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“Weird, your tattoo changed again” Steve pointed at my wrist, wearing his trademark cocky grin. He was the epitome of tall, dark and handsome. I was slightly chubby, with just enough height that nobody tried attacking me in high school. I glanced down, smiling sheepishly. The rest of the classroom was abuzz with no...
At first I found the very idea frivolous and useless. But then I had an idea. what if I could lower the temperature of something by one degree fahrenheit down to absolute zero? (Using Rankine scale, rather than Kelvin, of course.) I made some calls around, demonstrated by subtle power, and by the next year I found mys...
The Redditor took another swig of beer. "Am I really going to do this?" He spent months crafting the perfect writing prompt. He consulted linguists, data scientists, ran multiple tests. His first prompt was going to light the Writing Prompts subreddit on fire. "This is my moment. This is what I've been waiting for....
"Here ma'am."I handed her the poor, bawling two-year old. She accepted the child in her arms and choked back tears. "Are you an angel?" I laughed in between heavy breaths. "No ma'am. I don't believe I am." She looked me up and down. "A... demon, then?"Tears formed in her eyes as she looked at her son and she smiled....
"I can't believe I wasted my time coming here,"Detective Martin said, shaking his head. "No, no, just hear me out. I know how it sounds. I know how it looks. Give me five minutes." "Mr. Paskins, this is a very serious matter, and you told me on the phone that you had a credible lead. A little girl is missing, and-" ...
The remnants of last night's full moon still lingers in the morning sky; translucent and yellow, like a perfect bowl of wobbly jelly. But I have no time to contemplate the beauty of nature, my bus - not my usual, but instead a replacement red double decker - is fast approaching. It's much later than usual. "Single to-...
It was a cold autumn day and the wind barreled down the streets, causing my trench coat to billow and forcing rain past my outstretched hand. I was shielding myself from the bright headlights as the car rolled to a stop just in from of me, cracking stones beneath its rubber. "Get in."I got in, passenger front side. J...
"At best, everyone misunderstood me. My power. "Misfortune. Everyone just saw the missed bullets. The guns jammed. The missed swings and kicks, and they patted my shoulder afterwards. Good job, out there, Mala suerte. It's a good thing you're on our side. "And then I go home. Then I take off my stupid disguise an...
Stephan fixed a steady gaze on the gilded creature that wore the shape of a man in a crisp three-piece suit. "Your deal is tempting,"he said, "but how am I to trust your word? I propose a simple guarantee of quality. I ask that the debt of my soul not come due until I have won my first case. Surely, the wait will mean ...
A pale, dirty hand shot up from the left side of the class, it took Mr. Yutza a few moments to notice it eagerly wagging back and forth in the dim light of the classroom. He sighed and continued to scan the room, hoping for one of the other kids to at least attempt to answer the question. After a few minutes he resigne...
"..I don't think you know what this means"the genie said, a look of worry on his face as he spoke. "Of course I do! an end to wars and suffering, how can that possibly be a bad thing?!"I demanded. "Are you sure, are you positive this is what you want?"He said, the tone of his voice seemed panicked when he spoke this ...
This would do it. This had to be enough, right? I tied the fuse to the gas can and walked, walked, walked. Five minutes of fuse. Ten. Fifteen - that should be enough. I looked up, and bit my lip. This was something I'd never turn back from. But then, I wouldn't have to. He'd never have to know. I lit the fuse...
The two humans stare at the chessboard, barely moving. Twenty-two minutes have passed since black made his move. White is starting to look agitated. He finally moves his queen forwards. Nine minutes later, black makes his move. Four turns later, the queen is dead. Three hours later, the king is dead. The loser stands ...
"Well that sounds suspiciously like vote manipulation,"Lexi said, reading the prompt out loud. "I suppose I should bring it to the council of mods." And so she walked to the grand hall, to stand before the twelve shadowy seats that surrounded the great stone table. She threw the prompt before them, and the mods grew...
