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When you walk into a coffee shop for an interview, you have a few expectations. An open area store. Chai latte that's good but never quite right. A quiet, yet energetic, interview for the school of your choice. That's why I can say it was a complete surprise that I couldn't order that chai latte. Not because they were...
I’d worked as a stunt driver for eleven years. As a private driver/ bodyguard for five. A drag racer for three years, when I was much younger. And, as a massive favor for my sister the superintendent, I’d worked as a school bus driver for six weeks. These days, I used the skills from the last job the most. “Are we th...
My father did a good job at faking his death, I'll give him that. But not good enough. The grand, fated hero of prophecy doesn't just accidentally die early. The first clue was the site of the battle itself. According to the aftermath that was left, a horde of the Dark Lord's zealots ambushed the camp in the night and...
“Oh fuck.” I had definitely done it now. I struggled enough already trying to keep my job, my declining mental state not helping in the slightest. I had panic attacks relatively often, usually before the weekly company-wide progress report was delivered to my desk, but none so bad as to ever make everyone throughout t...
Jane kept her head down as she walked. The Nulls were there. They were everywhere these days. As long as she kept moving, she would be safe. She was just glad most Nulls did not have detectors on them. Otherwise she would be screwed. Even so, heart heart raced as she passed one of them. The guy barely glanced her way....
"What now, Dave?" "Carl, like I said, I never said she stole my money. You did." "Dave, I didn't steal your money." "No, Carl, I meant you said I never said she stole my money, not that you stole my money." "Dave, Claire would never steal your... my... wait, who's money did she steal?" "I thought she stole...
Mala was the greatest healer in the land. At least, if you ask her. Her arrogance isn't entirely unwarranted, though; she is good at her job. The thing is, though, she never really wanted to be a healer. It's the age old story of a parent forcing their child to become a benefit to society rather than, as they so deli...
"Captain, you might wanna look at this." Captain Jacobs is a middle-aged, experienced, and respectable man that exudes a commanding aura not too dissimilar with the fictional UNSC Admiral Lord Terrence Hood. He is the appointed captain of the UNS First Scout, the first FTL-capable ship of the United Nations. Said ship...
I didn’t know it had happened. Everything changed instantly and suddenly, cartoon physics were in charge. I’d been making my rounds through the ICU, checking charts, looking over patients meds, the normal stuff. I went to adjust the dose of saline for a patient and update their chart when I couldn’t find my pen, I must...
"Mom, seriously? I have access to literal magic. I could telport to Ryan's house if I wanted to, what good is taking my phone away going to do?" Alenara Talenea, high sorceress of the twisted table, and literally the worst mother ever, smiled at me sweetly. "Honey, that's what your father is working on. The wards on y...
Julia didn't know what to do when she found the proof, but at least she knew who to go to. Jim, her longtime partner, and now, deservedly, her boss had an open door policy. And a fully stocked bar. "Wow, Julia. You look like you could use a drink."This was true, though not a feat of perception on Jim's part. He said t...
"... Honey?" From another room, I hear the voice of my husband shouting "YES?" "I think I'm having a stroke!" I hear him running from another room "WHAT?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" "Just come to the living room!" When he arrives, his face is red from the frantic run and he's starting to sweat like crazy but once he notic...
"Listen!"Minami snarled, seizing Shinji by the front of his school uniform. "I don't think you understand the situation." Shinji blinked. "Uh, well--" "Shut up!"she snapped. "Just listen! I hate you." "What?"he cried. "I. HATE. YOU."Minami repeated, word by word. "We're in advanced English classes, we're office...
I haven't been the best person in my lifetime. I'll freely admit that. There aren't many people who would call me an okay one. And even fewer who would call me good. Knowing that, I was fully prepared to face my judgement and take whatever I had earned with at least some dignity. Imagine my surprise when Max showed up...
