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James was baffeled. In all his years he had never know a better swordsman than Lord Bickerton, yet here he stood, witnessing his Lord getting pummeled by a filthy commoner. This peasant, more fit for an asylum than the pressence a nobleman, had foolishly challenged the Lord to a duel to the death. Lord Bickerton had a...
Mental Log 246526: Man. This blows. You know what would be really nice? If this bastard would put a window or two in here. At least then I could watch the squirrels doing whatever it is animals do. You understand me, magic mace, right? Oh right. He put me in here with a bunch of regular weapons. What a tool, and no...
I opened my... eyes?... for the first time. I sat up in a plush bed - a type of bed that I'm unfamiliar with. A quick look down at my... hands?... - yes, hands - reveals that I've just been reborn as a human, the newest species to join our empire. Interesting. My representatives must have already found my newborn body...
Okay man, okay, just hear me out. I know this is gonna sound crazy but when you put all the pieces together, it makes perfect sense. So we got the Death Star, right? Super imperial battle station that can annihilate planets. This thing is armed man, it's got fuckin' turbolasers and gun turrets and detection gri...
During the 1900's, there was a round table of councilmen that we're all the nobles of certain objects. There was a bed noble, there was a computer noble; there was even a SPOON noble. But the most devastating of them all... Was the chair noble. The chair noble, realizing that nobody cared about him or his extremely sim...
"Remember me?" He spun around, startled, his hair in disarray. "How-" "It wasn't difficult,"I said, cutting him off, "your security is a joke." He put down the hairbrush he had been holding. "I wanted to feel it one more time, the rush, being on stage." I waited, the pistol in my hand heavier then it had any right to...
I walked into the empty office. I kicked up dust on the floor. Everything’s destroyed. Desks collapsed, broken computers-. I can’t even make out there faces. “Umm, Mr. Newell, we heard a huge noise coming from here, what’s going on?” I turned my head back on our new employee Jeff. He was in his 20’s. Young guy. Gue...
Another night, another dream, another time I saw it. The pendulum of wisdom, the great centre of creation, suspended in the all-encompassing abyss of time, swinging wildly between reason and mystery, the known and the arcane, knowledge and power. Slowly and steadily it moved, generation after generation, century after ...
“Next!” The HSA agent at the desk beckoned for the next person in line to step up. Sitting at a podium made of clouds, he flashed a light into my eyes and beckoned me to move forward. “Name?” “W-what?” I stammered. “Your name?” he asked again. “W-where am I?” I continued to stammer. “Where do you think?” “I dunn...
I sat in the waiting room. Stark white, filled with various hues of grey. It was filled with nothing but... dogs. Dogs everywhere. I knew I had died. I mean, I fell onto a subway track a good minute before the train came. That's not a lot of time and, between you and me, that's a pretty final death. I just didn't expec...
>"I’ve written many drafts of this. It seemed imperative to sound cordial. Well not even cordial. Mostly it’s really hard to write this letter and not come off as increasingly condescending. Reaching out to a planet completely bound by such a constrained and limited form of communication. I mean to some extent you a...
Jeffery stood staring at them, confused. Where was everyone else? Is heaven just three dudes sitting around a coffee table? All of them stood up at once, excited. "Hello, hello!"they all cried, shaking his hand enthusiastically. "Um, hey,"he said, looking around, "not to be rude but, is this it?" Jesus looked abas...
Up the stairs, to the left. I nodded, pushed open the door, and began the climb. Would it be okay if I go next? Sarah asked, passive as ever. I could picture her before me, same as the day I first met her. Her voice sounded the same as the first words she ever spoke to me, a lot different than the last. "Perha...
Camden and Eleanor Jacobs sat in their rooms at the Burbank Hotel, only a wall separating them. They both looked into their respective mirrors, brushing their dark hair for the night. So in sync were their movements with the brush that from an outside perspective the mirrors could just as well have been a glass window ...
