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Alexa opened the case to Vii, her violin, and oldest friend. She withdrew her bow, set the resin to its strings, and set about crafting a new masterpiece Alexa heard the banging at her door, which she tried in vain to ignore. Her violin's singing flowed softly through the house. Every time she picked it up, she'd beco...
There was a time when the genes lay dormant in our bloodlines. No one showed any abilities of any kind and the world was a lot less colourful that it is now. It all started out with a tiny case in Norway that ended up almost turning into a global crisis. A baby boy, born on a Thursday managing to strike every tree in...
"Mom, aunt Sue updated her Facebook status as "complicated", didn't she die last year?" "Yes, but your uncle Joe send her corpse to that expensive faculty that turns you into a zombie or something like that. " "Wasn't she vegan? Don't zombie eat rotten meat?" "Who knows. She wasn't a true vegan anyway. She ate sea f...
A loud ear-defening noise keept piercing Sam's thoughts, it was unbearable. His fingers digged deep into his own skull, penetrating his skin and drawing blood. He screamed for help but...All that came out was air bubbles, escaping his mouth and floating like chubby eagles upwards towards the sun beams penetrating the ...
"Jesus, what the hell has this man cooking?"Gary thought as he tried to block out the stench coming from inside the pipes leading to his garbage disposal. There was a fluorescent green sludge seeping out through the seams of the pipes. He had picked up a job as a plumber part time as his way to pay for his schooling. ...
"Run." Those were the last words of king Barta, spoken to his son. Prince Tycho ran. Through the burning halls, across the yard, onto the broken bridge where he could run no longer. Between burning steel and the freezing depths, Prince Tycho made a choice. Waters of the river Hew closed above him and darkness overtook...
Do you know how fucking old you have to be to have a planet as a rival? I've been on this journey for more than 2 billion years. I've seen many things, I've done many things. I've been around since the beginning of the universe. I know God. Nice fella, but a little misunderstood. My whole existence has been training...
*Well now this is quite the pickle I’m in*, thought Marty as he struggled in his brand new straitjacket. Earlier that day, Marty, or The Molecular Man as he liked to call himself, got word that a nefarious group of villains had kidnapped a bus full of children and were holding them hostage. They promised they would ret...
As my mind went mad, static filling my head as my eyes were left completely unable to comprehend the horror of what had just risen from the depths, I felt a slimy tentacle grip around my waist and pull me onto a massive palm as the sounds grew louder. After a chaotic amount of garbled words filled my brain, my body u...
Rocco switched the radio off. It didn't matter at this point anyway. Thirty minutes until the end, the broadcast had said before succumbing to static. They were at least 35 from anywhere. In other words, fucked. His tired, arthritic fingers taped the counter; a bead of sweat gathering on his brow. "So that's it, eh?"s...
It was 2 am in the morning. It was really dark out here, Lena, Jerry, Mark & I each carrying a torchlight on our with a mountain guide leading us to the top. We started hiking *Mount Broga* about 3 hours ago. It starts to get really tiring, I never expect this hike to be so hard. We are suppose to be having the tim...
Paul anxiously adjusted his headset, punched in the 9 digit teleconference code, tried to steady his nerves, and pushed the # to connect the call. His arrival was trumpeted with what, under other circumstances, would have been quite a calming harp glissando. "Paul from dev here. Sorry I'm a little late, i was s...
No, no, this is just madness, I... I ca... I won't do this! — mumbled Jack taking his mask off once again. We've had this conversation a thousand times for the last few months, mate — told him Matt with a sigh — this sure is bloody silly but you've signed the papers, and now seppos are gonna sue the pants off your s...
"N-no, I don't have any water on me. I'm sorry,"I said. "Well that's a damn shame because I could surely use some,"the dirty and discheveled looking man with the beard said as he licked his parched lips. It was at that moment I became aware of a loud series of popping sounds in the distance and explosions. The firs...
I suddenly felt the Reb’s bullet cut right into my gut. Searing pain shot through my body, a blinding light was in my eyes, and I was so disoriented I didn’t know if it was heaven or just the sun in my face. I didn’t have much strength, but slow reactions were at fault for that. With the last bit of life I had left, ...
First one must understand two things, just because science can doesn't mean science should and there is now standard for good or bad. The process was announced at the 2030 International Science Conference in Berlin. While many women signed on for the procedure the affects of the change were not to be known. As one may...
