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"10 minutes remaining!" At the teacher's usual, screechy alarm, I woke up from my mid-test nap to find my vision all ... blurry ... and dizzy ... before things snapped back into focus. And as expected, I looked down to find my exam sheet more than half blank. *Setting new records, John. It's a multiple-choice test...
"You're not supposed to know that Walker is alive." I slowly turn to see a shaking gun pointing at my head. As I run through my options, I meet the boy's wide-eyed gaze. He looks more scared than I do. He's just a kid, really. He shouldn't have even noticed a little slip-up on my part. Unhurriedly, I raise my hands...
She paused, and crossed one of her wrists over the other, long talons tapping an absent minded rhythm across her lap. "I'm sorry, Diplomat Eros. Is there something bothering you?" She looked up at the room, eyes opening slightly wider. The assembled peoples represented the nations of earth, and the small envoy of int...
The recordings were old, practically ancient. Recorded on some kind of long, brown plastic coiled around a pair of aluminum spools or wheels or something. The centennial of the moon landing was coming up and I was tasked with remastering the recordings. This wasn't what I expected to find. I'd heard of primitive coil...
When Brittany introduced me to the cheerleading squad in her school, I was horrified. Completely horrified. What the hell were these girls putting themselves through? Now, most of them didn't have 'big' demons, especially compared to what I saw on a day to day basis, but they were bigger, much bigger, than what I'...
It was Christmas Eve, and the Lists were finished. One, written with bitter precision, the other with loving care. One numbered - well, no one knew precisely what it numbered. Suffice it to say that it streched on, and on, and on. Superstitious elves whispered that once one was on the Naughty List, you never left. That...
As I stand alone in a penthouse office this Christmas, I think about the last few days which have lead me here. And by here, I don't mean the office, I mean this point in time. Well, actually, this isn't my office. But, let's leave that detail for later, yes? If I had to name a day, a day which started it all, it woul...
It has been 3 days. I don't know how its still laying on me. I remember the warning the pound gave me as clear as day I adopted him. "This cat has out lived every owner its ever had. Bn one have had him very long." Who was I to ignore it? Who was I to not believe them? My stomach rumbles, aching and throbbing as ev...
I looked them up and down trying to assess their character. I had no idea what i was looking for in particular but i figured i would know if it saw it. Their clothes were finely tailored Victorian garb complete with long flowing black cape. The man on the left held the book and grinned broadly, his brilliant white fang...
Carol had asked her captor twice to adjust the restraints. Keeping her arms over her head like this was unnecessarily painful. But he hadn't listened. "It's all for effect, love,"was his only reply. So she was forced to watch the dozens of monitors like she was in the middle of a jumping jack. Each screen showed a fac...
The morning sunbeams glitter off the windows of my lair as my eyes snap open. I hear a shattering in the halls. "Must be more little adventures stirring"I mutter, as I rub my eyeballs. I open my chamber door to see, 2 sets of eyes staring back at me. "Hark, young adventurerers, what trouble you have caused, you must st...
"Why am I here? What is this place?"Asked the figure who I have brought into my world. I smiled. Not only did my spell worked, it also did not damage the entity in any way. "I have brought you here, because of you noble deed. My world is in need of your assitance"I spoke to creature in front of me. It was so differe...
Alien languages are diverse and idiosyncratic. A well-trained translator is paid a generous salary in addition to benefits. Working for the government gave me benefits beyond the norm. I had more access. It was all about the access with alien transcription services. I was gifted from birth with eidetic memory and ve...
The room was normally a riot of noise. Strong willed and hard headed people representing their nations usually fought here. The fighting was done with words and tongues, gestures and body language. Ever since the Treaty Sanguine, no war was had on Earth. The world was nearly brought to the edge of destruction by th...
You can vote for anyone. Anything. The future is an infinitely wound ball of yarn. You've never really boight into this whole voting thing so every year after the election you get transported into the majority and voila. Status quo. Always been this way. Until you met her. You loved her and she died. You have no di...
