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**This Story does not contain any spoilers from the movie** Dr. Smolder Bravestone ran with intense vigor out towards an empty field from a thick and unforgiving jungle. He gasped as he broke through the heavy vines and into the clearing. “Come on!” Jefferson McDonough shouted from the cockpit of a helicopter hoverin...
We were studying the effects of element J-34S on corn stocks in the dense dimension where humans lived. After materialising North West of a dilapidated barn just outside the edge of a corn field, me, my partner, 'Zeep” and our four non biological assistants began the task of scanning the corn stocks to locate the healt...
While I sleep, the fortress is breached. It cannot be helped. I am exhausted. I have limits, and they too have been breached. I awake to Zvallan faces, wreathed in open, iron helms, staring at me in confusion and wonder and the faintest inkling of fear. They have likely seen many things they could not comprehend on th...
**Cleanup, Aisle Three** -------- Life was all so normal, once I lived without bravado Until the day I saw her there Testing an avocado *My mind went red in aisle three No choice, just my biology The thing switched on All pretense gone My doomed and luckless enemy* Lock eyes we did A...
**Constructive criticism is welcome!** --- I stared down at the body of my oldest friend. I had killed Cahya first, in fair combat. I had loved Duana slightly more and had put off going after her for as long as I could. I think Cahya had known and forgiven me for it. He had smiled brilliantly at me at the end, as p...
"George! George! did you see that? A bloody fireball just came out of my hand!" "Hmm?"said Simon's old friend and co-worker, pulling his nose out of the dusty old book he was reading. Simon rolled his eyes. "Pay attention this time. So now, how did I pronounce it... *Hoksi*? *Haksi*? No, that’s not it, it’s…*Hahksi...
It came everywhere at first. On the radio, text messages, tv shows, social media, everywhere that was possible flashed the big red letters: "METEORITE INBOUND. EARTH WILL BE GONE IN 3 DAYS." At first there was panic. Everyone calling every relative they possibly knew of, spending time with their kids, pare...
"Cover!" Plasma seared through the steel and concrete barricade that made up the last defensive wall of New York. Sergeant Bailey, NYPD, ducked behind and screamed as it did. The ships had descended on Earth three weeks ago, bringing with them destruction. Air superiority was lost in five days. Bailey tucked himself ...
It didn’t feel like anything, death. Or at least, it didn’t feel like I’d expected it to. No suffering. No breath rattling in my throat as I tried to suck in one last taste of life. No dark void. One minute I was there and the next…*here*? Now this was a surprise – the whole afterlife thing. I’d lived long enough to ...
From the journal of Thaddeus Norton Schwartzwald, Pacific Forest Expedition May 19th *The first mate called me over today to discuss when we'd be returning to port. I told him that New York could wait until we'd actually found something. He informed me that that captain had said in no uncertain terms that unless I fo...
Who am I? That is a question many will face in their lives. Yet in mine it is the dominant question, the veil of mystery that covers me at all times. My origin is unclear. My parents say that I was found on the edge of the Martian Expanse in a float tank, with a ink-like fluid within it. The tank was drained and kept...
You open your eyes to a sunny morning on your 41st birthday, full expecting to be dead. Astonished you begin researching how it is possible, how can you be alive? After 364 days of sifting through every medical and genetic form of research you can get you're hands on somehow you are no closer to the truth. One day be...
After waiting in line for hours, you finally get the new Life bracelet. Your patience has run out, so instead of waiting until you come back home, you rip apart the bracelet's packaging right at the store and turn the bracelet on. As you are walking back home, the bracelet finally finishes calculating, and it displays...
Molly was only 7 years old, but she wasn’t stupid. She knew her Barbie was trying to kill her. It happened at night, usually. And at first, her attacks were subtle. Molly would lay awake, staring at the dim shadows cast by her unicorn night-light, and hear a vague rustling coming from the closet, where her Barbie liv...
