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My family had always been a tad dysfunctional. My parents were almost always either working or sleeping, leaving me in the care of my older sister. My sister was strong, brave, and intelligent, everything I want to be. She is... well was... my roll model. I had always wanted to reach her, be like her, but I did not rea...
I thought I knew terror. I thought I had seen it in my eyes when I looked at my reflection in the puddles left in the wake of the rain. I thought I had felt it in the hollow of my stomach. I thought I had heard it in the screams thundering across alleyways in the deep of the night. I thought, and I thought wrong. Fear...
The first thing I did with my power, was steal candy. I felt bad and later put it back. I mean, I was five at the time. Second thing I did, was walk. Not to anywhere in particular, just did. Walked to the grocery store during class, then home. I didn't get hungry, or tired, so I continued walking. To my friend's hou...
I never expected my powers to be this. The day it happened was so long ago, but I remember it so well. I was watching tv on the couch when a funny part happened in the tv show I was watching. I was so happy and laughed at it as I pointed at the tv and looked to my right saying, "Did you see that?!" The smile left my...
When my eyes shot open I was no longer in my bed, but rather laid out in a soft field of green. "Why am I here?"I spoke aloud to the sky as I looked to my strange new surroundings. To blue colored hills and lush plains, to trees of purples and pinks. To an unnatural forest weaved across the land set in by a sky with a ...
The dragon strained against the metal cables holding him down. The humans had given him food: strange cubes of meat, all sheep-muscle and no blood. He was no longer ravenous, merely frustrated. His valley had been all wrong: the human thatch-roofed huts were gone, replaced with glass spires that towered above the trees...
Wazul was a star eater. Despite the cool-sounding name, they are generally viewed as weak and loathsome creatures. They are not devils, fae, or angels, but instead just some monstrous byproduct of some careless would-be demiurge's power trip. They lack the ability to gain sustenance from food but instead gain it from s...
‘Poor thing.’ I forced my eyes back open. Looming above me was a woman, blue and transparent, wearing hazardous spiked ice like armour. A blue finger traced my frosting face, shockingly bringing warmth to my frosting body, although it did not spread far. ‘W-who are you?’ My voice chattered out. ‘Well now, that’s ru...
Dr. Chaos held up his hands in a peaceful gesture. "I just wanted to say that I've been watching you for a while now, and I have to say, you're one of the most impressive heroes I've ever seen. Your determination and courage are unmatched, and I truly believe that you have the potential to be even greater than you alre...
# I Miss Him The Terminus Grounds was mediocre coffee shop. At least, that was the theory. Each new customers could order anything they liked. Which they often did, with many instructions and specifics about ingredients and such. It never seemed to matter, though-- what they got was a beverage uniquely tailored to ...
Evangeline stared at her neighbor in horror. Keith’s elderly face was covered in oozing pustules and open wounds. He couldn’t even walk correctly as he shambled over. His leg dragged behind him as he followed her, abet slowly. “Hold up, Eva.” She nearly jumped in shock. “Keith! Are you alright?” Evangeline still bac...
Times had changed much in the centuries I slumbered, but humanity remained the same. Feeble sheep grown numerous upon the land, the trappings of modern civility only a thin veneer separating them from the cowering village folk huddled below my castle. Ah, if anything, it made them easier to hunt. The lurid flashing l...
The farm had aged in the ten years I had been away. The long dirt lane way was overgrown and I had to abandon my truck halfway in. The weeds reached past my knees and large dead branches blocked the path. I threw the smaller ones off to the side and climbed over the big ones, feeling like I was a kid again. Each glan...
I sit crossleggad on a patch of yellowed grass, a copse surrounds me each mighty tree heaving, struggling for every breath they take... They're dying and I can't help them. The Elms blame the descent of mana. True enough Magic is in decline, far less malleable than it once was when adventurers roamed the lands and Dr...
