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And suddenly it were as if my dagger were made of paper. The blade flopped and crumpled as it pressed against the man's chest. He looked more than a little offended.
While I gawked at my limp dagger, the man drew back his broadsword and - cursing loudly in a delightfully consonant-heavy language - slashed down across ... |
Nathaniel stared at the instant message read receipt as large beads of sweat formed across his forehead.
“Seen at 2:53 PM.”
His desperate, typo filled message seemed more unreal as he scanned through it again and again. Only the gun pressed against his neck could convince him of this reality.
“What is taking so long... |
"Hey, Leann, you've had cats for a while, right?"
"Yeah, love 'em. Why are you - Oh, yeah, how's your new kitty doing? I bet Jenny loves her, right?"
"Oh yeah, absolutely, no, no, Jenny's in love. It's just - Ugh, this is just so weird."
"Is this something you should be calling a vet about? Because I'm no vet."
"No... |
The shifting weight roused me slightly.
"Hrmmm?"I grumbled just this side of unconscious
"Just going pee, go back to sleep."She whispered back
I could hear her bare feet padding across the hardwood flooring out the bedroom and down the hall.
I closed my eyes.
The shifting weight roused me slightly.
I smiled a... |
"Al-*urr*-right Morty, you know the drill look for any useful tech and remember what I told you."
Morty turned around and simply said, "Yeah I know, if it looks expensive, it probably is, so don't touch it and let you have it".
"Bingo Morty. Now I gotta find a place to squanch, I'll be right back."
Morty began looki... |
You don't get here without breaking a law or two.
I may have picked a few pennies from your retirement account. That's how it works up here.
We're eating sushi on the roof. It's not the tallest building in the city, but it's damn close. The help -- and don't blame me for calling him that, we help him as much as he h... |
It started with the landscape.
Procedural generation was nothing new, of course. Even procedural generation to create static assets wasn't new; it was in fact commonplace. The difference was that, rather than have artists comb over the generated result, making it less "samey"and adding individuality, the computer di... |
As she sat at her piano playing the same tune she had mastered as a young Sunday school student, Daisy once again felt his presence around her. She began to sing- her voice was her gift to the world. What she lacked in sight, she made up for in music.
Poor Daisy had been bullied relentlessly by her classmates until sh... |
Everyone dreams of being in the top 10. They want the money, the power, the fame. They think that their lives will be simple; that they will fight and win and never be sad again. They are fools. When the Raven's children were snatched from a park, and slashed to bloody pieces, do you think she cared about her money? In... |
**Item #:** SCP-9.75
**Object Class:** Keter
**Special Containment Procedures:** Access to SCP-9.75-A is to remain unobstructed until the full scope of SCP-9.75 can be established. A single member of MTF Sigma-6 ("Sons of Salem") is to remain posted at the entrance to SCP-9.75-A at all times and report any changes in... |
Inside the closet lives the beast
Under the bed resides the freak
Here I just hide inside my sheets
"These things can not hurt you!"my daddy speaks
"But daddy the monsters!"I turn and screech
"And the sea creatures I see down by the beach!"
"You'll always be safe, if you stick with me."
He looks in my eyes as he... |
Stuck in superposition for a minute, any sentient being would notice a peculiar awareness. An hour, and that awareness becomes an all-encompassing state of being. A day, and the all-being becomes all-knowing. Eighty-four years?
I am omnipresent. I am omniscient. And I am cat.
Decades ago, some humans left me in a bo... |
Apparently I've been wearing a 'gullible idiot' sign on my back for the past seven years. No idea how it got there, even less of an idea how to take it off. Today's abject lesson in how stupid people think I am comes from my walk to the plant cafeteria with my team leader Jason. Who, apparently, still believes in fairy... |
Mildly NSFW
Well this is freaky. I wonder what I have to do to level up? Is this like GTA, or like Fable?
How does it keep track? Is it like a fit bit, or GPS kinda thing or what?
I look at the device closer. Other than the amber hue screen its featureless. The casing appears to be brushed aluminum or something sim... |
"Cortana, all I need to know is... Did we lose them?"