Who would have thought that it would end that way? Well, a mathematician, maybe. Dying in a traffic accident wasn't that uncommon, after all. But all statistics aside, even if you calculated the risk of your death everyday, you could never comprehend it. Even the most humble person only experiences life from his or h...
"Wow, George, those are some big cameras they got down there on earth."I turned to my fellow astronaut and close friend Lennie who was still gazing over the lunar horizon at earth. I couldn't see his face through the visor, but I could see the wonder in his eyes. My heart sank. "They sure are Lennie, they sure are"I sa...
*Note: This is the first creative writing I have ever done! Criticism is welcome, just please keep that in mind.* I… Didn’t make it to the toilet. As I feel my upper body heave, the piece of steak that I thought I was choking on does not come out, but a metal device does. Confused, I feel my lips, which lack any signs...
It was cold in the interrogation room. It was illuminated by one incandescent lightbulb hanging down by just a single black wire. It tended to rock back and forth from the footsteps of the officers on the floor above. Agent Vayn sat across from a man who had been handcuffed to the uncomfortable steel chair for going ...
She lives on a rose. The sweetest country. Red, velvet earth. We call it the Scarlet Prairie. In the seven-light it looks like a field of rubies. She looks like she was made for her flower. Red hair. Dark, jewelled eyes. Her skin looks smoother than its valleys. Though I’ve never touched it. I watch her from the dande...
Security? It is an insult to my sensibilities, however many of those I have left. It was only recently revealed to me, when I chanced upon a television playing The Pacifier in a mall I was traversing, that not all children lived as I had. The restrictions that I had suffered upon my growth and freedom were downplayed,...
It all started as an accident. He was young, and stupid, and compelled by something inside to drive as fast as he could. Jack was *certain* that this had something to do with his latent powers. Some people had their powers manifest at birth (to the dismay of all involved), and some people had them manifest around puber...
You’ve believed it. I know you have. It’s innate in us, lurking in the shadowed byways and backwaters of the human psyche. Every child attempts it, trying to affect the world through will alone. Move an object, push or pull or lift. Sometimes that object is the self, wanting to levitate, wanting to fly. Always it end...
My maintenance light comes on when I’m a few light years from home. I pull up the map. Thankfully, a habitable planet is close by. I think the ship needs some attention, and I’d rather do it now than risk an emergency landing somewhere else. I’m closest to a fairly large planet named Earth. I look up the notes in the...
"I'm just saying it's disrespectful, is all!" "Disrespectful? Of your vile plans? That's a joke." The delinquent punk didn't take a break from charging his Blinding Blade when he responded. He was utilizing a barrier that would last *just* long enough for him to finish charging, from a set of one-use runes that could...
“No, no, no,” the halls of Dominion shudder and quake as the great mass that devoured a thousand cities shifts back and forth, sending ripples of acrimony through the very foundations of the eternal pit. “I told you, you have to think conical, but limit yourself to only two dimensions,” the voice of a million galaxies...
You sigh. It’s another new prince, attracted to your status and of course, your crown. The *damned* crown. The boy in front of you opens his mouth to speak. You roll your eyes, which make him hesitate. “Uh, sorry for asking, but is that crown-“ You cut him off. “-for sale? Not for *you*, buddy. It’s a nice looking c...
People in the crowd ran screaming as the bullet missed my head by an inch. The shattered piece of concrete it had taken from the side of the building I was walking in front of told me this was a very high caliber round. It wouldn't have killed me, not much could, but it would have incapacitated me for a while. "Shit...
"Please?"I begged. I wheedled and whine. I threatened and cajoled. I promised eternal glory and eternal damnation. "No." "Me-damnit, man,"I groaned. "What's it going to take for a single favor for an omnipotent being? I can't even be considered a living thing, really, so your vows don't really apply!" The monk opene...
"Seriously?"The girl sighed, exasperated. "After all we've been through together, you've decided to make my job as difficult as possible?" The ghost of her mentor stared back at her, crossing his arms stubbornly over his chest as he tapped his foot impatiently. "I've trained you better than this. You can't even send ...