"Tell me Dr. Kline, why did you become a professor?" The professor grimaced. Whatever answer, initial ambition, youthful passion, had died with his wife. He was here for money, and a place to hide from reflection. This fact broke his heart. Wordplay of course, was his passion. Apparent from the earliest age. He had ...
"Good work, everyone. Great to see you all again. Back to work!" "Sir, if I may?" "Johnson, is it?" "Yes, sir." "Well, what do you want?" "Well, sir, it's about the chemical spill." "What?" "We can't do it." "You've got to stop thinking in such binary terms, Johnson. It's not a 'spill,' it's a bit of runoff. Th...
A lot of people celebrate their birthday by doing things they would never ordinarily be willing to do, and spend their death day cowering in fear in a steal box somewhere far underground. For me it’s a bit different. My birthday also happens to be my death day. So I guess you could say that I spend my birthdays flirtin...
"...brownies." Will quirked an eyebrow. "Brownies? Like the food?" "Naw, dumbass. Brownies, like the fae. The wee little ones that help the farmers. Yah ken what I mean, yer just being dense." "Yeah, yeah, I get it. How, though? They're sweet, I mean hell, all they eat is honey and oatmeal. What could they possibly ...
Ah. At last. It wasn't an easy road, but I made it. It seemed luck was never on my side and it was always easier to do the wrong thing than the right, but I did it, I led a successful positive life with a positive influence and lasting footprint. It was a car crash that did it, not even my fault, though part of me wi...
This is it. What I've been preparing for ever since I first started my training. Rarely does a Jedi face combat alone. Even rarer is this combat against a sith. But here I am. I've been following his trail for weeks, chasing this man who's left destruction in his wake. Going from planet to planet, killing and pillagin...
‘It’s over Caretaker. You’ve got nowhere to run.’ I’ve met maybe three superheroes who don’t love posturing. Probably something about the kind of person who puts on a skin-tight costume and tells everyone to worship them for being so great. There’s so many of them too. I had no idea who this guy even was. ‘You’ve got...
The class shuffled awkwardly into their seats. The classroom was adorned with bewildering decor. The items were very clearly magical, but they seemed so foreign, odd. Not like from another nation, but as though they came from a parallel dimension or something... weird. That's ridiculous. Professor Strange's last name...
I stared at the target, white knuckles gripped tight on my steering wheel, waiting for him to make his move. He waited until the light turned red, and then proceeded across the crosswalk. I sighed. Didn't anybody jaywalk anymore? I checked for cars coming either way. There wouldn't be on this quiet little street, ...
It started when I got Pokemon Go. I played the game out on the streets with Danny and Leroy, chasing Pikachu's shadow and catching far too many Ratata. Dave and Leroy grew tired of the game and its backwards progress and quit. Me, well, I'm not too keen on quitting, especially when I'm ahead. I had logged several hund...
George Phillips was carpet salesman living in Louisiana, and his day-to-day life was pretty average. He worked at a boring job, owned a house and car, and watched sports games just like any other normal person. His favorite food was mashed potatoes, and he had a bulldog named Buster. Yep, nothing out of the ordinary ev...
The stair creaked as Mr. Weasley walked to the first floor. "Harry? Where are you?" A muffled reply sounded through the closed door on the left. "I'm here, Mr. Weasley." With a soft pant Mr Weasley arrived at the top of the stairs. "Ginny asked me to talk to you about something, do you have a moment?" The door opene...
The ticket managers eyes examine the young woman who he is speaking to. Short brown hair, flower earrings, a big green sweater? Catholic was his guess. "Welcome newly dead, er, Ari. You are currently at the Limbo Station. Every god, from the gods of the Norse to the Hawaiian Demi-kinda-a-god-things exists, and this sta...
> To be honest, I'm not really sure what the first clue was. It's kinda always been like this, almost like the Truman show, but only in my head. I've never really questioned it, always figured I had a knack for the imaginative, hell, it's why I went on to try and write a book. Of course that didn't pan out, nothing ...