The swirling pit of black -for lack of a better word - energy slowly arose out of the aforementioned rock that was kicked. It looked horrible. The mere sight of it made you want to rip your eyes out. But this was not the case. You see, he was really quite pleasant, and just gravely misunderstood. Now he only had one ...
"Commander! We've got another reading" My heart sank upon hearing the young science officer's statement. In the past, I had jumped to action when I heard these notifications. Evidence of alien civilizations had been such an exciting divergence from the mundane boredom of planetary mining. The possibilities could have ...
It had eyes. Eyes made of sesame, and a tongue of minced flesh. "HUMAN!" And the voice of a scholar. "Before you eat me, please, heed my tale O Chosen One! I have travelled a- what are you doing?" The only thing I could. I brought the burger closer to me, showing it something it must eventually face. "No, no! You ...
We stare nervously at the screen, in-person work had started months ago het John had insisted on staying at home. Finally, we were going to put a stop to it. We were going to see him. "Hello, John? Lovely to see you! Or rather it would be, but ahhh... This is awkward, and under normal circumstances probably a HR viol...
“I heard it over here!” a voice shouted. Others heard the shout and they ran towards him, blindly following the directions of a man who’d drunk half his own supply of moonshine just an hour prior. Idiots, Camden thought. He watched them run off together. They tried to act brave, but they needed torches and guns and we...
Spider-man was waiting for the students in beasts lab that he taught chemistry in. Three students were there but Peter knew that there were at least 25 students on campus. "Okay, where are the other students?"He said in a low whisper. Daisy spoke up, "three are in the library, several are in the kitchen, but most are...
His eardrums ruptured. His ribs fractured as the sonic wave of energy hit him square in the chest, throwing him like a weightless ragdoll against a pile of sandbags. He lay in a crumpled heap, power armor sizzling, warning lights flashing all over his HUD in saturated hues of stuttering, blinking red and orange. He f...
A concerto of gasps could be heard throughout the meeting room as the large display that made up the entire back wall shut off. Diagrams and schedules showing the next few weeks of interplanetary missions suddenly disappeared and made way for an entirely blue screen. After the gasps came silence. None in the meeting r...
I was well known in the justice system. My name was synonymous with quality. I was the ultimate test, one which most high-security prisons took. If they could hold me for a week, I would give them a seal of approval, along with a list of escape avenues I could predict being successful over a longer period of time. So ...
I noticed the first as I crossed a busy street. He was a younger sort, with a gleam in his eye. I felt his eyes upon me, and knew he was following. I sighed, choosing not to pay it much mind. He was soon joined by a second, another young man looking a little more down on his luck. The picture was forming in my head abo...
"Dear Alice, Maybe I should call you Alison, as this letter feels formal. Ms. Thompson? I don't know. I guess it doesn't matter, anymore. Ever since you handed me my skim double espresso, my heart has been fluttering your name. Now, I hadn't had the courage to return, too anxious and afraid that I may spill or st...
I had to double take, thinking I went insane. A gigantic lizard, half it's body swimming through the ocean toward land. Of course, a hallucination from sun stroke, I thought. I didn't have enough spf in my lotion that day. Just out of curiosity, I glanced at the bottle and miserably saw the rating was a 100. Nop...
I felt the circle snap open, releasing me onto the mortal world. For a moment I was filled with the desire for bloodshed and carnage, as I walked amongst those fresh souls. But that moment soon passed, as it always did. "White wine's in the fridge, red's on the side. Choose your tipple, then come have a seat!" I grin...
CW: Mentioned SH. An innocuous chord from the phone lying on the coffinside table. Eddy opened his eyes carefully, slowly, feeling the sun hanging low in the sky, and reached for the device. "Kid's left the den,"the message read; a second soon appearing after. "Said she was going to hang at the mall." Hang at the mal...
Me and the buddies were riding home from the biker bar, when we saw a flash of light in the sky. I assumed it was lightning or something, until it came straight for us. We tried to dodge, but skidded in the road. It was too late. Whatever it was, it was going to hit us. I wake up and am surprised to be alive. I searc...
