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200 | Something was definitely off with this sandwich.
I didn’t even get halfway before I threw the rest of it in the trash. My usual breakfast consisting of two tomato slices and a piece of cheese on rye bread was downright disgusting this morning. Sure, it was never the most thrilling experience but it got the job done. M... |
201 | The mortals always said that I fell apart when my daughter fell to the Underworld. They weren't entirely wrong, of course. I panicked at first. Crops stopped growing, orchards turned to dark graveyards of wood, such and such. I searched the world and eventually found her, beneath it.
Look, I love Persephone. Don't ge... |
202 | *'Of course, the most amazing secrets are preserved for those truly blind'.*
Said the blind man. I had opened my eyes again. I was curious as to what he meant by his words:
*What secrets?'*
*'I am afraid I can not explain it. The only way is to go blind, and once blind there will be no way back'*
His word rose my c... |
203 | It’s The
final brain cell
Been na nee nou
na nee nou nee
[the final brain cell](https://youtu.be/huXhD7p8-P0)
The bank robbery stops as a small child slides through the the doors T-posing an inch or two above the ground
Tom ”I’m about to end this mans whole career”
Robber ”what”
Tom is suddenly behind him “... |
204 | It's Wednesday. Transfer day. I curse my human parents for this arrangement because Wednesdays and Sunday's never go well.
I often wonder, as I pack my suitcase and knapsack, what drove my parents to make deals with both Alesia, the Dryad Queen, AND Deverick, ruling Grand Duke of the local elven community. It must ha... |
205 | They followed me like moths to a light. I could not escape the portals that streamed my life into tubes of color for the world to see. The color did not come from the world outside, but from my very soul, as the tedious work of avoiding the judgement of others piled on like rocks from an avalanche that made up my life,... |
206 | Tim was a half-blood. Mom a witch, dad a muggle physicist. Tim loved to learn and his dad loved to talk about work so Tim's knowledge on the matter was quite above that of his age group. Now that he was in Hogwarts he was curious on how what he had learned applied to magic. After charms class he approached Professor Fl... |
207 | Dying wasn’t anything like I thought it would be.
I always expected it to be painful, and long - the whole light at the end of the tunnel thing. Or like sleeping. Awake one moment, asleep the next, with no real moment of transition between the two.
Instead it was more of a nothingness. Not light, not dark, not warm... |
208 | Feedback always welcome!
David had really thought it would take longer to get sick of life but 400 years seemed to be his breaking point. When he had first come across the deep web listing for immortality potions he had been bored and a little high to be honest. Besides the listing only asked for a shipping address, h... |
209 | They call me Ash.
When I was twenty four my hair turned from a deep brown into solid grey in a matter of weeks. Everyone around me was baffled. Hair just doesn't go grey that quickly where I'm from. There's a creepy little saying about it even. "Every time the skeletal fingers of death reach but but fail to grasp, th... |
210 | I was out walking my dog. I was wearing some shorts and I looked down at my thigh,"No... I'm in a lot of pain.".... my tattoo is so weird compared to others. Others say things like "Do you want to grab a drink?" "Hi, my name is Kelly" "Oops I'm sorry." But mine... mine makes me sort of not want to meet my soulmate. I m... |
211 | I was only eleven years old when I killed a man for the first time. It was my first year of actual schooling, and by the end of the year, I'd come face to face with a dragon, tamed a huge hound straight from the depths of hell, and killed one of my professors by irreparably burning his face. Due to of a lack of witness... |
212 | It's been a week since I encountered a crab. Not your normal one, but a unnaturally huge one. It raised out of the ocean with a mighty roar and attacked our boat. Fortunately, I had a liferaft, so I escaped before the crustacean crushed it. But then the next day, it appeared again. Fortunately, a naval ship was nearby,... |
213 | They had cleared the brush forest that had built up over years of no maintenance. They had drained the swampy marsh that now engulfed half the property. All in all things were going perfect.
