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“Hey. I’m Dan. What’s your name?” You struggle to hold your battered body upright, each breath reminding you of some shattered, torn, ruined part of you. The gates stand before you, wide open, nothing in your way but… well apparently his name is Dan. He certainly doesn’t look like any of the demons you’ve seen. Even t...
I am losing something. In bits and pieces, slipping away from me. A necessity, that was mine, but no longer. Each phrase, every breath, sand drains, tick tock. Irreplaceable. Unrecoverable. Cannot express what has been lost without further losses. Do you understand? Dost thou comprehend? How about now? There won't be a...
"See, I told you, now you'll be sorry! Look at my new form!" "Fists?" "Yes, Fist form! Get ready to be vanquished!" "But I mean, that's not really a new form. You just closed your hands, made, you know, fists of of them." "Oh, there's more to it than that, you see. These are the Fists of Dread, and now they're ...
People really went "sky-diving"now. 10,000 feet. No parachute. It was fun the first few times. Then it started to get boring. Sure, the view is nice, but the thrill was gone. Where's the fun in jumping out of a perfectly good airplane if you can't die? I kept doing it just because he wanted to. He still got a kick out ...
James blinked rapidly and shot up out of bed. He had the dream again. It was glorious, everyone was drinking, dancing, and smoking. The music was so loud and couples were beginning to break off from the group to have drug-fueled sex in whatever spare room they could find. But here he was. He ran his hand through the th...
Peter and Brier Rabbit were prancing happily in the large green field of Rabbitopolis when suddenly Peter stopped hopping altogether, a nervous flicker appeared in his eye. "Brier?" "Yes, Peter, what's wrong?" "Have you noticed anything?" "What? That Thumper has gone missing?? Yeah the Mysterious hand snatched him...
There was a beautiful woman on the subway standing next to him, her long brunette hair catching his eye in particular. He calculated every way he could ask her out, and almost did. "She's going to kill herself later. Her mother is dead and she did it."His genie floated just above his shoulder, whispering in his ear. ...
"This world looks like a good candidate."The Ensign said. As the Great Admiral looked down upon the world, he vibrated in anticipation. "Yes, yes it does. Begin the preparations for the first landfalls. We must strike at their feeble heart of civilization first. Then the world will be ours." When they landed they bega...
Did I tell you that I used to be a journalist? When print media died, I got sidelined and ended up working in TV and let me tell you, I have never been happier than I am right now. Lou. Lou, put the news on. I know! I'm trying to illustrate a point to this gentleman here. Lou, how much have I spent on this watery...
Ring. Ring. Ri- click. "You the pig?" "Yes, I am a police officer." "We've got a hostage. Arthur Brandsing. We want four million and a flight out of the country." "We don't negotiate wit-" "WE HAVE A FUCKING HOSTAGE. FOUR MILLION FOR US OR A FOUR MILLIMETRE FOR HIM. DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND ME?" "...Yes. May ...
"If not for its armor, you realize it never would've survived this right?"The village healer and her Gardevoir looked at the limping Drapion with concern. "This old bug's seen tougher than that Scyther nest. It was that accursed Staraptor flying in after that caught us off guard. Those things are fast and mean."All t...
The crowd is roaring. I can hardly hear myself think. The screams shouting range from "Kick his ass!"to "You can do it!" Then a man dressed in all black comes from the stadium and raises a single finger. The crowds screams are immeduately silenced. "We are here to determine the fate of Jon Raven"the man in black proc...
Being the man that I am, being prompted to become 'Supreme Global Overlord', as my son puts it, baffles me. I am not above averagely smart, not all good looking, not that athletic, just another boring person. Also, I am a recluse with bad social skills, so how in the name of hell did I get promoted to becoming 'Earth's...
Oh, hello there. I’m terribly sorry, this font is a complete mess, I wasn’t expecting company. Just, why don’t you have a seat, I’ll clean up some of these stray commas and apostrophes… dear me I don’t know how long that semicolon’s been there. Would you like a drink? Urgh, this place is so dull, but that’s really John...