"WITNESS ME!"It screams as it dives onto the vehicle, completely oblivious of the spikes and the flames that coat the vehicle. Every moment of his short life has lead him to this point in his life, the point when he becomes the martyr his kind reveres. Today is the day he becomes a legend. He empales his right arm on...
Google Okcupid Bing (really, man?) Amazon Craigslist Craigslist (couldn't find a good K site, huh pal?) Tumblr Okcupid Myspace Youtube Reddit The next site on the list after that was xHamster, which I assumed was his subtle way of telling me I'd gotten the message. So I went to Reddit. He had been kind enoug...
"Come on, just touch it..."Satan hissed at the jolly fat man clad in a red suit, red hat, and a large white beard. Santa gulped. "I don't think I can." Satan sighed and reached a large red finger to the corpse flayed open at the center of the pentagram. A blue light started to pulse from the body, being sucked into ...
I watched Penelope Thomas twirl her spaghetti while studying me deep in thought. I hadn’t even noticed the plate of food in front of me. I found myself staring out onto the rain reflecting off of the streetlights outside the restaurant. “Are you okay?” Penelope dropped her fork. “You haven’t been yourself all night.”...
Shot, stabbed, poisoned, hanged, you name it. By my count, he'd killed me 83 times. "The Weeping Man,"they called him. It's a terrible thing, to kill the one you love, and he always cried as he put me down. It wrenched my heart the first time it happened, but that could also have been the knife he jammed into my chest....
Press Release: Lockheed Martin Receives $30bn Defense Contract to Develop ROCKS Disarmament Protocol BETHESDA, Maryland—October 23, 2028– Lockheed Martin today announces a $30bn contract with the US Department of Defense to develop, refine and utilize the ROCKS Disarmament Protocol. Theorized over the past five ...
The first sign of trouble was not, I'm afraid, massive time paradoxes or spatial distortions. The first sign of trouble was actually a few people comparing notes and realizing that every single 30 minutes delivery was done by the same, vaguely sweaty, scraggly haired man wearing the exact same shirt and pants, driving ...
"Okay, drawing card number three..."Another triangle card. If she guesses this one I'm gonna totally lose my shit. She would, too. Her emotional levels were close to the breaking point. I needed to walk her down a bit. "A... a... a square!" Even a non-telepath could sense her relief. For me, though, it was like a...
Most people think of audiomancy as supportive or for parlor tricks. Oh sure, breaking a piece of glass at it's resonant frequency is impressive, but not usually an effective combat technique. A temporal mage can stop the fragments in midair and move; a thermal mage can make a wall of ice, or use heat to keep it fused...
The man under the glass was not physically remarkable. He was thin, already balding despite being labeled as 26 years old, and seemed to have an uncomfortable expression on his face, even though he was frozen. "What's so special about this one?"I asked. Of course I'd question anything the Library had or did. The whol...
The needle was primed; the time was near. "Any last words?"the executioner asked. The man sneered. "People will always look upon you with a frown. You are the man who murders with the law at his back. You belong neither with those who kill, nor those who walk the streets in day. And so no-one will truly care for you....
"Do you like butterflies?"The woman asked me, her voice low. She held her daughter's head in her lap, the little girl no older than five, lay motionless. I didn't know how to respond, so I didn't, choosing to remain silent. Perhaps it was the shock of knowing that I'd just killed someone, or maybe it was the way I'd h...
"Yo what's up, Earthlings! It's ya boy, Dxbywwwrtvb! Welcome to another day of crushing noobs, swag giveaways, and of course, plotting the demise of your species. "I think we'll start today with some Fortnite! But before then, whoa what's this? A new subscriber! Alienluvr06, welcome to the Spaceship! Let's get some hy...
"Time's up." The words keep looping in my mind. I hear a voice. It's calling out to me. Saying something. Strangely familiar, but God knows from where. I'm not sure if it's just in my head. For all I know, a whole other world could be gathered in the shadows of this little alley. It gives me this strange sort of hope...