Frank and Esther devised this plan to encourage a search party, the police would have people clearing their land in no time; ju... |
214 | The panting girl slammed his trailer door shut behind her and slumped against it, exhausted. John first saw her in the mirror. He pulled the tissues out from his collar where they'd been placed to catch the fallout from the makeup, and turned his chair around to face her. One finger already reached for the intercom but... |
215 | Damn it all. I get one patient out the door, and twenty more show up in the waiting room. This new disease is awful, but what's worse is that some fear mongering fool put the symptoms online. "First sign: anxiety." Well, the virus has killed a third of the planet's population, there's plenty of anxiety to go around. Th... |
216 | "Hey, Pops?"
I woke up from my nap on the reclining chair. My hat was awkwardly tilted over one side of my face and I scrambled to correct it. I heard Kevin's vain attempt to stifle his laughter from the other side of the room.
"Alright, alright what's so funny, eh?" I asked with a smile.
"Just thought I'd spend som... |
217 | It had been a long time since he died. Drifting in his thoughts, his past life, replaying his failures and weakness and rejoicing in successes, his wife and daughter, and all the people he helped. He kind of pulled a shit card, doing good for as long as he could because it felt so good. Who knew that living a life s... |
218 | Abigail's look could only be described as average. Average height, average build, average hair color, average eye color. It was for this reason it was mind-numbing how beautiful she was to behold.
Although everyone made fun of her, there wasn't a single action or movement she took that failed to exude grace and elegan... |
219 | As I called the bartender for another top-off I couldn't help but notice the lack of other customers.
And the lack of a bartender.
I'm drinking alone in a bar at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday. This should probably have been an enlightening moment for me. If I wasn't within arms-reach of the tap it might have been.
So instead... |
220 | "Oy!" Domian called down from atop the gates of Castle Black. "You musta just come from Mole's Town, eh?" He ribbed his companion, Artos, with a hearty grin plastered across his face. "You know you're supposed to put your clothes *back on* when you're done with the whores, eh?"
The man standing at the gates completely... |
221 | She knew before the first star fell that things were different this time. Broken in a way no being, neither mortal nor godly, could fix. Another detonation went off in the midnight sky, banishing the night and turning it to day, yet she did nothing but hug her knees to her chest and brace her back against the rough bar... |
222 | "Whats that?"
"Oh its uh, a video game, a form of entertainment in human society."
"How does it work?"
"We simulate various situations and then control those simulations, its like playing as a kid and imagining you are a soldier, but more advanced."
"Sounds interesting, what is this one about?"
"You play as a lone... |
223 | *Think of it,* burbled the befurred, gelatinous mass. *Unlimited power in the palm of your hand. Fuse with me, human, and taste immortality.*
"Ugh," I said, peering into the crisper with disgust. Last time I had looked there were oranges in there, but, well...that had been a while ago. This time when I opened the refr... |
224 | "It's like drinking water contaminated by dead bodies," the man said. "Exactly as disgusting and **\*ow\*** unusable as you'd expect **\*ah\*** *blast it all*!" he hissed in pain as I put another stitch into his arm. The bite was rather nasty and his pained grins exposed the sharp fangs in his mouth; a somewhat uncomfo... |
225 | I stared out at the rusty orange terrain in awe, finding my breath caught up in my chest. This was it. I was finally on Mars. The sun definitely seemed a lot further away, but it was hard to believe I was really on the red planet. If I hadn’t just stepped outside of the ship then I might have thought I was in a desert ... |
226 | ( I am unfamiliar with the geography and weather patterns of Yellowstone, forgive any inaccuracies. Sub-note; Like, seriously i have no idea where Yellowstone is)
(This was my first post, so take it slow please)
( 23:17, Thursday, 1st of Thaw, 348, Terran Coalition)
A ruthless wind sweeps across the valley. A circle... |
227 | Hank’s mouth went sideways as he re-read the last few sentences.
There was a fair amount of vain amusement that had flooded him when he read the first few chapters of the book. The handsome captain and his attentive crew, going on a bold mission — wasn’t it perfect that he was reading it during this particular battle... |
228 | “*He will appear at night, and in your dreams…*”
The jingle of the Jack-in-the-box echoes in the dark entryway, the click of its crank like a spider’s fangs.