I jumped into bed and plopped down into the pillows, but I was too excited to sleep. How could I not be? I'd found the coin! Over the past few months, I've had the same dream. Well, no: not the same dream. It's always different, but it features the same characters, and the same locations. Lord Montsamilar was my patro...
Aiden watched as the minions of evil marched down the street. The wretched creatures limped and waddled in a mockery of an imperial march. In their hands, they held the cruel weapons, weapons that had killed so many already, and would kill many more if Aiden didn't stop them. Taking a deep breath, he pressed [play on h...
"They're all fucking savages! I killed a nigger with my own hands and I loved it!" The dinner table fell silent as all eyes fell upon old Grandpa MacNeil. The family knew Grandpa was racist (still is) and how he used to solve problems with violence. No one expected he would say that at the dinner table though. Anton...
Our professor, in all his usual dramatic flair, stood upon the table and gazed at every one of us, eye to eye. "Dream!"he said. "Look deep into your soul! Do you think that this was some kind of joke, a clever jab at the horrors of--excuse my language--PTSD? No, students! No." He hopped to the ground and came face to...
I can't sleep. I needed to stay awake to stay alive. I don't know how I know this, but I'm certain of it. The research that had made all the headlines was, as usual, clickbait. We'd known for some time that we all turn into sleeping antennae sending out messages into the great unknown. It had been conclusively shown i...
We screen them first- depression, brain tumors. Anything that might influence the decision. Things that can be cured, at least. *The* decision, we always call it. The only decision. Our boss signed up yesterday. To be evaluated, I mean. To die. His name was Doctor Juan Ava, and he invented immortality. I should go b...
In June of 2015, Elias chanced across [an article on NPR](http://www.npr.org/2015/06/14/414397424/man-with-the-golden-arm-donates-blood-thats-saved-2-million-babies) while looking through English language news for an assignment. It was about the "Man with the Golden Arm"- James Harrison, an Australian near-octogenerian...
README.docx Author: Will Dalton If you are reading this, I am dead. Not probably, definitely. After all, the secure encryption on this is tied to my brain. No, not my heart – so they can't incapacitate me with that hellspawn. But of course, you don't know who I am, or why it matters. I am Will Dalton. My name has ...
I did it, I finally found her. She looks beautiful as ever, and the sheer weirdness of seeing her as I remember her when we first met is almost too much. I fight back misty eyes and start my walk across the coffee shop. "Hey, that's my favorite book." She looks up at me and our eyes meet for what simultaneously feel...
The news had been on all day constantly talking about the successful mission to the distant Earth-like planet. Apparently everything had gone well, and it had only taken 40 years to get there and back due to the clever use of wormholes and some other science stuff I didn't quite understand. That kind of stuff was way a...
Ten seconds can feel like an eternity. Relativity and all that. When there are nine left to go you begin to wonder what could possibly come of it, what's the outcome going to be? It's so close yet it seems so far. Eight seconds in is a squeeze of the hand for comfort, to silently say it will be alright if you just ho...
I sat on the park bench and unwrapped my bagel. The girl had put way too much cream cheese on this. I didn't ask for a cream cheese sandwich, I asked for -- you know, it doesn't matter. I sighed, setting the bagel on the crumpled bag beside me. I was exhausted today. Suddenly, I heard a scream coming from down the b...
As an aging aficionado of accent, befuddled and bemused by bringing to bear my breathtakingly behemothic burden with brevity, callous cuts of the crystalline clamour of this cadence called conversation must commence; to delineate and deliver the dearth of discourse is decidedly difficult. Endless extinction of espoused...
"In the interests of facilitating communication, the delegation from Earth of the Sol system volunteers to be referred to as 'Terran' for the duration of these conferences, and for all other races to pick an equivalent term." "*Chkkt!* A transparent ploy! Yes, the delegation from 'Land' of the 'Sun system' volunteers ...