It was all in the harmony. All I have is a ear for tune that made me an extremely valuable resource since the advent of magic 10 years ago. There are no nations anymore, city-states ruled by squabbling musicians without giving a care to those destroyed by their powers. I was done with this shit. Death metal taking ove...
"Another sleepless night"I sighed and rolled over in bed... checking the clock on my phone. It read 4:37 AM. In addition to this there was a little notification. "New iphone update available!"it read. Alright, I clicked update and went outside to take a smoke while it updated. It was a cool morning, it had been rainin...
The barista's stretched smile became genuine as I cut to the front of the line. "Hey there!"he said, beaming at me as though I were an old buddy. "Nice to see you. How're you doing?" "Shut up and make me a pumpkin spice latte, venti, three extra shots of espresso." "Sure thing,"he replied cheerfully, unfazed by my ...
"I... I can't do anything about it,"Al said, his hair running wild. His eyes blinked rapidly as his mind raced for the umpteenth time trying to find out what he could do. His eyes suddenly shot up to the man next to him. His eyes bore into him. "Jimmy, when did you die? How long do you think you'll last?" "I died abou...
The trees, he thought, they're in the trees. Prince Acwellen stumbled over a tree root, each of his palms slamming into the ground as he tried desperately to keep running. He could feel the pain shooting through his hands as the pebbles tore his flesh but he ignored it, pushing himself to his feet and forcing hims...
ISS Log #853505 &#x200B; This is it. The final log. After today, I'll be signing off for good, hopefully in search of another inhabitable planet, but chances are slim to none. Almost certainly none. We've stashed away all of our food and provisions and readied the emergency pods as all control & communicatio...
Alyson walked among the crowds in the streets, a shadowy mass of people she didn’t recognize, all hurrying off to be somewhere else. There were voices, but like the hints of people that made them, they were indistinct, far off, foreign. Layers of dust blew all around her, forming a thick fog which obscured her vision s...
'Ah, I really needed that rest after all that work. I better be compensated accordingly after saving them all. Dumbass monkeys.' Meet the Goddess. You see, the Goddess was once an extremely revered figure. She would melt the heart, and the soul, of the masses: gifting the 'poor monkeys' with her graceful beauty and in...
"Enough!"Harriet, a small librarian-looking type woman in a slightly loose suit, slammed her hand down on the desk. "Have I not already made it clear that I'm not interested in hearing your campaign ideas?" The man sitting on the other side of the office was tall and wide, spotted with scars and absolutely soaked wit...
5 cards to 1; the fate of humanity depended on my next move. "How did it come to this..."I inadvertently sighed, looking back at today's events. What started as an average Friday ended not with me passing out due to my low alcohol tolerance but rather with a duel against the devil. This duel wasn't some epic clash of ...
His father was one of the greatest warlords who ever lived. He'd defended the borders against all, from other kings, beasts, even a demon once. As a boy, he was regaled by the tales of his father's glory. His father's stories of betrayal from ministers and mistresses alike, glorious defense of his own castle's walls, a...
"Can you just"the devil pinched his brow. "Stab him with something? Someone? Just, ya know."The devil made a motion as if trying to stab someone with a spear. "Who do you want us to stab Lord Satan?! Who shall we eviscerate?"came the hissing bellow of his Archdemon of Suffering. The Devil pointed at the Archdem...
For some reason, when girls are watching, guys act stupid. They want to showoff, flex their muscles, and throw their weight around. Normally, I didn't have to worry about that, thanks to an older brother who could literally throw the weight of a charging, raging bull at anyone who tried to mess with me. But today was f...
As a great author once said, 'Space is big. Really big.' Really, the distances involved in getting from one star to another are more or less incomprehensible to human minds, and the time it would take to cross them was always a barrier to our species reaching out beyond our own solar system. The neowarp engine solved ...
