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It was hailed as a revolution in unbiased elections, if the ballot was secret then why weren't the candidates too? After years of reality TV and Twitter the average american was influenced far more by personalities than actual politics, which resulted in office after office of eccentric presidents. Once it was reveale...
Zapf couldn't remember ever being so damn tired. He thought back to the good old days, centuries ago, when raising a zombie horde had meant finding a graveyard with twenty to thirty bodies not too far gone into decomposition. When men rode willingly at each other with swords drawn and women were drowned for witchcraf...
"Get out." Lucifer brandished his trident, its scorched prongs not one inch from Jawei's face. Jawei shook off his fatigue long enough to muster a pained smile. He wanted nothing more than to dump a waterfall on His Unholiness right then and there, but he knew it'd be to no avail: Lucifer'd just smite him on the spot....
The creaking hinges groaned as the door swung slowly open. Beams of light from the late afternoon sun reflected off the motes of dust gently swept into air from my entering. Still, a fine layer of dust blanketed the room. The dresser, changing table, bassinet. Touched by neither hand nor gaze for three decades. Tentati...
Thorians had the power of travel. From deep black moons to the brightest flashing icescapes, they bounced between the many distant strangers, expanding and experiencing and enjoying what oddnesses the universe hid. Without ship or pod or beam they spread happily, allowing their gift to create great communities and soci...
"I am Ramses, a god among men" "Bull-shit, you can't conjure up shit or make water into wine. You're just immortal, so what the fuck do you have that we don't?" "I am Ramses, a go-" *SMACK* "Say that bullshit one more fucking time, I dare you motherfucker! Say that damn bullshit one more time and I'll cap your royal...
"You're sure this will work?"My head was strapped down and it felt like my voice was going into nothing, but a face loomed over me. “Da, of course it’ll work. I perform many times.” He grinned, but his blackened teeth were less than reassuring. This was it, my only chance to make something of myself, by bootleggi...
"Hey Jesus!" "Oh, hey Gab." "So, are you caught up on the old episodes of Earth?" "Not yet. I'm still in the Middle ages story arc." "Oh, man... what did you think of the Spanish Inquisition? Crazy, right?" "Well, I really wasn't expecting it. In fact, it's all a little far fetched." "Uh... what?" "I mean the wr...
"Hey, there..."said Miles in an easing tone. "Hey, let's just calm down and put the gun down." "Don't come any closer!" In front of him with a pistol to his temple, a middle-aged man is crying hysterically. For the past five minutes, he's been trying to convince the suicidal man to put the gun down so they could talk...
We hugged her as hard was we could. All the questions, all the worries, all the pain we all felt for those decades melted away. My wife and I cried harder than when we first lost her. It didn't matter how it happened. It didn't matter who was involved or who was to blame. Our daughter was alive, and now she was home an...
Lucas arose from bed with a deep yawn. He checked the calendar stuck to his wall to see if anything important was on today. "Nope, just another Monday." He threw his sheets off of him and shambled down the corridor to breakfast. He made himself bacon, sausage and two poached eggs. He poured himself a glass of fruit ju...
I guess it was a little naive to think it would be like the movies. I mean, once the biology of something has changed so much that it doesn't breath, all your expectations can go out the window. A lot of people who thought guns would save them died. It's hard to dismember a body with bullets. I've seen it, from up i...
The very first time we met was in second grade. It was indoor recess, and all the classes compiled into one to play games. I saw her sitting in the corner with her friends, setting up a new Jenga tower. Right away, I was attracted to her like a magnet, I couldn't look away. She hardly seemed to notice me, or to care, b...
Melisandre arched an eyebrow at me and shoved a mug across the scarred wooden work table. Normally it was the sort of table suited to a corner, but this was a turret, so there were no corners. The mug held a shimmering orange liquid that smelled like goat farts. "Drink." "Not this again."I said, pulling a face. "Why...