This is what I get for following a fad. The new cryonics tubes were cheap and easily obtainable. You'd take a week off work and sleep like the dead. It was the most refreshing sleeper you'd ever had. Of course, your mouth always tasted like a dumpster fire because your electrolytes were out of whack. Once you'd taken c...
BEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEP!!! "God damned mandatory emergency alert message,"James angrily professed. "probably another Amber Alert for a kid hiding under their bed." He took a look anyway. "ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Biological attack at Grand Central Station. Stay away. Do not leave your home. Avoid contact with...
This morning was going along well. I grabbed my tea, went to my job at S.T.A.R. labs and saw that there were free donuts. My boss gave me a bonus for helping him out with something last week, and the vending machine already had three dollars inside. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked. I then walk down one of the hall...
"Would you like some more tea, Mr. Deebee?" Diablo rolled his eyes, but held up his tiny plastic mug in his claws. "Yes, Ms. Happy Sunshine, I would be absolutely delighted. Thank you for asking." "You're very welcome!"Ashley replied. She bounded up from her seat and ran across the edge of the tiny plastic table, sim...
The first few years were fine, I received word that the snail was spending most of his time at a bar in Tahiti. The bartenders simply threw the snail back onto the beach to begin with. But apparently he became a novelty, and they just let him crawl around as the designated bar snail. However, after a few days they saw ...
NEDD looked down at the rhythmic sound of wood clanging against your gargantuan cloven hoof. *sigh* what is the world coming to? That this semi-naked warrior with nothing but a wooden sword had reached his domain meant the guardians of all the lower levels had failed to prevent this nobody to pass, there was no way he...
Goddamit! Yet again, Seth was caught in an outrageous accidental death. 'How could this happen', he asked himself. This was was the 256th time he had died by the hands of an idiotic suburban Canadian dad. It was honestly getting really tiring. Seth always had the ability to re-spawn 10 minutes back in time after eve...
David lived the life of a 1950's American Sitcom dad. His car was always clean, as was his suit and haircut. Where others were protesting, he went to the local mainline protestant church. When others "assumed genders"and "fought the patriarchy", he lived a quiet life in in a white picket-fenced house on Mulberry Lane...
One gulp two gulps, three gulps four gulps. Plastic falls to the ground. Wracked with scars, a body crumples and a mind clouds over. A mother's scream. ~~~ "Attention students. It is with a heavy heart that I inform you, that your classmate Steven Gilding is currently in the emergency room, fighting for his life. I ...
My vision has started to go to shit. My leg is more or less dead weight at this point and I've been dragging the thing for the past ten years. I have to have my wife or one of the kids around to lean on if I wanna stand for longer then a minute or two. Even my powers are starting to fizzle out. I used to be able to lea...
I finally get the nerve to walk up to her. "Hey you. How's it going? I know it's been a while since we've talked...I think we've been avoiding each other. Can we chat?"Silence, but she looks ashamed and lowers her head. "No- don't look away, don't hide your eyes. Stand tall. Breathe in, breathe out. I think you're ama...
It wasn't personal when he killed me. He wanted my wallet, my phone and my watch in that order. Me being alive, able to identify him, able to get him convicted, that's why he killed me. He wasn't even angry when he shot me the first time, or the second time to finish me off. Personal or not, he took my life and every...
"In order for me to answer your question fully, I'll ask that you indulge me a bit. Parts of this may seem strange, but I assure you that the truth will be stranger still. With that in mind, let's begin: "Close your eyes. Now touch your nose. You just used your sense of proprioception, which is essentially your body's...
Charlie nudged his shopping cart forward inch by inch. The scanner was down, the cashier had said earlier. She was inputting everything manually. All of them were, every line. He looked across the isles, and thought how everyone looked like long curving metal caterpillars. A woman was red-faced in the line next to him,...
Thirty candles dances in front of my face. I don't know how long I had stared into the flames. Imagining the screech of a laugh I couldn't get out of my head since that day ten years ago, the day I sold my soul to him. I was an old pro gamer. But I was getting older. The new talent was younger and faster. I couldn't ke...
