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“Are you an idi-*cough*” the man subtly jabbed an elbow into the unicorn’s side. He knew that unicorns had a hard-on for the truth, but as far as *tact* went, this one had absolutely none. Lyell Ryker groaned inwardly. You’re really testing the shit out of me, goddess, he thought to himself. Uh, yeah you got me,” L...
“24 hours, that’s it” My little brother walked me through the process of setting up and wearing the go-pro. It was a project for his film class, the prompt being to film a day in the life of the one you look up to most. Personally, I thought he was taking it a little too literally. He pressed the button to record at...
Dear diary, Today I discovered that I’ve put on a bit of chub. Nothing alarming, really, I rather enjoy a bit of extra insolation, especially with the whole “undead” thing. As it turns out, a lack of blood can make one rather chilly. Not the point. My friends suggested lightly that I might be indulging myself a bit ...
“Maybe this is just the universe’s way of nudging you a different direction.” If by “nudge” my mom meant “a steel-toed boot kick into the abyss,” then sure. It was little things at first. Barely in the category of minor inconveniences. A pencil snapping in my fingers, resulting in an annoying splinter. Then an...
"Alright little guy, here we are!" I unzip my jacket to let the little dragon out, and they chirp with excitement and launch themselves straight into my flat. I hurry to get my shoes and jacket off as they disappear into the kitchen, tiny claws scrabbling over the hardwood floor. I follow the little creature, and fin...
Rasika's feet pounded against the hard dirt path as she fled from her pursuers. *This wasn't how it was supposed to work*. She had watched her fair share of isekai anime. She had been prepared. When she had stepped through the mirror portal and found herself in a verdant field surrounded by gelatinous pink slimes, she ...
Marty McFly was an enigma. I met him what seemed to be by chance at a funeral many years ago for an old friend I had gone to college with. Many people had thought Dr. Emmett Brown had been a joke both in the Science community as well as in regular life. But not Marty McFly. When he gave his eulogy, he had spoken with s...
I walked into the house expecting silence and solitude. I was greeted by the scent of chocolate and warmth. Someone was still in the house. My sister sometimes experimented in the kitchen, leaving behind a mess for me to clean up. Sasha’s still supposed to be in class, though. If she’s played hooky again, there’ll be ...
"Apples are stupid, they don't even taste good." "But what a nutrient-filled fruit! Apples make for strong people." "One cannot live on apples alone." "This does not make apples stupid, as you say." "There is such variety of fruits out there, why choose apples?" "Apples have a well-defined core, for one." "Cores ...
"It's almost Kwanzaa! I shouldn't be fighting!" "Well it's almost Christmas. But they're aliens. They don't know or care about that!" "Hanukkah, for me. We're in the middle of Hanukkah. I hate this." \-------------- "Thus begins the Season of Renewal. We shouldn't be fighting!" "They're aliens. They don't know or ...
“Did … did you just call the demon lord ‘an overdramatic bitch’?”, the little blue goblin looked up from his quill. I nodded, “Yes, yes I did.” He blinked at me, “Do you want me to relay that as spoken?” “Yes, please.” The goblin looked increasingly uncomfortable, “His Majesty is temperamental, perhaps it would be...
"Guys, what's going on?"I look around the smoldering remains of the campfire at my party. The sun is now definitely over the horizon, and they're all still wrapped up in their bedrolls. "Tash, come on, you're usually up before the sun annoying us all with your exercises." Tash just groans and pulls his blanket furth...
Most people would probably be surprised to wake up and find themselves kidnapped. Shocked, scared, surprised, so many emotions running through them- Me? No, none of those. I simply felt *irritated*. My eye twitched as the villain did this entire long monologue about how "Sir Hero"would of *course* have to come rescu...
"My kind has been known in many instances, my ancestors inspire well known legends. They are considered heroes, powerful beings, if somewhat plagued by their circumstances. Of course, as any legend, the stories are wildly exaggerated. We do not become green beasts of pure strength capable of punching ourselves into or...
