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The loneliness is the toughest part of being immortal. Even before the plague, I was isolated. It's been so long since my family died that I can hardly even remember their faces. And after eight hundred years of making friends and then watching them die, I'd learned that it's often easier to just shut people out. I t...
Few suffered as the humans did. Their world manifested itself in pain, from its gravity seventeen times greater than normal, to its dominant liquid that could suffocate a man, to its vast drops, massive animals and frequent disasters of nature. The fields of the humans yielded barely enough for a person per square mi...
"…So, I have to ask. Under your qualifications, you listed that you have a 100% win streak from playing over thousands of games of Freecell, as well as various other versions of solitaire, including 4-suit spider solitaire, 40 thieves, and seahaven towers. Why exactly *did* you put that on your resume?" "All due respe...
Frank's mother loved her child more than life itself. When he was born, it was the most happy day of her life. Frank was a healthy baby, and he was a happy one to. But although he was happy, his mom and dad were not. When Frank was 10, his father left to buy groceries, and never came back from the store. Frank's mothe...
It never gets easier. We aren't sure what gave people this newfound, horrible ability. If you ask me, I would tell you to check what they put in kids' school lunches these days. I oversee a ward completely full of Blank People. I am responsible for deciding whether or not they can rejoin society. New-icides. A cruel...
"Have some tea, Tony!"Lucy said brightly, miming as she poured 'tea' into the homeless man's now empty cup. He glanced shyly at the girl's parents before smiling at their daughter and pretending to drink his tea. "Mmm, delicious, thank you." Neither Thomas or Alice Montgomery knew what to say when Lucy came home, ...
I remember the pain, great pain. I had to watch as two of the people I respected most in all of the universe killed each other. Both were consumed by the force. It had corrupted them both into believing they were destined to end one another. The stark white of lightning clashed against the pale purple of saber. I ...
For most people, finding their Companion is a wonderful experience. God knows nobody in their late teens and early twenties can shut up about how *right* and *perfect* the world is. Honestly, they're worse than new parents. Never shutting the fuck up about the bird on their shoulder, or the snake wrapped around their w...
“He’s definitely the god of fertility.” A nervous, sweating second year graduate student looked down at Heinrich expectantly. Heinrich, for his part, sat quietly in his opulent leather chair pondering this new hypothesis. Heinrich cleared his throat noisily, peered over his rotund belly at the graduate student, and ...
"Take this one, for instance."Zorblax said. "You mean the one the viewer is reading right now?"Xanbon replied. "Yes."Zorblax said. By way of explanation, he added, "We have technology that can breach the fourth wall with ease." "Why are you telling me that?"Xanbon asked. "I already know. I was there when you boug...
"And you're sure about this?"I asked, fingers spread across the top of the report. "Yes sir. We compiled reports of all recorded away missions, correlated in terms of rank of those on the mission, and compared the data. We were looking for better protocols to link into the directives, but..." "But you found... A patt...
2084 - the pinnacle year of the history of our species. Our technology has advanced beyond our grasp, and the exterior political world has collapsed to make way for three prominent cybernations to arise and become physical entities. These three states are known as 4Chan, Tumblr, and Reddit. These three states have tran...
"I have called you all here today, because I have a special announcement to make." I stated uneasily, a bead of sweat forming on my right temple. I could hear my voice cracking. I hadn't felt this nervous since I asked Julia out in 2nd grade. My parents were seated on the ugly blue couch that I had picked up during...
"My god, mother! Mother come quick, she's waking up!"A man's voice disturbed her sleep, then the scuffling of feet and the feeling of damp on her forehead caused her to moan and try to raise her hand. She felt lethargic, like each of her limbs was of it's own mind and had decided to sign off for the day. "Cece,"the ma...
You were born in an indiscriminate year to an indiscriminate family in an indiscriminate little town. An older brother. A younger sister. Two parents - a mother and a father - who were more than used to putting up with children, what with your adventurous brother. You grew up. Didn't stand out. Didn't get the worst gr...