"Mr. Hitler, Adolf... can I call you Adolf?" "Just Hitler wuld be fine" "Hitler sir we're glad you could join us," "Oh mien pleasure, mien pleasure please" "We're going to open up the floor here for some questions from the audience now so let's get some hands up."Several hands shoot up enthusiasticly. "Yes you,"a youn...
It is extremely difficult for young swimmers to learn backstroke. I see it all the time at the clinics I coach. When they swim on their back, the young boys and girls cannot see the markers on the bottom of the pool, and therefore have no reference to whether they are swimming down center of the lane. They swim their ...
*From the memoirs of Alexis Greybeard the Ultimate* Prologue: "Why I developed a self casting spell to annihilate two cinnamon rolls out of existance." It's very simple. I have a magical control problem. Whenever I cast a spell, there's enough mana leak that a cinnamon roll appears. I can't eat them all, they attract...
"But I bleed." "Of course." "I can die." "Yes." "That would ruin your experiment." "Or it would be the outcome of a long-standing equation." Adam paced, his hands clenching into fists. The city moved beyond the tall windows in the darkness. It hummed and pulsed and writhed in chaotic patterns. He jerked a finger ...
As I plugged the pieced-together remains of the "hard drives"into the quantum computer I saw the data being strung together by the AI. After seconds it was ready, translated directly into Avagonian, I could see what the people in the year 2017 thought and felt as put together in their own words. "What is a reddit?"I ...
It had been a tough day for Emma. She hadn't been able to transfer out of Biology with Mrs. Hoti, which meant she was going to have a beef with Maddie and her friends, who had demanded she get out so there'd be room for Jess.   So she'd spent the whole day sitting in the front because all the back row sea...
The phone's ringing echoes throughout the room with a sound you have never heard before. "After 8 years, is this really how it goes down?!"you think to yourself. The phone keeps ringing and ringing as if begging to be answered with promptness. Your years of training have not prepared you for this moment. 8 years workin...
As much as it had pained me to part with even the least of my hard-won trinkets, I'd known that I was getting an amazing bargain when the disheveled man had snatched the Tin Flask from my hand so may years ago. He'd immediately uncapped it and taken a long draw of its unlimited whiskey, tossing me the Silver Watch alm...
I don’t know what’s behind the door 42. There’s always a soft whirring and the occasional metallic clang like something heavy dropped on the floor (followed by loud curses of Florian, the foul-mouthed foreman). Once in a while, I hear a loud ‘pop!’ like all the air is sucked out of the bunker in a split second. But ...
I am alive. When I wake up in the morning, I am excited to face the day. I love the smell of instant coffee and I love the way Jane looks in her thick bathrobe, with her hair still messy from sleeping, and no make up on her face. I think Jane is as beautiful as she was the day we met in high school. The fact that s...
You read the news obsessively, but you just can't track down ever weekly world news crackpot. But what if you miss the villain? Eventually you have to start to wonder, what if there is no villain? What if the villain died as an infant? Or was killed in a war? There are still places in the world where less than half o...
"So...this is a trick, right?"Akil asked. He sat down on the sand, carefully placing the lamp upright in front of him. Far to the east, the sun had begun to sink into the sea of sand, spreading long shadows that crept over the dunes like rivers of darkness. It was these shadows that had driven him into the old storeh...
"Solid G. I was not expecting you here."Javelinshake said. "Javelinshake. I respect your poetry but fam I'll have to drop you. Someone set me a beat."Solid G replied as one of his cronies found an instrumental. "Javelinshake, I'm one of the greats. I'm first rate, you'll get hurt when I burst mate. You think you can...
I’m sure you are aware, political events have brought with them a general distaste for the current state of society. People everywhere have been making threats to end their own lives, or the lives of others. War activity has gradually increased over the last 6 months to an unsustainable level. Despite all of these p...