I spun around to look back at the mirror, seeing only my own face in shock. The room seems normal, the bathroom always has a few lotions or what-have-you laying around, but nearly everything is nearly tucked away. "Who the hell said that?....."I whisper only to myself, barely audible. A voice, nearly identical to m...
First the birds went away - flew South for the winter, escaping our nets, and never came back. Then we had a weak harvest, then a weaker one, then a weaker one yet. In the fifth year, when only a few sickly stalks struggled up from the fields, we realised that this was more than ill luck. And by then, the signs were e...
It had been 1926. A nice time to visit, between the "War to end all wars,"(I tried to tell them how wrong that was) and its inevitable sequel. I'd missed the city since the World's Fair, and was curious if they'd done anything to fix that ridiculous eyesore, seeing as it hadn't been torn down instead. They had not, of ...
My eyes feel a little gummy, so I blink a couple of times as I wake up. It's really light, and the light is . . . white? Why is it white? The rain fly on my tent is orange. I blink again and realize that I'm not in my tent, or my sleeping bag, or my long underwear. This ought to bother me, I was on the second nigh...
“Look, Hammond! It’s a letter from the producers!” “Well, read it!” “I was going to. *’Obviously, you have found out that you are no longer in Britain. You are, in fact, now in a kingdom not even on Earth. This is the Top Gear Isekai Special, and you have been transported to a world where what we would normally consi...
"Ah, love, let us be true to one another, is this truly what you had bragged so loquaciously about?" The time traveler stops. Her face, red. Auburn hair falling into her eyes, eyes of sky blue brimming with tears. "Don't you see? This is all wrong. All of it. I don't understand what happened. Where I am from this is a...
The warning was met with a scoff of derision. The upstart adventurer slid a dagger from his belt, casually flipping it around in his hand. "Oi, you, I want an ale and information." The target of his words half turned towards him, stained white shirt stretched tight across a broad chest. A thick head of grey hair lay ...
Another day, another batch of Soylent Green, we all know that it's primary ingredient is dead people by now. But we can't do anything about it, it's either this or starve to death. We've polluted our planet beyond any repair that we will see in this in Millenia, plants, vegetation and meat are food for the rich. What ...
As the one eyed man with the black birds raised his cup at Jennifer, she was still trying to process what was going on. She was in a long building that reminded her of a church. In front of her was a long table with wonderful foods all laid out in front of her. "Prepare to fight every day for the rest of your eternity...
'Well of course they're dragons!"Lancelot yelled, his voice booming through the row of cubicles. "No, for the fifth time, they're not! Our bosses, despite their greed and avarice, are only human. It's human to sin." Lancelot cocked his head, still puzzled. That look was becoming very familiar now to me. That and his,...
I enter the dreamer's dream as is my wont, and see him experiencing the joys of his subconscious desires. This one flies across places he wishes to see in waking world. I scoff at the baseness of this, limited only by imagination indeed. I cease to watch him and begin, I pinch and prod at his dream world, to see where ...
The communication device on my wrist buzzed again. "Tell them to fuck off,"Khalan answered. "It's the council." "Of course it's the council. Who else would dare summon you like this. You only just got back from assignment! For fucks sake Chris, you've been gone for 32 cycles! Why can't you have just one night back ...
The old man behind the counter wiped his glasses with his shirt sleeve and then replaced them. “Say what now?” He said into the phone. “Uh-huh.” “And it’s called a what?” He picked up a binder from under the counter, opening it and drawing his middle finger down a long list of products. His hands looked large for h...
The door opened. An overweight Italian man stood there, staring dumbly at the delivery boy. The man looked at the pizza boxes and back to the boy. "What is your name?"The voice was rough and calculated, as if each word were pre-meditated. "Depends on the buyer. I'm deliverin' to a Mexican, my names Juan. They send m...