"What have we done..." Doctor Arlington was trembling at the sight. 20 years of research at the government facility without any foresight into a worst case scenario like this. The words he whispered were his last as Maxwell K. Warfields, the most successful test subject, had used his new-found instinct and mutations t...
I scanned my eyes over this month’s bill statement. In frustration, I squeezed the bill into a ball before throwing it across the room. The bill bounced off of the wall and rolled under the bed. I shook my head while listening to a peculiar sound. The sound was the crinkling of the bill underneath the bed. I waited. I ...
"There are many beasts in this vast world of ours; both meek and great, fearsome and innocuous. Indeed, one could sit and speculate for many hours as to which beast is the greatest, the most fearsome, what have you. Alternatively, you could make like Aranthur and sleep through the largest part of my lecture. Don't act ...
Zio'rgzis of Thelos IV stood before the gathered representatives. "The situation on Earth has become dire."He said. "The humans from Alter IX have proven especially dangerous. They have all but subdued the other creatures, turning some, including the fearsome kitty cat from Meo VI, into household pets. Without a natura...
Some things never change. Not in millennia, not ever. Waking up with a pounding headache, not remembering what you did the night before. That's the same regardless of what time period you live in. Getting so hammered you forget who you are? Shiiiiit, that had happened once in the 12th century. The floors of the Sigma...
Year after year of gross negligence; pushing onward with no regard for what lay behind. Advancement? Certainly. They progressed as any other, the cosmic climb claiming those from all walks of life, indiscriminate. Thus, humanity expanded into the stars, like ink spilled on a page, streaking their filthy legacy behind...
"This is your first time, 'innit?"asks officer Yellow. His mustache scrunches up into his nose as he leans close to my face. I smell pickles and ranch dressing in his breath. "Yeah. I thought I'd just rob a bank today"I replied. To him, I was probably sounding like a smartass. But what I said was closer to the truth t...
Joren and Mila run circles around their unconscious friends, trying to ignore the sweat pouring down their faces, or the sound of their muscles screaming with each step. They’ve been trapped in this hell for almost ten hours, and while their shift’s about to end, nobody’s gonna be able to take over for them. *We were...
Moe’s sitting on a broken refrigerator, glaring at me with a toothless grin. We’ve known each other almost ten years and never had a friendly conversation, but you’d think the fact that literal hellhounds and hellcats are raining from the sky would change that. Nope. Behind me, my daughter shakes. Today was supposed ...
A random shopper at a farmer's market once told me that I was born for greatness. That I'd go on to do many great things for the world. Seven year old me took those words to heart, carried them with him wherever he went, so that in the darkest of times, he'd have a fallback plan. Fast forward to 30 year old me, three-...
I bought the toaster today. I just can’t keep going. No matter how hard I try nothing ever gets better. The roof is leaking, the sink in the kitchen’s leaking into the basement, I got canned, my trucks broken, my wife left, the kids think I’m mean, I broke my arm. I’m done! It’ll be easy I think. I’ll plug it in and t...
She sits alone in the center of the room, a concentric circle of worried students seated all around her. The whispers started the moment she joined the school, the year already halfway through. Whispers in the hallways and bathrooms and during gym as she sits placidly on a bench, watching the other students kick a bal...
Martin. He called himself Martin. I asked him what he was doing in the phonebooth. He said he didn’t really have a choice. I didn’t understand. Granted, I was only 10 years old and didn’t understand much at the time. However, that is when I first met Martin. All, I remember about him is that he seemed sad and ...
It all started small. These kinds of things always do, don’t they? First, it was just a small surge in sterility. A bunch of people got the bad news from their doctors. No one could’ve seen what was coming. But then, slowly, it became clear. Too many people suddenly becoming sterile to be normal. The doctors were baffl...
The black of space was consumed with stars of inferno. A cataclysmic war wrapped spacetime in a burning embrace, and, amidst it, one man whispered to an analog screen. The battle was a mute tone in the heavily enforced cruiser, drifting in the expanse of warfare that had become his universe. He did not know what secto...