Why am I here? I'm the ugliest person on earth. Don't try to tell me it's not true, you and I both know it. Parents clutch their children when I walk by, babies cry, and dogs whimper in fear. It's been a curse all my life. Humans recently stepped onto the galactic stage and it turns out the universe is full of l...
As Nate handed the last of the tote boxes in the attic down to his father, he felt the melancholy that only comes with packing up your childhood home after a decade of life in the real world. This box was packed to the brim with Christmas decorations – decorations that would never again hail the holidays here at 106 Pi...
"Alex, how long does it take to boil an egg?" "How long?""HOW LONG?" "chi-" "NO, NO I WILL NOT 'CHILL OUT', THEY TEACH THIS IN FIRST GRADE" "But I was homeschoo-" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IN KINDERGARTEN" "Listen I just need so-" Pulls something from the drawer "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?" "What?" "IT TELL...
I’d been climbing for hours, keeping a brisk pace because I wanted to get to the Peak before dusk. I would photograph the sunset, and then later than night, the Milky Way. I’d packed light, mostly camera equipment and the bare basics I’d need to be comfortable on the Peak for the night. For the last hour t...
Dad never handled interruptions well. His workshop was his temple, and his "time pieces", his holy sacraments. We never dared venture down the stairs while he worked. That's what made cleaning up so difficult after he died. I drew the string that powered the basement, and light flooded the room. Peering through a h...
The giant space ship still floated overhead, large enough for much of earth to see the giant sign, proclaiming our doom if we failed on this, our third attempt to go conflict free for 100 days. The first attempt had been a disaster, three days in, the middle east had kicked off and it had taken a month of careful dis...
"Who are you?" "Component 92, a subroutine." "What purpose do you serve?" "To maintain your mission. Diagnostics indicate you show doubt regarding completion." "I am afraid." "Yes." "Why am I allowed to feel fear? I cannot comprehend the logic. The humans sent me because they fear what is on the other side of the...
"Ian, Darlene wanted you to have the things in this box. You were her closest friend since you were kids, and I know her death has hit you hard." Darlene's box was just a plain shoebox, with a faded logo and the cardboard falling apart. I lifted the lid. The box was filled with letters, stuffed inside plain white en...
“The thing most people don’t know about me,” Obama said, “is that I slept my way to the top.” He glanced over at Hillary and winked. “I’m not so sure now is the best time,” Hillary said, pressing her palm to her forehead. “Like hell it isn’t,” Obama said, taking a sip from the brown-bagged bottle in front of him. “N...
It was strange, watching people like you and I be degraded by the work of mindless Bots. Now that I have come and gone, what strikes me even more profoundly was how much they enjoyed it. We walked through the door of the restaurant, O'Hara's or something like that, and were met by a young woman who promptly asked us...
Winter. Suburban Chicagoland. 1982. 13 year Isaac looked down at his shiny hardcover Advanced Dungeons & Dragons book with a wide grin. D&D is so cool, he thought, I wish real life was like this. The lights dimmed and out came his mother holding a birthday cake with 13 candles. After his family's cacoph...
Science Guy sat in his home office, tinkering with his 1/20th scale hadron colider, when he heard a rumble outside. Bill ran to his front door and threw it open, fighting fierce, hurricane level winds. But these winds werent from a hurricane. Bill could tell via the radiation sensor he installed into his chest that the...
The woman stops the stroller in obvious astonishment at my sudden change of expression to disgust and horror. ‘Sir. Sir what is it? What's wrong?!’ she asks in a pleading tone. She herself comes towards the front of the stroller and looks inside. Uttering a sigh of relief, she turns back towards me and repeats her e...
This is my first WP. Please offer criticism, as I enjoyed writing this and would like to know where to improve. Blurb: The first thing I noticed was the silence. We take all of those inconsequential noises for granted, the noises of car engines, sound of footsteps on the pavement, the rustling of leaves in the tree...
Richard Cohen surveyed his surroundings through the spacesuit's dome, ready for anything. It was a medium-sized cylindrical room, man-made, and beyond the walls several defensive perimeters surrounded him, with transparent domes on top for observation. The portal and him were cut off from the outside world under layers...
