Brian Eckert

Writer. Wanderer. Dreamer. Skeptic. Man.

Category: Fiction

If You Love Something

The division of mankind into the haves and have nots, the civilized and the uncivilized, the happy and the miserable, was a technical problem to be solved.

Microwaveable

The gravy molecules bonded so tightly that their breaking apart would be more powerful than the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima.

Nagasaki Boy

“Ending life is easy,” said Yashimoro. “It is much braver to save a life. Men like you do not value life except for what value it gives you.”

Standing Arrow Straight

Steve’s morning wood turns into an existential crisis.

The Hunting Cabin

Day One: The Voice in the Box Richard entered the code on the electronic lock pad. The pad made a series of beeps and the door unlocked. Richard opened the door and stepped into the cabin that was to be his home for the long weekend. He flipped on the light and saw an entryway […]

Vanishing Point

This story published in Soft Cartel                          I. Greg was driving out West because he was out of ideas. He passed through a long stretch of nothing but golden fields and the occasional billboard. Roads crisscrossed the fields, perfectly straight. The plains appeared endless. Greg felt he was falling farther back, back into the plains. […]

The Relapse

The old man goes back to drinking because he has no reason not to.

The Sea and the Old Man

In the end, sea or no sea, it didn’t matter. What mattered was forgetting.

Laws of Physics

This story published in fluland.com. Roger knocked on the door. Yvette answered wearing a bathrobe. “Hi love,” she said, turning her head to the side for a European-style double cheek kiss. Roger hated the Euro-kiss. Yvette had picked it up from a new French friend. He took solace in the fact that the Euro-kiss phase […]