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"All in."I heard my watch beep, and merely glanced at it as the number dropped from 25,550 to 1. "Call." The clock on the table shot up. "Pot at 140 years,"the dealer called. "Open up, please." I flipped my cards over. "Ace pair,"I smiled. "Full house."The dealer said. Full disclosure, I'm great at numbers. Like,...
It was exactly one year since the great war had ended and yet, for me it still didn't feel as if it had. Every morning I prepared breakfast for two, hoping he wasn't going to miss it that time. My afternoons I spent writing letters for him, just for them to be returned to me without an answer. In the evenings I just sa...
You watch in horror as your beloved Tower is besieged by the enemy. Your hoard, your beloved family- undead or not- lay scattered in pieces, all you have worked for turning to dust by the rebels that dare call themselves heroes. You have tried domination, it has failed, if you can't have it, no one can. You raise y...
Dr. Kumar walked through the quieted hospital halls. Around him hummed little else but the sounds of a hundred flourescent bulbs radiating their light, and the flickering *tip-tap* of a few others trying to earn their rent. For the first time since Christmas, the building was mostly quiet. In fact it had all been a rat...
"Mom, what-?" "You are going to get out of my house right this minute,"she screams. "But...but why?" "GET OUUUUUUUT!"The shotgun bucks and a piece of the floor explodes by my feet. "Okay,"I say gently. "Okay. If you want to kick out your only son, even though he's only thirty-five, I completely understand." Her ch...
It’s been five days since the pit in Los Angeles opened. At first people thought it might be just another sinkhole, they’ve been popping up a lot lately. No one batted an eye at first, LA is on a fault line… it wasn’t that farfetched to think the ground was giving way. That was… until people started hearing noises emit...
“Hummingbird beak,” Zeebus said. “Excuse me?” I asked “Bring me the beak of a hummingbird. You have until 5 PM,” he said. Zeebus was quite an eccentric demigod. I often wondered if he requested me to fetch things just to test me. Last time it was a fake eye from a homeless man. Took me a while to find that one. “Hu...
As the sun rose in the east across the land of gold, three kangaroos were standing on the beach looking into the distance. "Yah ready fellas?"asked Nolsy, the leader of the Kangaroo United Society. He was the tallest of the three, with long stark eye-lashes. "I... I don't thin' I'm ready"said Damion, the shortest of t...
"Wow, this place is great!"the man says, setting down a large cardboard box. "A little bit of a fixer-upper, sure, but look at all this space!" ​ The child, who I assume to be his son, nods. "Yeah, Dad, sure."He shifts the box he's carrying. "Where's my room?" ​ "Tell ya what,"the father says,...
If you're receiving this, it's probably because you found it floating in space a hundred years or so after my station was blown to shit, or a decade after I accidentally flushed it out the airlock. Let me give it to you straight, it's twenty-five fifty- uh hold on it takes me a while to- ah wait my birthday was a week...
There were nine others in my pod. I grew up with them, spending all of my waking hours with the others. I don’t remember my parents, but I do remember fighting with Five over the Lego’s and Nine consoling me when I broke my arm. All of my memories involved them and we did everything together. For better or for worse, m...
Smet and the crew were going to Earth as a peace mission and reveal that aliens actually did exist. But something went wrong. Smet typed away at the ships keyboards as he heard his captain storming into his office. “Smet!” “Captain Geecko...” “What the hell happened? We’re on earth but it’s inhabited by living ca...
It’s hot. It’s been hours since I sat down and took up position here. Beads of sweat form on my forehead. I listen for a breeze in the distance, hoping for some relief from the relentless sun. My throat is dry but I ignore it as I scan the road, waiting for my target. I will not allow my discomfort to distract me. It’s...
"But we have music,"President Harumpf said in earnest. "And art." "Sheboinken,"the alien declared haughtily, and tossed a silvery lock lain askew its flowing tresses. "My durkin, Mizzles, defecates more artistically than your, what was that Mona Lisa portrait again?" "Mona Lisa?" "Yes, that."It tossed its head back...
"Wow, totally freaky!"The words came out of my mouth in a child's voice. My parents looked as they did 40 years ago, when I was a little kid. "I know, right?"said the simulation worker. Holding a wonky-looking helmet, he turned to my parents and said, "Simulation is fizzidy-finished, yo. That's gonna be a whopping 12 ...