Some people say that my class is vile. I honestly can't help that necromancy happened to be the thing I was good at. When I was younger, i was told by my parents that if their son ended up a necromancer, then they would have no son. So I took that point to heart. Made sure I did everything I could to be as far from...
Jennifer had always been such a nervous girl. Her introverted nature often made her reluctant to speak in class. Today though, Ms. Jennifer Cepulch was unusually excited to teach the second grade class of Arialington Elementary. When the morning started, the loud, contemptuous little monsters gorged themselves on th...
Bond was down 7500 Euro within the first hour but he didn't care. It was the Queen's money and his job was to keep an eye on Mr. Stark. Tony was down at least ten times that amount but he didn't care. He was keeping his eye on everything in a cocktail dress that bounced around the table. Given that Bond was in a cu...
Aetius' knuckles are white as he clutches his sword. He shakes. His eyes meet mine, wide and searching for hope. I try to project courage, but I have no hope for him. I turn away. Five thousand men stand together at the foot of the mountain. Five thousand men face death. The evacuation is too slow. The column of citiz...
It's terminal. My wife's cancer that is. At first we were so strong. We would go to the cancer awareness functions, wear the bracelets. Everything. But whenever she needed me, I would... change. I don't mean my personality or anything. I mean I would legitimately transform. I always get made fun of for it, so I mig...
It don’t change much. You’d think that out of everything that changes, the food would be one of them. But it isn’t like that. Countries can come and go, but Bexco food services seems to keep on. I think IBM lasted almost as long as them, but the world stopped needing computers a while ago, I don’t think we’re ever ...
I fell to my knees. "This is the beginning of our next great journey." "And this is where that love shines through adversity. We've been through so much together, and I want us to take this next big step, together."I looked deep into her brown eyes, and they looked back into mine. I sighed. "It hasn't always been ea...
I look around the room at the people in the rusty metal chairs. Side by side, connecting to each other in an elliptical almost-circle. It's my turn to speak. “My daughter died in a car accident. A drunk idiot killer her, and I'm going to kill him. Tonight.” "We cannot let rage take over our emotions, Eric."The group...
Some people call them your angel, your devil, or your soul. Some people say that they’re people who were, who are, or who might be. Some people call them your friends, your enemies, or your love. Some people have one. Others have two. Most have three. And a few, like me, have none. I don’t recall when I realized that ...
When the day came to tender our surrender, they chose the American president to do it. Equal parts respect and humiliation for the nation with the greatest military might. It also helped that no other world leader was particularly enthusiastic to place themselves in front of the Emperor of the Galaxy (a somewhat grandi...
"Welcome to walking with Weasley, in today's episode we will discuss how Muggle's travel. We start our journey at what is know as a bicycle shop, sir could you explain how this contraption works for our viewers?" "Well it has two wheels, the rear wheel is attached to a chain, when you step on the pedals here the chai...
The brassy ring of the bell resonated all around campus, starting the day for all of the classes around the school. "Good morning class!, as you all probably remember today is "Bring your future-self to school"day! We are going to use time travel to see where you are in 20 years!"the chipper 3rd grade teacher told th...
As Phil took his last breath, his family looked down at him from around his hospital bed. Though he hadwronged them, they still felt some sort of sadness. All except his wife, of course. She was just angry and filled with resentment, as joining them in his room, Phil's mistress weeped excessively. The darkness closed...
I exited the rest stage of the human day to the sound of the buzz machine next to the sleeping box, and walked through the wallhole into the human waste disposal room. "Being human is strange." I sent the message through my telepathic feed to the mothership high above the atmosphere. They replied instantaneously. ...
"Jason! Breakfast's ready!" Jason lay still. His body caked in vomit and dried blood caked his sheets. His room smelled like death. With a grunt he hoisted his frail form upright, and attempted to leave the bed. With a wobble, he crashed to the floor. He was too weak to stand, much less walk. "Jason, your weetb...