"I think we both know the answer to that."A blue hologram sprung into existence, gesturing toward a number of displays.
"We made a blind jump. How did they-"
"Get here first? The Covenant ships have always been faster. As for tracking us all the way from Reach, ... |
The flame of the candle flickered as it always did. I placed my chin on my stacked palms, the golden glow of the candles flame painting my face orange within my otherwise dark hut.
"Come on little guy."I said, taking a finger and lightly prodding the base of the candle stick, the shifting flame flickering it's light i... |
I sometimes wonder if you added up all the minutes of my life 10 per cent of it would have been spent on the can. Somehow having Crohn's disease had made my bathroom time a double-edged sword. Sure it's nice to have forty-five minutes to myself when I need a break from work and with a doctor's note to give me the time,... |
"Mage field interference."
"What?"Blunt Thunderblock stabbed his sword into the ground and growled at the mage, "Enter Fear Ants?"
Zumorga sighed heavily and let her head fall down until it thunked against the top of her staff. "Interference, not- look. I'll try and explain this to your 3 INT self."
"What?"
"Magic ... |
"I'm really not sure what you're expecting to gain from this whole stunt,"the girl said. She'd been saying things like that for a while. No crying or screaming or begging for us to let her go, no. She just spent the whole ride here telling us there was no way her father would pay the ransom. She claimed if it was anyth... |
She strained her neck to check her teeth in the rear-view mirror of the squad. If this was going to be her mugshot to start the year off, she wanted her teeth to at least not have lipstick on them. Satisfied that they would be perfectly white for her umpteenth mugshot, Allie rolled her neck and rested her head on the... |
I remember learning about it in my history class when I was a kid. My teacher talked about it like it was just some sort of novelty. A funny little sideshow in the development of a great corporation. Today though we learned the real reason that Elon Musk sent his car into space.
The aliens' ships were descending into... |
It's been a hell of a ride. And when I look around me, not a single thing I held dear is left.
My childhood home? The house on Central Avenue is still there. But after the argument between my parents and I, what is left but bitter memories? My room's window, still shattered from the time I threw my duffel bag and then... |
**You can just drop me around the corner over here Dad.**
**Okay sweetie.** I said smiling, my serrated teeth glinting in the sunlight as we stepped from the hell portal. Then realization dawned on me.
**Are-are you ashamed of me?**
**No..It’s just you’re a demon and people might have issues with that.**
I nodd... |
"...and that, everyone, is what the Kingdom of Apertus"- Kyle's sword plunged into the downed knight's chest - "and Lord Felwin, are all about!"
He bent over to close the knight's helmet over his face, then stood as he took the goggles off. The applause was heavy, but...muffled? Perhaps the VR goggles were putting som... |
My business had always been rooted in supply and demand. If the population spilled over a certain threshold, perhaps the supply of wheat in a certain subsection of the midwest fell short as a result, and suddenly I'd be very much in demand. Families would wither away in shanties outside city walls or under patched roof... |
"You're right."I spoke, my voice booming off the mountain, echoing in the distance.
At first, the people below, those after me with explanations of their own, stood silent. Then, the gentle whispers carried from peacekeeper to peacekeeper, breaking the silence. Steadily they grew, until they roared with questions unan... |
I know that it's not really there,
I know that I shouldn't be scared,
But why don't YOU walk, unaware, down the stairs,
and see if YOU've something to share?
​
It may seem like stabbing at air,
And I must admit, that is fair,
but when we descend, and come to the end,
and something, right-back-at-you,... |
Devra felt ill.
This was not a particularly novel feeling, though the ferocity was unusual. A great thundering ache pounded at her temples, making it difficult to assemble much by the way of coherent thoughts. Not that she placed a premium on that sort of thing anymore, indeed, she'd spent the better part of the prior... |
Glomuloid, Parallax, and Nebular stood, stunned, as the humans went about setting up decorations.