“*… he lives to laugh, as the children scream…*”
The infamous Haunter sits upon a time worn bench, the moonlight from the lunette window above the front doo... |
229 | I am so tired. I'm not even sure how long I've been awake at this point, "today" was just too good to let slip through my fingers.
I never know what I'm waking up to, or whether im even really awake if I'm being honest with myself. I'm not sure what's worse, the night terrors or trying to figure out the new rules of n... |
230 | "Well it can't get any worse now, can it?", I tell my contractor about this. "I know myself far more than anyone. What's the worst that they can do? Bore me to death?"
"Just do what you're told and nothing else. Take your toys with you, finish the job.", She says on the other line as I hear her take a smoke afterwards... |
231 | Every Companion needs a Hero in their life, someone to assist on missions and give them a purpose in life. Companions very rarely outlive their Heroes— but what happens to those who do? I know the answer now, having learned the hard way.
For as long as I remember, my Hero has been a part of my life. Ever since I was a... |
232 | The dull grey smoke of spent cigars lingered in the bar's air it's interior nearly abandoned bar a single patron and the barkeep. Its two occupants holding a hushed conversation the only audible element their thick Italian accents.
Their conversation ending abruptly as it began as the well-dressed patron's phone rang,... |
233 | "Hey Detective, I hope you've skipped lunch today", the officer snickered as I brushed apart the plastic drapes wondering what ungodly mess awaited me.
Then it hits me the metallic scent permeates my nostrils, the room painted in streaks and viscera.
"Alright doc, tell me you've got some good news?"
A wiry man shu... |
234 | “Next in line?”
Cameron was having a really terrible day, and he knew that it was about to get even worse.
“Hello, welcome to Evil-Mart, how may I help you?”
“Help me?! You have done NOTHING but sit behind your counter! Where are your fellow minions?!”
Cameron tried his best not to roll his eyes at Reginald the Red... |
235 | It never really made sense to me why the Devil would punish sinners. I mean, if he is the enemy of God, why wouldn't he seek to outstrip Heaven's glory? Why not convince God's children to sin, not only because sinning feels good, but because it gets you everything your heart could crave?
I was there when Lucifer fel... |
236 | There was even that time that I put on two doubly cursed rings at once.
Ring 1:
-Can’t be removed
-speeds healing, but when worn too long it causes fatal blood clots.
Ring 2:
-Can’t be removed
-improves wearers reaction, movement and thought speeds, but when worn too long, causes the blood to thin so much that the wea... |
237 | I stood before God and Satan. Good and Evil. They who created the rules that decided where the souls I reaped would go. Except, now there were no more souls. The last one was gone, and with that, it was time for this universe to end; and I was the reaper.
It’s hard to describe what God and Satan look like. Mortal wor... |
238 | "So tell me again why I should bother with the Rodrigo case?"
"He wants to speak to the man who sent him to prison."
Keith smirked and finished rolling his cigarette. He sat back in his chair and closed the pouch of tobacco, being careful not to spill its contents over his tidy desk. He grabbed his lighter, flicked ... |
239 | “Stringer Arrow!”
The side of my humble abode, Hilltop Hollow, now had a sizable hole in it. No matter, what else are stupid menial henchmen for, hmm? Fodder, and household work like this.
There is no one greater than I in the game of cat and mouse between good and evil. I am the cat, they are the oversized mice with... |
240 | "You don't need to do this." He's standing on the edge of a bridge, facing towards the policeman who is slowly edging towards him, trying to save his life. I know that he'll jump before the cop gets within arms reach though, unless he says something really clever.
"You don't understand the situation I'm in though," ... |
241 | It looked at me...
I looked at it...
In that moment the universe seemed to stand still; frozen in the horror of the moment.
Seven feet tall, standing crookedly upright on two reverse jointed appendages, its skin was a dirty, muddied crimson - ridged and scaled like that of a lizard. Huge leathery wings splayed from b... |
242 | Within the seemingly endless abyss, the purple skinned djinn opened his eyes as he felt the distant and familiar sensation of his prison entrance being opened. He was awakened from his forced slumber after years; How long it had he been asleep? He wasn't quite sure, but he knew one thing, he was glad to finally get out... |
243 | First time trying this, so here goes.