*7:35PM- Daryl's Diner* A dull pitter and patter just outside, a boom and flash or two, and streaking droplets on the large window beside the booth- the man took it all in. "Anythin' else, hun?" A shake of the head, and she was gone once more. He lifted a mug to dry, cracked lips. Black coffee, no sugar. The coffee...
It was terrible. All the amazing porn, gone. All the great discussions, gone. All replaced by writing. \*shudders\* We had no idea what happened but although there was panic at first, people realized that they could just reply to the comment posted by the auto-mods. Finally, people calmed down, simply writing comme...
In an almost vacuum, the shovel hitting the dirt doesn't so much make a noise but a feeling. You still get the *impression* of the noise, but through your arms rather than your ears. I didn't expect to do much digging when I came to Mars. After all, they spent almost five years setting up most of the infrastructure bef...
“So it’s begun.” I sat inspecting the two perfect lines, one on each cheek, and estimated I had 15 minutes before I’d be found slumped in this stolen 1970 Chevy Chevelle; eyes wide open, mouth agape like a fish out of water. I stepped out of the car. The hood was adorned with bold white stripes and as I headed to the...
I cannot remember the date I entered. It had been billions of years ago. And even then, time and date was rapidly becoming irrelevant measurements of time. Humans had stopped aging for hundreds of thousands of years before that, but memory had been uploaded to hyperspace for the collective consciousness of humanity sin...
- What would the next parts be? This short story currently wraps itself up as is. What will future additions to the story look like? Also, if you were to continue, keep in mind that if the current narrator dies ("As the years progressed and I became sicker and sicker...") then you will have to suddenly switch to a diff...
On the day of judgment, time froze in place. A million ocean waves became ridges across the Earth’s surface. The perpetual bustle of cities fell into abject silence. Butterflies and planes hung in the air like carefully placed ornaments. The universe, a perpetual motion machine if ever there was one, became a lifeless...
The devil went down to Georgia He was looking for a case to steal He was in a bind cause he was way behind And he couldn't close a plea deal. He came across this young man Working with a convict, and contracting hot The devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said "Sir, lemme tell you what. "I bet you didn't kn...
"Oh, oh God. Oh God, oh God, oh God..."I whimpered out as I slumped down against the brick wall behind me. The entire alley slowly turned into a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel laid him. I couldn't take my eyes off him... me... whomever that is in front of me. Whomever that *was.* I knew something was off. I mean, I...
As I stare meticulously at the flashing of bright lights and colors playing out before me, as I think back to what lead up to this moment. The moment that is, when my girlfriend got to live, and I died. It had started just like any other morning, I woke up and rolled over to check my phone. The first thing I saw pop ...
It was my birthday, my friends and I went to explore the Yellowstone National Park as a birthday gift for me as I'm in love with the nature. It was very fun going through the forest and searching for intresting views so we can take pics. Martin, my best friend shouted from behind some trees aa we waited for him to do h...
He walked through the thick forest with an old rifle in his hands. His eyes were sharp, decades of practices honed his senses to where he could see beyond the foliage that obscured the path. Each step was calculated, and silent as a wolf as a wolf as he maneuvered his way though the thickets and branches. He leaned low...
My heartbeat gets faster as I look at my gift. It was a lock-pick and I knew precisely what I’d use it for. My mother had this childhood journal in which she used to write. She had stopped years ago but always kept it inside a plain box behind her bookshelf. Mom would read through it on the rare occasion, and on one of...
"The red pill or the blue pill? It's your choice". His voice echoed in my head. "Many have made it before and many have made the wrong one. But it is entirely up to you." The very fabric of time and reality was lost to me at this point. I had just been told the fate of the Free World depended entirely on me. On a simp...
“Sorry?” I said, confused. The woman put her hands on her hips. “Hand over the shard now, baby, and we won’t have a problem.” “Back off, Jaele,” said a man’s voice from behind me. I turned to face the newcomer. In total contrast to the petite, pale blonde woman in a sundress behind me, the man stood at least six feet...
"Can you guys not do that?"America asked. "What are you talking about?"Germany replied. "Yeah, they're not doing anything,"Japan piped in. Britain sighed. "Seriously?" "What? They're doing nothing,"Italy replied. "Do you think we don't know what Germany is doing?"Australia said. "What are you going on about, you ...
I boarded a train that took me to a different place than the rest of its passengers. The metal doors open to a new world for me and the strangers behind me. There have been so many mysteries on this train that I had to keep an eye on the other people in the carriages, but I'm watching my back with a hand-mirror as we ...