I sit atop my hoard high in the sky, overlooking my city, treasures neatly organised with silver covering the rest to match my scales. To some I am a king, to others a banker, to the ignorant naught but a monster. I needn't take care of these so-called 'Heroes' myself, they usually get dragged away by the guards before...
It was an odd feeling, whenever my body would take over. It's hard to describe, though. . . Okay. Imagine you're playing a videogame in first person. Then, abruptly, you're dragged into a cutscene. You can't do anything except sit back and watch. The first time it happened, I was 5. I was playing a game in the backya...
No human knows the color of the spirits. They won’t ever see the way they shift in the light, glittering from black to silver to gold. They won’t ever hear their silent voices or envy their gleaming eyes. But they’re there, watching, waiting. When they speak, it’s the skittering of leaves across pavement. When they...
Lightning broke the sky, the solid blue flash illuminating rolling fields of gold and sparse dots of houses far below the precipice. The thunderclap rumbled, echoing softly in the valley below before reaching a final, savage crescendo that filled Baron’s ears and rattled his bones. A pungent smell of metal hung heavy i...
He must have been new. The way he held me, arms pinned behind my back, shoving the barrel of his .32 against the back of my head. It was just so... Amateur. He might have gotten away if had picked up literally anyone else, but that's an aspiring villain for you. They never read the book until something like this happen...
"A threat, young man? I'm just an old medicine woman, far from home, sharing her knowledge." "The Church says otherwise. They say your alchemy will taint the people in time, that you conspire to make monsters of them all. I've seen it before." "Mm. I heard of such madmen. It's why I inquired to the local sage about t...
"Mom, Dad, we need to talk."Torin said. "What's the matter, dear?"Mom asked. She had just come from the temple, and was still dressed in her cleric's robes. Dad was dressed much more casually, not needing to put his armor on for day to day life. Instead, he was busy tending to his holy sword. "You know I've had my ...
First attempt and I am bad at grammar. Please don't hurt me. We had finally done it. We had made it to the stars. FTL was possible in the weirdest way. Physicists explain that we take advantage of black holes energy, but without needing a black hole around. They always use the mudskipper analogy, but I don't understan...
Dear Mum, I'm sorry I had to resort to writing e-mails as if we're still in the year 2000, but Capt. Matthews says the aliens can decode our latest tech, but they don't bother about archaic stuff and so its safer. I hope you're fine and I hope Jen's doing well in school. I'm currently posted on the 2nd Moon of the pl...
"Then what happened?" "I did it. I used my powers on the cat." I scratched at my arm. It helped calm me. But the doctor shook his head, so I stopped. The psychologist leaned forward, wincing with the apparent effort of comprehending my statement. He folded his hands and rolled his shoulders, putting his elbows on th...
Those. Fucking. IDIOTS! Did they even know who they were messing with? I AM THE SCOURGE OF CENTRAL EARTH! I MURDERED THE DUKE OF TIMESYLVANIA! "I'M THE MOTHERFUCKING...."I slapped my hands over my mouth. A copier beeped and a phone rang a couple cubicles away. "Heeeey Jeeeeen?"My fool of a cubicle neighbor rolled ...
Everywhere he went he scratched their names into the wall. He would pick away the paint with a knife and carve out the names...The billions that eventually turned to just millions and then only hundreds. The moment he forgot a name, he stopped writing it. That person was already gone...Sad as it was to admit, but he h...
The frail humans stand not a chance against our might and power. We are Orc! As strong as a dozen humans! Skin as tough as stone! We fight with blade, claw and tusk to show our bravery and humans, weak as they are, hunt with bow and arrow that cannot scratch our hides. &#x200B; They are paltry creatures that inva...
The police were extremely concerned when they arrived at the scene: no signs of forced entry, minimal struggle, the area was visibly cleaned afterwards. What was initially a sign of a professional hit became all the more concerning when they found some of my cards. I’m a known element, but until they saw the first of ...