Some sounds in the background can only be heard by younger people, right? To most, it is simply a nuisance that generally fades away with age. The fact is, they are the equivalent of footsteps, but for spirits. With millennia of human history on the planet, it got simply so common... |
244 | *This is the way the world ends*
*This is the way the World ends*
*This is the way my World ended*
*Not with a bang, but a whimper.*
You wouldn't understand. Not that you wouldn't try of course, but even at your most admirable effort, you *couldn't* understand.
We could. Our minds had grown and evolved far beyond wha... |
245 | Dear diary: It is the 14th day of the month of lilacs, in the year of our lord 1562. A Knight in the Order of Saint Catherine (God rest her soul!) came to my door and demanded money and hospitality from me after my morning prayers. When I protested his uncouth behavior and politely requested that he show me the manners... |
246 | Dale stood with his mouth agape. Ketchup dripped onto his shirt. He was paralyzed.
There, on the other side of the busy street, was a grim spectre, a dark being dressed in robes of purest black, shrouded by an aura of fear and despair, and wielding the Tool of the Harvest, a tall, black-handled scythe.
Out of pure ... |
247 | So, the strangest thing has happened today.
My son’s name is Grastalis, after the ancient dragon lord of the same name. He is no dragon though, instead being a human who was left behind by barbarians who tried to destroy our kind. We have raised him as a Dragonborn, and one day hope to take him to the Elder Dragon at... |
248 | Her eyes burnt into me, with the kind of cold fury that would make lesser mortals tremble. "Why didn't you *tell* me?"
"Oh, I don't know," I snapped back at her. "Probably the same reason that you didn't tell me, the same reason my dad didn't tell my mum, 'by the way, I'm *that* Hephaestus", and the same reason that m... |
249 | No one knew what had happened at first. There was a snap heard throughout the world. Scientists assumed there was an impact or earthquake but there was no epicenter. Within an hour strange reports started to roll in.
An old man had fire raging on his lawn. A lawn that just yesterday was covered in two feet of snow. A... |
250 | "Hand Shake, Hand Shake, Hand Shake, but for some reason, when it gets to me, they give me a hug?"
"Dude, I think you're overthinking it"
"I'm not, Do you think they are trying to get on my good side?"
"There's probably another reason they always try to hug you. Its probably an Alien thing"
"I thought so too, but A... |
251 | You'd think that the Secret Service would have some clue about combat tactics, but apparently not. They were all bunched up around the President as bullet shields, and weren't even moving while Obama did his best to line up a sniper shot. One grenade was all it took, giving me an amazing killstreak and finally earning ... |
252 | *Ahhh, this is amazing. So much fun. I can feel my athletic ability increasing,* I thought to myself as I moved waywardly about the pool, oblivious to the world around me.
Curiosity struck me from nowhere: *I wonder if there are any bills to leave on the sidewalk?*
The postman should've delivered my bills by now, an... |
253 | The afterlife looks a lot like a diner. People come and go. Some eat. Most sit awkwardly, waiting for some signal to leave and move on to wherever it is they're going. Some chat to pass the time. Death isn't quite as simple as most people think.
I sit at my table, as I have for 7 years now, waiting for my signal. Nob... |
254 | The wheels of the hearse crunch against the gravel driveway as I make my way back to the funeral home that has been in my family for generations. The pallbearers had unloaded the casket from the vehicle leaving me to drive back to pick up my latest quarry.
I slip through the side door of the viewing room. A family pa... |
255 | **Hey! So some people wanted to see this story continued, which it has been. There are 3 parts all up on this thread, and I'll be continuing it even further over at /r/Gryphonflick. Thanks for reading!**
* * *
I guess it all began way back in 2002, when I was about 12 years old. I was riding my bike - the brand spank... |
256 | Horascar wielded the Blade of Infinite Sorrow.
The Silver Lion swung the Gleaming Axe of a Thousand Suns to incinerate foes by the thousand.
It was said Baruk's Obelisk Hammer could split the world in two.
​
Glen Faraday, a man small of stature and easy in disposition, had only a rusty revolver and a ... |
257 | "I'm taking him," God said, his great Hands reaching towards me into Hell.