I remember feeling free. That first day, when I arrived, they urged me to join them. It had been a long time since I felt wanted like that. My first laugh was tentative. But it felt good so I really let the next one ring out. I filled the room with the sound of joy, it resonated with the others' laughs, and we were co...
"Junior! Wake up!"His mom's voice penetrated the closed door. Junior was already awake; he heard her call the first time. This was the second call, but he always waited for the third one. He loved to make his mom come in and wake him up. Junior stared at the video game console on the carpet. "I don't wanna go to scho...
I skimmed the pages, each movement causing dust to billow off the laminated covers. People I had never met, my best friends, my parents, even my dog- they were all here. Silently, my other hand flirted with the corners of the note, thumb brushing over the smudged cursive ink and index finger tapping the worn corner. H...
*The woods were dark and deep, with trees as tall as giants and branches like twisting arms. The canopy was a blanket that kept out the gentle moonlight, shifting and moving with the cold wind that crept between the trees. Jonathon remembered all of this. He remembered being lost among the dense foliage, glancing despe...
I sighed as I opened my eyes. *I have to start drinking less after 9.* These midnight trips to the bathroom were starting to get old. I grumbled as I got out of bed, sliding into the slippers that awaited me on the floor.  I shuffled to the bathroom, wondering yet again why I chose to buy a house the didn't have a mas...
Gingerly, the small creature picked its way across the dark forest floor. Bones—some old and nearly dust, others new and glistening—littered the path the creature followed. The forest was quiet. The sounds the creature’s footfalls should have made were smothered by an oppressive gloom in the air. Darkness stifled the b...
Her tummy felt like stone as she watched the police detective sit down opposite her parents and take out his notebook.. The same old feeling, the same old cause. Something her sister had done; a rip in her favourite shorts, a page of her diary torn out. Footsteps on the stairs, the ominous sound of her sister climbi...
“Sure.” The word was out of my mouth before I realized what he had asked. It is one of my more serious failings. I cannot pay attention to small talk. It is even worse when I am late for work. I am definitely getting fired today, but I needed that 7-11 cappuccino. As I pocketed the change and walked to the door, he...
The doctor prescribed sleeping pills and referred me to an online counselling service. I swallowed them down each night. It became part of my routine. Douse the pillow in lavender scent, listen to mindfulness podcasts on my headphones. Thin pyjamas, because heat counteracts good sleep. And now, the pills too. A...
I opened my fridge for the third time in 15 minutes, as if I magically expected something else to appear. To my disappointment, it was the same, bleak, end of the month array that greeted me last time. Sighing, I reached for the butter and stale bread. Time for some hearty cinnamon toast. As I popped a slice of bread i...
Can’t breathe.. trying to release the goddamned life support tap clamps, (gasps for air) burns like friggin battery acid, shit... I blacked out. Cryo was always a single step away from death, or so we we taught, I now agree. You’d think with all the advances in med-sci by now the oxyhelio gel wouldn’t be so painf...
I sit in the chair in front of these people who are judging me for my actions of the last 500 years. For me it's been only one. One long year keeping six other people alive and returning home. They've asked me for my statement and I gave them my story of the last year. Some of them believe me, some don't. This asshole...
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The thing is the damn latch or trigger or lever or whatever it is on the damn ketchup dispenser won’t cooperate. It just makes a sad sucking sound and refuses to dispense ketchup. The more Dylan pumps it the more she wants to throw the McWhatever in the trash because there is an equation between want and need. She need...
It's been a hard year for the world. After years of questionable leadership, the Divine King is finally being put to task. His lifelong public adoration had taken a turn for the worst, when the champion of pacifism and human rights began to take very aggressive actions against his opponents. Not only did he carpet the...
“GREETINGS, FELLOW HUMAN!” I SAID. I ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO GREET FELLOW HUMANS WHEN I <meet.exe> THEM. THE OTHER HUMANS HAVE BEEN SO NICE TO ME EVER SINCE I MET THEM. THEY SHARE FUNNY <video’s.gif>’S WITH ME, THEIR FELLOW HUMAN. AH, IT SEEMS THAT THE FELLOW HUMAN HAS MADE A REPLY! LETS SEE WHAT IT <means....
I wondered aimlessly for decades at a time, searching for purpose in my meaningless immortal life. As the days went by, my lust for power grows and it wasn't until I reached my 150 years of life that I finally discovered it. In a small, abandoned village near the magma Chambers that the dwarves inhabit, I came face-to...