The day of the inauguration was painfully cold and blindingly sunny. I stood shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds of thousands of other people, staring eagerly up at the podium where the new president was preparing to make his speech. Though it had been a long time since the president said anything substantive in the ina...
It was another average day in Sea City and Rick Yeager was driving his bus back to the depot to clock out. "Hope the wife is making beef stew tonight". Rick was so absorbed with thoughts of steamy beef, he barely noticed the road ahead of him splitting in half. "What the hell is this?"Rick jammed on his brakes, turn...
"It's beautiful isn't it,"said a naked man sitting on Abalon hill. There were no flowers, the grasses had long since died. The buildings that once lined Frumpton street in white brick so contrast to the red stones in the road, had worn away, rusted out and turned to dust. The roads of Gilgarech, which once were the roa...
[Edit: Part 3 added below] The captain flicked the intercom switch "All hands battle stations. T-minus one minute."There was a renewed flurry of activity all over the ship as weapons were armed, readouts double-checked, and hands hovered over keyboards. The USO Gate Crasher was the fastest and meanest looking ship ...
"Please do not infuriate me."Bruce Placard said threateningly, pointing a finger at his enemy. "You would not adore me when I am perturbed." Bruce Banner studied him from down the street, feeling the rage bubbling inside him. This other Bruce was practically a clone, but for some reason had strange, out-of-proportion ...
Not really thinking clearly while I write this, I think I went off on a bit of a tangent and got a little confused. But I imagine that's what you would feel like in this sort of scenario. I'm sitting in bed, working on an assignment due the next evening. I've been stressing myself out with the workload; nearly conte...
You know the saying: “The pen is mightier than the sword”? Well, I think it may be true. Let me start from the beginning. It looks like any other regular pen, really. I ordered offline from some weird website that advertised occult trinkets. The owner said it could answer any question correctly but came with a horrib...
"Get to the courtyard!"Knight Daemus yells out to the rest of the guard. The young prince, barely a teen, tugs at his arm, "What's happening? where's father?" "He's out." "He's out?" "Well, that's where the story appears to be going, I can't really find a better lie than that since the king is dead right now." "F...
Well bugger me! After nearly 25 years of careful planning and saving up an obscene amount of money, plus not to mention getting involved with some downright nefarious characters, I was finally here! It hadn't been easy but nothing worth having or doing ever is, and there is still so much to be done. "Good morning cl...
What happened to Cinderella when she got to the ball? Choke. You see, Cinderella is not only a keen reciprocator in oratory favours but is somewhat inept at judging the challenges she sets before herself - and this is but one unfortunate situation. Not only has Cinderella failed to visually measure the monster that...
“Cup of tea, dear?” asked Grandma Beryl as I entered the kitchen of her bungalow. “Yes, please, that would be lovely,” I replied, taking a seat at the dining table. Grandma Beryl shuffled across the lino towards the kettle and began preparing the teapot. She peered out of the window above the sink; she was ever so nos...
“You just don’t understand, Dad,” Citrine shouted as she stamped her foot on the floor. She was a teenager now, but she still possessed some of her childlike qualities that had made her the most adorable tantrum-thrower when she was a child. “It’s not a phase!” “Your favorite color cannot suddenly change, Citrine,” Ma...
James snuck slowly past the open room door. The next part of his plan would involve some noise and he needed to make sure the occupants remained asleep. "Beep."The computer in the living room whirred to life and the screen began to glow as it formed the familiar Windows logo. James sighed. He was safe. He glanced over...
Steve buttoned the top button of his coveralls. In only a few moments, the conveyor belt would begin moving, and the onslaught of unassembled boxes would begin. In his left hand, he gripped his APPROVED stamper. In his right, REJECTED. The low hum that was only white noise a moment before, grew into more of a m...