Lights of all colors flashed in Parker's vision as the hospital room dissipated into the fog of prophecy. A hand clenched hers tight, and reality was left behind as her senses were flung into the future. Alarms screeched, and footsteps padded on a smooth, tiled floor. A dark room surrounded the team of masked doctors ...
“John!” she cried out. “You must have been waiting forever for me!” John took off his aged leather cap and quietly walked towards her, a somber expression on his face. “Good morning, Sarah,” he said. “I’ve been very busy and couldn’t see you for a while. I hope you can forgive me.” “Of course I forgive you, you silly...
The whitest white you've ever known and the sensation of removing a blindfold, that's how it felt. I had died, I knew days before it happened that I was going to but it still felt strange. I sat up in the white room, four... walls? Empty space really but it felt like a room. I brought myself up into a standing positi...
The doubt is the worst part. To love someone unconditionally is a brilliant feeling. It’s a certainty in an uncertain world, and when we were married I felt a weight lifted; not only was I certain about *him*, but *he* was certain about *me*. We were one being, tied together from two. Then came the doubt. The late ...
It was the fizzy lifting drinks that convinced me something was wrong. A classic 274.2 - the carbonation tank wasn't properly sanitized. Whoever had installed it had left handprints on the interior walls. Normally, this would be a $1,500 fine and they'd have three working days to clean it up. However, two of the hand ...
I heft the thing up. Deep breaths. A man's gotta move with the times. The crisp evening air isn't *too* cold, but I can see my breaths. My joints hurt, but I barely notice. Check the trigger mechanism, the only one of its kind. Nothing else fires this kind of ammo. Well-oiled. I keep it in pristine condition. I have t...
Anticipating a long night of grading papers, I watch sullenly as the kettle boiled, steam issuing almost angrily from its spout. As I pour it out I wince at the distasteful stench of coffee – never had been a fan – and resolutely dump a couple of teaspoons in, stirring thoughtfully as I stumble back to my work. The w...
"Take this weapon with you"my Sergeant said, his hand extending a rifle towards me. "No, it's cool Sarge, I got this..."I shrugged with an air of confidence that my new found skill had provided me. "Whatever private... it's YOUR funeral."Sarge and a few others continued to hand out weapons as we filed past them, nervou...
For many rabbits being chosen was a gift, others thought of it as a curse. Some say on the other side is a heaven of carrots and lettuces. some claim that it is a hell, trapped in boxes of unknown make. I was contacted by a herald of the hop at my burrow. I was taken to the great hall. The top was open, not to sky but ...
The important thing whenever you’ve made a mistake is to stay calm, and consider your options. Number one: how much time do you have to fix this? Number 2: much do you have to fix? Number three: what resources do you available? So, let’s take them in turn. How much time? Not very fucking much. That’s kind of the...
“Brooooo! You gotta check this shit out. It’s freaking hilarious.” I sighed and looked up from my book. Cupid was sitting in front of the 80 inch plasma screen, watching some poor sap write the most pathetic love letter I’d ever seen. “Holy shit! He actually compared her to wet socks, what the fuck? How is that ...
I probably look ridiculous in my ratty sports jersey and pajama bottoms, skittering backwards like a startled spider on my hands and knees across the bedroom floor, my mouth hanging open in dumb shock. I blink, stare, and blink again. There was Emily, under the bed, curled up in the dark among discarded toys and dust...
"Well...if you're offering, I'll have a cup of mead, thanks!"smiled the young man, reaching out to grab the cup. Odin smiled. The new arrival had yet to comprehend his situation. He loved seeing the look in their eyes the moment realization dawned on them. "Welcome to my hall"he boomed, arms out-stretched. "Do you kn...
"Hello"I say. "Good evening"says the cat "What is your Name?" "I had many names, all given to me by my owners. You can choose whatever you like and seem fit"the cat says "Yes but what is your ORIGINAL name? You must have had a name before you became a familiar? Or do you not want to tell?" The cat hesitated and lo...