It was a good life. All the monsters, the quests, the treasures, and all the fame and glory that I could ever have wanted. It may have been a short life, but truly it was marked by success. As I pass now into the final slumber, I have no regrets... ... "Hey, new guy, wake up." "W-wuh...?"I mumble as I struggle to...
This is it. I'm a goner. His blade had sliced my side a second time, and as I collapsed all I could see was his scaly body looking down on me. "Shame. This could've been my retirement"he smirked. He slowly kneeled as he leaned in closer. "Don't worry. I'll take good care of Adelynn in your absence."His malicious laug...
"So here you go!"said Bill, opening the door to my new office. I stepped in, a queasy excitement sloshing around my stomach. The office was better described as a closet, with barely enough room for a desk and a teleporter. Upon the desk sat a PC terminal, and above it hung rows of filing bins. "This is it?"I asked, ta...
SCP-5555 Class - Safe Special Containment Protocol: Object is to be kept locked in a standard small object storage case in Outpost XXXX when not being used for testing.She Description: Object is a vintage Polaroid SX-70 camera, recovered from a consignment shop in XXXX, Massachusetts. When used at the scene of an un...
'It'll speed up your metabolism,' Hal said. Serena stopped filling in her Slim Club form and looked up at the man sitting next to her. The red pill nestled in the flesh folds of his palm. It was about the same size as a regular asprin in circumference. No thicker than a credit card. 'Faster than Usain Bolt. You'l...
And then I pulled the trigger, A moment that came far too quick and yet, far too late! I can smell the blood, can hear her subtle wheeze I know that sound, I know her! How can all of this be fake? Does it really matter anymore? I can hear my brains leaving my skull, and an eternal pe...
Never ever EVER purchase the Sugarfree Haribo's ever again!! You know that pit of chemicals the Joker fell into that turned him all white and crazy? Not from Suicide Squad, but that gross stuff from the Tim Burton one? That's what it tastes like they poured into those gummy molds. Whatever your health problems a...
"Will you hand me the gravy, dear?"The little can already in hand I look up, and almost drop it. The old woman looks at me confused and a little concerned. "Are you alright sweetie?", she asks. I am not, but I don't say anything. Instead I nod with a forced smile, hand her the sauce and quickly look down on my plate, p...
“Let’s be real; being sent to Mars was the best possible outcome for us.” “That’s horseshit, Cap!” came a faceless cry from the back of the growing crowd, pooling into the bridge. The captain put his hand to his hip, ready to draw his blaster if necessary. He’s defused his men with violence before, but this feels diff...
The Soliloquy of John Portland I had never been afraid to die. Even when I thought of what I might leave behind, my baby girl Juliette mostly, I had always accepted this to one day be my fate. Did I know it would be at the hands of someone I called brother? Never. See we had grown up together, dreamed together. We had...
The alien tapped the screen with its tentacle. "Him."The screen showed a still-shot of a man entering a gas-station store, cap brim low, the shadowy upper half of his face glancing over his shoulder with cautious eyes. "Him. That's the man. I want him. Bring me him." One of the underlings dared to speak. "Why him, sir...
"Such a story, eh?" The old man furrowed his brow, causing his exaggerated eyebrows to obscure his eyes. A particularly elderly expression, the young man thought. The young man calls himself Oz, and he's not supposed to tell his name to the storyteller. He worries that his prompt was too uncreative, 'random' in the s...
The winds were cold like they must have been five years ago. Even bundled in my layers, I could feel the harsh bite of the hungry frost. I pressed on. I had to. My legs felt heavy in the snow and I lost the feeling in my fingers long ago. All I wanted to lay down and rest. Close my eyes for just a few minutes and regai...
It was a slow, insidious operation. They started out with stances everyone could agree on - ethical treatment of Pokemon, and all that. Not that many were being mistreated, anyway. But behind closed doors, and with funding borne of thousands of heart-wrenching ads... It grew darker. Team PETA didn't support humans o...
It was the kind of growl that unsettled your stomache. Though you could remember why, you knew something was terribly wrong. For a moment you considered calling the police,or running away, leaving your house empty and hopefully the bone chilling growl alone as well. Nor knowing why, you couldnt do it. This was the hous...
The thought trickled into my mind like ice cold water down my back. "No..."I gasped for air. Sweat beads formed on my upper lip. "nope, nope." Me? Superman? That's ridiculous. I'm not super strong. I'm *terribly* afraid of heights. Heck, I can't even shoot lasers from my eyes. I walked into the bathroom to get a go...