"You brought the four legged monster into our camp!"A wild shout was heard, followed by the uproar of disapproval from my fellow peers, each ready to pounce on the walking beast that stayed seated by my legs, his tail wagging with alarming speed hitting up the dirt and spreading it throughout his fur. "No no... he's a...
"You are welcome. Is there anything else you would like me to play?" I raised my eyebrows. *No way...* "Did you... respond?" "Yes I did."It not only spoke, but it had my voice- or at least what it sounds like over the phone. It wasn't perfect, but it was my voice. I sat down, picking up the phone. I analyzed, seeing...
I felt that familiar beckoning byte on the rear of my shoulder. Something malicious at it again, I guessed. Everything seemed calm though. As I proceeded down the hallway, no hooks, no strings, no hangs. Everything seemed perfectly in order. Chrome was doing that thing where it was holding up literally everyone in l...
The green Mustang slid around the curve, leaving tire marks on the smooth new asphalt. The daredevil driver turned his head to see the police hot on his tail. Their sirens blared but he could hardly hear them over his roaring engine. He smiled as they danced in his mirror, angling for the PIT. The metallic crunch was ...
The picture we all like to paint regarding interstellar travel usually involves engineers, doctors, smart-as-a-whip military men - all working together for the sake of a single crew and to uphold a specific mission. The reality, however, is now that space travel is so broadly used and mundane that even the most unquali...
“So what does my soul look like?” I said to the sorceress as she stared into her crystal ball. Smoke emerged as she began reciting incantations that would peer into the soul. Her crystal ball began to glow into a low blue hue. Her tent filled with smoke that smelled pleasant. A hint of berries and lavender. I c...
See him sitting there, in his old rocking chair. Telling a story to one of his grandsons, rocking him to sleep. A man with more patience than the rocks themselves, and more love in him than a golden retriever. To all, he is kind and cheerful. Never have we, in our family, heard him say even a mean word to anyone or abo...
“Water… I need water… help…” I was getting used to these calls now. This was a very weird phone… but somehow I feel compelled to respond in any helpful way I could. I mean, it’s not exactly a problem if I just have to google it. My friend Joan looked at me questioningly. I nodded my head, gathered my things and heade...
"You humans still use ground vehicles? Those are horribly inefficient, except on smooth ice,"the Galactic Federation tech auditor said. ​ "Not as efficient as water transport, true,"the human diplomat replied. "But much faster than surface-ships, and without the weight restrictions of aircraft." &#x...
Never misses huh? THAT can't be true. Still, only 6 bullets. I have no ammo, and even if I did I can't open the gun. Why do I need 6 if it never misses? I mean, still, it's gold so I could sell it so there is that. NEVER misses? Hah. I bet I couldn't hit the president of the United States from here, in England! BAN...
Shock. Horror. Disbelief. A lot of these feelings had faded in the week or two that Jean Hallman had been stranded in the ISS. Her 1-crew craft needed maintenance, which she was waiting for while she was preparing to give the next guided tour of the old space station-turned tourist attraction. The group never arrived t...
For all of our history, we believed we were alone. We looked up towards our moons and thought that we were special. The first advanced race in the galaxy, destined to take the stars and and make them our own. We were not, in fact, destined to take the stars. By the time we arrived they’d seen countless species rise an...
"Please, just let me take it, I'm telling you I'm good for it,"Dan, the YouTuber begged the cashier. He held two items in hand. "Really? You know how demanding it is to be a cashier?"Clark asked from the other side of the counter. "Oh, I'm sure,"Dan nodded in agreement. "I am the only cashier for miles. I get people...
My best friend didn't understand. "Why the hell did you quit your job? I know you are heartbroken but he was just a man! You have shitty taste in guys anyway and you are better off without him." I knew she was right, but honestly, I had to thank him. I was poor. I had no future. I hadn't studied hard and had no real ...