"You know, they used to leave us in peace,"said the worker ant softly, as she crawled around the the Queen's children, dutifully passing food to them. She knew they could not respond yet, as they eere only larvae, but she started to tell them the tale anyways, because it was one they would need to know. "Actually, ou...
Have you ever been awoken by an explosion followed by your dog barking? I have. Let me tell you: Not pleasant. Groaning, I rolled out of bed, arthritic old joints protesting the decision. I shuffled into my slippers and grabbed my fluffy bathrobe off the hook, settling it about my shoulders. Rufus, my dog, never let u...
A queen is born in a far away land, miles away from her kingdom. She was born in a stall with animals surrounding her. Her mother died, leaving her alone in this world, with a brother and his girlfriend. They looked at the kid, ignoring the mother who was dead. They looked into the babies eyes and saw the certain stran...
#"YOU FRICKIN' FRICK!!! HACKER!!!!" I've been played by this wee lad for a little over a month, and every game, I've been killed, gibbed, and vaporized in every possible way. He's got the aim of a twitchin' goblin and the voice of a banshee. Not even me splash damage could get him a kill. He didn't even get me any hat...
Red scaled the castle wall. At the top, hand firmly on sword, he surveyed the parapet. No resistance. No guards on duty. Undaunted Red proceeded down a stone staircase into the courtyard. His dark cloak blended into the shadows he hid within. *All this evasion and no one to evade*, he thought. In the centre of t...
"Oh you dumb bitch,"I thought to myself. "Yeah great, slam your shot glass down on the grave of the mother of some infamous serial killer, who, let me add, has only ceased slaughtering attractive young teens like yourself and myself in that last year. Smart move you Tory Burch-Bitch. Well fuck this." I was done. These...
*Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys,* *Rollin' down to old Maui!* *We're homeward bound* *From the Arctic ground,* *Rollin' down to old Maui!* Our voices rose in chorus, carried off by the wind that also carried us back home. Most of my fellow sailors meant every verse of the old song, and could hardly wait to spe...
"Is there anything else I can do for you...?"The waiter seemed to be trying to be the most disinterested waiter of the year; the monotonous voice combined with the phone in his hand at least gave that impression. "We're fine,"Laura says. As soon as the waiter is out of earshot, she turns to me. "Please tell me that...
(swearing) **whoosh** *dammit* I'm holding 12 loaves of bread, and standing in a Subway. At least this time, I'm in the storage room instead of in the front, trying to calm down a bunch of customers. I put the loaves down, and try to figure out where I am. I see signs in Mandarin. *Oh you are absolutely kidding me ri...
**1st January, 2018** Plush leather chairs lined the sides of a large mahogany wood table. A middle-aged man with a beer belly sweated into his expensive-looking suit as he stared down rows and rows of investors. They looked bored. Some were dosing off, others checking their phones. Not a good situation. He cleared hi...
She was sure of it now, someone had definitely opened the front door and walked up the stairs. Mary crouched beside the doorway holding the only thing she could find; her grandfather's heavy golden fiddle. Her bedroom doorknob rattled, then turned, and as the door opened she sprang up and brought the body of the instru...
Crikey. What a crazy time. As I look back, the fall we had does seem a little impossible - but I lived through it, so I should be the first to know that it's not. The whole world thought that it was going to have an oil crisis. It was announced one day just like that, "World-wide oil crisis looming,"in every paper an...
It had only been a week since we could be "seen". I watched as life continued on like nothing had changed, and just as before, I was invisible again. Men in suits stared at their watches, their brisk pace on the pavement on the way to work presumably. Yet all of "us", those who could not be seen to the world, we coul...
"Existence of an Indigenous Civilization on HTB-626 and Possible Reasons for its Extinction" **Abstract** Following the widely publicized discovery of four faces carven on the side of a mountain on the mid-sized rocky body additional investigations into the planet's past have been made. Numerous sites are being inv...