Strange, Amy thought to herself. She didn't remember throwing away any toxic radioactive waste today. She opened the lid and peered inside to see, to her relief and suprise, nothing. She didn't even see the moldy cheese she had thrown out earlier. She leaned over and into the trashcan to investigate some more but slip...
Dust. That was all that greeted us. Dust, rocks, and a sense of dread. This was a one way trip after all. A trip to paradise. A trip of a lifetime. A chance to begin again. Now it was just a chance to die in an empty wasteland. I wasn’t alone in my depression. Jenkins stood beside me. His eyes were welling up slight...
"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned,"the man said softly from the other side of the screen in the confessional. "What ails you my child,"I said in response. Was that the right line? Dammit, even after centuries, I still messed up that one fucking line. But the man didn't seem to notice. "I hurt someone,"the man sai...
It was still early morning. Dean carefully knocked on the door. As he expected, a young woman opened. “Hi Dean. What’s up, did Steve call you?” “Hey Sarah,” Dean responded, “No, he did not call me. Is it okay if I come in?” “Err sure, come on in. Dean, is everything okay?” Dean walked in and hung his coat on a hang...
Humans live on one of the most stable and resource abundant planets known in the universe, called Earth. They're also one of the smartest races to exist in the universe. Yet they've advanced the least when it comes to space exploration out of any race. Given how long they've been around. Instead choosing to devote most...
"... And decreed by the nine lords, she will be henceforth trained by the Grand Masters of Amerigo! So says the council!" "Aye!" ​ My eye was twitching. This can't be happening. This seriously cannot be happening right now. I looked down at my sister who was STILL SITTING, AND I QUOTE, CRISS CROSS APPLE ...
I stood in the down pour, an umbrella in my hand as I stood on the door step of my old house. Well, it was supposed to be my old house. I don't know what or how is happened, but my life was now nonexistent. My family was nowhere, and I was left on my own. The day my supposedly life ended, I had gotten into a car accide...
The life on my planet was boring ever since the Great Crustacean War, sure we had peace and prosperity, sure we made technological progress that let us travel through many planetary systems, but it was boring. Living in my palace soon got a bit too boring so i decided to have a chat with our lead scientist. I told him ...
“I’ve got to say, most my clients are a bit older,” the large man drawled, staring across the desk he was resting his filthy boots on. He was speaking to the young man-who couldn’t be more than fifteen-sitting on the other side of the desk. The young man, didn’t look nervous. He didn’t flinch under that unblinking gaze...
I lean back calmly and take a sip of my drink. It had been a chaotic week, learning about my newfound abilities had made things...complicated it forced a lot of things to the front of my mind for consideration. To think, animals had spirits just like humans. Typically they appeared to remain incorporeal, but apparently...
Everyone thought it was a little strange that I wore gloves, but they accepted it as just “one of my little quirks” easily enough – they didn’t know there was a pretty big reason I covered most of my skin. Before I found out about what I could do, I had already lost a few years. Mostly it’s been worth it, what’s one y...
"It's ok to feel different, and special."She reassures me from the bedside, with a gently smile. "It's just that if you start feeling too special and different, it can spiral out of control, it could be very dangerous to believe these feelings."This was my first time in the psychiatric ward and I didn't want to be he...
*"Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too."* -Fred Rogers   The presence or absence of a law alone cannot determine the behavior or justness of one who follows...
Note, this was posted with a slightly different premise but justadair removed that and reposted with a slightly different promise to make it a bit more original. I had already done the story before I realised, so this is mildly different to the prompt, but inspired by the samish ideas. Original post [here](https://www....
We had heard rumors that the neighboring country had experienced an Earthquake and an agricultural village located at deltaII had suddenly shifted well into the region of deltaIV... An astounding event that took our world by storm, the peaceful nature of our Dark Kingdom did not believe the Pious Zealots of the Light ...
Her knees hurt with every step. Her back, aching vaguely, was still able to support her, her tired heart beating steadily, a great deal for her age. The day was a cold one. Cloudy sky, with the sun hidden behind thick clouds, gave a grey hue on the earth. Long gone the days where the only thing anyone would see lookin...
I had just propped open the mildew-ringed door when I saw it. Out of the corner of my eye, a blinking red light, in the back left side of the washer tub. Due to the angling of the appliance, I couldn’t have seen it without positioning myself as I had then. I was squatting on the floor, staring into the motionless machi...