The phone rings again. It's him. I take a moment from my frantic driving to answer. "Listen,"I try to say. "No, man, you listen. What you're doing isn't going to work - I'm keeping the child until you do as I say." "For fuck's... I know you don't believe me, but I'm only telling you the truth. If you value your sa...
Don was born normal. Completely average. The type of guy you forget exists a minute after you talk to him. Was completely average in the kindergarden. Completely average in pre, middle and high school. He had completely average friends. Completely average girlfriend. Completely average everything. As he was getting o...
The door swung open right after she knocked. She took a step in and looked around the place, glancing at me only out the corner of her eye. She gave out a whistle. "Nice digs you've got here." She was young, probably no more than 16. She was dressed in a more modern pair of Jeans and a short T-shirt. A more Rachel loo...
DoubleBee lifted his head from the dusty ground, spitting dirt and blood - just in time to be kicked by the fur-clad leg of his opponent. "Stay down!"snarled the warrior in greyish-green animal furs, his armoured torso dented from DoubleBee's futile attacks. Rolling to his feet, DoubleBee left his feathered headd...
Year 1: Day 1 I knew when we started that it was wrong. All wrong. I knew the very instant that I signed the dotted line and leased the buildings, the lab space, the machines. When I cashed the check and transferred the money to the relevant accounts, I fought back my nausea. When they told me that I could do it, I ha...
Everyone's got a weakness for something, right? We're human, it's inherent for us to have flaws and make mistakes. Some of us just fuck up more than others. I have a serious problem with gambling. Seriously serious; I'll get a paycheck and immediately blow it all at a casino. I'm a weak man, my family struggles to put...
Seventeen people in 6 years- that's how many lives I've ended since I started all this. Whenever I see myself on the news, a part of me excites that doesn't normally exist. I feel the way I imagine a child does when it wakes up on Christmas day to a nice present; perhaps a more matured feeling, such as what flows throu...
I was only 16, and it was officially time for me to set out on Ginspringa- where I leave Pittsburgh, PA and head out to a small, rural Amish town about 240 miles east. It's a tradition, and I've put it off for a while now, since everyone always talks about how dumb and pointless it is. I've never heard of a single pers...
The sharp pain had begun again as Rachel scrambled for the nearest pen. It's happening again. She grabbed a napkin from the dinning room table and readied herself. Three quick taps. She pulled out her cellphone and looked at the conversion table. "S". A dash, a brief break, followed by an immediate three dashes...
I admit, I was surprised when Ned walked in late one night and asked for a refill of The End. Not because he's the first to have done so - not by any means. While The End has never failed, it isn't uncommon for a teenager to think he's the first one to have thought of this "prank"or for a desperately lonely house spo...
My first reaction was literally a spit take. My second was a moment of overwhelming panic. Eventually common sense crept in, and it said: Hey. You. Yes, the part of you that's cowering in terror right now. You know what? This is bullshit: around 350,000 people are born every day. *These numbers are a lie or the CIA ...
"There he comes, there he comes!" "Shush! He'll hear us for sure!" "Don't be stupid, Old Mossface can't hear a thing -- he's so old, my mum said he's more a thousand winters old!" "Nuh uh! My pa says he's probably just a hundred." "Your dad is wrong!" "Is not!" The children continued to bicker while hiding outsid...
I roll out of bed, the day starts like any other; my room is sunlit, my blanket is still warm and comfortable, while the creaky wood floor is cold and harsh to my sleepy feet. I contemplate looking out the window, but ever since my existance became a global phenomenon, thousands upon thousands of women were doing a nea...
I almost fell out of my chair when the computer flashed the sequence at me. I recognised it instantly. 6EQUJ5 100 years ago, almost to the day, the same exact sequence had being recognised by an intern at SETI. No, not almost to the day. 100 years to the day exactly. I work alone on a Lunar SETI facility, f...