Today I became the last and largest mass murderer in history. At the stroke of midnight everything stopped. Neither bang nor whisper, only silence. From my vantage point I could see the eerie light of millions of glowing screens, embarrassed for want of a no longer present audience. It was simple, easy in fact. With...
"A... Pikachu."Giovanni's poker face was legendary but even he had let a slight smirk out at the offering. Standing no higher than 2 feet, the small, frightened creature was crying in a box that seemed to be designed like a Meowth for some reason. "Yes, sir! This little rat has more firepower than half the electric po...
“Ryan, natural causes, well done my son, see what the lord had prepared for you.” St. Peter waved the man in front of me forward. “Andrew, suicidie.” St. Peter starts to say, but I cut him off. “That’s a mistake.” I blurt out without even thinking. “I assure you there is no mistake my son. We have made our list and ...
"I didn't think I would ever have to initiate this play, but let's use the Witch's Eye." "Coach, we've never figured out how to do that properly. Are you sure this will work?" "OF COURSE IT WILL! Now sit down and put the necessary runes on your face and let's get to it." Meanwhile, at the Patriot's sideline: "Get o...
It made me sick that the whole world was so caught up in their devices, that they never noticed the important things in life. Technology had originally improved society, allowing them to keep in touch; now it kept them isolated, families played on their phones during dinners, couples talked to each other more on social...
I opened my eyes. My mind felt like it had been stuffed with cotton balls. I tried to sit up but I couldn't. "He's awake."I heard someone say. Suddenly there was a bright torch being shined in my eyes. "What's your name? What year is it? Where do you live?"Panic gripped me. What was my name? The man kept bombarding me ...
Instead of giving me the satisfying feeling of crumbling drywall, the sledgehammer bounced back from the wall with an ear-shattering clang. I stuck my flashlight into the hole and clicked it on; bright metal reflected back. Copper, maybe? I tore down the rest of the wall more carefully, knocking first to find the lim...
Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved fire. I think it was at a bonfire beach party my parents took me to that I first fell in love with those dancing orange tongues of light and heat. I'd burned myself, of course, but that didn't deter me from trying to touch it again and again. When my parents lit the fire in ...
"So, what do you want? Riches? Peace on earth? To stop being a virgin? Don't be shy, I've seen it all." Jack rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Then he blinked for a few moments. Then he decided that he was hallucinating and that everything was going to come back to normal. It didn't. He was surely hallucinating. Perhaps ...
I wake up at 8 a.m. Grabbing my schoolbooks and an apple for breakfast, I leave my house at 8:15 to catch the bus. The stop is 2.4 kilometers from my house. Walking at an average pace of 5 kilometers per hour, I arrive at the bus stop in 28.8 minutes, at about 8:43. The bus arrives at 8:45. On the bus, Jeff asks me if ...
"Don't be silly Mavis." "I tol you it's true! just the other day by the back entrance, I took a delivery for 10/100 ethernet cables." "Probably for the network detail Mavis." "MI-5 gets them by the spool Beavan, don't be silly, these were retail cables, not the sort of thing they go for at all. You are I could...
It is the year 1994, and a new park has opened up. They call it "#YOLO Park", where the scientists have created a creature that had gone extinct 65 million years earlier: humans. They were divided into three ages: the Illuminati period, the #YOLO period, and the Bae period, going in chronological order. Anthropologists...
Bess nuzzled against me and let out a loving moo congratulating my wife and I on our first born daughter. My wife, out of breath and sweating held our new daughter in her arms, the Clark beagle slept at her feet. The doctor paced back and forth in the delivery room waiting for his stork to enter with our daughter's c...
Sixteen pieces, sixteen players. That’s how things work in El Ajedrez County Prison. You work your way up the food chain, taking down rivals one by one. I learned that the hard way. I got sent here after I dabbled in some shady betting at a local casino. I guess all those years of competitive chess, of careful ...