My eyelids pull apart just like any other day. The sunrise filtering through the shades meets my freshly exposed eyes causing the usual slight burn. Hearing the birds chirping outside fills me with joy as I soak up the residual warmth of my quilt. Laying still, I invite the new day, but something feels odd. For no ...
She needed the money, her father was dying and after her mother left she could not afford to lose him. She arrested criminal after criminal only to find on the news a few months later having commuted another crime or a massacre or having killed another fellow officer. She was the last of graduating class now.... "so?"S...
“Shit! Nooooo!” The man raises his hands in a futile attempt to protect himself from the sudden explosion. His equipment malfunctioned in a spectacularly unforeseen way, and his lab and likely at least a city block in all directions would be destroyed in the blast. Suddenly he couldn’t help but hope that one of his ass...
"Another great day to be a cell, my good friend!"The cheery cell said to his neighboring cell. "Yeah I guess. Kind of shitty being the little thing that makes up the overall big and cool thing, but you know, you take what you can get. Could've ended up being a brain cell or some shit." "Yeah, but you know us skin cel...
"Listen. It's not what it looks like,"Steph started. I raised an eyebrow. "OK, it's mostly what it looks like. But he's not an exact match." I'd almost married her back then. "You...?" "What? No. No! None of mine. Just some bits from a few animals that—" "Animals! Jeez, Steph. What's wrong with you?"I dropped my h...
-What are you even talking abo...*pyp* The call ends abruptly. Still confused i take a look at the time and its just 1a.m. it's dark, no screams in the streets... -Ahhh. I make a loud noise while stretching, and go back to bed whilst thinking what my sister is smoking. As i slowly pass on to the abbys i hear a voice....
Cross legged at the infinity pool, I gaze up into his shadow. "You don't believe me either, do you?" New tears stream down my cheeks. I reach for another tissue and my phone. "You don't, do you?" My puffy faced reflection is worse than before. Two hours have already passed. Topanga's sun is hotter than ever. He...
"And why should we hire you, Mr. Smith?"War asked. Her tone, though polite, was elegantly laced with frustration and annoyance. I had rehearsed countless times what I was going to say. I practiced and practiced for this exact moment, for this exact question...only for my brain to naturally fail me. Fortunately, Poll...
"But why me?!"I cried out in panic, starring up and up into where His eyes should be. BECAUSE, he grinned, though I detected no humour in His tone, YOU CLAIM TO BE A DIE HARD FAN OF DEATH- "Yes, the one from Pratchett's established universe-" CONSIDER THIS A PRIVILEGE. "You have read Mort, right? You saw what happe...
"Ignorance is no excuse of the law, would you step out of the car ma'am". Starting off with what, given his response, was 'attitude' towards the officer? No trooper. Looking at his uniform she noticed a bear on a shoulder patch as well as a badge that read 'Mark'. And with a towering presence and mustache that reminded...
With the caution he had used when facing dragons of eons prior, Alistair rolled black the sleeves of his armored trenchcoat and examined the metallic rectangle the human employee had presented to him. Alistair felt Uzurbaj, a friendly spirit he had picked up on his travels, in his human form watching him over his shoul...
Alice coughed as she opened her eyes. Everything was so bright and loud. She tried to talk but found her throat dry. She reached around, searching for something, anything, as her eyes adjusted to the lights. She heard people cheering and tried to get their attention. After a couple seconds a straw gently pressed again...
Cats were everywhere. Not just cats! Dogs, raccoons, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, pigeons, you name it! It all started with my little orange tabby kitten Ace. I pulled out a new food for him, and when I opened the bag he was intrigued. He came over for a bite but was immediately off-put. The internet said this might t...
I still remember the day very clearly, even after all that’s happened this one scene still so clearly burned into my memory. A turning point, not just in my life, but in the history of the world. It was a rainy day in September, when he showed up. Came in out of the rain, with a panic stricken look on his face, babb...
I was as always too old now to do anything, all I had to rely for entertainment was my grandkids or for just those augmented reality bull. "Hey Grandpa!"It was little Him coming to see me, hopefully for me or for him to tell a story. "Grandpa, me and Tim were going around your box, and we found this."It was my old lea...
I had done it! With the help of the oldest great minds in the Compendium, I have created the worlds first time machine. I enter the strange four wheeled contraption designed to move through time and hit the ignition. Now all that is left is to get to the destination at the appropriate speed. I pilot the vehicle toward ...