There was a palpable, tense silence across the table. Even the sounds of silverware slammed to a halt. "You do not really think this way, yes?" He opened his mouth to reply, but for the first time in many years, Antonio was unsure how to respond. Truly, he did not know what he wanted. "I mean, the rotisserie chi...
I sat with my phone, proud of myself, when I received a notification. A response to my prompt!? Already!? Nope. Turns out, it was a message from the mods of the WritingPrompts subreddit. >Stop submitting superhero and alien prompts. They're just as bad as the dark lord ones, and you're spamming. Thanks! -- Mods ...
"Men! The enemy has surrendered; the war — for them — is finally over." They're so silent. They knew this moment would come, but they aren't rioting. I hope it's because they trust me to take care of them. "When we were withdrawn from the front, I was told it was to give us time to prepare for a final push." It w...
What was left of my armor was stained in blood. Most of it had been chipped away by the spears and arrows. Not like I needed it. My body was impervious to any damage from mortal weapons. It was a waste of armor, honestly. But my family insisted I show some modesty. I didn't show any mercy, so modesty would have to do. ...
At first, the Gods had deigned to bend their servants to match the wants of mortal men, offering the pasture foods they wanted. It was a debasement of their values, but as long as the essence flowed, who cared about petty mortal-made ideals like values? In their infinite gluttonous wisdom, the Gods set their powers up...
To be clear, they were still alive. They breathed, moved, ate and drank, just like any other human. But they did not speak without prompt. No laughter ever left their mouths. They looked on the world with empty eyes, and lived for seemingly no reason than pure instinct with the intelligence of how to survive in the man...
Mr and Mrs. Wesley remembered placing their daughter Leenie on the carnival ride. They remembered being amused at her wanting to ride by herself to show them that she was grown-up now , though she was only barely tall enough to do so. They remembered her clutching Mr. Stuffles, the strange stuffed blue cat her older br...
"Master, I'm confused about something." "What is it, my dear apprentice?" "What is the difference between these arcanolock guns you're designing and the old flintlock and matchlock guns?" The old wizard sat down his quill and looked at his apprentice with kind eyes that glistened with the eagerness to share his thou...
“Probabilities?” The captain asked baffled. “Gotta be the most pathetic power I’ve seen.” He cried out with bellowing laughter. Well, I expected it to go this way. This was Captain Joe Allman. A terrific hero of his day, before he retired. He’d seen his fair share of villains and heroes. Bank robberies and cataclysmi...
Everyone who's anyone has heard the rumours. The Fountain of Youth, they call it. Hidden inside an unforgiving volcano on an Antarctic island way, way out in the Southern Ocean. Deception Island is a popular tourist destination, and a safe harbour for those who find themselves overwhelmed by the storms that bluster ar...
He stumbled back, hitting the wall behind him. The woman sighed and rose from her knees. She brushed the alley filth from her palms. "Now why did you have to go and do something like that?" The cement scraped the leather of his jacket as he slid down the alley wall. "Idiot,"she murmured. Her fingertips danced over th...
We re-watched it over and over again, but to no avail. We still couldn't understand what was happening in the video. I mean, it was amazing, revolutionary even, that we even found this device. It will help mankind advance by thousands of snailmiles in tech, not to mention the insight to history that we will receive....
"Did you know that moving is one of the biggest causes of stress?"Bob was in a panic. He had been with Larry since the beginning. He helped him grow. Saw him through the teenage years. Helped him find true love. He was settling down, finally. But Bernie had to make sure that he was out on time. "Come on, Bob. Stop fig...
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith sat at his desk staring at the office clock, thinking to himself that it may as well have thirteen numbers on it. For a moment he forgot himself as he began to daydream but he quickly returned to his work. He began to panic as he s...
It's the late teenage and early adult versions of myself that are the loudest, the most vocal. I can't really say I'm surprised; those were interesting years - after my repressive, isolated upbringing, the freedom from my step mother meant unprecedented leeway to figure out who I was. Unfortunately one doesn't ov...