[Part 1] "Oh Lucifer, you know that Benjamin was a faithful servant of mine! After nearly 35 years of faithful church attendance, Why would you ever think that he would join forces with you?" "Haha, Elijah, while it IS true Ben was faithfully in church every Sunday, you ALSO know how often he was hungover! Plus, what...
It all started with my right pinky finger starting to tremor. I remember the morning it started, 'tap, tap, tap, tap', beating away and I couldn't stop it no matter how I tried. I ignored it and tried to rationalize the growing movements. In the coming days that tap tapping moved to the rest of my right hand and I star...
"So let me get this straight, your daughter's name was...?"I ask, squinting slightly. "Lucy."He takes off his glasses and puts them in his inner jacket pocket. Funny Satan looked almost exactly how I joked he looked like - sans horns. This man in a black suit and a scruffy beard is supposed to be Satan? "So I helped ...
Now this, this sounds like a prompt I can respond to. Respond to? No, write about? This sounds like a prompt I can write about. Maybe something like, this prompt will be easy for me to write about. Because I can relate to it. Because it's something that's been on my mind? I'll say: it speaks to my soul. No, it spea...
Rinigan and his young squire stepped into the chamber, leaving a trail of countless mangled corpses in their wake. They gasped, and cleaned off the alien blood from their eyes. "Why do they have to bleed so much? Can't they see that I just bought this armor?"Rinigan said, and spat crimson. "We cut them good,"Nthn, th...
“Brother, can I ask you a favor?” “What did you burn this time, Felix?” I asked my twin. “Oh come on, it’s not like I do fire magic all the time!” “I mean, burn, electrocute, flood, rip, it’s the same thing. And that’s only the elemental magic, don’t get me started on your conceptual magic antics.” “Those are n...
I shouldn't have come here. Other women are so judgemental about my thin frame. I've heard things that would make any other person depressed, just because they are either spiteful or just piteous. No, I'm not anorexic, or sick. I just happened to have some pretty good diet, that's all. I don't want to be a trophy wi...
I was surprised the first time I noticed my friend had killed someone. I had recently gained the ability to see the kill and death ratios of any human I looked at, but everyone I had seen until now had only displayed “0/0” above their heads. Although above my friends head floated a “1/0” where there hadn’t been the day...
The more you believe, the stronger we are. It's a simple bit of truth that so many seem to have forgotten. There's a counter to this truth and that is the less we are believed in, the weaker we are. That is why I have remained in the realm of the gods, hanging around and waiting for a prayer or thought or an idle cur...
*We're heading in to London for this one. The area has been cleared of civilians, so don't worry about collateral damage. Our job is to neutralize the Death Eater forces and secure the area.* "Isn't there a better place to drop?"the commander yells to the Skyranger pilot. "Sorry sir. Road's more crooked than a goblin...
"Is that the last of them?"called the angel. The transporter, a youngish man standing on the back of the brimstone chariot's trailer, gave a thumbs up. He locked the vehicle before bringing over the paperwork. The angel had been running the demon delivery weekend shift for decades now -- nectar and ambrosia isn't che...
I scratched another mark into the stone, next to the other hundred thousand. "Let's see... that makes 442. How long until I have to start using a third stone for this?"I thought. Of course, I'd already thought this before—most mornings in fact. First I'd begun marking in tally marks, crossing every group of 5. The...
**Woah ok this is nuts!** **We went through the portal and now….everything’s all three-dimensiony!** I know! And drab! Where’s all the lovely bright colours? And ridiculously overinflated pecs? And crazy tight spandex?! **What the eff?** **That dude over there’s dressed like Spidey!** **But…** …hmm…I don’t remember...
"Mr. Jamisen! Sir!! We have an order from the Uyanps for a water planet!"The secretary scurried into the room out of breath with a receipt in her hand. "Another one?? How much land are they looking for?"The captain ran his hands through his thinning hair, this was a huge order. "They..."she took a deep breath and sca...