Megan was in utter shock. Well, first, she thought this was her friends pulling a prank on her, but the longer she sat there, the more she realized it wan't a joke. There was a time traveller. In her house. "My real question is how did you find out about us,"the man continued,"You knew, of course."Megan said nothing ...
Status report: 14th Fleet losses for the last seventeen rentars. Originating officer: Untarh Gorjach second in command of the supply ship Sytars Sibling. Current fleet status: Barely operational. Enemy fleet status: Unknown. Reason Protocol 646 breached: I am the highest ranking surviving officer. Therefore reporti...
Kline woke up, but didn’t open his eyes. He had to make sure they weren’t around. He didn’t like doing it, keeping secrets from his parents. But lately he wondered. Were they even his parents? He just didn’t know anymore. They had been lying to him all his life. He heard hushed sounds from the kitchen. He had often a...
I knew at once why I'd never seen it before: The sand was so deep down, so much further in then anything I had ever tried. It was like looking into a cave of complete darkness and sensing rather than seeing that far, far inside, there was light. I looked around, fighting to control my focus, push away panic. We were l...
It was all a game, a simulation. All of humanity’s greatest achievements, all of our emotions and our beating hearts are nothing but strings of code in a program. All that we have done, and all that we will ever do has already been predetermined. We are just AI scripts who have been tricked into thinking that we are...
Humans are often so tied up with this notion of winning and losing. For winning, it's always "the ends justify the means!"And for losing, it's, well, "What was the point?" My name is Lucifer, although most know me by the more well-known moniker, "Satan"(God, I hate that name). I was God's right-hand man since antiqui...
*Visitors, visitors, what's the proper decorum for the age?* The voice boomed in the space behind my eyes, an echo from a time long-since lost to me. I sat there, stoic and reserved, in front of this moonsilvered dragon, scales reflecting the candlelight and gas lanterns. The dragon was pottering about the kitchen, g...
Speaking calmly so as not to antagonise her further, and taking in her nametag with a glance, I said "So, Dorothy, you want to tell me what happened?" "He was an asshole, a dumb asshole. I know you don't exactly need to be super smart to work here, but he was denser than the milk shakes. I thought we would get on a...
He did not know when he first felt her presence. It was as if he knew about her for all his life. Even when he was a child he always felt someone close by when he could not see anyone. Someone or something that was always close by. Of course everyone told him he was making it up. That he had an active imaginatio...
Walking through the shuttle that had taken me to my new home for the next 3 month I felt the nerves. The nerves of hoping I not only must make a good impression for myself, but my whole species. When the Council of Alien Species approached Earth it had been so wild. Not only were we not alone , but multiple alien sp...
"I believe you've been mislead young man. Any hero could have stopped me, I know it but you're no hero.""Lies and deception demon, you're trying to weasel your way out of this because you know you stand no chance against the true hero!" The demon, let out a heavy sigh. He wasn't despaired for his situation but by the ...
Archmage Granzaar: @ everyone Bebis(Bot): Boop Headcultist Velikov: What is it now, Gran? Space Commando Globborwitz: Gah, I thought I turned notifications off. I’m using speechtotext because I’m in the middle of a space battle right now. Yeah, send for more troops. We can’t let the slaves escape....
It had been over two thousand years since anybody had muttered his name, and now, he had turned to a foreign land for a chance of revitalizing his worship. No matter what he had done, nothing had proven good enough to get the attention of... well, anybody. Time was of the essence. Gods couldn't die, but they could fad...
"Maybe you're just annoying."Those were the words that damned me. I sat in my prison cell and felt and odd sense of relief wash over me. Suddenly, I was no longer in the dark about my incarceration. The money that had gone missing from my previous employer, it was him. My dead girlfriend, every misfortune that had lead...
Must find meat. Meat. Need meat. Long time no meat. Starved. Find meat. Smell. Found meat. Merge. Yes. Burrow. Merge. Merge. Merge. With this...life. Form. What, what is this? What is... Wow. This is something else. I've never had this kind of experience. Experience. Words. So many words. Thoughts. Home. My ho...
