Robert Quick

Devra picked up the completed Lego model of Big Ben. She had to be careful, the pieces weren't glued…

I've got a monster in me.

A lazy, hungry one. A liar.

He's like the evil Pooh bear sitting on the …

The cylinders braced along the underside of Millie's forearms weren't heavy exactly, more bulky. For…

Birds, hundreds of them, squawked and chirped in a frenzied cacophony. Bigger ones used their wings …

I don't know me now but I remember what I used to be. I was one of them, a super. Notice that I di…

The first had been a rock from the garden but it hadn't even quivered. The second had been a coin. T…

The party was for Valerie. She was departing for warmer weather. It made sense. Despite being a prog…

Basil finished the first circle of words.

The chant wasn't fast. It couldn't be rushed or muttered.…

My cell hadn't rang in days. I no longer cared where it was.

I lay looking at a wall four inches fr…

Do we orbit or dance? An orbit

is a dance

of gravity, energy, mass.

Are you afraid of collision…

As I returned home, I was stunned to see that my house was full of lights and sound of merriment. Th…

I like her nose.

How many times have I said that to myself? It's not the sort of compliment you can…

I clenched my fingers around the chain link fence, using the thin metal to keep me standing. The win…

Chains, heavy ones from the sound of it, rattled in the basement, undercut by heavy snuffling. I did…

No invitations went out, none that I sent or saw anyway, but as the summer waned, travelers began tr…