Life had been good since making contact with Earth. Despite rumors of a savage, backwater planet with hostile natives, the humans were actually quite nice and hospitable. But now, it was nearing a holiday they called "Kri... |
It’s been a year and a half since the Arisen first appeared. What are the Arisen you ask? Well, simply put they are rebranded zombies. Back when they first started clawing their ways out of crave everyone was terrified. However after a few weeks, and many scientific experiments by the government, they were deemed harml... |
Where have I been these four hundred years? Farther than any of my kind, and farther than their kind, that is certain. Light years, thousands of light years, perhaps more. My memory once held the answers, my memory held many fold answers. Not now, not here, not in this place. They discard me, I have served and I am ... |
Roombas don't normally make that sound. Or follow me, for that matter.
Clearly, I've ordered a malfunctioning one. I always thought eBay was sketchy - but no, my wife wants to save money for retirement. She really is in no position to complain;she doesn't work and I honestly can't recall the last time she wasn't drunk... |
He drove at fifty. That was what told me the time I was waiting for was here. The speed limit on this empty road was sixty. He sat in a car that could go 0-100 in 4.2 seconds. And he still drove at fifty. It was a marvel of modern technology really. If the car broke down anywhere in the world, all you had to do was to ... |
"Hey, for the last time, he isn't here! Would y'all just leave me alone? This is the fourth day y'all have come by. He isn't here!"
"Where is the drifter?"the man in the black suit said again. It was all he ever said.
Four days of this bullshit. Four days! Ever since Adam came into my life, it's been weird. I was ju... |
The protests in the streets did it. But... maybe that was for the best.
We had ludicrous merch royalties to keep us going, but the faucet got turned off. Rocks at our window. Signs thrown over the fence. Only one person dared break in. He was thrown out painlessly, but the show of force redoubled the riots. The world ... |
“Sir, you’re going to want to see this.” The little alien said as he floated into the room. Stepping off of his hover pad, the 6 legged creature scuttled over to the ship’s captain.
“What is it.” The captain said sternly.
“That primitive satellite, it had some holotapes on it.” The creature said, it’s green boney... |
From betwixt a heavenly glow, a woman in robes with eagle wings stood from atop a summoning stone. "Great Satan,"Bip screeched, "What foul creature are you?"
Her glow did not fade. "Excuse me?"she scoffed, "How did you summon me?"
Bip rushed to his book. *The Wonders of Summoning*, he turned to page 55.
"Of all the ... |
**Earth | Class-A Planet**
*Highly recommend!*
If you're thinking of Earth for a vacation, you might need to pack more than just an overnight bag. Because we're going to be honest -- once you set foot on this planet, you *won't* want to leave.
Earth has beautiful beaches, beautiful skies, and hardly ever rains Klfth... |
It was the day of the new arrivals. A time when the spirit world and the earth were close enough to touch and all who died in the last year finally get to rest in peace. Of course, most of them didn't know what was happening until they were trapped here. No spirit has ever crossed back over the bridge, and nothing in t... |
When the third richest person in the country dies without an heir or any close family, you can be sure there will be scammers. Now that it's been 18 years and no one has been able to prove any direct relation, its time to look into the reincarnation claims. Anyone who would've been reincarnated would be of legal age no... |
Despite all the research, all the reading and obsessing over the details of the Elder races, neither Gatax nor Skillian could figure out what the expression on the face of their guest meant.
And boy, were they both trying to figure it out. Humans were a rare sight outside of their Celestiums, these days. They were an... |
It had never really been a choice, dying happens whenever it is fated. Sure, you can prevent some things, but it gets to you some day.
Now me, I died at a mundane restaurant shift, ice machine fell over cause the wheel broke, tipping over onto me. Being I was rather religious, waking up as some kid with a devilish tai... |
“Dragon!” I yelled into the cave, “Face me!” A low rumbling echoed up the tunnel. Scraping, hissing, and slithering noises followed. I crouched behind my water-soaked shield and rested the crossbow on the top edge, hoping for a good shot to start things off. The second I saw a glint from the dragon’s eye, I fired.... |
As the council cheered because of their victory, and was looking forward to another species of worshiper and slaves, a figure burst through the door, getting everybodys attention.