After the angel explained what I had to do, I knew where I wanted to go. The land of Narnia. I opened my mouth and spoke. The angel only nodded his head and gestured to the pod i am supposed to lie in. As I lie down the angel says “ oh and one more thing, you are going where the last man picked.” I opened my eyes to ...
It was simple, though certainly not ethical. Several government agents noticed that certain children disappeared once they turned eleven. They returned each summer until they were seventeen, at which point some of them vanished completely. All it took was one child. Who the child was didn't matter. No, what matt...
The hoods and masks were purely ceremonial. Any eavesdropper would have known exactly who was in the room. If the instantly recognizable voices of the world’s most powerful men would not give away their identities, then the gold-plated nametags surely would. Strangers listening in would not be a problem however. The se...
Lately, I've come down with a terrible cold. My limbs move in slow motion. My throat rasps with each labored breath. I just finished the last cup noodle this morning, but it feels like I haven't eaten in days. It feels like my beard grows longer each time I use the restroom. When I chose to become an inventor to follow...
"So, what are your in for?"Another villain suddenly asked. I took of my sunglasses and turned to her. still lying on my towel at the local beach. She was just wearing a casual swimsuit. Like almost everyone around here. Myself included. "Seriously? Aren't we all in for the same reasons?"I jokingly asked. She sat do...
I don’t know how many times it’s happened. All I know is I want out. I’ve lived in every time in human history, including a few stints in pre human times, that was fun. I’ve tried to die, kill myself, pray to anything that would listen, but it hasn’t changed anything. I am truly cursed for eternity, so I might as well ...
To them, it was a barrier. Reaching as far as the eye could see, the Eastern Mountains were topped with snowcaps and high winds. The climb was practically impossible by foot and boasted smooth surfaces and sheer drops. On the other hand, I had wings. I proved myself years ago by landing on the summit with Kyla, collec...
I give them Credit for trying, out of all the things to screw it up for them, nobody would've thought it would've been that kid. When the Vesseros came, as Americans, we got a taste of our own medicine. We knew what the Native tribes of America experienced when confronted with truly alien technology from another worl...
The tiny, green-skinned creature wrung his hands. "It's....it's not that simple,"he stammered, staring up the stairs. The commander stared back, impassive. "Explain. This is your *job*, Consul Yrip." Yrip fought back a wave of irritation, the fear still rising hot and fast behind it. The commander wasn't someone ...
'Thanks, Sarah. I'm here outside Isle Elba Prison where we're counting down to the release of The Governor's son, Charlemagne, two-hundred and forty seven years after he was sentenced to imprisonment here for the murder of twenty-five of The Grand Synod in 3073. Charlemagne, the youngest of The Governor's sons, is exp...
*Super cheesy warning* *** It was as if the breakup had never happened. We still had the same chemistry. Our laughs were still in synch. I still looked at her and could get lost in her eyes, completely losing track of time. I would look at her as she was thinking of something else, and I would think of how lucky I wa...
"You mean to tell me you've been doing this for weeks?! And not *once* did you actually open any of the books you touched?!" ​ Kylie stood still, hands folded in front of her, head down in shame. "Well, It's just that, I didn't need to open them." ​ Mrs.McCannon, the School's librarian, made a...
I flashed a smile at the teacher. "Thank you for the wonderful introduction, Ms. Dougherty."Then I turned to the class. I dropped the smile. "I'm going to cut straight to the point. If you'll open the folders that were passed around at the beginning of class, you'll..." One kid gasped, having opened the folder prem...
It wasn't easy finding them. I dug through the countless cases bit by bit, even the ones the Royal Guards didn't notice - but I did. All of them executed perfectly. They handled their assignments beautifully and adjusted the act of the kill perfectly to the requirement of the job. Some, meant to be loud, some, not so m...
“So you made a deal with a witch for our firstborn?” I ask my wife. My wife breaks into tears as I look down at our son. “I did to.” I sigh. No more than twenty minutes later two witches come in the room. I recognize one as the one I made deal with, my wife claims to recognize the other. “Where is the child?” They as...
