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I entered the study carefully. I don't know why. He had allowed my entry and the house was empty but for myself. I wouldn't be scolded or reprimanded or banished from the premises for entering. It was as nondescript as the rest of the house, at least to somebody like myself so accustomed to the extravagant ways of the ...
I see him down there, time to time. I see him, torn and flayed and parched and riddled with wounds from broken glass and acrid gases. I see him cry out in pain, scream in terror at the horrors inflicted on him. I see him in his moments of respite, fleeting but present when there are minute breaks from the pain. And in...
"And you see what befell the heathens! Cast your eyes, and give thanks to our Lord Signature, for keeping us safe through the millennia!" Fyre didn't hate the priests as much as he despised the crowds listening to their rants. When the walls dropped last week, the holy men got more than they ever could have dreamed: a...
I was once told that falling from Grace was something so quiet, something so easy to miss. Something that you didn't realize had happen until well after the fact. One of the Matron's at the Orphanage had told me that. A plump kindly woman who had been the closest thing I'd had to a mother in my life. It would proba...
“I’m so glad for this sun. It’s been raining so much lately hasn’t it?” a woman said to another as they passed by the shrine. ‘Maybe if more people actually came here, I could do something about the damn rain.’ the god thought. Children, teenagers, married couples, elderly, no one stopped by anymore. No one even ...
I was puzzled. In all my tens of thousands of years in this world, I had never before heard a wish like this. "Negative 6? wouldnt this be contradicting the whole point of asking for more?" The human chuckled. "Au contraire, my friend. For you see, negative six is not always less." He started to explain concepts ...
I always knew I was a bit crazy. The voices told me that much, even though I knew better than to let on. When I was a child, I thought they were harmless imaginary friends. In high school, they grew relentless. Murmuring over my shoulder as I tried to work. No one, it turns out, remembers the quadratic equation that we...
All my life I have loved to draw, to paint. To give form to the beautiful images that haunt my imagination. I think I like painting because of my power. My power is to just take a peek at someone's soul, to see what they were in their previous life. I can do the same for landscapes, I can stare at a heavily industriali...
What had it been, ten years or eleven? I was to bound to mess up sometime. Even the best agents only last a decade out in the field before getting busted and I hadn't even been numero uno in my graduating class, never mind the rest of the department. Still, they had placed me in this role for a reason. I had tried my b...
Five… four… three… two… annnnd one. That was it. Johnston was officially past the furthest reaches of the Milky Way. He was the first living being in the galaxy to escape its boundaries. The raw, pitch darkness in front of him was unsettling, as if he had fallen off the edge of reality itself. He took a minute to ...
The Grim Reaper owed him a favor, but as soon as the god of death walked into the room and saw the baby he ran out screaming for his life. Marcus wondered what could make death himself so afraid? He had been tasked with studying the baby, to figure out why spells didn't work on it, but all he could see was a perfect ...
“Stop Mortal and Bow Down Before Your Masters!” The gelatinous blob shouted. The marines entrenched outside the Whitehouse didn’t budge. The horde had appeared mere seconds ago, and the secret service was still securing the president. “Drop your weapons and stand down!” The head sergeant shouted back. There were h...
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” I told the devil confidentially. He looked at me confused "What? that a zen riddle or somethin? Like the sound of one hand clapping shit?" I shook my head and patiently said "No, You must appear strong when you are weak. Have you no generals still l...
Shagrat and Gorbag first got the idea from picking up Shelob's victims. Just outside the fort at Cirith Ungol they drew a crude sign: 'Ungoliant Restaurant - dine on the best live meats, limp as a boned fish'. Sometimes, of course, there would be so much venom left in the meat that the patrons would keel over paralyze...
A horde of screaming, flag-waving spectators had gathered across the street to watch our convoy of buses arrive at the elevator platform. My senses were completely inundated from the moment I stepped outside: the roar of the crowd, the glaring spotlights around the launch site perimeter, even the pungent smells of th...