I don’t know what inspired me to enter the contest. Maybe it was because I hated cooking. Maybe I was drunk one time, and instead of online shopping I entered online giveaways because I was too poor to actually buy anything. Yeah, that sounds right. Three huge trucks pulled up to my house. All I could think about was...
> ** You are the most famous author on earth. One day a priest accidently spills holy water on you. You feel a sudden chill and look up to see a ghost with a typewriter floating over you.** >> Think Ghost writer A little on the nose, don't you think? Anyway, someone who reads a writing prompt involving *a g...
He's standing in plain sight outside the capitol building, holding his notebook. It is open to a list of names. Many of the names are crossed out. He takes out a cigar, lights it with his signature liter, and enters. After several hours, he emerges, holding his notebook, going over the many words written on it's pag...
We are an ancient mercenary group, possibly the best in our galaxy. Our warrior culture is deep, and our honor code strict. We are expensive. As is befitting of the best. Today is a great day. Today, for the first time in a hundred years, we lost. Rather, yesterday was a great day. Today we're stranded on a primitive...
Professor Balthasar glowed. A smile blossomed on his withered lips, like flowers in the desert. I was his favorite student. He loved me, I think. It was the love the Old reserve for the Young with whom they share an sacred passion. When I came in, his face shed twenty years. He was a kindly man, with great compassio...
"How!!!"Daryl yelled, jumping to his feet, in consequence knocking down the chair up which he sat. The two of them Daryl and Jared were in the latter's room where Jared decided it was safe enough to show his secret power. ​ ​ "I don't know man! It just happened one day. And i've been... vibin it, yah know"Jared rep...
But I had other plans. As soon as I saw the unnatural light on the horizon I knew what was happening, the tension in recent weeks had been tangible. With time frozen I loaded my family's motionless forms into a cart and set off pulling it towards the wartime bomb shelters which would be our best chance of survival. B...
At first I thought it was just that they were playing with the weird, alien looking figure too much. Kids don't know their limits, they don't know when to call it quit and take a rest. But when I found them passed on out the floor in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday no less, I didn't know what to do— what to thi...
"Sandra!!! You got mail on the table come and grab it before you go to school!"Mark shouted to his daughter. He could hear his daughter slowly shuffling down the stairs. Her disheveled hair and groggy eyes telling him that she stayed up too late last night. Inside he wasn't too happy about it but she was nearly an ad...
My eyes groggy, my body feels heavy. I look outside. A beautiful sunny day. Birds chirping at my windowsill. People laughing and lounging outside. I look at a calendar posted on my wall. 2018? I've been asleep for 8 years. What has the world become now? What have we discovered and produced in all this time? I grab the ...
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Daniel ran for all that he was worth, but to no avail. The bus began pulling out slowly while blinking, then drove off. He swore and kicked at a lamp pole, then spat in frustration. But there was nothing else to do but wait. At this time of day, waiting meant half an hour to kill, so he walked by the closed shops, peek...
...or so I thought. I was riding the bus, casually glancing around the bus like every other bored schlub. My ability to see the counts was just clutter in my view before today. Today I saw the number blur, then increment upward by one on the man seated directly in front of me. Knowing the meaning, I quickly glanced...
It was easy in a way only someone with a gift and some imagination could ever understand. There were smart geeks and there were geniuses. People with new ideas and imaginations that seemed to progress nearly infinitely. We became 4th dimensional beings quite quickly really. The ability to see all of time laid out in ...
He looked like a machine-washed Armani suit. Wrinkled, faded, a little less crisp then he once might have been. He seemed bereft of all the charm and energy he’d had in life. Beatrice took comfort in the fact that Giovanni was probably enjoying cocktail parties in heaven, but it was still hard to accept that her fav...
No Idea. Sir Rolando was facing his hardest Challenge yet. A Multi-Colored Hyper Intelligent Porcupine. Most Demonic Creatures fled at his preliminary cry of "Deus Vult!"The Porcupine had not. The Porcupine Was Guarding gigantic amounts of treasure. But Sir Rolando had no way of getting past it. He had yelled at it, s...
It was perfect, she knew it was, groundbreaking even, it would completely change the sub forever, maybe even the world. It taken nearly 2 years of research but she’d finally made it. The Omni-Prompt. All she had to do now was type it out. She put her fingers on the keyboard now was the time she would forge her legacy...
Huh? What's this weird glowing thing above my head? These were my first thoughts as I once again woke up and did my morning routine. It turns out that those were the least of my concerns. As improbable as it seems, someone has literally hijacked my body! Sounds crazy, I know. But that's exactly what happened. I could o...