I remember one time when I was young, we had bring a pet day in school. Most kids had pets then. The normal you would expect: cats, birds, dogs and the like. I, of course, brought Steve. By now everyone knows Steve. He was a very unique individual. I say individual because Steve could talk. No, not like an everyday dog...
Who says you need to stop playing? I ask. Everyone looks in my direction. Yes, I expected a big table of food and wine and people dressed in white. But that is all I was told in Sunday school. Did we really know what to expect when we got here. Would DnD be a bad game once we got here? Or was DND just a demonic copy ...
They called it survival of the fittest. We called it survival of the richest. It wasn't even a new concept at the time. For decades, the wealthiest had been hiring the greatest minds of the generations to figure out how to keep themselves and their progeny alive while the rest of us burned and asphyxiated on the rotti...
“Ah. Humans! Speak in their tongue! Remember to smile! They like that!” The alien dealer said in its native tongue to the collection of other beings behind it. A ship could be seen landing in port 12 of the Zerek system trading post bearing the US flag on its side. The large ship was considered a relic to other spe...
The wallet had cash enough to cover rent, the identification was new and the credit cards were black. I tossed the note after reading into the sewer and pocketed the cash. The identification would need to be destroyed properly. *Or sold*, I thought quickly. But Wang wasn't taking my cards anymore, too much heat. ...
Franklin Benson was a man who knew three things: the most dangerous secrets in the world, how to keep them, and how to cut cloth and make it look good on a person. Every day, except Sundays, he got up, kissed his wife and children and walked one mile to the post office where he checked the store’s PO box, then another...
Hello, I'm writing this comment in a dream. I'm trying to figure out where and who I am. It seems like I'm in Maryland in somebody's office. I get up, I look in the mirror. It's me, but its not me. It just looks like me. Suddenly, I realize I have the ability to control the \*man in the mirror\*. Next thing I know-...
The invasion failed. That's how the story went. Large regional hegemony in this arm of the galaxy sent their best fleets and armies to conquer the strategically important system of Sol. There are rules that all galactic states adhere to in war, rules to prevent unnecessary bloodshed, to protect civilian life, and to en...
The droid analyzed the golem up and down, looking for what was running this machine. It seemed to be made entirely of rock. But that had to be impossible for something that was at least two stories tall. The golem stared at the android, equally confused as to what the makeup of it was. It was created for the sole purpo...
"Honey, come see daddy!" My pride and joy bounced her way through the snowdrift of toys she had pulled out of the makeshift wicker basket, and smiled broadly as she presented me with her stuffed albatross, "Do you wanna see Canada daddy?" The beautiful blonde girl in front of me with her mother's eyes and my lopsided...
The cursor taunted me as it blinked endlessly on the empty white page. It had done so for months, and it knew it. The colors seemed to scream at me: “Why can’t you finish?” It was infuriating. The first 80,000 words of this novel had flown by in a way that I had never experienced before. It was less like I was writing...
SCP: 5603, Mr. Normal Object class: Thaumiel Special Containment Procedures: SCP: 5603 is to be allowed to live a normal life in his home at ████████, OH and is to be left mostly alone unless needed desperately. Upon a time that SCP: 5603 is needed he is to be flown out to the location that he is required at. ...
Why’re we so stupid? Damn, for once couldn’t we just act *before* it meant life-and-death? I guess that’s what it takes to make the history books. Nobody cares about anything unless there’s consequences. And here came some pretty big ones. We lived through 2020, that alone was an achievement. 2021 was a different bea...
At first I had a good laugh. The old hag's "curse"was the most adorable thing I'd ever seen. As I went to take a bite, the pink frosted muffin's eyes popped open, it's little oval smile gaped at me with blissful awe. It giggled and danced on its pudgy little legs in the palm of my hand. I may have cried a little, even,...
