamed or shrieked. It held on tighter and…
“CLOSE THE DOOR! DO YOU MIND? I’M USING THE BATHROOM!”
I suppose I should have figured this is what it’d be like. There’s even a Twilight Zone about it with the guy who’s the last guy on earth and he wants to read but then his glasses break. Luckily, I don’t have…