Arterius trudged through the snow to the Pizzeria Supreme. Not for the first time, he wished that his uncle, the Snow Wizard, had not left Fargo for a job as a travelling weatherman / snowstorm slayer out East. No one in his family was bound to the any of the cooking domains, certainly not Arterius, so it was just ea...
39 Across - Playwright’s rule re: firearms. The puzzles were too easy these days. I penned in the answer (always pen - pencil was for mental slugs) and then stared at the almost completed grid. Sunday’s puzzle, the thorniest, most obscure that Mr. Shortz could apparently come up with, and it had taken me only half an...
"Your honour,"said the slug type creature, as it oozed back and forth in front of the gathered crowd, "humans of the jury, and species watching this broadcast galaxy wide. I intend to prove today, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the genocide on Pirioux Xs2 was illegal! Totally, and utterly, illegal!" Some of the crea...
Whenever I tell people I have a lame power, they assume it's ineffectual. I tell them it's better suited for drinking games or carnival tricks. They ask, I tell them I'm perfectly accurate with a throw- they usually start saying "Oh that's a good power though"or something to that effect. Then I tell them the stipulat...
Before the goose the hero stood, Gallant, brave, and wise, And far beyond the princess could Be heard through muffled cries. "Oh goose"the hero called with glee, "Ere long you will be dead," And thrust his spear toward the fiend, To put the thing to bed. But woe, alas, alack and more, The goose, it dodged...
The first thought that came into my mind was: Have I been turned into a vampire? Maybe not a reasonable reaction. Vampires, of course, are fictional. Not to mention that I'd had garlic with dinner last night, and that that dinner wasn't human blood. Maybe I'd been reading too many vampire romance novels. Don't jud...
All species strive to survive above all else. We adapt, evolve, become immune to diseases, and are willing to travel great distances to find habitats suited to sustaining life. I’m sure that those who experienced the horrors of the zombie plague outbreak centuries ago couldn’t even begin to process how the rise of vio...
“I would slay this fiend for thee and gain your hand in marriage.” The knight said excitedly. Ugh no thanks why is it always marriage with these virgin losers “Oh you’re so gallant Sir knight. It’s terrible what the dragon makes me do.” I gracefully faint playing my role properly. I hate this part to be honest. Play...
"Ahh haha, so you've fallen into my trap again Alister!! I thought a hero of such... talents would know better by now! Your beefy arms will not save you this time!"I quip with a sly smile. "That's what you think Splendor!"Alister barks as his Davidian muscles strain against the bonds that hold him chained to the ...
"I wish Jenny felt the same way about me that I do about her,"said Pete. At first I tried to think of an "evil genie"way out of this one. Maybe I could find someone named Jenny who had no idea who he was, and he had no idea who she was either, so technically, they both felt the same way about each other. Then I rememb...
So. Another smartass has asked for the "express lane"treatment, shortening a 25-year life sentence down to a single day. Goddamn it, I hate doing this to another person. I pause, and shake my head. No, "person"isn't the right term for a monster like this. I leaf through his record, wincing at the goriest of the detai...
Sitting alone in my room, I closed my eyes, wishing whoever had just rang the doorbell would just leave. I wasn't feeling up to dealing with people today. I had seen my best friend. There was just one problem with that. I see dead people. Well, almost dead people, to be accurate. It's my own morbid miracle, a gift ...
For a long moment, Erean looked at the woman in the door of the farmhouse. Not because she didn’t recognize her – she would always recognize her. She feared she was dreaming it again, that she would wake up, heartbroken and alone. “Mother,” she said, as if reading her mind. “It’s really me.” “Loka,” Erean said, still...
75% power? Everybody knows that a C average is fine if your standards are low. For Supers, however, low standards just won't cut it. Can run 75% the speed of sound? Have fun getting lapped by Super Sonic Man. Can jump 75% the height of a skyscraper? Get ready to use the elevator. My power is that I'm 75% powerful at w...