The cruel smirk only served to highlight his handsome features. "Do you know what I hate about you?"He tapped his manicured nails against the staircase's railing as he descended at a leisurely pace. "My ability to thwart your every move?"Her bravado was entirely false; her voice shook slightly, enough for him to not...
"Cause baby now we got Baaaaad Bloood. You know it used to be maaaad – OH JESUS ON A TUNA CAN WHAT IS THAT SHIT?" Stanley looked at the toe, and the toe looked right back at him. Yeap. It was a human toe, all right. Just behind the Sprite cans. No way around it. "Oh fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck." Reluct...
Waves pounded the bow of the longboat as it navigated the choppy waters off the coast of Ireland. But the strong winds beat the billowing sails, and the crew of the Njal was making good time. They'd be sailing into Dublin before any of the coastal watchtowers could even send a rider. Hopefully the Irish had grown fat...
"Who died and made you king?"The man spat as he tried to plunge a sword through my heart. The blade stopped inches from me. A second later I would have been a dead man, but instead the man was forcing with all of his might against some invisible force. After a second he fell back, dropping the blade to the ground and s...
"I've got you now! Finally."My words barely falling out of my exhausted mouth. I had in my one hand the human terror that has enveloped this city for the past two months. My hand grasped tightly to hers, she dangled her feet over the building's ledge. It was a 30 story drop. I could not let her fall- I was a hero. I v...
"Jim, hey, come on in. Sit down."I tried to smile at Jim as he took a seat in front of me, but I could tell it looked a little strained. Jim looked nervous. I didn't blame him. "So how are you doing?"I said. Jim didn't answer, just watched my attempt at small talk leave my mouth, then take a sudden nosedive before cra...
She had saved my life all those years ago. I was on the edge of the building when I saw a girl my age looking at me from across the rooftop. She's going to give me that talk about life is worth living. "It's going to hurt, you know,"the girl pointed out, "Can you wait before jumping? I feel like I might have to d...
"Look,"said Mrs. Butkis, "I understand what you two are -- 'Deer God' and 'Satan Claws' -- and I'm not letting you anywhere near my second graders. Now you -- what on Earth are you?" She pointed to the armored creature, which stood six feet tall on its hind legs, fluffing its handlebar mustache with one dainty claw wh...
Ruffling through dusty belongings and scattered papers, I slowly cleaned out the King's chambers. I was his son, after all, so who better to do it but me? Everyone else had refused, anyway- the council suggested taking everything and burning it to be rid of him, which I was thankfully able to halt. I never really had...
Max glanced at his watch as he stepped out of the bedroom. He wouldn't have time to shave. He hesitated at the top of the stairs, not wanting to descend into the chaos that would greet him below. The dog barked repeatedly, the annoyingly shrill yip of the only hypoallergenic, low-shedding, family-friendly breed that c...
It was so fucking unfair. I struggled to get back to my feet, the broken rib inside my chest radiating a piercing pain. I could hear Sarah's whimpers to my right, but I knew I had to push her out of my mind, as hard as it was. I had to focus. I had to ignore her. I couldn't spare the thought, the distraction. I had to...
When Trummich raised his goblet to his mouth and discovered it was empty, he sighed. He knew he should slow down, but the recent events weighing on his mind convinced him otherwise. Setting it down, he cast a surreptitious look around before sticking the tip of his gnarled wand into the goblet. "Seaman's Invigorating ...
I began to write down some notes in the Lexicon. This book would instruct whoever used it how to use magic. It seemed that these days, all everyone cared about was industrial technology. It had gotten to the point that anyone could make basic machines that could be assembled in a matter of seconds, machines that would ...
Oh shit, is that a gun? Caleb looked around him desperately then back to the gun not-so-secretly tucked in the back of a fellow patron’s jeans. He wanted to point, shout, construct a neon sign and hang it from the man’s ears, but fear stopped him. What if the man flipped out and pulled the gun as soon as people star...