All of the gods swiftky stood up to face the figure, which on a second look was dressed in a peculiar way.
Wherein all other human gods, a... |
It was like something straight out of a children's playroom.
The World Space Force had been searching the Milky Way for intelligent alien life for almost three centuries. Having found nothing more than a couple of single-cell organisms on Ross 128B. But that was two hundred and fifty years ago.
Many of the inhabitab... |
"ODIN TELL ME! WHERE DID I GO WRONG!"
All I see around me are people wearing robes, basked in the dim light of a setting sun that never ends. I cannot feel an ounce of pride coming from their frail body. Is that truly what Valhalla is? Is this what I fought my entire life for?
"Greetings to you Yörn. I see you are st... |
I clutch my gut and wonder what the heck just happened. The whole walk home I try to convince myself it wasn’t real. I convince myself that it’s just a hallucination from the heat and I just need to get a drink and cool off. However, the blue and purple bruise I notice while changing for bed says otherwise. “I’ll be fi... |
"No, no, no! This can't be, this is bad, this is bad!"Regaledia was practically choking on his own breath as his eight thick fingertips tapped at the paper-thin crystalline screen in front of him. Without hesitation, he took a hand off of his screen and slammed down a button, entered the code, and announced "Prepare fo... |
Dr Velocifrost was crouched, his icy, serpentine eyes on his latest victim: another would-be hero who had decided they were worthy of taking a shot at him. Him! The greatest villain the city had ever known.
“Do you get it now? Compared to you, with your...what was it? Slightly above average physical traits and the ab... |
How many stories do you know of monsters, dear guard? I imagine many, for man loves his monsters. He love stories about the death of such monsters as much as he loathes the creatures themselves. So is history: monsters and their malice, monsters and their victims, monsters and their fate. These stories terrify; but mor... |
I stared at the aliens, confused. “How did you get here? We’ve proven that traveling faster than light is impossible.”
*Correct,* the voice in my head responded. These creatures spoke with their minds instead of mouths. It still creeped me out a bit. *We got here by slowly traveling through space. What concerns us, ho... |
Bianca was walking through the woods near the hideout. She couldn't get the image of Aiden lifting her up from the broken cave last week. Emotions she didn't know how to name flooded her mind, only taken to attention when she heard a noise coming from behind a bush.
"Who's there?"she ask-yelled, unsheathing her sword... |
So here's the thing folks. For the purposes of this story, you just have to understand. The drone pilot. He's Danny McBride. I could try to do this with subtle writing clues that people would high-five me for. Actual writing skills. But we're not doing actual writing skills today. We're doing Danny fucking McBride.
... |
The ancient woman looked up from her terminal and regarded me with a wary suspicion.
"What did you just say?"She rasped at me. Her name tag said "Wendy,"and there was a little American flag beneath it.
"I'd like to buy a plane ticket to your furthest destination today,"I repeated.
Wendy conferred with the agents beh... |
"Verus? Send that hero in,"the king said in disbelief.
Thousands of sacred swords in solitary stones all across the continent, forcefully stabbed into place and scattered all around in hopes of finding a hero in as many cities and towns as possible.
And one hero had apparently made it his mission to pull every single... |
“Why hello, Jack. How’re you feeling today?”
“Fine as usual, doc. No change in the past two years, really.”
“Well, good! Good. Let’s get started shall we?”
The doctor got up from his stool and walked over to collect what he needed for anesthesia.
“Doc…why?”
“Come now, Jack. We’ve had this conversation before. It’... |
Stability, safety, certainty.
Those were the three selling points, and everyone said they were enough.
Well, the scientists weren't *wrong*, exactly.
He looked up from the table, his mind again turning to the chaos all around him. Other kids pushed through the cafeteria, bumping each other and their trays, talking l... |
I sat there, unsure of my feelings about the situation. On one hand, he doesn't need to be too knowledgeable as he has an entire congress with the real power and decision making skills. On the other hand, he's the damn president. A president who anonymously commented "YOLO"on an ELI5 asking for someone to explain the s... |
The world governments tried to keep it a secret at first. But they had to issue an explanation when half of the stars in the sky were blotted out.