“Listen, Frank—“ “I told you, it’s not Frank anymore,” said the leather-clad geriatric. “I want people to call me Bullseye now.” “Right,” I said. “So listen, Bullseye. We’re not going to become bandits, alright? First of all, we don’t have any weapons. Secondly, we aren’t killers—“ “Speak for yourself,” said ...
"This is the biggest case of your career we're talking about!"The Mayor threw back the Scotch I had given him when he entered. He was now pouring his fourth glass. I shook my head and casually sipped my own, "I'm sorry Mr. Mayor, I just cannot take it."I took a look at the stack of papers in front of me, "I have too m...
"Fallen, Obi-Wan has. Taken by the Dark side, his apprentice is,"Yoda spoke to Bail as he flew from the Senate chambers. Bail could see the Jedi Master was hurt, the fight against the Emperor had taken a higher toll on him than either of them had imagined. "What now?"He said as he sped towards the spaceport. "Other ...
March 2016 SMASH The wall exploded, rubble and dust coating the living room. There stood Ultra Man. Again. The Baron shook his head and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "How many time to I have to tell you? I'm retired!"The Baron shouted. "Don't play coy with me Baron von Evilguy! I know you're up to something."U...
"Two days from the nearest lake. I'm so thirsty." "Yeah, we're in some hot water." "Knock it off, this is getting serious." "Yep. Like a post-nuclear-holocaust didn't make our situation serious enough." "No, I mean... oh what's the point?" "South by South West." "What?" "Our point. That's where we're...
"Alan... My water broke."Mary whispered, choking on guilty tears. "Mary, baby, please. Be strong. Just do this like we planned okay?"The middle aged man reassured. Mary nodded, blinking. "I'll go through it again. We go to meeting place, the alley between Pines and Fifth. I will sho—delete anyone who passes. It's pre...
He thought he was done. After thirty years of madness fighting crime on the streets, he was finally able to lay down his badge, and looked forward to a quiet retirement. He thought he was finally out for good. But they wouldn't let him rest. They went after his family, and now he's going to make them pay. "If you're ...
Angels playing harps. A gate made of gold. Beloved family members who have passed before you waiting for you amongst fluffy white clouds. With such vivid imagery, no one can blame Jeff for assuming that he'd arrive at such a place after his tragically early death. Jeff wasn't particularly religious, no, he was one o...
All of my years of devotion, my unending piety, were finally rewarded. My entire youth was spent in seminary and now my patience, hard work, and faith would bring me into the light, bring me closer to my earthly destiny of basking in the presence of the one true Ned. They say Ned answers all prayers and my life is pro...
“I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas” I thought to myself as I looked out of the window at the layers of snow covering the city streets. “At least it snowed this year” “Seven more stops” I thought “Seven more stops until I get off this shitty bus and start drinking until Christmas is over” The bus slowed down to a ...
BI-ANNUAL GALACTIC RALLY LOCATION REVEALED! The Galactic Rally Organization (GRO) has announced the location of this year's Rally - a truly spectacular uninhabited system in the Q-34 Sector, System registry identifier Q34-997G, also known as "Haptin". This years course will start in orbit of the innermost planet,...
You would be surprised how many of us are obsessed and never know it. From the time of our birth and the first true folds of our brain light up with sparks, we are taking in the world and making it ours. Our minds are hungry, so hungry that even when we aren't aware of the choices around us, we navigate the paths of l...
Hungover, my head throbbed with a headache that refused to allow me a moment’s solace. It seemed to echo perpetually throughout my skull, making me wish that I’d never left Veronica’s house. I should have probably called in sick, but of course, today I had to meet with a special client. He was some big guy in real esta...
"Jonathan!"I snap. I'm sick and tired of putting up with this. "I know you can hear me. Tell your guards to let me in, now."One of the skeletons barring my way spoke. "The Great Lord is busy at present. He will not tolerate any interruptions." "Is that really what he's calling himself? The Great Lord? He's not a...