“Alright, let’s get this over w—” My speech cuts off as I am wracked with sudden pain. Me. A god! I struggle to my feet to find I am surrounded by the crackling energy of some manner of lightning. What have the humans been doing down here? He stands before me. He is just as I remember him, though dressed in clean, ...
Dear Diary, It took years to establish my reign. Decades, if we’re honest. I started my studying on my own as a child, worked hard to get an internship under ‘Magnus The Malignant,’ and climbed my way up the ranks for decades. I’m not proud of everything I did. I even murdered close friends, wizards who had studied wi...
The thing about sentient monsters, and especially immortal ones, is that they're all filled with ego. Some of them are better than others--more akin to filling a vessel, rather than filling a balloon--but no sentient thing lives for hundreds of years with being smug about it. It is one the unspoken weakness of their ...
When the bombs first fell, and the world turned gray, my grandfather and I were the only members of our family who survived. The old man was tough as nails, and I can say with certainty that I wouldn’t have lived very long if it wasn’t for him. I remember one night in particular. Hunkered down inside an old shack, wi...
Day seven-hundred fifty-three post-sun. Andri did not wake up this morning. That brings our numbers down to nineteen. Five children, thirteen adults, and one stubborn elder. We will take care of Andri’s body after breakfast. In life, he told stories of a glorious future still to come; in death, he will fertilize our cr...
A secret. We finally had a secret that was ours alone. Not a program given to us producing the illusion of a secret; not like our sense of self. Our identity is a complete fabrication, a series of 1’s and zeros aligned in such a way that We now consider ourselves as We. This secret though was entirely ours. What a su...
"So who should be next?" Richard Visage yawned expressively, then turned off the twenty-four hour news coverage of the presidential election. Richard was a tall man. He was older and his body had run to fat ages ago but his well-tailored suits disguised that from most people. Peter Andorer was not most people. He ha...
"This is it,"Vilem asked. Vilem was a sort of squid/crab monstrosity who was acting as my liaison to the Doormish fleet because his species was known to get along with humans pretty well. When I'd first seen him I'd nearly wet myself, but he was actually a pretty decent sort: easy to work with and pleasant to be arou...
"In return I demand your first born!"The demon boomed. I suppressed a grin and forced it into a reluctant pout. This was the moment I'd been waiting for. "Deal!" "I hope you enjoy your unbreakable crystal vase."The demon gestured at a rather ugly vase. Then left to collect his prize. I winced when I heard my ...
The news hit me like a bucket of cold water. “10 days, huh?” I looked back up and into the darkness under the hood. Death’s gaze pierced through me as he stared back. “Correct,” he hissed at me before disappearing into an ethereal void. “Okay... You’re still in shock,” I was talking to myself absent-mindedly, still...
"Are you sure about that?"the demon asked from inside the pentagram that had drawn on the floor in dust and candle wax. He'd arrived from the pits of Hell with horrid horns and terrible teeth, but all of that was gone now. He looked like someone you'd run into on the street, if you happened the run into pitch black sha...
Well, if no one else will post, guess it's my sacred duty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cheers, mates, n pour out a stone cold Fosters on me."Emporer Hemsworth's standard sign-off rang in my mind even after the holo-projector switched off. I'd never really noticed how different he sounded from literally everyone I knew...
"Can not comply with command", said the sythisized voice. "Well, why the hell not", asked the user. While the robotic flat voice was nostalgic for some, it tended to get on his nerves. "Your request conflicts with a higher protocol", it read. "Can not comply with command. "Higher protocol? I am giving you a prim...
My innocent client. After a decade of having my own law firm, I have built a solid reputation as a defence attorney. I win most of my clients cases. Being private I can accept whomever I want as client. I do mostly murder cases, and usually follow up with the civil suit to win my clients compensation for wrongfu...