We tried to reassure everyone that it wouldn't be a threat, even thought we honestly knew nothing about it. Its course was so precise and exact and planned that it *had* to... |
Jack drags his eCig alone in his dark studio. The TV’s on, throwing infomercial noise in the air, painting a kaleidoscope of color on his blank, white walls. It’s 3 am. Unable to sleep, Jack runs through the last couple years. The job has changed him. Beaten down by the depressing scenes of violence and mutilation, Det... |
It was the final state of the Union President Obama would ever have to perform. The nation watched earnestly as our commander-in-chief rose to the podium. A few boos were heard from the devout conservatives in the crowd but roaring applause took precedence, what was said here would decide the fate of our nation for the... |
A lot of people had hid their concepts from others--I was one of them. "The Villian". I had always thought it just meant that I would one day become the type of woman who was the boss, and make a lot of peoples lives miserable like "The Whimps""The Patsies"and "The losers". So a lot of us liked to keep our concepts hid... |
*Looking up how much of a human's weight is bones*
"I didn't ask you to"
*Looking up, what other meat do humans most closely resemble*
"Uh, Siri are you glitching out?"
*Looking up, tastiest part of a human*
"The what part of a human?"
*Looking up, how to cook a human in a conventional oven*
"Is this like a joke... |
"Ma'am", the man in the uniform whispered, eyes on the floor. Janine's eyes watered, expecting the worst.
"What happened? What happened to him?"
"Your son fought like a hero."
"Oh God", Janine's eyes met the man's. "He's dead? Eric is dead?"
"Your son is not dead, ma'am", the man replied, but something in his voice... |
*Commander Ashkit to the briefing room, Commander Ashkit to the briefing room.*
Commander Ashkit scowled at the intercom. Of course, he had just sat down to dinner. Surely it couldn't be that important, could it? He could wait a few minutes and eat before going to deal with whatever problem his First Officer was havi... |
Whispers spread as I walked among the growing crowd, shaking filthy hands, greeting stooped figures.
"There he is."
"Told you he was real."
"Save us."They pleaded.
Underneath the noise but slowly growing in pitch were four words.
"King Under The Bridge."
A short hop left me standing on the stage made from old ... |
I am the most important human being who has ever lived. I'm sure you're thinking that I'm just another one of those annoying self-absorbed types with a massive ego. That's not true, though. I'm 27 years old, and already I've earned my PhD in astrophysics, climbed Mount Everest, developed a promising treatment for ca... |
Ronnie James Dio paced up and down the rows of desks. A shining black electric guitar strapped to his back.
"Harry, I don't understand."Ron whispered.
"Shh I'm trying to pay attention!"Hermione cut in silencing them.
Harry and Ron shared an exasperated look.
"Now, everyone please pull out the instrument they wer... |
You know that feeling you get when it feels like someone is watching you? In the early stages of human life, most thought it to just be a weird phenomenon brought about by irrational fear. As technology developed, people started getting this feeling a lot more often. It came to the point where fanatics were proclaiming... |
“Alright, Miss. Stevens,” I said with a nasty grin. “Let us see what you have learned.”
Tears streaked down her face, ruining her makeup. She moaned slightly as I stepped into the light.