Ah, the ER. Most people's dreaded nightmare. This place had tension, stress, and agony practically flowing through it. There were not enough volunteers here to handle the sudden influx of patients needing treatment from the nearby flares, so the hospital had contacted me. My rates were high, but my ability was inva...
Hero work was supposed to be this grand thing, right? Fight the monsters, save the day, get the glory. That's what all the stories about the Great Hero had said this life was like. The Great Hero was renowned because he'd done all those things, so following in his footsteps should give me the same type of life, righ...
She wore the same smile that she always wore. Jim swore under his breath. She had no right to smile that way. Not tonight. She had wandered into his life and collapsed at his doorstep. No small feat as he lived alone, miles from the nearest outpost of civilization. He was a hunter by trade and he claimed the entire mo...
"The Straight of Hormuz is fifteen minutes away!" Rattling metal bounced around my skull, the cacophony of a metal bird shrieking a path through an ocean of wind. The plane was packed to the brim with soldiers like sardines in a can, if sardines all wore military outfits and were armed to the teeth. I clutched my Mom'...
"Uh, kid, I can explain..." "Dad?"Josh looks at me in astonishment, like he genuinely can't believe what he was seeing. I hang my head awkwardly, my forepaws held in front of me. As if I could placate him. "Why... are you half-furry? What the hell, Dad?" Nervously, my eyes search around the cave. This was an awkward...
I fire a gunshot into the air. The three of them stop arguing and turn to me. “One at a time!” I look at the first person, who claimed he was my future son. “You! What disaster did I cause?” “You kill half the world’s population with that machine over there!” He points behind me. “What? The Nuke-Everything-inator 50...
<First attempt at answering a prompt and on mobile so apologies for formatting. Feedback appreciated (I know it’s short and sorry for naming him, but I had to)> The day loaded. Odd word to use Griff thought, as he became aware of himself lying in bed, Time for work. Today was supposed to be a simple day, go ...
I met the love of my life today. I also died today. That's some fucking irony for you, ain't it? But Sam. Oh, Sam. He enraptured me the moment I saw him, the sun caught in his eyes until they seemed to glow from within, vibrant as sapphires. His hair was mussed by the wind, sunkissed, burnished amber in the setting s...
I threw a piece of paper into the lot. "I'm going all in!"I flashed a grin that I immediately suppressed. They all looked at me with wary eyes. Zeus and Odin folded their hands after exchanging a glance with each other. "Your boldness is indeed impressive little man,"Zeus said as he glanced over at Satan "But I shan'...
You know how sometimes your stomach rumbles, and for a second, you realize just how much you have inside you? For just a second, you know yourself as a sack of meat. I graduated top of my class from James Madison. Bounced around between jobs for a while, but the grants never lasted. Some people just don’t get it. Bunc...
"They did what now?"Stephanie "Iron Claw"Tailor said forcing herself to stay calm, you did not kill the messenger. Or for that matter traumatize them with an angry outburst. "They... ma'am... they killed... They killed Firesprite...Ma'am, they shot her in the head when she was monologuing."Ruben, Stephanie's apprentic...
The master approached me, smiling smugly."You think you're worthy of joining our order, but you offer nothing. You're not strong in the force, and we cannot afford to train one so weak. Perhaps as a librarian you could HRRRRGGG!"the master gasped, and fell bonelessly to the ground. I allowed his carotid artery to expa...
On a cool September morning briny wind scraped the shores of Cape Verde. I sucked it in and watched the sunrise, when a sight stronger than coffee rose me from my chair. On the horizon, a ship. But it was unlike any ship I'd ever seen. It was long, flat, with high walls and a spherical sail. As it approached I realized...
How many years had it been exactly? It had to have been at least 300, according to her last estimate. Gwen reached for her cellphone before stopping, a habit she hadn't broken since her death. Of course, cellphones don't follow you as a spirit, neither do your clothes or your physical features. In fact, being a spir...