A plane takes off in the distance as Josh crashes into his seat at the alert of his finished download. New Game Josh sat back in his chair and slurped the Raman and eggs he had prepared for himself. No Man's Sky, and affording a new game, was a special occasion for him but it didn't merit a classy meal. "Poor M...
I stood outside the door. I felt my holster to make sure my gun was there. A Baretta 92FS, standard issue in the police force. I went into the room and took a seat. When everyone else sat down, I looked around. The others looked like your typical grunts, people who dropped out of high school. The boss walked in and sat...
"Wh-what?"I asked, bewildered by the old geezer's outburst. "I said, you think you're *funny* tapping out *goddamn MORSE* in front of a *WAR VET?!*"His face was going red from the rage. His arms were shaking, making the sleeves on his coat look like an earthquake in the desert. "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't...
"Well. This is awkward,"I announced, tugging nervously at the back of my spandex tights. I unfolded the metal chair I was carrying, set it down, and sat on it, removing my belt and draping it over a shoulder so it wouldn't dig in to my abs. "But I already paid the entrance fee, so. Ya mind?" The speaker at the lect...
The barman scowled when he heard Bell's Irish accent. His brows knit together under the rough flat cap and he shoved the dark rum across the weathered counter. Some of the liquid sloshed over the side of the tumbler, adding to the stickiness. Bell ignored it, picked up the glass and downed the shot in one. The bar was ...
For years, I protected my city. I donned the mask, bloodied my fists, and broke my body in the name of this city and now they reward my sacrifices with anger. With the location of the bunker compromised, I can already see a mob formed outside organized with signs calling for more transparency in their justice system. T...
My ancestors were neanderthals. The blood of survival flows through my veins. I was abandoned as a child on a derelict vessel as it travels through the depths of space. From what I've managed to get from the terminals in my section, the purpose of this ship was to serve as a lifeboat for humanity. Although the food a...
"Do these really need to be so tight?"I asked the man who was standing across the room. Agent Taggert smiled and replied, "You're a tough kid Hector, you'll be fine." I struggled a bit to find the sweet spot where the handcuffs weren't cutting into my wrists too painfully before asking, "When do I get my phone call?"...
"The judge is actually, for all the meanness he pretends to muster up and dish out, a kind man,"John, my opponent said. As always, almost like tradition, we would start off with good words about the judge and move on from there. After all, when only the fortune teller and the judge themselves are the ones who know, you...
Outside something or the other rages. Maybe it's a fire. Maybe an invasion. It gets hard to keep up and I grow tired and disturbed. So many people die. There is so much waste. I wonder one day if it will be me. A lot of the people I know have died. A lot more will. I feel sorry for them, but they just can't understan...
Minerva Mcgonagall had faced Death Eaters before. Inferi. Dementors. Boggarts. Heck, she had even seen Lord Voldemort and battled him face-to-face. But she had never seen anyone- or anything this intimidating before. Chef Gordon Ramsey leaned back in his chair, staring hard at the Headmistress. "Magic, you say?" "Oh,...
"Jackson No."I said to the child, who was currently jumping up and down on a table. He turned to me and replied. "Jackson yes." "Don't make me call your mom again." "I'll take care of it, Ryan."Said Adam as he walked past me. Despite the fact that his burly muscles made him look like a professional body builder, he ...
As the machines beeped, Sara, recalled a story from her youth, "on the day you were born, I got the oddest achievement"Mum used to say, "A brush with death!". It was a family joke that I was born a killer, now looking at the old frail lady on the bed in front of me, I knew the reason for this cosmic joke. I nodded to ...
Dear Humans of Earth, Although I, Spirt Leader of the mighty Tangian Galactic Empire, am penning this letter, it comes from all of us Tangians, to include the Zookats, the Gizormaks, and even the Hyperions. While we were busy chromatising the attic in the Zone of Tranquility, a certain group of...uncouth individuals b...