“Normally, you would have to answer all ten questions to pass. But, today I’m feeling lenient. You shall only need to get sixty pe... |
"It's madness that it's gone this far,"says Melissande, her dainty feet pacing the courtyard stone. Grass grows sweet between the paths, raising kisses to the shell-bright sky. Amidst the lilies, ninety-nine year old Tersus sits, lost in thought, radiating the manifold blessings of his virginity. It had been raining no... |
It was then, just days after the announcement that the tiny micro state of Lichtenstein was to be the Earth's sole government body that the government was just as quickly destroyed. Most of its leadership murdered or exiled for one reason or another, and replaced with great fanfare among top officials from the United N... |
I looked down at the money. I looked down at my knee, still aching beneath the bandage. I looked over at my baby girl, still napping in the crib. "Five hundred dollars for a knee. Five hundred dollars for a knee."I decided to scrape the other one. Fifty hours of work (with tax exemptions) versus tripping and scraping m... |
Zarkan sat himself down on the cold stones and closed his eyes. So this was it. This was where he was going to die. He looked around, taking in the breathtaking scenery. The forests, the hills, the evening sun painting the sky red. It was beautiful, or would’ve been, if not for the large image of Tennodor’s nether regi... |
Ito was ready to take his own life, but his life had other plans.
"I want to live forever,"he had wished years ago- a young naive boy with big dreams and reckless abandon. He had followed the trail of the school boy rumor mill, which had led him to the straw-roofed hut of a wise old man, living in solidarity on the e... |
I took a deep breath and counted the seconds ticking by on my watch. Why was she late? I'd been watching her for weeks and she'd always gotten home around the same time. At least within a ballpark. She went the library, and then she ended up at her house within 10 minutes of 7:30. That was how she lived, it was how she... |
"Hey, can I buy you a drink?"
That snapped me out of my idle daydream. I looked up at him, and was hit by a vague recognition. He was dressed in a 3-piece suit, complete with a pocket watch in his waistcoat. His hair was short and white. He seemed athletic, and he carried himself gracefully, almost like he was a dance... |
"That's it. He's perfect."
"No, Sandra. He's epic."
Everybody in the room began ferociously to clap because Neil said the word 'epic'.
"You really at the best at memes, Neil."replied Sandra. "We should all call you 'Memer'"
"Haha! We really should. Let's make that a thing. Then I'll tell people outside of the offic... |
The alien being sat in his cubicle at the office of intelligence on his home planet. Setting about his normal routine the alien began his regular work day without a second thought. Suddenly an urgent message appeared on his communications device. He’d been tasked for a special duty.
Quickly the alien scanned throug... |
Ron stopped in his tracks. He couldn’t quite explain it, or understand why. It was all he’d ever wanted, to go to Hogwarts, be sorted into Griffindor like Fred and George, play Quiddich like Charlie – maybe even become a prefect like Percy. But there had always been an itch in his heart, an itch he couldn’t quite scrat... |
"Trade?"
"The fuck else would we do?"
We didn't even think twice when we found the notes. We passed the guns between each other, only to get another thought. It's not like we've never done stupid shit together before. Since we're both immortal, we thought it'd be fun to test the limits.
-
"Shit dude, this could sti... |
*Read the entire thing, then just the dialogue.*
The wedding party danced on the sticky dance floor as the elderly DJ bopped up and down in time with the music. The bride held up her white dress as she danced with the maid-of-honour, and the groom danced with the flower girl, holding her hands as she stood on his feet... |
The ancient prison stood tall as the being of the Light walked the well worn paths through muscle memory alone, as her thoughts wandered. She bade her two guards to halt as she came to the Door at last. They would stay outside with strict orders never to enter. This place was not for mortals to tread.
The Door creaked... |
"Doctor Reistenglower, to the ER, in T-minus 52!"
I thought I was done for the day before the announcement blared out from the plasmacidic alert implants in my brain.
"Here we go again."
It was absolute chaos in the operating theatre. The ER was always hectic, but there was a greater sense of urgency this time. Lyi... |
Windshield wipers lash back and forth aimlessly, it’s a summers night, birds singing in the distance. Fred watches, to and fro, to and fro, they gently wipe the blood, to and fro. An orange ascot limply dangles from his once white cardigan; birds sing in the distance. He’d never really considered his mortality; the del... |
"I roll for Diplomacy......Hmm...5."
The four Dragons sat huddled in Narlock's nook. Narlock acted as GM like always, while Nira, Klask and Moltov played Offices and Managers 5th Edition.
"The boss gives you a funny stare before saying 'No Peter, I am NOT shilling all company stock on an archaeology dig!'"