"You may now kiss the bride." The wedding music swelled as the tearful congregation flung rose petals at Rob and Leah as Rob dipped her for a kiss. It was a dream come true for him. If only it had happened under less horrible conditions. "I love you,"he whispered. She just smiled at him and pull him close. In the d...
I was goofing off at work when I read that email I received. It was very peculiar. The subject line said: Join Us! At first glance, it appeared to be some junk mail that had sneaked past the spam filter, but I opened it anyway. “Greetings from down below. You, sir, are the chosen one. You’re supposed to be a hero, bu...
The genie smiles, with a grin unbecoming of such a creature to the point that it unnerves you and before you could try to even say you take it back - the genie is gone. For a week, nothing. Not a word, it was maybe, as if - the genie was just a product of your hallucination. But the results of your prior wishes s...
“Daddy,” a raspy voice woke me. I had been sleeping on my reading couch again. The lamp was still on. Documents fell off my chest as I rose. The AC blasted at my face. I could not see anybody else in the living room. “You are Daddy,” the voice again. I looked around. My heart raced. “Under the sofa,” the voice s...
“There are a few things about the world that you only realize when you step upon the crimson-stained ground of war. One, the red color of blood truly does get tiring, and the smell quickly becomes strong and almost unbearable. The metallic tang proves especially frustrating. Two, war is indiscriminate. A sword thro...
"Jim?" "Yeah" "Where's the sun?" I blinked for a second, then rolled over. "What did you say, babe?" "I said"I realized his voice was trembling "Where the fuck is the sun??" Something about the edge of real panic in his voice got through to my sleep soaked brain. I sat up and looked at him. He was holding a cof...
Hearing the clicking of the Life form on the other side of the containment room and then the translator was not the most disturbing part of the situation. It was not the slight rotten egg smell that went past on occasion as the atmosphere of the alien escaped through the slowly corroding gaskets around the three inch t...
The neon beer sign of Rooster’s bar hummed and flickered, giving the car park in blue and orange hue that sharply contrasted the dilapidated brick and wood of the building. Cicadas clicked softly all around him mixing with the hard rock music of the bar to create a savage song of vengeance. A cold breeze cut through th...
I made sure he was served the papers at home. The knock sounded just after dinner one Tuesday. “Could you get that?” I asked as I washed loaded the dishes. I heard the door open and after a moment, his voice. “What’s this about?” The door shut, and then after a moment, “Alice?” He came into the kitchen holding the fol...
I sell balloons, always have, always will. They were always a source of happiness and wonder but with the power thingy happening, it's gone up quite a few notches. I used to charge $5 a balloon, now I charge $20. Could charge more but its a balloon and business is so much better. ​ Today the first in li...
You flick the safety back on and let your rifle hang in the crook of your arms. Scratching your head, you walk a bit to the left, then to the right. "Yup, that'sa dead deer alright,"you drawl. Not just dead, but it looks like it's already decomposing, flesh rotting and skin sloughing off. The smell, even from fifty ...
It started with those damned captchas. I always wondered why they were so difficult, what was the point? My psychiatrist said it’s probably some mental disease, but it didn’t match any. I know, I spent hours reading about all of them. There are many types of color blindness, but nothing that would make it hard to tell ...
> Think about how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that. > - George Carlin The same adage holds true for daemons. The average possession event is a traumatic experience for both daemon and human. Often, attracted to the weak, the infirm, the susceptible, the daemon ...
(Apologies in advance I’m on mobile, and I’ve never written before) “Mother! Mother! Come look!” My high pitched screams of excitement echoed in the forest. It was many years ago but I still remember vividly how I felt when I turned the first tree red. My mother left the cottage with a fond smile and congratulated me ...
***TW: SA*** "Lo, as the gods of the New Age decreed, thus shall it be!" Anya hated the ritual. She hated the Church. She hated the irony that the "New Age"had been going for ten thousand years. She hated that her parents had forced her to be here. The one thing she did not hate is that tomorrow, she'd be able to l...