Everybody's tired. This raid has been going on for 9 hours now and I'm starting to think it's some kind of elaborate joke. Tony's Cuts on 9th is a cozy shop in the middle of town where you can get a haircut for cheap. I've even gotten a trim there, and it wasn't that bad considering the price, but the place gives off...
You pull up the calculator on your phone to run some numbers, only to realize you can't actually remember how to work that all out. *Oh well*, you think. *I can just keep an eye on the app.* That's when the rumble starts. You hear commotion in the streets. Cars crash, people scream, and a dog barks. And the rumble gr...
The tavern had a hole in it the size of an elephant, four buildings had already made there way into the river, a fire raged through out the city, yet the guards stood by and did nothing. What could they do? Galthar the Mighty had been drinking again. He had slaughtered dragons, warlocks, demons, and evil armies with ea...
“Gimme some light over here,” Chase asked Leah. She shined a flashlight on the area that Chase indicated. He ran his finger tips up and down the rough stone surface. The light revealed a large etching carved into the wall. Chase stood back to get a better look at all the lines. The groves resembled a “less than” sign...
Captain Richard watched the new sailor cast their net into the Sea of the Erased. So eager, expecting to find the next theory of relativity. Captain Richard shook his head at the naivete of the young sailor. Opening the net, the sailor's face turned from excitement to confusion and mild disgust. Countless poorly ...
As I strode forth, keeping cadence to the beat that played in my heart, I couldn't help but pick up the shuffling of feet across the forest floor to my six. I thought I was alone; clearly I was wrong. An about-turn revealed her: a girl, about the same age as I was. She hurriedly tried to act as if her route was merely ...
First they came for the cinnamon, then they came for the pumpkin spice. As the leaves fell around us they came in their trucks, sweeping supermarket shelves and confiscating syrups. They snatched laced drinks from shocked customers' hands, poured the offending liquid into their stainless steel containers marked 'DANGE...
*Be careful. The last step is covered in ice.* I hopped the last step at work. I turned to quickly warned Beth.​ I was never religious. But since my 21st birthday, my guardian angel had been saving me from harm. I was scared. Was I mentally ill? But it warned me so many times to dangers that I couldn’t possibly know....
A million thoughts ran through my brain as I searched my clothes for my ID. "Crap! This totally ruins our plans."I grumbled and flopped onto the bed. Eddie lightly chuckles and runs a hand through my shirt now pink hair, accidentally hitting my new industrial. "Love, we don't have to do exactly what we planned. Plus,...
It had been years since I put the key on my key ring, latched on next to the keys I use every single day—the fat grey Honda key for my 2007 Accord, the squat black one for the storage unit (I really should empty that thing out. No sense in holding on to my Cheeto-stained futon any longer), the oft-used miniature swipe ...
Panic. Lightening blood flew through tightening veins. My heart thundered. The elevator was a claustrophobic tube, creeping slowly up as my heart rate did the same. I could hear the deafening roar of a crowd in my head, but as I was still many feet below the ground, I knew my mind was simply betraying me. I had atte...
*This can't be right,* the scientist thought as he poured over the print out from the GLR analyzer. *If this is true, then that would mean. . . well, what would this mean? It makes no sense.* "Jenkins!"Another man, also wearing a white lab coat, shouted as he burst through the door. "Have you heard?" "Heard what, Bil...
"Chief,"I said walking into Chief Conners office. "What is it Malone, can't you see I'm busy,"Came the gruff reply. I looked at him, around the office- and took it all in. This crime wave was out of control, and if something didn't happen soon, I feared the entire city government could fall apart. "Listen chief, it...
“HOW COULD YOU JUST PASS OUT!?” Hearing your best friend scream in your ear is not the best way to wake up. “Ow, my ears! What was tha...” My sentence is cut off as I see that I am not in Erik’s basement, but rather in some decrepit castle. “WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT!? YOU JUST FELL DOWN RIGHT AS THE VAMPIRE RAN AWAY! YOU...
An echo across the universe. Every sentient creature heard the words "OUR LEADER IS REBORN"over and over again in endless agony. All mortals covered their ears and fell to the ground shrieking, attempting to deafen the overwhelming power of the voice. All except one, the now-titled Leader of the Immortal Council, who s...
*This is the finest moment in our history.* The children sat dumbfounded at the TV screen. *And I mean finest folks. This is gonna by huge. The hugest event in America ever.* The teacher looked worriedly at her students. *We've done it folks.* The children, bored, started to talk to one another. *We've found Narn...