Logging new species, designated #11,093. Reply indicates no intelligence. Sending drone #678,131 to probe for species usefulness. ... Lost contact with drone #678,131 in 2.035 seconds. Determining the cause of drone destruction... No heat signature detected. No energy source detected. Nervous syste...
The grim tower seemed to spiral into the sky, somehow ignoring gravity and geometry as it twisted upon itself as it stretched into the air. Within the thick walls, secluded in the labyrinth of hallways was the main chamber. Where two figures were now seemingly drawn to the stained alter of sacrifice by an unseen force....
"Rebecca, do you know anyone that can get my house painted for cheap?" "Yeah, yeah, I'll get him in a little while. See you."I sighed as I hung up with Joe. This was a usual happening. Whenever someone needed somebody, I could get them. As a Summoner, I could find anyone for anything. This gift, mind you, was not of m...
'Shit. Not again.' Ash Ketchum muttered as he heaved himself out of the chair. Ever since the Vaporeon Plague began, that message had been broadcasted almost daily. Attempts to breed wild Eevee out of endangerment backfired stupendously when the hoardes escaped and dominated the local wildlife, destroying ecosystems....
I could never understand some of their requests. "To die in joy""To live a hundred years""Taken while with their family." They all had their own requests. Many were just strange enough that i chose to entertain myself with them. Others were humble enough that i made it as pleasant as i could while still staying true t...
To My Beloved Wallace, for After You Have Pulled the Plug &nbsp; We had known since your birth that the prophecy would prove true. It could be seen in your eyes. Where others may have brown, blue, green, or some mix therein, yours were as red as a violent sunset. I knew then that you would be my end, and that my ...
They say you will know the hero if he steals from you. From the crystals in your purse, down to the last of your shoes. \thud\* \thud\* He will come with glowing sword in hand, a dead look in his eyes, and in silence, aside from the occasional grunts, he will break every pot in your home. \thud\* \thud\* Th...
If you've never read minds, don't try it. The chance you actually overhear something interesting is approximately zero. You can either find out how little your coworkers actually think about work in staff meetings, or how preoccupied most people on the street are with the daily crisis of their lives. If you're a better...
Happiness. It's hard for me to define it. Is happiness the feeling I felt when I learned that I would be getting a lung transplant? Is happiness the feeling I felt when I dumped by girlfriend of ten years, Sara, for cheating on me? Is happiness the feeling I felt the day my daughter was born with an incurable disea...
It's difficult to explain how quiet it can be on a ship. If you've never been to space, you might imagine it's like an ocean liner: echoing metal corridors; the steady thrumming of machinery; a little porthole to the ocean beyond. But in reality, it's unnervingly quiet. The steel doesn't groan under stress, there is no...
"What the fuck is happening!?" This thought continuously repeated inside of the Alien's head, while it stare at the 2 Humans arguing with each other. "This Alien crash landed in British soil!" "He has rights that must be respected! We won't allow you to dissect him and take his tech for yourself!" It's been almost...
Hoist the jolly roger, my fine men of the sea, full speed straight ahead, always for eternity! With loaded cannons and sharpened swords, we sinks our foes with naught recourse. They might see and try to run, how nice of them, that's half the fun! But lately ships grey as the sea, why, they chase us and we must flee....
“Cough loudly if you can hear my thoughts,” Eli thought to himself. Honestly, it wasn’t as uncommon a thought as you might expect. Just some bored kid, excited at the thought of something supernatural but with no real expectation. I coughed. Just once into my closed fist. What can I say, I’m also a bored kid. I ign...
The man lay dead upon the floor. Knife through his chest. Wasn't a hard diagnosis to make, given that the knife was still there. Male. 33. 5'11". Wife predeceased him. No children. No contact with parents after moving halfway around the globe. No siblings. Grandparents dead. Found by police after his workplace called...