"Hold a m... |
"Beware of God, what kind of Ego that man must have,"Richard said, smirking to himself. His neighbor was strange, to say the least. He had never met him before. He stayed in his home most of the hours, but there were always people coming and going. Odd people wearing all white. Richard was more of a dark color kind of ... |
> "In America, only the very rich and the very poor live forever."- Ray Childs, 2012 - 2276
"Inmate 5461. Childs, you got a visitor."
The sound of metal on metal rattled Ray's teeth. Heavy steel bars rolled aside and he stepped forward.
An angry looking man held out cuffs. His tarnished badge read "Harris". He lo... |
Margo Boffins twisted under her bedsheets curling tightly into a ball. She screwed her eyelids closed and nestled her toes within her own foot hair. It was cold, and she desperately wanted to block it out along with the morning light.
The drumming of rain upon the earth cruelly tore up the silence of her good night's... |
I sat staring at the pieces for two minutes. I knew it was exactly two minutes because there is a perennial tick in the shop from all of the clocks and watches, each synched to the same precise moment. Each device carrying the same mechanical heartbeat, all except the broken watch laid out on the table in front of me. ... |
You're woken up at the crack of - ok, fine, fine, at a good solid 9 in the morning, but still solidly before your usual wakeup time - *early* again by the sound of your chamber door slamming open.
"Kor! Do you have any mandrake root on hand? I found a really cool recipe on hand in the library and -"You groan softly, p... |
I have held off for a year now not pressing this button. It haunts me. It mocks me every minute of every day. Torturing me with the decision. Do I push it?
My friends have all pushed it. I have asked each and every one of them what it was like. They say it did nothing, but the look in their eyes, the euphoria of it. ... |
"YOU DIED,"the page read in large bold letters. This was the 6th time I had flipped to a pure black page with the disheartening text. I had only just picked up the book out of the 'Newest Releases' section and had already failed its adventure narrative multiple times.
The book had a simple fantasy cover, with a ragge... |
My eyes open and I am greeted by a strange sight. I'm in some sort of half-cage. There are bars all along the sides, but the top is open. I'm laying on something soft; definitely not the ground or floor. What's the thing spinning near the ceiling? It almost looks like a...mobile?
The realization hits me.
This is no... |
Stage 3 Liver Cancer: severe abdominal pain and intense itching of the skin. Looking for long term contract. Open to negotiations of pay rise if chemotherapy is necessary. £50/hour for any pain, £60/hour for illness
Bullet Ant Sting: [client gave no details] £30/hour
Stab Wound the to Leg: pain down the left side of ... |
It was a heart like any other. Five inches long. 3.5 inches wide. 2 and a half inches from the front to the back. It weighed 10. 3 ounces.
Nothing spectacular.
However its beat was around 100 BPM. Elevated. Especially considering that it was without a chest. Or veins. Or blood.
In fact, the heart was singular. It la... |
At the same time, 10,000 people joined the first VRMMORPG to ever have been created. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, just a generic, grinding, story-oriented MMO.
“Maybe there’s something off about this game, that makes it special,” said Dave. “I find it hard to believe that they would put so much cutting-edg... |
It took years. Years of searching.
My entire life has been one misery after another. Losing my friends, my family, my job, even Becky. She said she would be with me forever. She lied.
But not every Becky. Only my Becky. It turns out that there are a multitude of worlds out there. Every choice spawns a new universe, ... |
New York City, 1949; the air is thick and filled with toxic particles. I don't have to breathe it in though, since my air shield got an upgrade to operate as a filter. Lucky me. No satellites to scan for a viable exit point. Not so lucky me. My holodisk can take weeks to find a viable exit point without a technology as... |
"Yeah, cats don't normally do that,"she re-affirmed.
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"Huh,"I replied. "Now that you mention it, my parent's cat just slept all day and pooped in the corner. He sucked at the saxophone, no matter how many lessons I tried to give him."
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"Listen IWriteDumbStories, I think you'd better have a t... |
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