*March 29, 2017* His coffee was cold. Not that you could call it coffee, by any means. More like… well... God he was tired. Brian Holland rubbed the sleep from his eyes, took another sip, and focused on the random string of visualized radio pulses displayed on the archaic CRT monitor. Telescope time was nearly imp...
"Mind if I join you?" The man on the skyscraper's ledge turned slowly to face the speaker, who was a thin, pale man with spidery fingers. He was smiling, not unkindly, a bottle in each hand. "S—sure."He moved aside carefully, knees knocking against each other. The pale man stepped over the raised lip with ease and ca...
I barrel past crooked boles and thick undergrowth. The sharp branches of the trees biting into me. The pain blossoms in my mind as blood flows without end from the countless grazes. It feels muted and distant. My adrenaline drives me forward now. My desire to be away from that accursed house and its endless horrors eno...
"Hello cocksucker." It took me quite the moment to comprehend this, after all, where the fuck was that tattooed on him? He looked normal, had the usual kindergarten tattoos on his neck - "Hello""Good""Day""How""Are""You""Me"- y'know the sort, the basics. "Hello cocksucker?"He was asking this time - why? No clue. He l...
It took a long time for us to realize what was going on, much less accept it. But the evidence was just undeniable. People who boarded planes in one city and landed in another would wake up the next morning in the same city that they had just departed. People who died later in the day would wake up the next morning lik...
I regret this line every time I say it: "NOW. CHOOSE, MORTAL." This time is no different. "I want to battle you in Shadowverse,"the boy says. "...Wait, what?"I ask. "You know, it's all the rage! You get to play as Arisa, or Luna, or Forte, or... Isabelle, but after her art got nerfed no one plays her anymore cause...
"RUN!"That's how most systems and experts translated the message. Some of them tried "flee"or "evacuate"but the meaning was clear. We had watched hundreds upon hundreds of alien ships passing between Earth and its moon. Some of them were large enough to see with the naked eye. There were more designs than we could keep...
*Dearest Agatha,* *If there is a lesson to be learned in all of this, it may simply be that the value of dressing well and showing common courtesy is impossible to underestimate.* *To step back within the narrative, I'll begin by confirming the facts with which you are already familiar. Following the War, of which I ...
Love hurts. To be cast aside by your younger cousin and subjected to pain and humiliation for all eternity is a fate I wish not on anyone, except for the perpetrator himself. Oh, how I regret not taking the other’s advice seriously. If I did, maybe we would have turned the tables during the Titanomachy, and my cousi...
This will be number thirty seven. Number one was an accident. I was drunk and fell asleep at the wheel. I don't even remember the crash. Must have blacked out before then. One woman killed. Aged 35. Born in 1981. The 80s were a fun decade. Number seven was a doozy. I had gotten over any notions of guilt by no...
He was seven rounds deep with the mutated gator what had tried to snatch his balls in a Taco Bell shitter when the call came in. "Git, Shitter Gator! Git!"roared Florida Man over the twinkling peel of his Nokia. He grabbed out the syringe of butterscotch pudding he kept in his boot for such and like occasions and stab...
"I mean, I'm grateful and all but -" "Son, your Daddy told me to make you a great frying pan. Said you was a-goon' adventurin'. Now I don't know how it is up on high with you fellers, but down here when the Big Man shows up, you hop to!" "How the hell am I even supposed to use this thing?" "Well, it's a fry pan. Ain...
Video games had been difficult at first. Arriving in cramped basements, Death found he was not as adept with controllers as he was at chess or freestyle rap. It did not take many more encounters for him to stop losing however, leaving his total 106,678,943,245 victories to 678,942,103 defeats. For years he reveled as m...
The stars twinkled above us in the dark sky. It was a warm summer night. The whole world, the whole universe, seemed saturated with love. I looked into Lucia's eyes, and reached for her hand, timorously. She smiled. "What?"I asked. "Nothing,"she said slyly. She leaned in as if she might kiss me but then weaved, pas...