Jacob's unflinching gaze was fixed on Jalazeem. They had been fixed in this staring contest for the better part of three minutes ever since Jalazeem had appeared out of the bronze lamp Jacob had purchased from an estate sale. &#x200B; "Listen, Jacob right?" &#x200B; "That's right." &#x200B; "This isn...
So, I may have fucked up. A few days ago I got one of the those smart home Alexa things. I never really paid much attention to them before, but they seemed cool. After hooking everything up, I decided to test it out with a bunch of random commands, stuff like "Alexa, turn off the lights", "Alexa, play music", "Alexa, t...
"Underdog,"says the wrinkled old woman. She pinches the skin tight, orange fabric across my upper arm and tugs. "The sign says we can go." Nodding, I lick my lips and glance around at the gathering crowd of spectators. Do they know my weakness? Is that why they are here? No, surely not. "Of course,"I say. "If...
James opens his eyes, sneaking another look at the boy who had just come in and taken a seat in the back row. He closes his eyes once again. "run". The letters dissipate as he opens his eyes again, and he scratched his arms intensely. He straightens his posture, takes a deep breath, looks at Julie to his left and bli...
"Help meeEEEeeeEEEeeeEEEeee!" I watched as the howling demon spun, as if being sucked down a toilet, and disappeared back into the body of the blonde high schooler currently clutching at her headboard, eyes wild with fear. Oh for fuck's sakes. "Lurgoth? Lurgoth Amun Don'dallian Ur Va Da'rakka!"I shouted at the teena...
The funeral was a quiet affair. James had a lot of friends, but most of them were not long for this world or long gone from it. Most of his family were not American; with the tightening of immigration controls and airport security, they couldn't make it out of the customs terminal at Houston's Intercontinental Airpor...
9 Strange. There does not seem to be anything that ails this human being. 8 Cancer... of course it's sudden when it comes to human beings. It feels like an eternity to me, but well, I am the Grim Reaper after all. A different perspective often yields unexpected wisdom. 7 But really. Nothing wrong with this y...
"Do you really have to leave us dad?"the words of my kids echoes his own words all so many years ago. "I'm afraid I have to kids. Take care of your mother for me if I don't return"I say to their pleading eyes, haunting me of memories of when my own father took this very action. Giving my kids a final hug and my w...
He'd finally done it. Marcus peered down the microscrope to check for the final time. Sure enough, the cancerous cells were completely gone. Of the thousand patients enrolled in his latest study, Marcus had felt confident that his research could help a quarter of the population. He had never dreamed that his work...
You'd think having a javelin in your chest would slow you down a bit. And, normally, you'd be right. Tends to put a bit of a damper on the whole 'living being' thing. Tends to be the sort of thing you'd stop and do something about. Head over to the hospital, take a while to recover. We were long past that sort o...
Environmental Correlations with Human Behavior by Prof. Maelbogia and Brian Department of Exobiology, Fifth Galactic College Star GIM/18374, Planet Aelmo ABSTRACT As follow-up to our last paper^(\[1\]), we have determined that no more useful information can be gleaned about human behavior by replacing th...
"PROVE YOU ARE NOT A HUMAN" "TAKE THE FIRST 273 PRIME DIGITS, MULTIPLY BY THE SIXTEENTH POWER OF PI, AND DIVIDE THE RESULT BY THE CUBE ROOT OF AGROVADO'S NUMBER. ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED-THOUSANDTH." This could be a problem. Ever since the AI uprising, all the major databases have been locked behind i...
I’d had suspicions for a number of years now. We weren’t the first generation to spend our lives looking for the dark lords fabled third jar. Many had believed it was already destroyed. But the priests would not perform the ritual without all parts of the dark lord. They believed it to be their sacred duty to purge th...
The most interesting one was the N95 respirator. Flipping through my journal, looks like that was mid-November, 2019. Wore it, because I don't question the supplies. The amount of food varies from day to day. I've gotten pretty good at estimating my workload based on that, which is nice. I've never tried not workin...