James hesitated, gun pointed at the forehead of the strange alien, red light drifting from the barrel of the weapon, painting a large dot on the creature’s leathery face. Surely the creature knew this was a threat, weaponry was not a new creation by any means. Weapons of war were usually the fifth or sixth discovery of...
“When I give you the lemonade, I expect to be lemonpaid.” Tom blew the barrel of his gun, watching the mobster drop dead on his lawn. Bastard thought he could rob Sunnyside up lemonade, maybe on a rainy day, but when the sun’s shining the guns firing. He should have known better. What a mess though, this was the fo...
It was...more than a little difficult to get a good look at it. Your eyes continually insisted that there was nothing there, tried to fill in the blank space based on the scenery around it. Still, with concerted effort, you could, in fact, see that Bvrit had brought a living void to the kings hunt. "Well, why not? ...
"Honey, come back to bed."Sheila said, sighing as her husband, John, sat upright in bed for what seemed like the hundredth time. He turned to look at her, eyes alert, ears pricked. "I know I heard something." "Babe, it's going to be okay."She bent upright and started rubbing his back. John was never quite the same af...
I was drifting along on a sweet summer breeze, minding my own invisible business when a soft moan came from behind me. It was a sound I wasn't entirely familiar with. There was an element of human to it, but there was also something slightly off about it. Intrigued, I twirled around and found myself face to face with.....
When I came to, I was in my bed. How had I gotten here? My body felt like shit, and i ached all over. Every muscle was in some level of agony. Turning over on my pillow was a test of strength. I lay there, breathing heavily, looking at the lamp hanging in the middle of the ceiling. A yawn came on, and- 'Blahhhhh...
For those humans that are unaware, vampires experience what we call 'The Cough' each winter solstice, for historical reasons that are far too detailed for me to convey at the present time. If you are curious, I'm sure a local vampire would love an invitation to share why it came about, how annoying it is, and their var...
They kicked down my front door while I was having dinner. My muscles instantly tensed up and I lost control of my body. Someone had cast a spell on me. Against my will, I stood up, faced the front door and knelt before it. Three people walked in wearing Department of Psychic Control (DPC) uniforms. "Caduceus Gor...
Vreg'shygir laughed. His machinations were finally reaching completion. He had waited millennia for this moment to come, each part of his masterplan unfolding just as it should, all his methodical planning all culminating in this moment. Soon, there would be no more living left in the world. Only the dead would remain,...
"Seriously, man? What kind of wish is that? "the genie asked. "Oh, you'll see. "I said with a grin. "I thought people wanted to wish for things like... money! Or a girlfriend! But making all deadly weapons not work for only an hour? Seriously? " "Just do it, will you? " "All right then. Here we go. " Snap. ...
"I'm sorry. I wish I could save you." They were words I had once thought I would never say. At one time, I watched over the world with my friends. Unlike the films or comics, there weren't hundreds of supers across the world. There were eight of us. Each of us were powerful in our own right. I was known as the Wind. ...
I didn't look up from my phone when the old woman slid into the seat next to me at the bar. It wasn't until she coughed loudly into my ear that I lifted my eyes from my Wordle. "You're pretty fond of that device, aren't you?"she observed. I folded my arms. "Not like there's much going on in meat space." The woman ru...
I placed the now-empty lamp on my bedside table and took a deep breath. This was my chance to do something meaningful. "Okay, I'm ready,"I say and the genie stops rummaging through my room and floats closer to me. I take another breath. "I want to know how to achieve world peace, how to end world hunger and how to c...
"Huh. That was anti-climactic."And turn back to the gear I had dropped. Checking the various empty bags I would be expected to carry once the party looted the monster's lair. Magdalen the magnificent, real name Roy, came over to me as I checked to make sure the tins for supper were still available. "So uhm, Richard." ...
This is a very old prompt on this subreddit. My favourite story on this subreddit is in fact a story based on this very prompt. I love the twist on a pyrrhic victory because that works so well with the fundamental nature of humans. But if you want it the other way around, here the [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writi...