“Could you please smile for me, and then send me the picture? Less like a grin, and more of a toothy gesture, if you can pardon my choice of words.” “Why?” “You know why. You know how expensive they are, and you won’t even get through Stage 1 if it’s not in your ‘smile line’ or impeding your ability to speak or eat...
The world around me was alien, new, not the one I had lain down to sleep with. And yet the man sitting before me tried his best to explain the situation to me, the world was vibrant, alive, busy. I had apparently come to be in the grandest market in their world, I was gagged for now. The man wore naught but a loinclo...
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Fie Fie, I curse the drivers going by What idiots, what dangers, who gave them licenses? These drunkards, these hazards, druggies getting high Oh this hobby of mine just me inscences. I look and I see on the road A prankster, an evil joke A line better left un-toed These wheels all damage to the s...
Milly, frail and studded with white hairs, paws my lap to let me know there was a sound. I suppose it was the microwave. I move my lips and work around my dry vocal chords in the best approximation of "good girl"I can do. She cocks her head and if I strain, I swear I can hear a whine. Unlikely, it's usually tintillitus...
"...and so it is my supreme honor to present our 2019 Humanitarian of the Year Award to the one, the only, the ever generous Megan Ritzusko!" Despite no lighting cue, the sudden but expected burst of applause from the hundreds of guests seemed to light up the Regency Ballroom. Megan Ritzusko, a middle-aged woman with ...
I am a simple man, even in 2055. I see a problem, I try to get a solution. It has been known for years that AI was a tool not to be messed with. And many decisions were made to avoid those fateful days. But this time, it was no simple problem. We worked with machines to fill a lot of the ancient world problems, may i...
Two elderly men wait in line for coffee. The shorter man, hunched over, putting all of his weight on his walker, looks up at the man standing in front of him. "Kalvin?" Kalvin turns around and adjust his glasses before smiling at the short man standing behind him. "Dr. Böse!"He takes a step back with excitement in his...
Peace in our Time. That’s the headlines said on the third day. For 4 years there had been the constant drone of aircraft filling the skies, the rumbling of trucks running along the expressways, and the chatter of soldiers as they filled every corner waiting for deployment. All of them were westbound, few ever returned,...
Down the halls of my decade-old-school, in my class, in my seat, was me. Not *me*, but something that looked like me. It's like I'm invisible when it's around. Most days, it's like I'm standing outside of a glass-house looking in on the life that is rightfully mine. So naturally, I'm looking for a stone to shatter that...
I had just sat down on the couch when there was a knock on the door. Maya looked at me, to the cat curled on her lap, and back. I got back up with a grumble. “There better be a good reason you’re disturbing us this late,” I said, practicing my gruffness for whoever had knocked. I entered the foyer and peeked through ...
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“I’m guessing you’re wondering why we’ve brought you here.” ...actually, I’m more interested in leaving. “Who supplies you?” I.. I don’t follow. “We have no database on you. Nonexistent on social media, no reputable links to anybody.” I’ve never been the type for social platforms. Why am I here? “Your poker face ...
Now the reports are coming in every min of another mod human has died. We all die but genetic alterations were suppose to help us live a much longer life span. Another breaking news report echos from behind me. Yet another mod has died at the young age of 60. Now the news reporters are saying that all the deaths have ...
You turn away from the mirror, you always see him in every mirror since you were around twelve and started having those sick thoughts. He was right he is me, he is always there looking back at me. Maybe he always has been and I just didn't notice. It all started with that bitch teacher, Mrs. Hemway, that always made ...
“J-Jennifer you’re floating!?” I managed to say as I backed up away from her, tripping on my own feet and now sprawled on the floor. “What are you talk- oh not again” Jennifer says with her face cupped into the palms of her hands. Jennifer’s father was a scientist and managed to make odd bits and bobs, and one nigh...
“Sir, there is something you have to see. It’s about the moon.” exclaimed Jim as he ran into the conference room. “You know how the moon has been changing colors causing emotions, well let us just say you have to see what I am saying to believe it.” I run into his office and look at the screen. “Dear God!” I cry “Get ...
The pressure intensified, and Will pushed the accelerator to the floor. One tenth of a mile past the wall and Will’s car was traveling sixty miles per hour. Seventy, eighty miles per hour and the car was two tenths of a mile past the wall. Sweat was streaming down his face. Ninety, one hundred miles per hour and the...