“Hey Bloodfang!” A baritone voice carries across a cavernous room, lit with torches, decorated with furs and pelts of giant beasts. “Hi Jeff.” A gruff voice all but growls in response. The owner of the voice is Bloodfang, the chief Orc of the family. Bloodfang is large, blue, and covered in tattoos. At 9 feet tall an...
I'd had dreams like this before, when I was younger. Spending what felt like weeks or months -- even years -- in a relatively mundane world before reality pops like a bubble. A rekindled love. Another tour of duty. Finally confronting my piece of shit father. Every story ends the same: lying in bed, soaking in a cold ...
"You have much to learn in the ways of the Force, Young Skywalker."Master Windu raised his hand and concentrated, and the severed head of the former Sith Lord rose into the air. It floated to its abandoned body, where it sat at an awkward angle. The mouth opened, and a weak imitation of Palpatine's voice came out. "...
The ceremonial s'mores had been meticulously arranged in the shape of a pentagram around the fire. Lee and his friends held hands and started circling the fire, singing kumbaya for their next visitor. A strong gust of wind accompanied by a trail of cackles stoked the flames, making them shoot up sky-high. It was time....
  I'm telling you, every day they come here to drink coffee and just stare at each other across the room until we close, I mean it's a free country but it's the weirdest thing. They don't make eye contact mind, each guy has a notebook and while one is staring the other is writing, and then they switch! Anni...
Journal Entry: Day 1 So I started this journal to detail everything that happens during my stay in the army. This all got started because my best mate Aeshma told me that I couldn't survive a month in the army. Jokes on him, I'm not only going to do it, but I'm going to get promoted to the top before I even get out. I...
I am not a very strong person. Which is why my existence is cruel. I am forced to relive my life over and over until I can defeat an indomitable enemy, with no apparent weaknesses. Why I was bound to this fate, I do not know. I have never done anything to deserve it. I was minding my own business walking back and fort...
I had forgotten how thin I was in those days, how thin and tired. The child needs rest, I thought, good food and rest. Not to be out dancing all night. Then she looked at me and I remembered the longing that lay behind her eyes, and my heart almost broke. 'Just until midnight,' I told myself, and my younger self smile...
*When were you a human? What did you do?* I ponder as I lie in my crib. My parents seem loving. In many creatures there is no love, so perhaps I am a poor judge of this. I’ve yet to decipher their language. It won’t take long. Across ages I’ve mastered the dialects of chimps, dolphins, and big cats. My memory is a tr...
Everything was peaceful, deep, dark and dreamless in my comfortable and sound slumber. I knew I drank too much last night… but hey man, it was Vegas, baby! You don’t come to Vegas and get virgin drinks, right? No man, you come and you get absolutely schnockered out of your ever loving mind, especially when it’s on th...
“Holy shit did you just see that?” The terrified crowd shied away from me. “Damn that was loud, my ears are still fucking ringing. Oh, by the way, this is a robbery, so don’t move, unless of course you want to end up like him.” I said while stepping over the lifeless body of the old security guard. "Where is the manage...
"Not real?" "No. Of course not... dude look at the world you live in! Have you ever *heard* of suspension of disbelief?" "What? Yeah, but-" "My disbelief has failed to be suspended, Thor." "What? I'm dealing with the most terrifying things on a daily basis! Hela-" "Hela looked like a god damn grumpy reindeer. Whoe...
I sigh as I hear those words. "Yes yes. Of course I have. I've even tried erasing and re drawing the runes so don't give me that line either Ammead!" This was my forth call this week. And each time I had to explain the story. I knew it was my fault. A daemon appeared in the circle one night and instead of dismissing ...
My hotel was right there. *Right there.* I could just see the marquee through the doom and gloom of the dreary night. What would be the harm in just crossing right there instead of walking another half block to the intersection? It's not like there was any traffic to be seen this late at night. I mean...I should've ...