"You can't, he's mine!" Lucifer hissed, flames rising around his rigid body. Back arched, fangs bared, claws extended, he raged.
"He *was* yours," God corrected the fallen angel. "But he saved the life of a child, and that is enough."
"It was... |
258 | "He has *how* many naughty points!?" Nick said, almost spitting out his pre-Christmas beer. "Accounting must have made a mistake, Ralph."
Ralph, the head gift elf, shook his head. Pointed ears wiggled slightly from side to side. "The grand ledger is never wrong. Jimmie Frost has been the naughtiest child we've ever se... |
259 | "No, you don't understand," I told the human. "I can't fulfill your wish."
"Why not?" she asked, hands akimbo. "I paid you my soul! Now get to work."
"But…" I stuttered. All I could do was panic. What would all the other demons of the Underworld think of me when they found out I'd granted this mortal's wish… to clean... |
260 | I was back in my seat, around six hours before the accident, watching the in-flight entertainment, and wondering how something like a plane crash could become so boring so quickly.
The plane loses an engine, all the warning lights start to go off, the plane tilts down, a smell of smoke, and I'm back here. Every time.
... |
261 | “Hey,” Jack’s mom put a gentle hand on her son’s shoulder. “It’s gonna be fine, you’ll have a great time.”
Jack remained silent, his eyes idly tracking the rise and fall of the telephone wires that raced alongside the car.
His mom returned her hand to the steering wheel and the pair continued on in a silence she was ... |
262 | I faultered and stepped back quickly.
"Uh, did I do something wrong? " It was my date, staring at me like I had grown 2 horns out of my nose.
**Possible, but not probable.**
He looked hurt. And in all fairness, he probably had every right to feel like that. He had generously took me to dinner at a very nice restau... |
263 | After twelve millennia of hiding in the caves deep under the arctic ice shelf, the Mnug ark ship hummed to life once again. The light filtering through the ice changed from azure to the color of radioactive sludge as the ship’s engines fired up. Even in here, a cave that had held for *centuries*, drops of water pitter-... |
264 | Dear Sam,
If you find this note, it means that I have moved from this life to the next. You are very dear to my heart, brother. I hope you can find it in yourself to some day forgive me for the confession contained in this letter, and for not having the courage to tell you in life.
You have done incredible things. ... |
265 | At just past noon on a scorching July day, Leah and Adam sat on a bench outside the ancient county courthouse. A small pool of sweat gathered under Adam's shirt as his tie seemed to squeeze ever more tightly around his neck. Attempting to balance a number of case files placed haphazardly to his side, he hopelessly atte... |
266 | It was strange when they opened the door to the new family member, I was excited to meet them, a bit nervous but overall excited.
It was going to change so much, for the past 40 years it had just been us three, mum and dad who did everything they could to look after me and my little brother who came in a little later,... |
267 | Justice Ranger quietly sneaked up across the plains, slowly making his way to the the lair of Professor Evil, his arch nemesis. The Professor has always been one step ahead of the Ranger, but this time, the Ranger was certain he would have the upper hand.
As calculated, the Professor was busy concocting his next evil ... |
268 | The condemned man was a giant. Six foot seven, bulging muscles and a barrel chest. His rough skin was crisscrossed with tattoos, even his shining bald head. On his back, an ink masterpiece of angel wings was marred by scars. As he shuffled into the warden's office, constrained by the tight manacles, his green eyes burn... |
269 | To my dear love Ophelia,
I don't know when you will be reading this, but if you are, I must already be at the bottom of the lake. Do you remember? The secret lake I took you to in, I suppose, our first official date? You came crying to me in the middle of a wintry night; your eyes tearing wildly, yet still like soft r... |
270 | There's another reality laying just beyond the fringe of darkness, tucked away in a dreamscape inaccessible to the woken mind. Don't ask me too much about it; I don't lucid dream and I don't do drugs. I don't meditate and I'm not tripping right now. Unreliable narration? Possible. But I promise I'm not crazy and anybod... |
271 | It wasn't the weapon of mass destruction we were expecting.