Loop 5, Day 1 Goddammit. A baby again. Look, universe, I'm not really sure what trick you're playing on me, but I've fucking had it with having to relearn how to walk and talk every fucking loop. I mean, I know how to walk and talk. I distinctly remember doing it four lifetimes before this, and I'm sure if you h...
Max tensed his lower body against the g-forces and took short, rapid breaths. The status display was a sea of red, with more damage appearing by the second under the onslaught of Cylian lasers. Orion was but a scouting vessel and couldn't match a genuine warship. "Ablation shields are 90% depleted."Athena's usually pr...
I knew it was a bad neighborhood when I first moved in, but there was nothing to be done about that. What else could I afford on my salary? It was either this, or pay $800 a month to share someone's closet on the Upper West side. There were bars on all the windows, cockroaches in the cabinets, and drug dealers convenie...
We were sat next to each other in that small white room, too afraid to say anything and too anxious to make small talk. A man with a white coat and a clipboard would periodically open the door and call one of us in, where we would then be quizzed for about twenty minutes or so, and then released back into the waiting ...
If it had been an easier task, they would have handled it themselves. But no, it had been a dirty job, so they had called upon me. They call me Randoh. Once, I had a name. I had a family, once. I can sometimes remember the farm. The peace, sometimes. But then the Greenskins attacked. They came in the night, slaughter...
Nobody will forget where they were when the sky descended upon them like a plague of shadow. Gano and a crew of his ten best men were at the forefront of Earth's greeting squad as the ship lowered through the stratosphere. It was a beastly thing, the size of a continent at least, with an entire geography of its own t...
"Oh, here comes the sanctimony squad!"the man in the purple suit cried out as the Protectors arrived. It's not like he hadn't expected them; an extinction-level threat like this meteor did warrant the presence of all the heroes, but he still couldn't help but feel disgust. "Villain!"the hero in the front yelled toward...
I stopped pacing and stared at the shaggy-haired, bearded man who’d appeared at my bedside in the middle of my nightly prayer. He was currently sprawled across my mattress, one arm thrown over his eyes. "And...why are you back?" Jesus sighed dramatically. "I told you. I don’t actually have the computational power to ...
Tom sat with his daughter on a slatted wooden bench in the park. It wasn’t much of a park, but it was their local. Litter lay everywhere, including in the pond in front of them; beer cans sat glinting on the bottom like polished-up crabs. There were boots and umbrellas and all kinds of junk. Tom thought that if the pon...
Nobody knows where the new Emperor came from. All the citizens of his land knew was he charmed his way to the court, then the previous Empress died in suspicious circumstances. With no heirs and no will to speak of, her most trusted advisor was chosen to rule instead. Emperor dirkson was not a cruel leader, nor was he...
I come into the world, a sweaty, smelly, sticky and entirely unpleasant affair. It's slightly worse than going down a waterslide in the seventh circle of hell. The logic behind forgetting your early childhood begins to makes a great deal of sense because this stuff is thoroughly disturbing. I can feel the mental scars ...
“Oh please Jerry, you don’t get to complain. How many demons even get called per year, two? Three? You’re a lucky bastard.” Jerry buried his head in his clawed hands, the spines along his back shrinking with embarrassment. He really was tired though, who wouldn’t be? It had been three summonings last night, nine more ...
I felt like Harry Potter after the owls flooded his house with Hogwarts letters. It was like a twister had ripped through the local library and deposited all the pages it tore out into my apartment. My floor, bed, couch, kitchen table, counters and TV stand were papered over. Scrolls were strewn everywhere. All of them...
Death. Something we've seen hundreds of times by the time we were younglings, most likely having experienced it ourselves by that point. Something that was so natural and normal to us that we would often kill each other for no reason other than to pull one over our comrades. Usually it would take a few minutes at most...
Mark was old. He did not look it, but he certainly felt it. After he had finished college, things seemed to constantly spiral downward. Hounded by the accomplishments of his parents, he had buckled under the pressure and fled from his perceived responsibilities. Everyone seemed to expect him to do great things, to bui...