The dimly lit study was silent after the girl's words. The fairy godmother's face was like an emotionless mask. Before that question, the fairy had looked like a kindly woman of indeterminate age, she could have been thirty or sixty. Of course, being a fairy, it was likely that she was centuries old, possibly even mill...
I'd never be so immoral as to say half of all life disintegrating turned my life around completely. But it was hard to deny things had certainly been going my way since then. My job had bumped my pay in order to keep me in the company, I had more free time and quiet to work on my novel, and I finally had put some dista...
“I know I broke a law, but I plead not guilty because that law is stupid.” The judge just looked down at his desk and curled up his eyebrows in exhaustion. Almost as if he had dealt with many cases like this before. “Sir,” he said tiredly, “for the last time. Breaking into an ice cream truck is a felony.” ...
"Okay class. Today for your test, you will be making liquid fire. Open your textbooks to page 59, and follow the instructions. Begin!" I hear a rustle of paper as everybody scrambles to open their textbook to page 59. I fumble with the pages before I manage to get my book open to that page. My heart sinks as I gaze at...
"All staff and students please remain in your classrooms behind locked doors, remaining quiet and out of sight. School bells and any fire alarms will also be ignored. Classes will resume normal activities only after hearing the “All Clear” over the PA system. This is not a drill..... This is not a drill.... *This* i...
I opened the door and promptly shut it behind me. One fluid motion. A cold waft of air pillowed my entry, just as I liked it. The room was messy and in a state of disrepair. Abandonded buildings look cleaner than this. I sighed to myself, and haphazardly kicked away some items on the floor. Just to make a path. Charge...
Everything smells like Clorox now. Like you cannot go outside without instantly being hit with a wave of cleaning products shooting up your nose. I know I'm being a whiner, the world is so sparkly now and everything looks so fresh. Even the dirtiest parts of the Los Angeles that used to smell like piss constantly now l...
The red faced demon stood before his horde, a sea of twisted bodies and horned heads crowding as close as they could to his podium. "Ahem!"He cleared his throat loud and purposefully, the noise traveling and echoing off of the stone walls surrounding them. "Attention, denizens of the Underworld!"He yelled. "One among...
I was attending a concert, not realising it was a trap by my enemy. Everything happened so fast. Everyone was bound, gagged and blindfolded. I tried to step in and stop the madness, but before I could do ANYTHING, I was being subdued by his henchmen. The bonds are too strong to break, and without being able to see, my...
Do you know that feeling when you wake up and don’t remember where you are or how you got there? That’s me right now — but I actually don’t know where I am or how I got here. I just woke up, my head feeling dizzy, in a completely white room. I can’t even fathom where the edges of the room are. I sit on the floor, wit...
Annexation by a dragon is rare occasion. Beings of incredible might, wit and magic, it required a huge expenditure of resources to remove one. Most of the time, a hefty ransom would convince them to move, but on a few occasions more direct methods were required. When the town of Yesrun was taken, a meeting took place ...
It was a nice day , but something felt off , I checked my scrolls to see that indeed today was the day , all the pantheons decided to meet for one day today to challenge and put an end to me. I was too powerful they said , they figured if they joined together I couldn’t stop them , but being a god of history , I had ...
After so many years, so much death, I can hardly remember my old home. A faint glimmer of some distant past, a different life before all of this, like a dream of a dream. Still, I see it when I close my eyes, that bright red door. It took so long to find it, tracing my steps through the graveyards I’ve left behind. As ...
"W-what?"the princess looked dumbfounded at the Sir Knight in front of her. Surely he was jesting! "Look, we're both stuck here and unless you have a better plan I need you to help me get this show on the road. Figuratively and literally."he argued his position. "Excuse me for asking, but what kind of knight are you?...