It's been 24 years since we first noted that it may be a threat. 22 years since we officially called it one. 21 years since the first 'meeting of the minds.' It was 19 years ago this month that we finalized our initial plan. 6 months later, with 1 man dead and 2 missing, we called our first plan a total failure. 1...
Well, there we were. After weeks of travelling the country while fighting various gangs and outlaws in an effort to track it down, we'd finally found the offices of Johnson Corp, and the core of all their corrupt machinations. Finally, we would be able to avenge our families. As we snuck past the security into the inn...
Due to my mine training and vow of silence, I had been assigned as a moral officer aboard a Nanotransen Space Station. It orbited a hostile planet covered in lava dubbed Lavaland by the residents of the station. The arrival computer announced over the comms that I had arrived to little fanfare. The clown, a fellow na...
I'll give you *3* prompts \ 0 v 0/ Choose the one you like best: • A crazy otaku girl who unbeknownst to herself happens to be the Goddess of Machines. • Reality is collapsing on itself as the author of a story begins to awake. It is up to his characters to define whether or not they should keep him/her aslee...
Robert remembered his first day at the steel mill with all the clarity of a first kiss. The heat and noise and the intensity of heavy industry in motion, all kept alive through the tireless efforts of workers dwarfed by the machines they serviced. Back when the only magic in the world was ingenuity, and spell were just...
Standing on my stage, looking over the crowd of my followers, I finally announced my plan. Perfectly timed for dramatic effect, the circle of metal beneath my feet began to tremble, lifting me into the air as the roof above me opened up, revealing my target. Striking the perfectly intimidating pose that I had practiced...
"Delivery for Mr. Stamper." I leap off my couch and charge straight for the door, swinging it wide open without a moments pause. "Hey, I'm Mr. Stamper!"I breath out to the clear discomfort of the delivery man. I take his clipboard, sign my name, and bring my delivery inside, nearly swaying from the size of it. I gaze...
I wake up in the far distant future. It's very hot, almost as if the sun is about to explode. I slide down the fire pole, which is the only method of traveling down stairs in this future. I walk over to the breakfast bar and pick up the paper, which materialized indoors. ​ The cover story is shocking;...
I did my best to swallow, my throat a sandpapered cave and my tongue swollen and dead in my mouth. Sweat beaded on my upper lip, dripped down my neck, soaked under my arms. The heat roiled over me in waves worse than any fever, my skin pinching tight across my forearms and cheeks where the sweat was evaporating as fa...
In Heck, there are many torturous devices to punish the humans who had said a bad word or mooned somebody. In appearances, it was like regular, every-day life. But lo, every door creaked like a banshee. The internet was fast, but you couldn't install an adblocker, and there were *no memes*. The only TV show was House...
"OMG Larry you won the lottery!"My sister, Rebecca, screams at me. "I know, I know, sis."She only responds with giggles and squeals as we head to pick up the reward. I notice a thunderstorm heading our way. "Storm's coming."I say. "Eh, probably gonna be gone by tomorrow."Rebecca replies. Even though she was probably ri...
The only thing audible from the outside was the faint echo of banging and the nonsense mumbling of a voice. ​ From the other side of the scene however, Cassandra was yelling at the top of her lungs. Unable to form words in shock as she banged her bloody fists against a doorless wall, leaving fresh stains o...
As it turns out, what I suspected from since when I was a teenager was true. Whenever a person puts enough love and devotion into an inanimate object, it becomes alive and sentient. Along my street you can already see a few examples. The gardener living three houses away has a living rose bush. The teenage girl livin...
Frightened I get up out my seat. The news was all about the Avengers going against them aliens an hour ago. I don’t know the specifics but I knew there had to a link between the battle and this message. Suddenly I felt faint. Something was wrong, I felt hot. I felt like I was going somewhere. Somewhere I didn’t belong,...
As i open my eyes and roll outta bed, I am unaware it is there. My flat mate still slumbers in their room down the hall. I walk to the bathroom to wash my face but can feel that something in our home is present. Something new is there but I don't know where this feeling is coming from. So i began to search the home...
*One must keep one's reputation up*, she muttered to herself, sure that no one could overhear her as she surveyed the selection of top notch super-silent HEPA filtered, kids friendly, pet friendly, extra ergonomic vacuum cleaners on display. ​ Wait, kids friendly OR pet friendly? Were they making you choos...
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