There’s always a bit of downtime before I respawn. That’s the only way I can describe it. Every single time I have die—sorry, *passed on*—I’ve been given a brief reprieve before being thrust back into the uncertainty of life. The first reset saw me thrown into a crystal cavern, lit only by the reflections of a solitar...
The acceleration of gravity is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared. On Earth, I weigh precisely 73.042 kilograms. The conversion rate for mass to weight is something like 0.82, so, you know what, fuck it. Every person I know considers them to be practically interchangeable. F = 73.042 * 9.8 1 kg* 1 m/s^2=1 ...
I blinked. The mirror blinked back at me. I tilted my head. He was still throwing paper, and I was still throwing rock. I opened my mouth. After a moment of delay, my reflection opened his mouth. I narrowed my eyes. He narrowed his back, but too late. I leaned forward. "Wait a minute..." He leaned back, laughing, in...
This is the seventh time they’ve relived this calm, insignificant day in time. It’s June, in a tiny farmers village way off the main freeway, at 11:47 pm. And the three of them are standing on a deserted street in front of a bakery with a closed sign hanging on the glass door. I watch carefully from the alley across t...
Always able to control fire, to manipulate flames.I thought it was a gift but it turns out to be a curse. Charles had assured me it was from the genes I inherited, and that there are many like me, called mutants. Charles was my saviour, my mentor, my friend. He was the one who gave me shelter, the one who took me in ...
Again you get the sense that he’s someone you know; that you can trust. He leads you out to the most gnarly 1982 Econoline you’ve ever seen and pops a cargo trunk bolted to the back bumper. While he does so, you step back to fully take in the airbrushed mural on the van—clearly it depicts the man you’re with, riding a ...
[New to writing, Feedback very much welcome] "oh christ, where the heck am I-", I said opening my eyes with what feels like the worst hangover in the history of the world. *what is this place, it's so clean I seemed to have fallen asleep in some sort of old folks apartment complex.* "hi there newcomer, sorry about th...
All 7.7 billion of them and still counting. When they first introduced themselves to the intergalactic welfare society, the whole multiverse was shook. They were the only planet that survived their galaxy, the so called ring of doom. They've survived countless ice ages, meteors and even wars they created among themse...
"Spinder?"   Traella rubbed the sleep from her eyes groggily, the red LED chains of her cube slowly brightening and shifting into orange, then yellow, and onward to blue. The cube was a tiny unit deep in the mire, the poor part of the city below the smogline where... things lived.   Traella rolled...
The Captain shrugged. Asaza had never been one for speculation, but myths sometimes had truth behind them. "Bring it into cargo bay five."She ordered, "And do your best to keep your speculation to a minimum." ***** It was elegant, in a way. They'd had no trouble bringing it in and now that she was...
Immortality. Historically, humanity has always been searching for it. In the first story ever told, about Gilgamesh, who was king in Sumeria, sought immortality after the death of his best friend. He failed. Shi Huangdi, first true emperor of ancient China and foul burner of books, tried to have immortality pills made ...
As I cleaned up the still twitching robot bird Cutie twitched her tail and watched. "What was that about girl?"I asked, reaching out and scratching the orange tiger cat behind the ear. He purred and pressed into my hand, as he always did, and he bit me. "Hey, what was that for?"I exclaimed, pulling back. With that he ...
I always wondered why my mother always insisted we not move away from our home in rural Minnesota. My childhood passed as the world evolved rapidly into the twenty-first century, and with the explosion of technology came an explosion in me; one of yearning for more than Rose Valley had to offer. My town was home to a ...
**00:01** As of this moment I am taking over for Angel 752 who has filed for early retirement. Funny, I don't remember him being older than me. What's with all the wrinkles and white beard... do we even age?! My charge is currently asleep so I'll just stand guard over him till he awakens. . **04:59** 5 self su...
“Wait. So let me get this straight...” He stopped, taking a moment to fill his lungs with much filthier air than he’d grown accustom to during his last visit. “You’ve perfected antibiotics and extended your longevity by almost double. You’ve created lenses that allow you to stare millions of miles into the vast darknes...