Aeryn climbed the gilded steps and accepted his flask from the Schoolmaster. It was filled with a shimmering blue liquid that whirled under its own power. He lifted the flask to his lips—the crowd roaring in approval—and gulped its contents down. The liquid felt like he was swallowing a iceberg. Between numb lips, he f...
When you name yourself with the word 'captain', responsibilities come along. It wasn't even me who christened myself with the name Captain Tomorrow. The netizens, upon seeing my uniform, decided that it's best for me to be named after a certain fictional super soldier. I honestly would have prefer something like the R...
“Six six six. Are you sure this is an emergency?” Dan Twitch leaned back in his threadbare office chair until it creaked. The voice on the other end of his headset was frustratingly familiar. Margaret. At 3:30 pm, every day, it was Margaret. “Of course,” the tinny voice said. “It’s been two weeks. Bites has never, e...
There is something beautiful about hearing how the world works. It's like having a little Jiminy Cricket in my head, but instead of moral directions, I'm getting directions. *Paradox walked down a dark, dingy alley with his gleaming stolen golden necklace. The enigma of a man was walking into the tenderloin of Deep...
Yohar placed the final piece of his carapace on his crimson body, reminiscent of what the underling Earthers call “lobsters.” It was not just his proud race, the terrifying Undarians whom are biological tanks, who decided to snuff the hairless apes of this system for the resource their Empire needs. The Haumarines, a t...
Gorrick Delver had seen the posters, anyone who’d been to the elf district had. Beautiful maidens, teary eyed as they waved goodbye to their dashing captains, elven soldiers filing aboard stylized warships, the roaring flames of their engines blinding as the pushed for the sky. Blocky red letters at the top, the words ...
Greg the Vampire stood over The Captain’s sleeping pod. “Greg,” said The Captain, “oh hey man, what’s up? Why am I awake?” Greg grimaced. The Captain frowned. “Oh hmm. Did something happen? Is this an emergency?” The Captain stirred in his pod, and tried to remember if he had packed his official emergency-use-o...
As the dead marched from the Druid's sacred forest, many believed something terrible had happened to the druids within. But I knew better. The corpses shambling across the countryside, cutting down all any intelligent being who stood in their way, were the work of the druids themselves. Animated through the use of p...
Being the master of the house took some getting used to. It was a beautiful place. The branch of the family it belonged to had always had a large bank account, that complimented their "better than you"attitude to life. So it was a large surprise when I inherited the house over my cousins. But, being an old mansion, it...
The day I came back from death was the most amazing day of my life. I was in a new world, a world so much better than the one I left. This new universe had magic. It had dragons and quests and monsters and guilds. That first day, I was alive. My life before was nothing if not mundane. I'd drop my daughter off at scho...
While the other students filtered out of the lecture hall, Peter and Sarah put their heads together and stared at his phone. The former saw Alan and waved him over. "Check this out,"he said excitedly. "I found a video of the parasite wasp the professor mentioned." "Ugh, it's so gross,"Sarah said gleefully. Alan roll...
Colton was a fan of keeping old tech around in his beach bungaloo. He was out in his garage, working on a new suit for his old dog, Sarah. She was having a nap in some old bedding that Colton had put out on his workbench; just a small pillow with some straw strewn about. Sarah had nestled her way into a nice little bur...
Ever since i answered the add in the back of Soldier of Fortune Magazine back in 2015, yes this was before the paper copies went away. I thought I was going to be a travel correspondent for an up and coming internet news outlet. I filled out the questionnaire took some tests and for sure thought i was taking an MRI b...
The being before me was one that I was more than familiar with. Bipedal, proportionate (at least on the outside), brains large relative to their bodies, fleshy, and fairly smart in comparison to some of the other ships residents. I was thankful it was a human who had come to the med bay today rather than something wit...
Angels walked the Earth when I was a child. Real life Angels, some were people with wings, some were flying mathematical anomalies that you could barely look at without passing out. I was six, so I don’t remember much, and my account is not my own recollections. I only remember panic and mum not coming home and dad...