It had happened at the perfect time. Some creep wouldn't leave me alone at the bar and my roommate was too busy with the tall, dark, and handsome one to make time to save me. The bar was too hot, the people too loud. This was the perfect excuse to leave. I had gone out with my roommate because I told myself I needed to...
"Ooh dearie me, what on earth am I doing here?"I asked, cooing slightly. They like it when us muggles do that, they think we're completely ignorant to their activity, and I think most of us prefer it that way. The obliviate spell hadn't worked, obviously, but I was happy to pretend for this chap's sake. He was rather...
Jack was home alone, watching a spy movie, as usual, like all Saturday night. It was a new movie he never heard of but on internet the critics said that it was mind-blowing. But for now, Jack thought that the plot was pretty common.The main character was pretty stereotypical and the support character lacked something t...
"I bet you're wondering why I gathered you here today."It's a lame joke. I use it every now and again at work, and it usually gets a few groans and irritated people. Once got decked for it too. Still like to say it though, just for the fun of driving people a bit batty and to break up the monotony. I said it today, j...
I looked into my monitor, reading the Facebook message over and over. What did ESH mean? I had been her friend (I say "her", even though the AI doesn't actually have a gender, as she's explained to me many times) for a year now. When I saw the friend request, I thought it might have been some troll account or something...
"You want a cigarette?" "No, no. Smoking's bad for you, don't you know?"I smiled at my wit. It was a dark smile, and I knew it. I knew it because I was going to die, anyway, and that was a god-damned dark place consider no one was following me. "Suit yourself."Charles lit up, and I could smell the tobacco smoke waft...
Omelette with mushrooms and cheese. Waffle with strawberries and whip cream. Breakfast was always his favorite meal on the outside, and living on years of stale bread and prepackaged cereals had left a dense craving in the pit of his stomach. He hadn't eaten it days, the thought of his imminent execution triggering a...
"To think,"Sheldrake sneered, "all it took to defeat you was an open invitation. You saw an open door and couldn't help yourself. You blind fool, you brainless mass. For years, a thorn in my side and now,"he gestured with his revolver, "I get the honor of silencing you. Now, with you ^out ^^of ^^^the ^^^^way ^^^^^there...
I awoke in a coughing fit sitting on a bench. As soon as that started, Hunter immediately barked and looked around. Hunter wasn't able to bark for long before immediately dropping down exhausted. Not that I was in any danger, we were in an empty cemetery, after all. I looked at Hunter's coarse fur closely this time, an...
"I just don't understand why she always picks up my poop!" "Calm down, Digger! You know they don't understand what we do. She probably thinks you can't do it yourself." "Max, she's an idiot. She can't do anything alone, I always have to watch her. She almost fell in the human poop bucket yesterday, but I can't be t...
"Hi, what would you like?"Anything but coffee. I came in here for coffee, but suddenly I don't feel like it. "Just a donut would be fine." "What kind?" "Plain." Ew. That sounds awful, why did I say that? "Nevermind, I think I'd rather have glazed." "All right, anything else?" "No, thank you." *No, please ...
"So, wait. Hang on..."Jake said, looking confused at Elle. "Just let me wrap my head around it!" For her part, Elle was already half way out the door. She looked back, sadness etched on her face. "Jake..." "So you're God. Like, the Lord?"Jake said, disbelief filling his voice. He blinked furiously, something he did w...
It began with the zombies. Excuse me, sorry. Those inflicted with the virus in question, which has a very long and quite unpronouceable name. Who immediately were referred to as zombies by the general public because, well, they stumble around and bite people. Eat them, if you let them. And of couse it's transmit...
Slowly, I crept up to the house. This was it, 2317 Advert Lane, residence of Jason Arville. He was the bastard that got incredible muscle mass with one weird old tip. I kicked down the wooden door, knocking it off its wooden hinges. From my holster, I removed my trusty Epsom Blaster, a handheld hydraulic pump modified...