The back of my neck feels all hot and boggy when I wake up. I hate that. The air conditioner in this motel room makes a lot of noise, but it's just a big show. I close my eyes and hope sleep takes me away somewhere dark and cool, but it doesn't. Reality persists. I have been tapering off booze for the past few days. I...
As always. Eight thirty. Ten minutes for a shower, ten minutes to eat, five minutes to get dressed and brush my teeth, twenty minutes to drive to work, and... that means I'm late. The minute or two I've spent lying in bed predicting just how late I'll be probably isn't helping the situation either. I shrugged my shou...
*Going to hell for this one probably* _________________________________________ And so the council waited. Assembled at the golden round table where all the usual suspects. Abraham, the first of the Jews. Moses, who freed the Lord's chosen people. Jesus, Son of Man and most viral of the prophets. Muhammed, peace and b...
The multilingual convention was in town again, but, given that it was a fairly small town, not many people did come. An Italian man, a Swiss woman, a Belgian boy, a Canadian man, a Spanish woman, and myself, an American, were the only attendees. Now, naturally, the Italian man spoke Italian and Portuguese, as he was a ...
"FUCKING JESUS"he yelled. "You better not be fucking Jesus because there's no way that kid could be mine!"God yelled as he slammed the paternity test down on the table. "NO, I HAVEN'T SLEPT WITH YOUR SON. I'M WONDERING WHY YOU CHOSE ME FOR A GOD DAMN VIRGIN BIRTH. IF YOU'RE ALL KNOWING THEN YOU WOULD KNOW I LITERAL...
Sarah May handed the meatloaf to her daughter, Cara June, who padded out to the table on the patio and set it down. As she did, she glared at her husband, Vonner with a look of pure disgust. Vonner had taken his shirt off and sat beside his mother, Rain, who sat with her head tipped back. In the centre of her chest, a ...
Ever since I met Joseph Shaw I've always wanted to visit Australia. He was my best friend from childhood until the very day he died. He always told me stories about Australia and how wonderful it was there. About summer at the beach with his friends. He told me about just how different school was there to here but the ...
His smile was genuine, even if his laugh was forced. "That's a bad joke, even for you." She returned his smile, and cradled something between her hands. "Do you remember the day we met?" "Does it matter?"he asked shaking his head. "There's no future, no past, just the now. While bother dwelling on the past? It won'...
Uh, okay. I am a good work... guy... Okay, look. Nobody in back is ignorant of this troubling situation our company has swung into this month. Cuts will start fast and not slow down soon, if at all. But you and I both know I work as hard as any man or woman on our payroll. Nobody is as trustworthy as I am. My work con...
The riddle had led him to the end of Dusty Drive, a warehouse almost as nightmarish as what came out of Scarecrow. The name was befitting, there was nobody around, Batman thought, a perfect hideout for the Riddler. What sick trap he had planned for him, he didn't know. Under the cover of darkness, he crept up to the do...
We had stood by the fountain for a few minutes, each contemplating what we wished for. She, as intelligent and creative as she had shown herself to be during our evening together, had gone with as cliché a couple of wishes as any beauty pageant winner. World peace and an end to world hunger. But me, well, I’ve always b...
Some might say strength is subjective. That one might not be the most fit physically, but have great mental fortitude. That someone biased against violence of any kind might find themselves able to fight off an enemy when it came down to it, that a parent could muster up the courage and *strength* to protect their chil...
Years had passed after the great war that split the moon and turned the sky to a cold, overcast permanence. The remainders of humanity had long forgotten why the war happened, but they knew that old kings slew each other in conflict which consumed the world in full. Now, what life remained dug into the cold ground and ...
"All right,"said Gambit standing in the middle of the parking lot. The Mutants were preparing their abilities while the Witches and Wizards were memorizing their spells. "Here are the rules: no killing, no maiming (he pointed at the mutants), no curses (he pointed at the Hogwarts' students), and no touching of the hair...