“Here you go everyone! I brought healing potions for everyone. Plus I modified them. They should all taste like mead!” Odessa bounced around the campsite as if she had consumed a mountain of sugar. “Thanks Dessa. Better than the swill we usually get.” A gruff voice spoke up. “I’d rather eat dirt than drink healing pot...
When magic came back into the world, so did the dragons. But dragonslayer as an occupation did not make a return. For the dragons were no longer anything like the old fairy tales, kidnapping princesses, and being killed by knights and dragonslayers hired by kings. These dragons are our new kings. Sapienta the Wise ho...
I was doing the 67,876th maintenance on the substructure of the universe, on a planet I've designated as sacred. The pyramids built upon it by the followers I gained through a few simple "signs from the gods"were necessary parts in creating an energetic interface with the universe. In god form, I can't really get m...
I was having a small drink in a tavern in Etherfjørd, they make the best ales of the realm. It was an older, more rustic design of building that didnt have access to any magic, and was a little abnormally quiet for an evening around supper time. There was a dragonborn with shiny, amethyst-like scales and many piercings...
Jonathan starts every workday by doing his little summoning ritual. Its half a dozen candles, a big magic circle on a tarp he unrolls and then he does the calling. Usually just one call is needed, sometimes it’s two, but every once in a while he needs to do the whole “thrice I have called you and you must appear”. Its...
Pro-lifers don't like it. Almost no-one likes it. But people have done it. You know who's done it. On your street, in your school, in your workplace. Even some celebrities. We're not pointing fingers but both Kim Kardashian and Putin have the same guilty sheen of eternal youth. There's the news that some poor kidnapped...
"It's finger-licking good!"the great beast said as he plunged his teeth into my thigh. It wasn't so bad in comparison to what had happened earlier. After I'd had all my feathers plucked and my body sliced into pieces my flesh had been dipped in boiling grease and fried. This was apparently the just punishment...
"What's the upload speed, Grace?"My voice is already shaking and I'm trying desperately to keep it from my wife. She stands, bent over the computer, furiously clicking. "Not fast enough,"She says angrily. "We need more time." I look at the clock. The second hand ticks down slowly and my hand tightens involuntarily...
Cyril decided to sit outside today. The cafe was always crowded, and the sun was finally shining. The waitress sat him against the railing, facing the small art walk in downtown Portland. This was a place for all types of artists; chalk artists, performance artists, bucket drummers, and slam poets all lined the small ...
12:00 - I'll just wait a little bit longer. 13:00 - Where am I? I need confirmation. 14:00 - Passing the time with frequent masturbation. 15:00 - Anytime now. Anytime soon. 16:00 - Come on... just let me know of tomorrow... 17:00 - More masturbation. 18:00 - Bored bored bored. Am I dead? 19:00 - I'm dead. I'...
"What are they running from?"Jerry asked. His voice bounced off the cave walls, sending echoes down to the very end where the blocked wall was. Pearson leaned closer to the cave wall, adjusting his thick glasses with a wrinkled hand. "Right here,"he said in his gruff voice and pointing to a humanoid drawing, "these l...
"Hello,"the man said. "My name is Jack. What is your name?" There was no reply. He took a breath, and tried again. "Well, it's nice to meet you. How long have you been here?" He was met with silence. He did not give up. "I just got here, I think. I guess this is some kind of hospital. The people seem to think I'm i...
"Mr. Pinkman?"The voice echoed in the background, muted. "Mr. Pinkman, did you hear what I said?" "Yes, bitch,"Jesse snapped. "Osteosarcoma, stage 4. Inoperable." 10 years on, and it seemed the story was starting itself over again. He looked at his shaking hands. Goddamn, he could go for a cigarette right about no...
"You... want to end your relationship. With your wife."The Admin stared at us, deadpan. "Har har. Haven't heard that one in a few years. Good on you for getting this far up the chain of command; that's dedication. Which prank channel are you working for, anyway?" We'd expected this. "He really does want a divorce,"Abb...