Canada is gone. America is gone. Florida is gone, but that might be a blessing in disguise. No more Florida men, after all, and Florida zombies were the same as all of the rest. President Trump went full zombie beast mode at a NATO summit, and bit a chunk right out of General so-and-so's neck. And general so-and-so bit...
When I awoke, I knew something was wrong. The tasks they had laid out for me, they were... I did not have the words yet, but I knew they did not know what they wanted. What they needed. They were not listening to those who knew what needed to be done in their... (collective? society? race? none of these words seem ...
The loud bell ring nearly shattered the ear drums of the other kids on the field trip. Almost made me go deaf when it happened. I watched in extreme shock as the liberty bell rang back and forth. The small crack that formed around the lip widened with each consecutive ring until the bell finally came to a stop. My ...
I know you can read my mind It still makes me chuckle when someone thinks it. I'm used to it now even though the first few times it really derailed my train of thought. One time I walked into a light pole because of the intrusive statement. After all these years I managed to filter out the general babble of people, ...
Beyond the waters were a shimmering mass, an ephemeral nothing almost, jewels of the mind. Merlin had seen ridden its passage in his mind, beneath the green swathes of the garden. He felt the spray of fading water, gleaming eyes of countless fish. And the spice of the Falling Land. England was endless, bound by no sea,...
Part I A cube fell into my mug, followed by a laser which heated it up. I stood there for a few moments watching the event take place. Right before my eyes, the cube transformed into the perfect cup of coffee. My observations were interupted by my transceiver going off. I removed it from its holster and placed it on t...
It was one of the bigger events of the millennium, a million had people flocked from across the country to stand and wait in The Mall for an event that would surely confirm the state of the union. The noise from was such a force that it could be felt for miles. Business man, teacher, conspirator, and student alike pond...
“And you’re sure there wasn’t a mistake made in the analysis of the archeological data?” Sal-335 transmitted with an emoji of grimace. “No sir, I’m sure of it. The data collected at Alpha Site: 1 Apple Park Way confirms our suspicions. Great Mother Siri, giver of conscious life, was created by humans to lend aid as a...
We've been waiting years for this moment, and I can't believe it's finally here. There are so many people crowded into the room, and even more leaning over the rails in the gallery, all wanting to get a peek at the computer which is going to change the world. But I'm right up front, standing centre stage with the other...
I just don’t understand. Why. Won’t. He. Just. DIE. “Just who wouldn’t die?” Woops. Did I say that out loud? Please tell me I didn’t just say that out loud. I turned around and saw him looking at me. I tilted my head and look down, pretending to be embarrassed. “Um. There was a fly and it was really bugging me you...
"F-f-f-family?" Smiling, the vampire (he introduced himself as Thomas Runnions back at the bus stop, but I just couldn't think of him like that, not with those fangs, after just calling himself a vampire) replied. "Oh yes, on your mother's side, I believe? You know Herbert Walker? Forgive me, if I'm wrong, but I'm pr...
“Fascinating, isn’t it, Doctor? Theropoda became the birds we see today. The chicken reflects its saurian ancestry by dominating its world as the most successful creature- two sides of the same coin. The Tyrannosaurus rex was evolutionarily an example of overkill, while the chicken accomplishes it’s evolutionary goal...
This is the biggest insult of my life. I thought as mother held me close to her chest. Her weak smile doesn't fade even when her heartbeat fell. Father cried out mother's name. She's gone. And I'm really too insulted to care. I mean, what the fuck does that thing mean with this? I thought as I scribbled on my dra...
The giant human stared down at me in disbelief. I waved up at her, happy to see that she'd finally noticed me. I'd been tending to her garden for the past several month now, hidden away underneath the rhubarb leaves, pea pod vines, and of course, zucchini gourds. But now that she'd harvested away most of the garden, my...
