50wordstories.ca » enemy https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Herbal Solution https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:03:31 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419 The enemy was encoding secret messages in plant DNA, so they “captured” a greenhouse.

The first decoded messages were recipes for various dishes.

It was slow going: the greenhouse only grew savory herbs.

The Leader asked, “Have you found anything good, yet?”

The lab tech said, “Only thyme will tell.”

]]> https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=419 0 Enemy Theirs https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=265 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=265#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:41 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=265 Two enemy pilots crashed onto an uninhabited planet while engaged.

They gradually learned to trust each other, and became good friends.

The alien pilot told the human he was pregnant (don’t ask) then died.

The human’s bittersweet joy at this event was interrupted when thousands of baby aliens devoured him.

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