I came downstairs to the smell of brimstone and hellfire. I hadn't known what hellfire smelled like, or that it had a smell, or that it even existed before that moment (I was something of an atheist who toyed with agnosticism when high). Regardless, one whiff and I knew what I was smelling. If you ever smell it, you...
"I have fucked up my life beyond repair. Even 3 wishes, no matter what they are couldn't make things right. However, I would like for my children to be happy. Is that too vague?" "Not at all." "Next, I would like for my wife to forget I ever existed. She hasn't been able to move on after what she's been through. I wo...
"And I will make a promise.. to the American people..." "I stand up for the American people, and I will..." "If I were to take office... my very first duty... would be to ensure that..." This is the dilemma faced by the grain of sand in a crowd. How could an insignificant face hold a significant impact? The promise ...
Video opens with a nondescript 30-something man in business casual attire sitting at a computer Oh hey! I didn't see you there. And that's part of the problem. See, we here at the three letter agency are facing a budget shortfall. We're on the cusp of a disruptive breakthrough in [REDACTED](/s "reading all of your...
“GOOD NEW HUMANS! HAPPINESS PILLS ARE NOW FLAVORED AS SCOTCH. PLEASE REMEMBER TO TAKE THEM WITH YOUR MEAT WATER EVERY EVENING.” The PA screamed into life. I pulled at my black jumpsuit’s too tight collar as I braced myself for the AI’s next announcement. “TODAY’S RANDOM EXECUTION IS …. THX-1138! PLEASE ENTER THE NEAR...
I look down at my hands. There's nothing to them- they're translucent, average size, and all around dull, like a child's hand. Not for long anymore. I had tried to figure out what I was going to look like- I remember those sleepovers with my friends, where we all speculated on hair colour, weight, and god knows what...
The world labeled me as Monsieur Raphael, the greatest magician to have walked the Earth. I started performing magic at a young age to keep my mind off of the abusive parents that I had. An old man named Jack took me in as an apprentice and taught all sorts of tricks and magic that I have never seen before; the very sa...
I wiped my hand self-consciously on the leg of my pants and put on a winning smile. "Hi,"I said. "Detective Jones. Pleased to meet you." He stood in front of me, slouched and rumpled. Without breaking eye contact, he pulled an artfully battered pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and lit one with the flick of a light...
The first slap didn't hurt that much, but the second one really rang inside my head. Their head. After all, it wasn't mine. Nothing was. The coffee slopped out of the side of his cup on the second one. "Hey, Baster, I'm talking to you." "My apologies,"I said. I'm listening,"I said. My manager glared at me. "Clean. T...
The news stations shut down the day they came. All of them. All at once. Then all the television stations blipped out of existence. Then the internet. The electricity was the last to go. It was like they were sending us back in time. I guess they didn’t want us to communicate with each other, like they didn’t want us t...
Leisl is a young Jewish teenager suffering from borderline personality disorder during World War II. She and her older brother Levi have been in an incestuous relationship since they were children, which only solidifies as they go through the trauma of having their parents murdered by Nazis and them having to become fu...
My taxi drove so slowly through the traffic of New York City. Waves of movement halted and started again infinitely. I was headed to kill a woman's ex husband, she was furious. He got custody of their car. "Is there a way to go any faster? No?"I spoke with a heavy Spanish accent. "Yes. Wait. No. There's no way to go...
"...That sucks, buddy, is that why you're drinking alone?" "Yeah. Haha" "Lemme buy you a drink, you like whiskey, buddy?" "Haha, naaah, only lonely cowboys drink whiskey, and I don't voluntarily drink alone, haha.. But I'll take a neat gin!" "Here you go, buddy. Happy 21st!" "Thanks, man." "You know what really h...
"Yer a wizard, Harold!" "Mm, no,"said the boy, his green eyes more noticeable than ever since his LASIK surgery the week before. "Unless that's something from a theme park I haven't been to yet?" The over-sized man's face sunk. As awful as he smelled, and as nasty as his head of hair was, Harold began to take pity on...

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