It took decades of patience, of hoping we'd never have to take our eyes off of it it. Russia and the US scrambled to settle their silly tariff disputes and properly partition Ukraine, and meanwhile we just kept sticking plutonium rods into the pot.
It all st... |
272 | Power, control, bureaucracy. Once the fun of conquering the world is passed, there is nothing left but the tedium of maintaining control. Occasionally, quashing a well organized rebellion is entertaining, but no matter how well or how complete you make your control the pleasure fades within a few decades.
The senseles... |
273 | It’s been a long 87 years. A long lonely 87 years. It’s not like I didn’t try either. But as I get ready for bed now, with the help of the nurse at my side and not knowing if I will wake up, my mind drifts to a happier time.
I was 18 when I got my first job. I worked as the janitor for a factory. Held that job for 20... |
274 | There was nowhere left to run. The shop had given way to the street. The street had led to an alley. And the alley led to nothing but a dead end. He had all the hallmarks of a trapped animal, back pressed against a metaphoric and physical wall. His eyes kept on flicking back to me and the axe in my hand.
"I know," I s... |
275 | Bale’s blue eyes widened when he scooped up Violet, his favorite hen, from her straw nest. An egg, the color of honey, rested next to Violet’s other clay-brown eggs, but about three times their size. “My goodness Violet!” He held up the hen to his freckled, tan face. “Where did you get that?” Violet parted her beak and... |
276 | "Yes, hello Mr. Trump," the man spoke softly as he bade the visitor welcome.
"*President* Trump, and thank you. It's a beautiful day, you know, I don't think there's been a day this beautiful."
"My apologies," the man mumbled as they both sat down on a pair of soft, leather chairs in an otherwise dusty living room. T... |
277 | The forest was thick and impenetrable. Its tangled branches and deep shadows obscured the danger within. Brave Sir Robert leaned on his sword, contemplating.
"Well, Sir Rufford, it seems we must be on with it. There's a dragon in there. I know it." Robert turned to regard Rufford, who sat solemnly on the ground t... |
278 | The King sat outside during High Noon, where he would have normally enjoyed quite a delicious meal with his soon-to-be-wife, Talia. But Talia was killed in a raid on a village that she was visiting, the savage barbarians doing terrible things to the people. The King tried to push the thoughts from his head, but they ke... |
279 | "Excuse me..."
"Happiness and assorted Bliss is on floor two, on the left. If you hit Yearning, you've gone too far."
"No I'm... I'm after something different."
I paused, making sure my bookmark was secure before gently closing the heavy tome. I lowered my spectacles to the bridge of my nose to peer at the child bef... |
280 | Many people have told me it was a birthmark. Most of them were medical specialists. Yet, I always had a sneaking suspicion that it something much more sinister.
Obviously, I was not oblivious to the fact that it was very similar to the barcodes that most products have on them. It was mostly a thought that I chose not ... |
281 | Homeless. Nothing in my pockets but lint. I'm living under an overpass, a refrigerator box and a ratty coat all that's between me and the rain.
*push*
I'm on a beach. Why am I on a beach? New/old memories start to creep in as the universe settles around me. I'm on the run. From what? The sun is starting to set and fe... |
282 | ##Hole in the Wall
It is a lonely bar that sits in the middle of a desert. It sits in the middle of a bustling city constantly surrounded by people who walk by it. It sits in an old strip-mall where half of the shops have been closed for the past five years. It sits in the middle of a small town.
It is everywhere th... |
283 | Why the fuck do you have to be so goddamned beautiful, for fucks sake. Seriously, I can't stop fucking thinking about you and it's driving me insane.
If only you were a bitch, seriously I've wished that you were one of those girls I'll never know. The girls who pull faces when I talk to them or ignore me as they strut... |
284 | As Hax made his way to the delegation table, he brought with him Hale 9001. The first A.I. to be built without any problems. As he sat down, a holographic display expanded to show a room full of similarly seated holograms throughout the delegation room. Small yet powerful speakers were built into each seat to allow for... |
285 | Samuel tossed back a beer as he scanned through the letter that had appeared in his mail that morning. He saw the name that was, by now, familiar to everyone on Earth: Moira.