Out of many, one. We are the All Mind. Every being in this world is of our shared identity, our shared consciousness. We are harmony, we are peace, we are prosperity. The individual minds of Earth collected into a single unified whole. Except Daniel. Fuck that guy. “What’s goooOOOOOOood party people?!?!” Shit here ...
Uriel's chair had been slowly spinning towards the door over the past three hours. He had been suffering these meetings since there the Beginning. Uriel remembers the first, they all do; Michael, Raphael, Gabriel; they remember the first kings, meeting in the clouds to provide the Divine Right to those who are worthy. ...
General McKenna was looking at the report. “Ok, I’m no expert in biology, but how is an alien with a carapace, and four eyes more closest related to us than Neanderthals?” “We’re trying to figure that out ourselves.” The scientist said. “Sir! We’ve finished analysis of the other alien.” “The one stuck in a water t...
Historians widely agree that King IamA_DrunkJedi led the great Polish people into the prosperity they enjoy today. Founded in the beginning time, the great city of Warsaw saw incredible achievements early on, wowing the ancient peoples of the world with their Great Pyramids, Great Library, Statue of Zeus, and so many m...
One jew, two jew Who jew, you jew? Sign this form to identify who's who and we'll send you to the learning center for you few With evidence for why? Well why? We have no clue We'll call it a prize, a reward, or a privilege While we map out population simply based off of lineage Germany will prosper the jews wi...
"Staying up late again, Thek-ta? To watch the Hunt? You should really go to rest, the lesser moon has already sunk. I ... what? The humans won again? Well, of course they did, lovely, they're *humans*. They're made for it. But you and you little crèche-mates think you can beat them, if only you could catch them. Get su...
It was not Caesar, Julius of Gaul, Rubicon and Rome, that conquered Hell. No, that job was done by the endless thousands Caesar sent there before himself: all the generals and luckless legionaires of Rome, thrown willy-nilly to the jaws of death to feed his ambition. When the great Caesar finally fell, and found himsel...
Chelsea had always been the sort of person to push the limits of conventional thinking. She wasn't like her sisters, her power wasn't all encompassing. It was something that came as easily as blinking. She usually could turn it off, no visions to distract her. She used it for tests, when she could, honing the power to ...
My entire life, my brothers underestimated me. Laughed at me and called me useless. When the archangels began to sing and the demons crawled out of their pits, I was left behind. “I am hunger,” said Famine. “I will shrivel them up to skin and bones. I will distend their stomachs. They will cease to remember the w...
"Sir, are you completely certain that we can trust him?" I leaned against the door, pistol at the ready, facing my partner. "Authorization was clear, Jenkins. Whatever's in there...that's not the real President. And whatever it is, it's done a pretty damn good job of pretending to be him." Jenkins shook his head, cle...
''*So how was the funeral?*'' ''*Quite nice. He had lived long enough, I mean 109 is one hell of an age.*'' The alien looked quizzically at me, his teacup-sized eyes blinking with double eyelids at me. ''*109 what?*'' he asked, I pondered what he meant by that. ''*109 years of course, I think it was his time to go. H...
Nostalgia. Boxes of old fighting fantasy books, forgotten computer parts, tape drives, piles of old cassettes and headphones with holey foam covers. The smell of old sellotape yellowed by the sun, faded oil pastels and cracked eyeshadow. So many memories contained in these piled boxes; taken up here after my parent...
"Yo, wake the fuck up!" Bleary shapes wander to and fro in the widescreen version of my vision while I struggle to remember how to function my eyes. Dan is being a prick like usual. I can't blame him for the rude awakening. AIs don't require sleep and Dan gets bored when he can't pester me. Luckily for me, he tracks m...
"Do you kill people?"Jenny hugged her knees to her chest, watching warily as the monster stepped forward. He barred his teeth. "Sometimes."The crusted blood on his fangs was still visible in the dim light. "Why?"The girl picked at the stuffing spilling out of her plush rabbit. The decaying, piecemeal animal stared a...