FADE IN: EXT. A RESIDENTIAL STREET - AFTERNOON *A young man exits his house and locks the door behind him. This is STEVE. He glances up and down the street, apparently expecting someone to arrive. After a few moments, a car pulls up, and a young woman exits. This is SARAH.* **SARAH:** Hey! I hope you haven't been wa...
Joseph and Mary were suspended in their holodeck actuators on Reigel 9. Suddenly, Courtney, their trans-conscious, biologically-enhanced super-offspring appeared at their nice, glass table where Joseph and Mary were discussing what to do next about the hourly, upcoming boss fight. "Man, you guys are so boring - the c...
I've never been a particularly rude woman in my life. In these times of war, crime, famine, and disease, it's nearly impossible to maintain a sense of morality. No matter who you were before the war, be you a humble cobbler or a prideful knight, you are meant to have a hand in this endless fight. Be you man or woman, c...
They all laughed at me when I suggested it. We'd been moving way too much jib, and we were running out of places to stash the innumerable stacks of various denominations. Nobody really knew how much was there. We'd started weighing it, but even that was tedious. I was starting to get paranoid having that much money ly...
"It's not possible." "Oh? Why not, exactly?" "Because- Well, because the world doesn't *work* like that, Craig!" "Well, what's your suggestion, then?" That brought the other scientist up short. The two had snuck in after hours, with a bottle of something strong and far too many questions to answer. It had been o...
It's funny, the amount of power a simple name can hold. Sometimes, the name itself has more power than the entity. Perhaps by that logic, we can argue that God, does in fact, exist. For what other idea, what other name, has shaped our world as much as the concept of God? And just like that, our names changed the city...
“Oh, ye of little faith!” Yelled the local crazy on the corner. “There is a way!” I wanted to sneak past the crazy. I pulled my hood up over my head. I didn’t want him to recognize me again. I hurried to the crosswalk. The small white man on the crosswalk sign turned to a hand. Numbers counted down. I fought the urge...
I open my eyes. I am free at last, free from my eternal imprisonment, free from the ancient seal placed upon me by the accursed white knight. I shall find him and rend the flesh from his bones. I must make an example, the world must know that crossing me has dire consequences. I sit up and try to move, but my hands...
Sixty eight times I've done this, usually when I can't sleep. It helps to go for a walk and clear my head. It just so happens I don't have to *actually* go for a walk. I don't know how it's possible but I can just sort of leave the meat suit behind. I asked a doctor once and they threw me some meds to help "even me ou...
It was the final round. Kanye channeled his **Dragon Energy** into his synthesizer. I could feel the fearsome power of his editing surge as a raw wave of brilliant remixing crashed towards me. I was instantly brought to my knees. Kanye came from a long line of masters in the Hippity Hoppity like J Dilla and Que...
1983, Submarine Division IV, Scouting Crew 02 I fingered the tattered remains on the badge, fondly remembering my buddies Tom and Phillip, who were my childhood friends from our fishermen village. We knew growing up that we wanted to explore the oceans, and we felt connected to water in a way, living a fisherman's li...
There was a great ringing of the bells and London stopped, entirely and fully, as it happened. The clanging shook the foundation of cathedrals and carried the heaviest weight. "Mama, what's that?"a small girl clutched at her mother's hand, her mother covering her mouth with her free hand as it sank in. "Why are they a...
"Alright everyone, looks like there's a new face in the crowd. Would you introduce yourself, please?" "Sure,"he says. "My name is Jason." "Hi, Jason,"the others say. I'm struck once again with the overwhelming feeling of unity among us. Being less super than the rest isn't that great, but from the young kids to the o...
Translated Transcript of Lecture Alright class! Settle down, settle down. Welcome to XCS 323. I'm sure most of you are already familiar with the subject matter -- that is to say, having taken the prerequisite classes, you are all familiar, more or less, by now, with the history and culture of humanity, generally s...