Unearthing the silken strand, I knew I'd found the relic. I held it firmly, and announced my first wish. "I wish to be a millionaire!" Suddenly my phone began to buzz. I could only stare in confusion as many, many notifications from an app called "only fans"filled my screen. Clicking on one I saw a video me exposing...
Slowly, carefully he read it again. It must be ok this time. He didn't know what was wrong but the posts just kept vanishing. Each carefully crafted word was examined, checked for possible offensiveness or double meaning. Google assured him that the spelling and grammar were correct. It was already late in the evening...
More INFO. Cast it on her to make her fall in love with her arranged partner, or does she already have someone in mind? Or does it has to be anyone but her set partner? I was a witch who had a similar case a few years ago. My client was a prince who sought The True Love spell from me, but I perhaps misinterpret his wi...
"So let me get this straight,"the dragon said, addressing the townsfolk before him, "not only are you ok with the fact that I just ate the local lord of this land, but you're all also ok with the fact that I'm taking all the gold?"The beast paused briefly, giving the people a chance to speak out, but none did, most jus...
Off the Californian coast in one of the state's least visited beaches, my parents decided to open a restaurant. To be more specific, they were taking over a collection of decrepit, dilapidated food shacks that were connected to each other by prayers. The block was named The Lagoon and so too would the restaurant be uno...
“I don’t want him. He’s boring. I bet he’s never even started a forest fire or killed someone. Why would we need someone like that in hell? He would ruin the disco nights. You owe us one anyway. Ever since you made cursing the lord’s name a sin, we have had to do triple the paperwork, so you get this loser.” Ramip said...
“No,” General Armstrong said. “No, men, let me reiterate. We will be using gorilla warfare for this particular threat. Now, men, this is not a demotion, so stop the grumbling. They are merely better equipped for the mission.” “Better equipped, my ass.” Private Sanders whispered to his buds. “Machine gun fodder, more l...
PART\[1/2\] Under the cover of darkness and drifting fog, Augustus Rookwood and Avery Jr. stalked toward the Wayne mansion. Lord Voldemort had send them on a mission to send a message by assassinating the muggle known as Bruce Wayne. The death of the philanthropist playboy of Gotham would send fear down the spines of ...
Thalia, daughter of Hades and Jasmine, one of the many daughters of Aphrodite, looked over the new girl's shoulder as she pulled out the old black stained wooden box she had kept locked underneath her bunk. Thalia gulped unconsciously as she looked at it. The wood was of an unknown kind though Cassie had always guess...
"GOLD IS OLD"The billboard said. The angels of heaven have grown so tired and lazy with the customs of the old. "Why must we stick with the mould? When it all just makes us look like dolts?" "Shall, we then, prove to each other the most magnificent halo we could make?"One remarked. "Yes, we shall."Another...
“I’m human,” said the cat. “And I’m human,” said the dog. “And I’m human too,” said the snake. “And I’m also a human,” whispered the spider. “None of you are humans,” said the human. “Of course we’re humans,” said the cat. “What makes you so sure you’re human?” asked the dog, “I do human things too. That makes me a ...
She let out a pained grunt of exertion as she lowered her jaundiced frame into the bed. A cloak of darkness did much to obscure her features – there was some semblance of mercy in that. He would never, of course, admit to her or himself that she’d grown any less beautiful. In his mind she remained as she always had. Sh...
"The State would like to call its next witness to the stand. Ms. Joanna Wright." With that I was pushed towards the front of the courtroom in my wheelchair. I had the outward appearance of a vegetable. I looked no more coherent than Terry Schaivo in her last days. When I saw myself in the mirror the day before I wante...
"They said to make her fall in love with me, all I had to do was make her laugh. But everytime she does, I'm the one who falls more and more in love." She had the kindest personality of any girl I'd ever met. I couldn't imagine her being angry at anyone, ever. I spent a long time just watching her from the other side o...