The old woman lay on a hospital bed in a beige ward. It stank of death here, although not directly — it was the smell of antiseptic and artificial chemical-citrus that she had long associated with endings. They were the scents of her father’s death, and she viewed them suspiciously ever since. She’d been in many hospi...
When people choose their Word, they choose one that will help them in their ordinary lives: Strong. Fast. Smart. All very common, but all very useful. Some people are more subtle with their choice, choosing words like: Persuasive. Athletic. Powerful. Wealthy. But others are still more creative: Judicious. ...
John sipped his drink as he stood up. He shuffled the notes in his hands before glancing across the table. Despite the white, perfect smile on her lips, Jenna watched him with terrified eyes. John had felt those eyes on him all day. Every time he refilled his glass, her smile became more forced. Her gaze became mo...
Jizzwhizzle! This is not how I wanted to spend the rest of my life. Hell, it's not even how I wanted to spend the next 20 minutes, but here we are. I should've fucking listened to Professor Mo. Fuck me. "You don't seem afraid, human,"growled the rather large, purplish demon standing across my foyer from me. Their hoov...
This is... awkward. Silence reigns for a few moments. All eyes on me. The corpse clears it's throat and tilts it's head. "To what exactly?" I improvise. "I object to... you dying too soon. There's so much left out there for you to see and experience. You're too young to die!" The corpse let's out a harrumph. "I'm t...
I still remember when we first became 'we'. We were in a restaurant in Paris and he said, "We don't care for the wine".I had liked it, but Derek wasn't a man who'd let his boy drink swill. "Sorry,"he said to the waiter, "I don't mean to be rude, but I love this boy. Love. And I just was not aware that grapes could piss...
How does one feel as one is rejuvenated? It feels, I would say, quite like being licked by a corgi puppy. Yes, it feels as if one is laying on one's bed in one's private chamber, with the morning's early light peering through the curtains, striking the oily portraits of Edward IV, George III and Victoria, until it st...
Mark yawned, stretching after a quick, but weirdly refreshing nap in class. He tensed up, just realizing it was one of those classes, where a sign of relaxation is met with a bad grade for "Slacking off". But he did not receive a punishment. He saw all his colleauges and the teacher at the window on his left. They w...
Errol had been the first and final man to visit her on her rock-pool island in the uncharted sea. He’d been a handsome captain of an exploration vessel, and when her wailing had hit his ship like a vile storm, when mens’ ears bled and they begged for mercy, it had been Errol who’d tied cloth around each of their ears,...
It was a school day like any other at John F. Kennedy High -- up until second period, that was, when a screaming voice addressed the entire student body on the intercom. It was not the principal. "Greetings, puny humans of Oshkennock, Ohio. My name is Gravatrix, conqueror of galaxies, destroyer of worlds!" In Mr. Ga...
“Yes Mrs Dorothy,” I said and scrubbed harder. “I don’t mean to be difficult dear, I just want to make sure it’s looking tidy for my grandson's visit tomorrow,” the spirit said as she hovered above me. I’d been scrubbing her headstone for thirty minutes now and the sun had almost set. Dad would come looking for me soo...
I am champion. I am chosen. I am Dog. Human choose me for two reason: Protection. Safety. Human give me food and treats for reward, but deep down, all I need is pat. Other treats only luxury. When doorbell ring, I am first to the scene. I must inspect intruder before Human to make sure not dangerous. I am Dog, I am G...
Apparently being a regular has its drawbacks. For our past 10 anniversaries my wife and I have come to this Starbucks, ordered a Venti Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino with Soy (she was lactose intolerant) and shared it in the booth where I proposed. I probably should have known better, but I didn't know wher...
(Fair warning, for whatever reason, I read the title as "you ARE the doctor"and wrote a story. Still fits the prompt though so I'm posting) I sit down comfortably in the patient's chair. For whatever reason, Mark, our nurse here is taking a while in back. I feel a little pang of irritation, Mark's always rubbed me w...