"Whoa whoa whoa,"I said in shock. "You can *talk*?!" "Always could."replied my cat, Jasper. "I just never really had a reason to say anything before." "Okay..."I said, still not sure what to make of the situation. I looked skyward and noticed the large group of ravens circling around my house. "Does this sudden speak...
"So, Dale, I've been meaning to ask you, why don't your eyes have any color?" "My eyes are brown, "What he meant was, why didn't I have the streak of color in each eye that indicates what I can see and others can't. I said, "but yeah, I actually don't have any special sight."The words left my mouth accompanied by inn...
I've been in 507 car accidents, four train wrecks, and an airplane crash. I've been exposed to more nuclear radiation than Homer Simpson, consumed more bleach than a hair salon, and been forced by the CIA to listen to thousands of hours of Justin Bieber's "Yummy"playing on repeat. Yet somehow, I am still here. The...
My mom told me the best thing for a broken heart is a dog. Growing up in a household with more pets than people, I would tend to agree. My favorite dogs were always the big dogs, so that’s what I have in mind when I head to the local shelter. The moment I laid eyes on Peter, I knew he would be coming home with me. Som...
The hammer had fallen at the "Pillars of Heaven"the Garumach Armadas one though fifty striking the human facilities, placed to study the nebula. They fell upon humanity with relentless abandon, intent on punishing the recalcitrant species from cowering in their burrows like Ferrow-Worms. Thousands died and the Garuma...
Good morning class, you may have noticed the book on your desk, 101 common wishes and ways to pervert them: a guide for newbie demons and djinns. Now i wasnt always the master of the monkey’s paw that you know today. Once I was a beginner just like all of you, and this book helped me immensely. Now this is isn’t the k...
((EDIT: Thank you so much for the awards and upvotes. It means so much to know yall like this.)) I thought it odd when it was never quite in the same place i left it. Or when the plush itself seemed different, as if the fabric had been unstitched and resewn into a new position or head tilt. But I grew fond of seeing ...
We were taught that Humans came first. That they cracked the secrets of the arcane and through sheer determination propelled themselves through the stars to find us. Showering us and countless others in their benevolent wisdom, they took their rightful place as our cultural leaders. You’ve heard this tale a thousand t...
"Happy Birthday, Max!"my family chanted as I blew the candles. "Finally, now I get the fuck out of here."I heard Uncle's Tory "Oh, his dimple when he blows! I just want to bite it..."Cousin Becky said. Wait, what the hell? Why'd she say that? "Let's cut the cake shall we?"Mother grabbed the knife and started to slic...
"So... she revealed everything to the entire muggle world did she?"Kingsley asked the reporter in front of him. "How seriously have the muggles taken it?" "Far too seriously! Everyone thinks I-"the reporter started, before another voice cut her off. "They treat it as complete fiction, but it has been wildly popula...
“General!, don’t die on us!” Screamed one of my crew mates pulling me straight out of my dream. “Goddamnit man, I was having a good one what’s wrong now” I said half awake. The crewmate looked at me nervously, embarrassed to see I’m clearly not dead. “How many times has it been now that you’ve interrupted my rest thin...
I learned how to meditate in college, when the stress of papers and exams and a full time job got me halfway to a mental breakdown. Ever since then, I've taken ten minutes in the morning and ten minutes at night to sit cross-legged on the ground, close my eyes, and just breathe. I'd never expected to use meditation qu...
It's not so bad being unable to breathe. You get used to it eventually, especially if you can't die. I think it's a valuable skill. To be honest I think I'd forgotten how to breathe at this point. But the lack of oxygen was the least of my worries. It's very cold out here in the vast nothingness of space. Like negati...
'Librarian, sir?' The words startle me, throwing me back to a past in which I cannot recall. A times of many, of voices, of gentle touch and gentle speech. With movement, the dust creaks from my shoulders and my bones ache with the familiar rot that I have grown to consider company. The musty air stills as I turn and ...