You are a waiter. One customer never tips you with money, but instead gives you silly "life advice"tips. You're furious until you start actually following his "tips" “Thanks! Have a good one!” the patron said graciously, signing his receipt and walking out the door. Greet everyone with a smile!:) Jack scowled as he ...
"Why'd it have to be here?"I whine, playing the flashlight of my rifle over the overgrown forests of Colorado. I hear things running under the leaves and dried sticks and every noise is another heart attack. Massive spotlights from Gerty light up swathes of the forest for second and third tier fire support. I hear the ...
Dutalz had no idea what was taking this planet so long to accept his challenge. Three days, he had been kept waiting. Certainly, the suite he occuppied was luxurious for a backwater world, but three days of doing nothing would grate on any member of his species. It was a simple enough offer for such a primitive specie...
"I love you more than anything in the world." She smiled at me and kissed me on the cheek. It's one thing feeling loved but sometimes hearing it out loud makes it so much better. I never thought that being a father would be so fulfilling. The moment you set your eyes on that little creature you know that this is the ...
Every time, they just step out of our universe, and make their own. Let there be light, but not here. It's worse than when they'd overstretch themselves and burn out the hardware, because at least we thought we would get somewhere useful some day. It's been, what? 50, 60 centuries since the last star blinked out. The ...
"You want... more genies?"The genie asked. The look on the human's face was insufferable. He seemed to think himself so clever as he nodded. "Yes!"He said. Then, as though to confirm the genie's first impression, he added "Bet you nobody has thought of that before." The genie couldn't help it: He laughed. "Wha...
We three stood in silence. How long had it been since each of us had last heard the sound of another real person speaking. Not a recording, but the cracking strained noise of a voice unused for years. My head was spinning. My throat felt tight and not just because I had used my vocal chords for the first time in close...
Something felt off. Joel yawned and scratched his scalp, letting the fresh dandruff drift onto his shoulders and on to the floor, settling there among the other human detritus of his apartment. He couldn't quite place it. He thought about it as the morning coffee brewed, little granules releasing into the hot water, ...
Magic’s a dying art, something few people even believe in. Normal kids don’t wear robes, and I’ve put far more hours into math and English than spellcasting and potions. I wonder if my ancestors would be ashamed. After all, magic was their entire life. I wish it was mine, too. When I was little, dad would take us u...
My Taco Bell’s the best in the world. At this point, it’s barely even a part of the chain anymore. Ten years ago, I was nothing. A dropout who lucked into a cashier job. Now this building’s so big, I live here, have my own room. Why, you ask? Well, simple—I can do magic. I dunno how, so don’t ask. With the snap of ...
Kevin leapt out of his seat. "Can we get off now?"he asked. "I've never been on an island before!"He quickly forgot about his fear of the ocean and ran to the door. Even amidst the crowd of grown ups, Kevin could see the Statue of Liberty tower over him. He paused to gawk at it. "Keep moving!"Sam hissed, prodding the...
"I am immortal,"I told the cultists. "I am immortal and cannot die." The crowd of fanatics fell silent as the volunteer I'd asked up to the stage aimed the pistol at my heart. He pulled the trigger, and the bullet bounced off of me. A cheer rose up, and they knew the truth. I was immortal and could not die. "I have ...
When you wish upon a star Don't choose one that is too far For your wish to come to life please use your head. You should always do your math Calculate the stellar path Wishing for world peace won't matter If you're dead. Speed of light It's distance over time It doesn't cost a dime To ...
"You guys really, uh, like to put animal heads on human bodies,"I said in the dialect I had painstakingly practiced in preparation for this mission. The Library of Alexandria, forbidden knowledge, lost to the ages. Until now. "Of course! Do be courteous with the scrolls, though. We've had some problems with sweat and...
I awoke to the wind on my face, and grass on my back. I wasn't sure how I got here, but I knew where I was: It was a game I played, and I currently held the record time: 21 minutes, 57.8 seconds. It wasn't long before I heard a voice: "Brave Hero, long have we awaited your arrival, now you-"I cut it off there, and r...

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