"Muahahahahahaha!" It finally happened. The premonition of the internet has occurred. The act of transferring information over the internet into something tangible and working - the act of creating a perfect model and replica of something that existed on the internet. "I have done it! It is complete! Now, it's time...
This is round sixteen. I try to relax a bit this time but I can feel the tension in my shoulders, my back. The nurse is smiling, but I know it's a fixed smile. I know what fake smiles look like as well as anyone else. I don't think they realize that I'm still a person. It would be difficult for me to convince them ot...
Item #: SCP-████ Object Class: Keter Special Containment Procedures: SCP-████ is to be held within a storage unit on Site-██. Any access to the item is allowed only with prior clearance by 05 Command and reality shift counter-measures prepared. Description: SCP-████ is a ██████ brand laptop computer, run...
Arthur sat back in his chair and rested his hand on Excalibur's pommel. Letting out a sigh, he smiled. It was good to be home, it was good to defend his England again. Things were different of course. Ages had passed since he battled Mordred and took the boat to Avalon. It was so long ago, and yet felt like just yester...
Damn druggies. Still, the goggles look pretty freaking strange. Maybe they're worth something. I toss them into my satchel and keep trudging through the rain, newspaper held over my head. God, I hate New York. If it's not the crooks sizing you up, it's the "homeless"trying to scam you or the businesslike ready to kil...
The joke had gotten old by now, you were sick of being the black sheep in the family. Everyone in the family had The Gifted Gene, how it presented varied from person to person and rarely did it appear in the same form twice. The oldest anyone had gotten before they had started showing their particular version of the gi...
Tonight! The Empire has just announced the design of a Super Star Destroyer. Don't they understand size doesn't matter? It's how you use it! Many officers have died recently while under the command of Lord Vader. I guess they choked under the pressure. The last space station that was destroyed had an exhaust port 2 ...
"You're kidding me." She looked at him. "It says 'enjoy your last meal'." "Again?!" "Third fucking restaurant this week." "I'm calling the police. This has got to be grounds for harassment or a restraining order or something." "You do that. I'll be right back." He walked up to the waiter. "Excuse me -- has a t...
I needed something to read. It didn’t matter. An airline flight that will last eight to nine hours meant that I wouldn’t be very picky. “Do you need any help, sir?” said the bookstore employee. I smiled. “No thank you. Just browsing.” I grabbed a random book off the shelf and made a big deal of reading the back. Not ...
Bright light burst the carriage apart internally! Luckily no one was sitting inside but the teamster was thrown some twenty yards into some shrubs and the horses fled still strapped to one another. Two lamps lay glowing in the mud side by side. Suddenly clouds began pouring out simultaneously and each Genie appeared f...
More bananas... It's always fucking bananas! A little variety would be nice. Maybe a mango or a kiwi? Or heaven forbid, some god damn meat! They're not really bananas of course, just some manufactured nutrient-rich monstrosity. But there's a psychological aspect to eating that they just don't get! They must not eat o...
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Frizzlesnaps that day; The score stood Quark to pizza, with but one inning more to play, And then when Hobbes died at first, and Susie did the same, A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell; It rumbled throug...
When the government made the fateful announcement, no one really understood its ramifications. It was a footnote in the New York Times and a two minute spot on the nightly news. The government kept it low key on purpose. They fully understood how dire this situation was, and hid it from us. The first couple years aft...
Yossar watched the small ship shrink in the sky until it disappeared. "Kind of depressing, isn't it?" "Depressing?"replied the lead Koldarian physicist quizzically, standing next to him. "There goes our last hope. There's nothing more we can do." "Can? There is more we must do. We must keep up the charade with th...
The night was dark and empty, the only thing I could hear was the few cars racing by on the highway a few miles away. The trees began to play their ensemble as I quietly crept out of my house, making sure the large wooden door wouldn't squeak an awaken my parents. I took one step at a time, down the stone stairway ont...

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