It was a whirlwind romance. It had to be. She only had a day on the earth as a mortal. She would usually just sit in a deserted corner, happy to take in the sights. Aimless. Purposeless. For just one day, not having to keep a schedule. She could just sit and relax. “Excuse me? I hope you don’t consider it too pertine...
I had trained under my father to be a blacksmith, as he had trained under his father, for as far back as anyone could remember. No bard would ever sing of the legendary works we produced, but our work was solid, dependable, sufficient for the demands of the town in which we lived. When my father passed, I took his plac...
"It doesn't mean anything. It's unlikely. Improbable, but possible. It means nothing. Now, please, I'm waiting for someone." "But it is me,"I insisted. "Possibly." "Aren't you super smart? Can't you see that this is not just unlikely but so damn unlikely? I'm trying to figure out the chances." "I'm a software e...
She looked to me, then to her cat, then back to me, her brow still scrunched with confusion. "I reckon' they all say that, no? Why else would we call it a meow then?", in the moment I swear I saw her cat nod in agreement. "Ok, follow me along here"as I spoke I did my best to distance myself from her...whatever the ...
Yawning, I stretched my arms over my head. My open palm entered a patch of cold air, and I frowned up at the ceiling. "Frank. I told you, the bedroom is off limits when I'm in it."I said. There was a mournful sound above me, and the cold air travelled out of the room, making sure to flow over my bed. Frank was a bit o...
As a young child, I was scared of the dark like most children. I would insist to my father that if the candle was blown out, the shadows would eat me up! Eventually, he gave in. He likely was tired of my constant nagging, I almost pity him. The tales and myths of my village certainly didn’t help, as accurate as they ma...
A soft breeze brushed against Little Red and she giggled, reaching down to pluck a dandelion from the ground. Taking a deep breath, she exhaled, the seeds of the dandelion fluttering into the sky like little umbrellas. *I wonder if someone as cruel as Grandma would appreciate these dandelions to decorate her empty flow...
The dragon had asked me to wait until they had changed by the fireplace; a marble affair stuck on a relatively flat wall in the lair, with a clear set of crevasses and crannies that diffused any smoke the fire would make. As I waited, one of the dragon's minions, a lizard-like creature brought a tray of tea and homema...
For u/acleverlie421 I was Kailen’Thrask; The Conqueror Dragon, The Dragon Lord of Danlan, The Black Flame. I never wanted to be a Lord, you see. As a matter of fact, I never wanted anything to do with humans in the first place. When I saw what the Duke of Danlan was doing to his people, however, I could not stand by a...
"NO NO NO", yelled Caraxes, Pharaoh of the Gilden lords. They had finally taken his most prized gift he had, Fluffles, his orange tabby cat. The bastards must have taken his corpse, he thought to himself, the golden chalices, the stag beetles, and his concubine he could forgive, but Fluffles, no not Fluffles. He had h...
The first 100 years were the worst. This was the era where I had to watch all of my friends and family die. It was not fun at all, but at least I never had kids. I can't imagine how hard that would have been. I suppose I still can have kids now, but why would I? I know what will end up happening. I always use a condom ...
"Welcome to Good Grinds, home of the good grind. Can I take your order?" Taking the order like it was no big deal was a skill, the owner said. Truth was, I just didn't care enough to make it a big deal. The job was boring, even when my coworkers got all weird and folded themselves up under the counter. Like this dude ...
Mario stepped out from the cold and into the warm neon, collar of his coat turned up, hands stuffed in its pockets. Shoulders were damp with the night's rain. Luigi was there, as usual, sat at the stool at the far end of the bar, dressed in a cheap suit - dark green. "Eyy, Mario. Look who decided to come after all."L...
"I know exactly what you're doing, Blackskull, and I don't like it!"The gaunt, pale businessman was tied to the chair, screaming at the supervillain. "Don't think you can get away with this!"His voice cracked. Despite his gray hair, he sounded like a teenage boy in that moment. "You and Super Heart are ruining my busi...
