Beyond and Above by Furlough The afternoon sky was overcast, covered in dull-grey clouds that threatened rain. The city below it was outwardly just as dull, teeming with nothing but utterly mundane scenes. Lone birds flitted about between the sky and the street, people walked quietly back and forth trying to get to their destination before the apparent downpour, and the steel frames of cars rolle ...

In-Tune by Furlough Author's note: This story is something of a refurbishment of a shorter tale I started doing for brawna.org a few years ago, back before they ran into technical complications. That story was called “The Wooden Box”, and indeed, the titular object which served as the plot's main catalyst was the biggest takeaway, as the women in that story were high school students rather than d ...

Rose awoke with a start. At first she could not say for certain, but it took her only a few seconds to realize that the foundations of the world around her were crumbling — in more ways than one. Indeed, as she frantically scrambled to get up out of bed, now fully aware of the sudden, incredibly strong and very much unexpected earthquake that surrounded her, it seemed to her that her entire home ...

The Bounty of Her Discovery by Furlough The door swiftly swung open, showing the way into the lab on the topmost floor of the science faculty's central building. The place seemed fairly empty, with the stillness of the air being interrupted only by the hurried panting of the girl standing at the lab's entrance, but that sound was soon accompanied by a cry coming from further within: “Come on in, ...

1 Superman owed a favour to an old friend, who as it happened was an increasingly enthusiastic feminist. She became involved with an organisation that advocated for women's rights. A yearly convention was on the horizon and she decided to go along to a planning meeting. Many subjects were on the agenda, from which venue to hold it at, to how to maximise their sponsorship opportunities and finally ...