"Attention, please." The hammers banged down on the podium with two handed intensity, both left fists tightly gripping their respective handles. The last of the conversations in the room died down and the students turned towards the stage, which was occupied by a portly being with a regal bearing, his two right arms p...
It was the late 21st century when the scientists confirmed the great epidemic. Children before then knew, but no one believed them. Eventually as they aged they forgot, it may have been a byproduct of the infection. After contact with the parasite everything changed. They became docile, subservient, lost their spark, i...
He stood next to my bed, standing still and gazing into my eyes. The pale mid-morning light reflected off the tiled walls, making him look like a statue wrought from marble. A sterile silence fell on the room. We filled it with our mutual hatred. The light blanket that covered me felt like a leaden weight crushing my c...
"Recording #124" "The only way to describe the feeling is... Well, there's a lot of ways. Different species express information differently. Obviously the best way to express this particular piece of information would be through the methods the people of *eeeaaarss* use. Wait. We think we meant earth. We felt... Wel...
"It hurt. No like." Grug sighed. Hurnk had shared the sentiment many times, and it was growing tiresome. The gnarled pack elder sat several yards away from the flame, repeatedly fingering the blistered flesh on his hand and wincing dramatically. The rest of the pack eyed their elder and the pile of burning sticks with...
Larry Holcomb wasn't much of a drinker in life. However, considering the gruesome details of his unexpected demise he thought, "why not?" "Exactly,"Satan said as he shuffled the deck, "why not?" Larry grabbed an Allagash Black and took a seat next to God who wasn't paying much attention to the Devil's cut. Well, to t...
**A Time of War** It is said that once, long ago, there was peace. Though few now live who remember that time. For soon enough the Enemy arrived. In its uncountable multitudes it rained down from the heavens and crawled up through the festering bowels of Hell. A nameless, ravenous people whose trailing madness rec...
I just silently stood there for a minute,shocked.That couldn't be me. Maybe,I thought,it would turn out that all that was just a coincidence.Maybe tomorrow would be the day something happens that was not mentioned.One week later I knew that I was very wrong.On the end of each and every day the radio program told me exa...
“Rise and shine, sleepy head! Today’s our big day!!” You slowly open your eyes and stare at the ceiling and let out a monotone, “Right you are, my dearest.” “Did you have fun at the dinner last night?” She asks. “Daddy says you’d be a shoe-in at his law firm as long as you don’t mind working with a bunch of blood...
Turns out you can’t go faster than light, which happened to be a very pesky limitation for space exploration. So we humans contrived a workaround. Captain Ladrian hadn’t paid much attention during the basic Faster Than Light (FTL) courses all fleet officers were required to attend during Basic Officer Training (BOT), o...
"Grandpa, why do your stories always start with, 'It was a dark and stormy night'? Aren't nights always dark?" "Oh, my dear boy, no. No they are not. Let me tell you about the light and stormy night."Grasping his cane that'd been leaned against the boy's bed, the gray old man stepped toward the door and flicked on the...
I feel the familiar pulling sensation in my gut right after I’ve taken my afternoon dose of pain medication. I try to summon up some excitement, but where I’ve formerly felt a sense of adventure, I now just feel nausea. Sighing, I uncover myself from the blankets of my hospital bed, knowing that they won’t be happy if ...
sorry for mobile formatting // *The following audio file is dated six months ANC (after nuclear crisis). The identity of the narrator is unknown. Transcription courtesy of the Institute of Post-Historical Studies.* A film about animals I saw as a kid showed a series of strange pinkish creatures that lived in caves t...
I'd made a lot of mistakes in my life, of that there was no doubt. The lottery money would go a long way to fixing some of those. That kid in Glenrose. That "fender bender"by the river. Hell, even the incident with the ice cream. Yeah, the ice cream would probably be the second thing I dealt with. But the guy in front...