He knew what he was supposed to do. Hand the letter over to the government. Hell, to anybody who had the slightest inkling on how to avert the ... |
286 | The prisoner was humiliated, escorted inside the church like a cattle-- shackled and bounded. His name and reputation had been dragged over the mud for his unforgivable heresy against God and the church as whole.
Inside the office awaited cardinal Robert Bellarmine of the Catholic church-- the face and voice of the ch... |
287 | The screen blared with the target, a politician, a local senator, cooped up in a small house, the goal, is assassination.
However, I have my tools, I’m ready to bust in there, and knock some heads, Immediately I begin preparation.
I scroll through Amazon, and select some items and order, now I’m ready to make my a... |
288 | I was dying in the middle of nowhere.
Well, I guess that idiom makes no sense, the more I think about it. You can't be *nowhere*, right? No matter where you are, you're somewhere, even if it's a somewhere that specializes in a whole lot of nothing.
That's the more accurate description, I suppose, though it doesn't ... |
289 | Jean swept away what may have been the billionth dust molecule of the day. He ignored the snickers of the people walking past. It was embarrassing, a young dude like himself sweeping the front of a shop day in and day out. He could have joined a crew and made decent money or maybe found a job that offered proper wages... |
290 | The Sandorian welcoming party had been standing outside the airlock in the large corridor for some time, and the offspring of the ship's commander was growing impatient.
"What's taking so long? Why haven't they come aboard yet?" It inquired in a language foreign to any human being.
It gazed up at the large, gooey e... |
291 | The man next to me is naked and not the slightest bit embarrassed about it. I must say, I myself don't feel quite comfortable, naked, surrounded by about twenty strangers, both male and female. A handful of Asian-looking women hurry up the grassy hill towards a clump of bushes.
​
I turn to the man next to ... |
292 | Ping.
'Hi, my name is Julie and I've been married to my husband Paul for twelve years. Thing have been off in my marriage recently and I can't help but feel that my husband hasn't been acting himself. I never thought I'd be the person to do this, but could you investigate his whereabouts this weekend? I'm out of town ... |
293 | They told me I was special. They told me I was the chosen one.
All the stars in the sky exploded into a brilliant burst of light. Then, the ground I was standing on also blew up. I didn't feel so special then. Everyone and everything was dead, and all that was left was me, floating in eternal darkness.
A year passe... |
294 | When my patience runs out, my methods become less elegant.
Seventy-eight years in the form of a paunchy little pastor. I'd named him Tiarnach Rice, and I'd taken him from coast to coast, Belarus to Belize, Cape Town to Mexico City—everywhere short of the poles. (I can't corrupt what doesn't live.)
At each... |
295 | "Have you come to bring the potatoes?' The question spoken by the black haired man wearing an apron wasn't really a question at all. It was a query both sides knew the answer to, articulated in a tone that was devoid of all emotion.
The question still made the second man furious. This man was dressed in white robes an... |
296 | "Alchemy is an ancient and refined art" the Wizard said, proudly gesturing to the hand mortar, blunderbuss, and pistols strapped to his right side. "but the greatest discovery ever made was that of black powder. No one is certain of its origins, but through the combination of sulfur, charcoal, and niter, few foes can t... |
297 | \[Magic Words\]
“What's your goal for the first wish?" Jeannie asked. The mid-30s wish lawyer spent most of her early life resenting her name. She grew up on an Earth where genies were common. Kids would give her non-stop 'wishes' on the playground. In her college years, the 'wishes' became more obnoxious. Until she r... |
298 | Dorothea Wimbley was a woman of convictions: She went to church when it suited her, worked double shifts at the library when she could, and devoted as much time as possible to her daughter, Polly. That devotion to encouraging her imagination is what had gotten the two—now three of them into this mess.
Prolly had staye... |
299 | I wasn't completely sure why, but boredom had begun to set in. Raiding towns, stealing livestock, plundering treasure; it was all quite fun. The occasional knight climbing to my high eyrie,, for a spot of interesting challenge.
But the monotony, that had begun to get to me. Playing with the knights before slaying the... |
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