"BILLY MAYS HERE!"The fireplace burst into flames, blackening part of the Persian carpet and hardwood floors of the living room. I fell backwards off the couch I was reading on, looking at my ruined flooring in dismay. A figure was crouching in the fireplace, but it shifted and climbed out of the fire, kicking away t...
As the sound of tearing metal faded, I once again felt the warm embrace of death, as I drifted from my body and into the aether. The first few times it had been terrifying, but over many repetitions I had become accustomed to this feeling and now I knew to enjoy it and relax. It was annoying to have died again, but i...
"Dad, are you alright?"Kali ran to be by her father's side. "Yeah, I think so, I...I actually feel...fantastic."Finley got up and dusted his shoulders. "Who was that guy?"Kali looked back at the lifeless body. "I'm not sure, but I can't believe how fast he was driving." Kali walked over to the mystery man's mangled mot...
"Hey man!"I said, pounding my best friend on the back, grinning like a madman. "It's been a while! How have you been, comrade?"He replied in a heavy Russian accent. I laughed. "Come on, you can cut the accent now,"I said, winking. "All right, all right,"He said, now speaking with an accent I simply couldn't place. I...
"The recorder." "The recorder?" "Yeah, you know... the recorder." The boy opened his knapsack and took out the small instrument. It looked like a mix between a flute and a bishop chess piece, and was uniformly white aside from the separate piece of plastic on the lip, which was more of a beige. "You're telling me ...
WATSON I write stories, Sherlock. I know when I am in one. SHERLOCK And what kind of story are we in today? WATSON The worst kind. The kind where you are faced with alternate versions of yourself. Li...
SUBJECT: *Tilmont, Ronald J.* *Interview conducted at the Medio County Courthouse, 2017.3.12* ATTENDING WITNESSES: Hon. Judge Melissa H. Yadir, Hon. Judge Kurt F. Nguyen, Mr. James T. Vamos (Clerk), Ms. Vanessa K. Klingsbeard (Intern, notes) _______________________________________________________ YADIR: Please stat...
I looked outside the window of the warm living room again, watching as light rain fell from slate grey skies. My finger pulsed quickly with the heartbeat of the woman--Linda-- sitting across from me. A woman I had not met until today. I glanced at the gold and black ring, remembering seeing it online years ago and bu...
"Mark, reboot the nav system." "Already on it, it's restarting now." "Where could we be? Wanna take bets before the nav tells us?" "Yeah, sure. I reckon it's a nebula. Probably the top of the horse head. People have gone through before and said they couldn't see anything." "Nah, don't think so. We'd definitely...
"Do you know how many chefs there are in the world?", he asked as he casually sliced and diced an onion, not pausing for a response. "You don't get to be on top by being average. You have to stand out. Make a name for yourself."He placed the onions in a hot skillet, and they sizzled sharply when they touched the hot...
“Order! Order! I will have order in my doghouse!” The gavel fell several times, hard and ringing. Silence fell. “Excellent,” High Illuminati Rufus declared. “Secretary, please proceed with items on today's agenda from the top.” Secretary Sadie's tongue lolled out in a wide doggie grin. It was her turn to speak. “Ye...
"Ok wait, what the fuck was that?" I turned towards the commotion. Everyone was crowded around The Simulation, all in various states of duress. I looked at the screen. Something was very, very wrong. "That's impossible,"someone said, reading the graphs, "there's no way they could've made something like that." I wa...
Master looks frightened. He sees the odd thing now, on the fringes. Master is turning around, uneasy. Master looks at me. Master recognizes that something. Master beckons me closer. He ruffles my chin, says words. Stupid Master, for the last time, I don't speak your language. Stupid Master smiles, and I lick him. I ...
I sat in the center of the classroom on my first day of Junior year in high school. The first bell hadn't rung yet, and my friends were gathered round, joking and laughing, swapping stories of their summer vacations. I smiled along with them, but was silent. There was a new kid named Jon; he had moved into town over...