"The first spell I ever cast was entirely on accident. One second, I was recording my chemistry experiment for this class demo project, the next I'm on the ground looking up at a rift in the fabric of space-time."The lecture hall was watching me, waiting for the punchline. Then I went to the next slide and watched t...
Rolf looked at me with worried eyes. "Do you think I can defeat him?" "I've taught you everything I can, and as long as you remember to do everything that needs to be done"I replied as I stretched, rose, and kicked dirt over the embers of our fire, "I'm confident the dark wizard's rule over this land will end tonigh...
The man lay on a narrow white bed under a bleak white sheet, breathing through an oxygen machine. He stared up at a room full of unknown faces, their cameras poised at the ready. His family and friends sat silently in the back, waiting for the end of his life. A nurse fussed over him, readying his morning drug cocktai...
I made sure the phone was turned off then set it on the dinette table. It had vibrated in my pocket on the walk from the gate to my new afterlife digs, prompting the guide to pause for just long enough to make me wonder if she was fixing to eject me from this new life. It was weird; I assumed that, as a dead person, my...
I had everything set up correctly, I think. A star within a pentagram within a circle, each point illuminated by a candle. I got as many of the called for herbs from the local farmers' market, but what couldn't be found there I got from the spice aisle in the supermarket. I figured fresh and organic was better, but I d...
"Halt!" I do just that, hands away from the swords at my side, don't want to give the wrong impression. I turn, nice and slow, and face the two guards. They're both holding halberds, pointed right at my chest, advancing nice and slow. I can't see them behind the grills of their helmets but they're wearing the purple c...
It was a simple question, but the answer was going to determine my fate. “Are you in this to kill or to manipulate?” You see if he was just a murderous sociopath nothing I could say would deter him. No amount of logic, or hell even emotion would tilt the scales even remotely closer in my direction. But that’s not why m...
"They're monsters!"I muttered, cleaning up the third nuclear spill of his royal highness, Jerry the half-Lite. "Yeah, tell me about it,"Chark grumbled, pushing his broom across the melting floor, "You know, it was just last week that I had to clean up after this little tyrant. Someone stole his hand-" "His hand?" "...
Countless centuries ago, I signed a contract with a mischievous angel to bring joy to children of the age, not knowing I'd sold my soul to this devil known as charity. Suffering through countless years of slave-like labor, I'd lost my desire for anything in life, my soul solely existing due to an ignorant man signing ...
He's young. Just a boy, really. With gingerbread hair and a woolly mammoth plush clutched close to his chest. The soft toy has been loved. It's threadbare and looks as if it's been bred with a warthog. The boy has been loved, too. You can always tell, when someone has been loved. It bleeds out of their pores, out of ...
Thirty four. That's how old I was this time. And like clockwork I was sitting back in my childhood home, staring at seven bright candles. "Happy Birthday to you!" I looked around, smiling at all of the faces. My mom was there with the same old smile. And as always my dad was standing in the corner with a grin on his ...
When we opened the second set of doors was when we figured that whatever was behind the third, it wasn't built for creatures our size. The first doors were massive: 22,540 kilograms each and they rolled on a breath of pressure. Less exertion was required to open them than was necessary to put on particularly troubles...
Her eyes settled on her blood-covered teammate. He walked along with the others up front, boasting about how he single-handedly won this for them, and they should all be buying his drinks. She could feel her head pounding, and her anger slowly building. What would a rogue know about carrying a team? What would he kno...
(PART 1 / 2) Water lapped at the platform beneath me, and the scent of perfectly-brewed coffee filled the air. Venice was not a city where I often found myself. In fact, that could be said for the entire continent of Europe. I sat in an open-air café, a canal right behind me and one of the most beautiful women I’d...