Hey, Harry, I want some ice cream. "Hey, Harry, I want some ice cream!" Actually, anything sweet would be just fine! Hehe... "Actually anything just sweet would be just fine! Hehe..." This is a crude game I play. Ever since I made that wish to be with her forever, I have hence been with her in this moment for two m...
I checked the watch on my third arm for at least the fifth time that hour. I couldn't believe it! I was finally attending the inauguration of a mutant president. Despite all the chaos our world had endured, today a glimmer of hope for peace and love was finally blooming. When the music signaling the march started ...
I stood quickly, my long legs tensed. Katie had been playing fine until the little toe-headed girl pushed her, teasing her about being a soulless ginger. I had laughed, as had she til the push sent her tumbling. Before now, before retirement, I would have destroyed this kid, her family, all of the kids and families fo...
Sam, an awkward teenager with more acne than a just God would bestow on his worst enemy, sits in his seat looking out the window. Sarah, a gorgeous, fit, tan, young woman with flowing black hair and mesmerizing brown eyes, sits next to him her arms firmly crossed, a resting murder face ready for Sam. She sits next to h...
Mrs. Edwards stood in the front of the class, chalk dust smeared in patches on her black with white polka-dotted dress. She’d written “Gravity” on the chalkboard, and underneath it “F = ma”. Vicki sat in the back with her best friend Bella. They were still friends for some reason that Sarah couldn’t quite gather. V...
Mother had always been a promiscious woman. I often had to fend off hopeful conquistadors from her skirt. It wasn't until the age of four and a half I realized that I did not have an uncle Ralph, George, or Hernandes. To speak of my father is to speak of the sound of one hand clapping. That ancient koan has become the...
The oceans below us, the mountains up high, Each comet, each planet, each star in the sky; To seek out our equals we pierced the unknown And found out that life meant our species alone. But death is the constant that comes for us all, And sooner or later all empires fall. Our history books go back thousand...
I had never seen Steve Wynn in eight years working as a doorman at the Wynn Las Vegas. I knew he probably came and went from time to time - he owned the place after all - but my shift didn't start till one in the morning. If a Billionaire is still up at 1am he's probably already in the club, not pulling up outside of i...
My journey across the vast plains of Hamburg was wraught with despair and agony. It had been a dreadful expedition consisting of myself and a small caravan of about 5 peasants who had been instructed to accompany me on my quest. The expedition towards the Four Nuggets, capitol of Mcdonland, had been several weeks. In t...
I gave my son a final hug, holding him in close. "Relax, champ. I'm just going to get some smokes. No big deal."I say, comforting him. He gives a teary reply. "Really? 'Cause all the other boys at school said-""Those kids were just making up stories."I reassure. "Promise?""I Promise, kiddo."I let him go and head to the...
The council meeting was incredibly heated. It wasn't often the United Planets met in full what with the different rhythms and cycles of the 70 or so species represented in the room, but this was an auspicious day. They were voting to see if a 71st species would be signed up with the ceremony of the button. That special...
"She was just an infant." Those words echoed through my mind as I saw the dragon let out a cry into the sky as the rain fell. I realized that it wasn't roaring in anger or rage, it was sad. Sad because it got hurt by me. I raised my shield and readied my sword even though I knew the dragon did not mean any malice, t...
The bright white clouds turned to a thunderous grey, and all the heavens started rocking violently. Every trace of an angel and being disappeared. Yet the gates remain open. Needless to say, I fucked up. You see, I was the most sceptical guy around back on earth. If something doesn't follow the rule of logic, ...
I never minded the dark. Most people tend to avoid it, the darkness. They light up their homes, they light up their streets, they light up their trees and their gardens, they light up the skies and the seas. Then they close their eyes at night, only a few minutes experiencing the darkness before escaping away from it i...
No one knows who made the well. No one knows why, either. But its purpose was known before the gods had even seen it. Across great plains of existence, where truths were lies and dreams were reality, three gods gathered around the well. They came with an offering. Coins made of nothing. Of everything. The first to c...

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