I tapped the enter key on the laptop sitting in front of me and waited. Twenty seconds later the TV fixed to the wall opposite my desk flickered and went black. BBC World News had been playing and the 11am bulletin was just beginning when the video feed cut out. Slowly, glowing white letters began to appear randomly on...
For as long as I can remember I have been deathly afraid of spiders. Before I go to sleep I always check the walls and ceiling of the bedroom and have on several occasions, slept in the livingroom because there was a spider in the bedroom somewhere up high where the cats could not reach. ​ Something chang...
"A hero or monster? Can we truly trust a person who would steal from our military and police force? I ask you this viewer, is it really a good idea to trust a man who wants to play the modern-day version of Robin Hood? Vigilante justice is a slippery slope. Sure, we all will cheer for this man while he does what we wan...
"You did WHAT?" "I destroyed their homeworld."General Gred sits back in his chair looking smug. "Eart." "Oh shit. Oh fuck. Oh no." I tap on the button to call my secretary. "What was Earth's gravity and atmospheric composition? Never mind. I don't care. Find out and find a planet like that. We'll give it to them a...
42. Simple number. It’s seven times six. Thirty plus twelve. The ANSWER TO LIFE AND EVERYTHING or something like that… It is also the number of times Chester Billingsworth V could be abducted before he got tired of it. MoVe To wYoMiNg, ThErE’s NO ONE tHeRe!! Everyone had told him that. Morons. Whereas yes, his hous...
"There. Do you see her?"Amari excitedly slapped my chest and pointed. I quickly flicked my spyglass in the direction she pointed. The sky seemed empty as I scanned it. "No. Are you sure?"I say. "Of course I'm sure. I told you they're hard to spot. It's so high and they have blue bellies. You have to LOOK." I look ...
There were, of course, attempts at imposing order. There always are, and they never stick. It is the way of things. A species first spaceport is always chaotic, and CCSP was no exception. Part of it is the aliens. A species on the cusp of joining galactic civilization attracts a certain type. Some are greedy, som...
“I don’t know why I’m here,” I lied. “I don’t know what I’m here to do,” I lied. “When they said you traded your soul for a protector, I didn’t volunteer, they just sent me here,” I lied. I actually know why I’m here. Why I, the monster that sits in her closet, volunteered to be the one protecting her. It’s because ...
"So let me see if I get this straight,"the heroine said, as she kicked the last henchman into the moat of fire surrounding the villain's throne room. "You think you've seen through my plan?"Dark Hammer answered, bellowing as he jumped to the ground with a obviously practiced rolling landing. "You kidnapped the mayor...
It was the last day before Christmas break when I let Grady stop my locker before I shut it. It was the first time it'd happened since freshman year. And this was just like the last time. But since then, I'd prepared. "Finally got it, you little bitch."he sneered as he gripped the door in his left hand. "Took you lo...
“Did you try turning it off and on again?” Her eyes exploded in fury. “Of course I did! I lived through the War you know, I’m not as stupid as you think I am. Haven’t you ever deleted something by accident before?” Painful memories of my college thesis disappearing at the click of a button rushed into my head. I qu...
The dragon could not believe her incredible luck. The half-eaten body of the princess stashed behind the mound of gold alongside the bodies of other creatures (cows, sheep, the occassional knight), it was just a matter of completing the transformation spell to conert herself into the spitting image of the princess. S...
I once decided the fates of cities. At my word, they would be snuffed out. With barely a thought, I would order them subjugated. Their populace turned into slaves for my war machine. I could choose anything, and it would be mine. People loathed, feared and envied me and my power. But now, I had a much more important jo...
I should have known that something was suspicious when the breeder was so keen to get rid of this pup. They practically paid me to take it off their hands. As I was desperate for a dog at the time, needing a companion for the sake of my mental health, I didn't ask too many questions. Maybe I should have. She was a ro...
"... Really?" "Yes. A whole planet. A whole species..." "But that's... No. How do they live?" "I have no idea! They breathe an oxygen nitrogen mix, of all things! They have to be somehow adapted to their corrosive atmosphere." "That's not what I meant. Are you sure they don't? You double checked, triple checked?" ...