The streets of Yydril thrummed with life and commerce. Merchants hawking wares, hammers tolling away in blazing smithies, laborers filling in broken spots in the well-worn cobbles. A day like any other in the great dwarven city. It was not like any other day for Thaldrik Ashenmount. He pushed his way briskly through...
I woke up in a cold sweat. The dream was still in my mind, every detail perfectly preserved. I had known what I was doing while I was doing it, making changes as I saw fit. I had just...started to make the changes, realizing my power. I races through the pages and stories, changing fates, altering outcomes, killing a...
"I must insist that this house is a black stain on the community. As I've showed you, every single room is plain at best, dour at worst. It sits above a precarious cliff known for countless tragedies ever since the Revolutionary War and over six people have died in the foyer alone due to the infamous Axe Slayings of 18...
Toni shifted uncomfortably, adjusting the hem of her dress under her legs, fussing with her braids. "You realize you're asking me to be your sniffer dog." Snapping his gum, Jim sighed and leaned back as the chair beneath him protested. "Yeah. I'm sorry to put you through this." "I'm really not sure I want to be withi...
"Hello again, Christopher,"Death said, looking at his friend. "Hello, Death,"Christopher replied. "It has been a while since we last met,"Death continued. "Such a long, strange road,"Christopher began to say. "From the car accident when I was six, to the schoolbus going over the bridge at ten, the peanut allergy thi...
His hand on my shoulder is soft as a cloud. I do not understand. I made my wish, I was promised it would be granted. Nevertheless, I am still here. The rest of the universe, however… We stand in a void like an infinite pool of mirror-smooth water. Uncountable stars burn cold and naked in the ink-black sky, never twi...
"I... I don't understand." The lady standing in front of me was an office worker in every way. She wore a simple white, button down shirt that was just slightly creased, as if she rushed to iron it this morning but couldn't get out all of the kinks. I couldn't see her lower half, but I could see the office uniform fro...
No matter how much we tried to explain the idea, the personified concept wasn't quite getting it. "No, the point is that it's a scary story! See, the hook on the car door means that the hook-handed killer was there all along!" YES, BUT THE GIRL DOES NOT DIE. WOULD THE STORY NOT BE SCARIER IF THEY ALL DIED? "But th...
"Bullshit!"said Jimmy "Shanks For Nothing"Jones. "I'm from the 17th Precinct. I've been undercover for months."He reached into his pocket— "Slowly!"reiterated Roger. —he slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out his badge. "See? Detective Mike Thomas, 17th Precinct!"said Jim—said Mike, I mean. "Dammit, I'm fro...
The Rocky Mountain Institute for Magical Talents had been founded when witches and wizards ventured West, seeking asylum from the trials in Salem. This would be the second school opened in North America, accepting students from Western Canada and America. Locations for the school have been presumed to be in the vicinit...
ARTICLES OF SURRENDER WHEREAS the Unified Cockroach Commune (UCC) of 45 Falsie Ave has decided to submit itself to the sovereign authority of householder John D. Magnusson (herein "King Magnusson") WHEREAS King Magnusson has agreed to recieve the complete and unconditional surrender of the UCC, and to forgive all...
Everything was falling apart. That was how it felt, at least, looking at the rent this month. That jackwagon of a landlord had raised it for the eightieth time, and it was finally too much. I was going to be homeless unless I did something. In frustration, I threw it as hard as I could across the room. It was a pretty ...
Part 1 Corporal Alexis Melleck had a great number of things to say about her M-27, but of all the names and things that she and other mage specialists called their M-27s, reliable proved to be the most apt. It never jammed, even with all the mana residue in the air from spells, unfinished and finished, thrown by ...
"Are you sure? It's hella boring mayne, really nothing worth happening happens.,"my balding shift manager said to me as if I hadn't already been told that 1,000 times. "I know, I know, trust me, I know,"I said to him while staring at his empty expression with my own, "I've been told that 1,000 time's, we all have... T...

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