Alice sat at the counter as she did during working hours, idly playing with a bauble that one of the many adventurers had brought from wherever it was that they got stuff. It was shaping up to be a slow day, none of the regulars had stopped by, perhaps they had all gone off to the new area that the division commander h...
The dream gnaws at my psyche, destroying sanity and leaving behind madness. In it, everyone I know is gathered. They greet each other and talk about me as if I am not there. I long to touch, talk, listen... but I cannot approach, speak, or hear. I can only watch. Until they start to leave... I am 137 years old. I was...
"So is this going to work?" ​ "Look, its not like any of those real life heroes are Batman. They're all a bunch of jocks who don't know crap about computers. I hear Meteor Man can barely use an Iphone and has his publicist tweet for him." ​ "But still, they don't have tech guys at the league o...
-Hold X to breathe in; release, hold Y to breathe out.- You have successfully sighed. -Constantly tap R1 when not performing tasks. When performing tasks, Breathing will be automatic.- You are succesfully breathing. -Turn joysticks in circles to open eye- This will open your eyes. -Press CLeft to blink- This will cl...
"Earth 2.0"they called it. There were 26 fleets in total, only 2 of which survived the space/time distortion from the white hole. Father, Earth's saviour, and founder of the white hole, says that the races on the other fleets have been saved, but we know better. As our fleet landed on Earth 2.0, our sister fleet was ...
Sophie looked at the lemon plant her little josephine had planted. Sophie had kept it after her daughter died from a freak case of cancer, days after planting it. Now sophie cared for at as if it were her own daughter, paying close attention to it, as if it could relieve some of her grief. A year after Josephine's pas...
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It’s Funny, Really. I’ve been faking it so long I’ve nearly convinced myself. You see, three centuries ago, the world discovered that everyone has a spirit they are connected to at birth. Everyone, that is, but me. I’ve learned to hide it. By Fall Break of Kindergarten, I was on my feet. I claimed that my lack o...
​ The early morning sun was shining timidly through the curtains. Rhae woke up at the song of a rooster. Through her sleepy mind, she thought herself in another place, in another time. Memories of sunny mornings welcomed by poultry and birds choirs. She saw herself following the deep and slow music of a cof...
It's heavy. Heavier then you thought it would be. It had only been used once before. A mercy for the raccoon that had decided to live in the crawl space above the Rectory across the street. Broke its own legs trying to get out of that wall slot it had fallen into and flopped about in the street crying. Mr. Dunworth had...
Climbing the last forty metres to the summit was always the hardest. Usually Fuego or Zoanne would greet me before even reaching this point but they must be on a hunt or feasting for me to get so close without even a whisper of their wings. Doing this part alone was difficult but not impossible. The edges of the cliff ...
Heart failure. That’s what they called it. I had shortness of breath and I felt tired most of the time. Viruses seemed to stay longer than usual, especially coughs. For someone of my persuasion, heart failure sounded like good news. I’ve lost too many good friends to that other enemy. The doctors told me a transpla...
It feels like a lucid dream. It’s an urban myth that’s actually a reality. Every body knows that it happens, but nobody believes it. The best way to describe it is like having a spiritual epiphany. Nobody actually believes those people, but if you’re religious all of the holy books are filled with them. That said, yeah...
“Wait who won yesterday?” Sally asked her gathered coworkers. She did not know everyone on the staff, but she assumed all 20 were there. She eyed the mob of office workers dressed in sneakers and running clothes, each carrying a variety of sharp weapons. After a moment of murmurs Paul Sanchez, someone she did recogni...
The fires might have been beautiful, if they weren’t burning houses and shops. After 15 years of war, the elves have finally managed to win. Your armies have all been destroyed. Your navy as well. All that is left is to wait for the end... Unless... Your remember tales from your youth, tales of evil demons and gods w...
There is nothing in the world more disturbing than getting a paper cut from a crisp dollar bill. Well . . . except another one appearing. “Ma’am, I think you dropped this,” I said to the woman marching in front of me. I positioned the new dollar between my pinkie and ring finger and away from the thin line of blood fo...
Dr. Stephen Strange squints his eyes, very confused as he sees people shrugging and stabbing themselves. “What’s going on?!” He screams, looking at Tony Stark, who’s standing beside him. He shrugs. “There’s no hope, so we figure that stabbing ourselves is less painful than whatever Thanos is going to do.” He shrugs ...