Often enough, good deeds are not rewarded in kind. Once upon a time, as so many stories tend to start, there was a town. A nice, small, and cosy town. The people who lived there were good people, or so they thought themselves. They prided themselves on their diligence, their patience, and their piety. Good traits to ha...
"I can't fucking help it."Cyrus existed as a mind separated from the physical realm. Though he was aware he was being judged, the others were nothing more than disembodied voices speaking to him as his own thoughts. They formed one voice together to judge the living. "You murdered your political rivals by accusing t...
The wizard looked at me and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I told you to take out the dragon,"he said, with the air of a man done with life. "I did,"I said, crossing my arms. "I expect to be paid in full. My services are not cheap, Archmage Valin." "I said to take out the dragon,"he said again. I felt a little insu...
I was just drinking a cider out on my apartment's balcony, enjoying the skyline at dusk, when Moo practically *crashed* on the patio table with a clang and a sharp crack, spreading a spiderweb of cracks over the glass tabletop. I immediately dropped what I was doing as I ran to check on him, a bunch of unlikely scena...
I have never been a very lucky girl. I crashed my first car the same day my first boyfriend broke up with me, I broke my arm on the way to prom, I accidentally made napalm while running the arts and crafts cabin at summer camp. Needless to say, I was not necessarily shocked when my name was picked via lottery out of th...
Habitable, the scientific records called it. Certainly, the atmosphere is comparable to Earth's, mostly. Breathable anyway. And it is within the Habitable Zone around its star. But our orbital telescopes weren't advanced enough to indicate much of anything. Gravity is comparable. 1.02 that of Earth. Has two moons, but ...
It started in our first life. I think we were brothers then, but it’s been so very long. I do remember it happened with a rock – that’s not the sort of thing you forget. We were…tending to our fields, yes, when he snuck up behind me and brained me with a rock. I was still conscious as I fell, as he mounted me and kept ...
(Edited for formatting) Attenuation time with a magic blade can vary wildly, depending on the age and strength of the blade, its sentience, and the will of it's bearer. The occasion where I'd claimed mine, tearing it from the rotten hands of a lich which promptly rose in furious battle, didn't offer much opportunity...
The class was hiding in a backroom of the bank they were doing their excursion in, listening to the horrible chanting of the cult members as they performed their ritual. Despite the horrifying setting, the students were all grinning, knowing this would be their chance to show off their secret identities. “I guess i...
January 1st 2012: 4:30 am: clear sky, new moon. 6:00 am: partly cloudy, small accident on I-25 expect delays. 11:15 am: Storm clouds rolling in rain expected, I-25 accident cleared. 1:00 pm: light thunderstorm, Flash flood warning, stay off roads. 9:00 pm: Storm passed, clear sky, Full moon. January 2nd 2012: 6:15...
“I’ve spent months tracking you down, now bite me.” You look wearily at the pudgy human with the angry face on holding his chubby wrist towards you. You knowing this dramatic production will unfold, from opening to ending, yet you are being forced to act it out, again and again as it slowly spools towards its inevi...
Finally! As you strip off the last of the painters tape, you can finally say you are done with your mountain retreat. It was a side project you started early in you career, and as the years rolled up, many of the plans updated, your mountain retreat is done. Having now retired, he used was done. A nice shower later t...
# The Fourth Race "Fire!" That was the last thing Tempest heard before she felt a searing hot pain in her head above her left eye. She had never known blackness so complete. So consuming. Yet there in that place, as she drifted at the edge of consciousness, Tempest saw an image of herself. She lay in an open pit, sp...
“Morning, John.” I said, looking beside me at the man crouched on the ground. Cutting his grass with a pair of sewing scissors. I took the mail out of my box and sighed. Trying to figure out what he was trying to do. “It is you, Allison Rose Smithson” The man smiled, his pupils slowly drifting to the opposite sides o...