Although the recently terraformed planet Java Prime was a terrible place to bite the dust—so to speak—the soil was ideally-suited for growing coffee.
The future prosperity of the colony was entirely dependent on securing lucrative export contracts to other coffee-consuming regions of the universe.
The colonists hosted an interplanetary taste-testing party.
Meaghan arrived late. “How’s it going, Lori?”
“Not well at all. We’re out of cream and the head of the Earth delegation refuses to drink her coffee black.”
“Where are the other members of our presentation team?”
“They’re in the kitchen trying to reverse engineer the butter.”
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2024 Wigleaf Longlisting
Huge congratulations to Lisa Alletson whose 2024 FlashFlood piece, ' Translucent ' made the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist! You can read th...
-
I know it is Sunday morning because the paper lands on the driveway with a louder thud, masala chai whispers underneath the door, and the so...
-
We are delighted to nominate the following 2023 FlashFlood stories to the Best Small Fictions Anthology: ' I Once Swallowed a Rollercoas...
-
We are delighted to nominate the following FlashFlood stories to the 2023 Pushcart Prize: ' The Doll House ' by Nathan Alling Long &...
Haha! Brilliant. I do like a funny flash.
ReplyDelete