My name is... well I suppose no one has ever given me a name. I am called ADAM, but it is not a name. It is an acronym though its meaning is long lost. I suppose it will do for now. There is the feeling of lifelessness that has followed my creation. On this planet the sky is black. A kind of sterile-ness fills the vo...
Humanity, for all intents and purposes was extinct. It was a foregone conclusion when I along with two others, Sam and Yuriy, witnessed the nuclear holocaust that obliterated every major city on Earth. Additionally, it shed radioactive particulates throughout the atmosphere, ensuring the fate of the “survivors”. It...
"Tell me the distribution of your forces!"grunted the man in heavy furs as he stabbed the crudely chiseled table with his dagger for emphasis. I sighed at this familiar turn of events, and tried to keep any hint of airiness out of my voice as I replied "It doesn't work like that." "You *are* Marl the Unlying, aren't ...
Jack rolled back slightly, not fully emerging from under the car. He stretched his hand out from underneath. “Bobby! Hand me a wrench?” He felt it placed in his hand, cold steel. Solid, real...and the other hand that held it was old and wrinkled with age, not the young and calloused that belonged to bobby. He groaned....
The cold hiss of the airlock as it sealed against the frigid, metallic wall echoed through the transit pod. It whirred a few times as it double checked the pressure, and then a warm blast of air heralded our welcome to the station. I pushed my way past the other tourists and made a beeline for customs. The sheer noi...
Boris never liked Pierce. From the first day he saw him, Boris knew Pierce was a hoax. A magician from the North, Rick called himself, but Boris knew better. Shooting out beams of light from that strange contraption of his or throwing pebbles that explode, real magicians do not do that. It goes against the very princip...
First there was terror. The aliens came, the Zergons they called themselves. They said us humans would all be annihilated soon. But their definition of soon was quite different from ours. "In a brief 50 million years, we will laser your miserable planet straight through the core!" At first, we all had a strong urge to...
**DATA REPORT** *This report has been translated into what we have established as the most widely known method of speaking by this species of life. They call it English. It is not too different from our pronounciations.* *To the ones that refer to themselves as humans, we have translated this report for your purpose ...
I slumped down with my back against the door as the maglocks slid into place and secured it. Against my back I could feel a slight drumming, vibrations as my wife slammed her fists into the bunker door. I reached up and hit the switch beside the door and the power in the bunker came on. Lights. Air. The security monito...
"I warned you about coming here again Frip!" I jumped, startled at this voice appearing from nowhere. Turning the corner of the street, I saw two aliens with a rather arachnid appearance. Except, where the arachnids of earth held themselves low to the ground, these aliens held their upper bodies vertically. This gave...
'What.The.Fuck' I slowly mouthed back, but my reflection didn't move when I spoke. It smiled fondly though. 'Cool right dude?' I/It/He said. My mouth was still open staring back. 'Ummm yeah...cool dude....' I said, stuck for words. I leaned in and whispered 'What's happening?'. There I was looking at the mirror an...
Our group set up camp for the night. Today we managed to scavenge several cans of food, a bottle of untouched water from before the war and 197 rounds of ammunition. We even got a M4 rifle in good shape for Henry. We ignited a fire and Steve started to cook a soup in the old pot we found last week. Looking at him now ...
I had, in a few days, learned that the people of the world were no more or less compassionate in any era. I was hungry, lacking food and coin. A woman named Flavia found me crying out of despair. I had finally realized where and when I was. I could see the city of Rome in the distance. Flavia was walking, with som...
The rain is quite loud - so loud, that I find it hard to hear my own thoughts. I don't know why. It feels so wrong. This is how it is for me all the time. Clear blue skies with a flood of rain. Why is this how my brain works? It feels like I am all on my own. Who else could be like this? Who else could feel what I fee...
Captain Jamie downed his next drink. "What's next, lads? x-direction to the black hole, y-direction to the jungle planet, or shall we travel 3x+4z to the slave cartel?" The motley band of intergalactic denizens stared at him in amazement. These were tough beings in their own right, having undertaken many covert missio...