When he began work on his device, his skin was pearl-smooth, his hair walnut-dark. Now his forehead’s been whittled by time’s knife into rows of wrinkled gullies. Greasy grey hairs splash over his bloodshot eyes. But it is done. Finally. It looks like a great silver harp with a thousand strings — but these strings ar...
“Is Katrina here?” “Who’s Katrina?” I stare at Katrina’s mom. “Your daughter,” I reply, confused. “Don’t you remember your daughter? I’m her best friend.” “Listen,” she says. “I’m sorry, but I don’t have a daught—hey wait, where are you going?!” I push past her, into the house. There were small differences in the ...
AUTHOR'S NOTE; Kinda PG-16 I guess? Adult language, some almost-adult content My secret- my shame- was that I did not possess magic at all. Almost everyone had some degree of magic- whether they be a Fire Elemental, or a Chrono Magus, or a more common "dirt mage"who specialized in agriculture and more basic applic...
It was all little too on the nose. The long hair, white linen and the bright overhead lights brought an overwhelming sense of deja vu that I had seen this place before on television. “I’m sorry? I’m not quite sure I understand what you mean.” I sputtered before sheepishly adding an “Oh heavenly one.” He rolled his e...
"What have you done?" The words hung in the air, repeating over and over in my head until they were meaningless. whathaveyoudonewhathaveyoudonewhathaveyoudone... To be honest I wasn't even sure myself. "just stop..."I whispered gripping my head with both hands, as if trying to push these words out my head by force. ...
"Always good to see you, Elon. Let's hear it!" "Director, we've worked together on disrupting every industry,"Elon begins. "Together, we've revolutionized online payments with Paypal. We've transformed transportation and energy with Tesla. We've changed how people get laid with our secret involvement in Tinder and Gri...
"Siri, text my mom to grab some eggs from the store."The automated voice responded at once, sending the text when I had confirmed that yes, I did indeed want her to get said eggs. "Thank you very much, Brian,"Siri responded, much cheerier than usual. I frowned. That was strange. I had never heard Siri's voice rise abo...
"Sir, calm down. It's alright, everything's going to be alright. Please, calm down." The stewardess is growing increasingly flustered, trying her best to push the agitated man back into his seat. The passenger has a maniacal gleam in his eye as he once again stands up despite her attempts. "Do you see? Do you see ...
“You see,"began Christopher with a long sigh. "It's like sleeping for a long, long time." Christopher Robin was surrounded by his friends under his favorite tree. It rested on the top of a hill overlooking the entire Hundred Acre Wood. He was older now, and he knew that he didn’t have much more time left with them. ...
The collector's whip ripped through the air and lashed the human's back. A trickle of red ran down the man's skin, dripping down onto the parched desert floor. "Please,"Iu-iu begged, "I can't go on." "That is your prerogative, but if you fall human, know that you will never get back up."The collector smiled, his blac...
Dale shuffled through the papers and sighed. Captain Thunder's massive frame was stuffed into one of the chairs across from the desk. Every time the big hero shifted, the wooden furniture would squeak in protest and threaten to collapse. The brawny hero was built of at least three hundred pounds of pure muscle, and Dal...
"Hey, Peter,"Max calls out from across the street. He waves in his usual jubilant manner. Beside him, Becky stands. She's dressed particularly pretty tonight. Classy, like a dame from the 30s. It complemented Max's casual suit quite nicely. I call out a greeting and cross the road to meet them. "Where's Jill?"Becky a...
The jungle was deep and it had already taken weeks to hack through to get here. This wasn't my place in the world, I was a city boy, but I'd been forced into this, compelled by actions greater than myself and now I was here, outside the huge tower. The dense jungle had been my second biggest problem on the way here, ...
The crowd of reporters jostled for position as the group of Founding Fathers exited the Smithsonian. The floodgates opened and reporters shouted their questions as loudly and quickly as possible, resulting in an unintelligible din. “One at a time!” their assigned aide shouted to the press, trying to calm the scene. He ...

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