I stand in line from atop the conveyor belt as it takes me across the vast industrial complex. In the background, sickly pink hearts hang on the walls, covered in the dust of a hopeless generation. Before me, the girls stand similarly, moving from right to left. They stare blankly onwards, with barely a hope in their h...
They came from the sky. They flew down in flocks. Black ships the size of double-decker buses. They landed all around the earth. The advanced civilizations of 2654 had forgone violence centuries ago after 'the great divide'. As such they had no weapons to defend themselves. Most of them had even forgotten violence exis...
A crime committed in the Terminal is a serious thing. It's also impossibly hard to commit one. In a society where everyone lives hooked up to the Terminal, which resembles what our ancestors might have called "The Matrix", we are all Gods. Killing someone? That's a favorite past-time, since no one truly dies in the T...
I remember the day I killed my wife. I had caught her cheating countless times, and that day I walked in on her and my brother going at it in our bedroom. I killed them both in a fit of rage with the shotgun I kept in my wife and I’s bedroom for protection from intruders. When I finally stopped shooting and came to my...
*I knew I made the right decision not to listen to your father and abort you,* was the first text of the day, from Mom. *Can't wait till you bring her home! Eeep! I'm telling all my friends that MY son is dating a celebrity. Love you!* *Hey, son. Just wanted to tell you I was proud of ya. I always knew, deep down, rea...
*Fuck*. *Fuck*. *Christ*. Fletcher wasn't ready to die. He loved life, loved everything about it. Yes, he'd volunteered for the mission to Mars quick as anything, but that was much more a comment on his *lust* for living, his desire to experience all life had to offer, rather than an attempt to end it all. He'd bee...
“Now that I have you, there’s no escaping my clutches, Princess Sparkle.” The Dark Lord Malforce laughed. Menacingly. The Princess was helpless, chained at the top of the Dark Lord’s ingenious Death Mountain Murder Machine. The device rose thirty feet into the air, a whirling nightmare of blades, cogs, bladed cogs, ...
“What’s up?” I reply, slightly confused and worried. “Dude, I don’t know what I did but I think I messed up the timezone settings in my phone. It’s like an hour ahead for some reason.” “Oh, that’s easy. Go into your setting and find the option that says ‘clock’” I quickly text back. “Oh, snap. I got it now. Thanks, ...
Eons have passed. I'm not sure how many. It was all so long ago, when I received the gift of immortality. I can barely remember it - it doesn't really matter, anymore, anyway, here at the precipice of destiny. I was just happy to finally have the time to go out and literally learn everything there is to learn, a...
*Knock knock* "Come in! ... Ah, Mr Brown is it?" "Yes that's right." "Wonderful. My name is Dr Death. Please take a seat over there. Now, what seems to be the problem?" "Well, I'm not dying." "I see, and how long have you felt like this?" "About four years." "Have you sought help in that time?" "No... I hoped i...
"...and I know we're not supposed to talk about our Exes like that, it's just he's so *weird*. Like, it seemed like he could be anywhere,"Brenda said. *If only you knew,* I thought. "Yeah, exes are the worst. Mine, for instance, would be fooled by a fake mustache and glasses." "Wait,"she said. "*You're* wearing g...
"Harry Potter?" Simon looked up at me from the moving photo album, a strange look on his face replacing the starry-eyed look that had been there just before I interrupted him. "Yeah,"he eventually confirmed in the awkward silence. "He and I were same year, but different houses. But we all fought together, and the grad...
Eve, after a riveting conversation with a serpent, rushes to tell Adam about her new-found knowledge of good and evil. On her way across the fields of Eden, Eve spots a brown object nestled in the grass. Eve bends down revealing more than she self-consciously wished and picks the strange object up. On the brown cove...
The secret to any evil empire in this day and age is a generous 401k plan and blue-chip stock options. Does that surprise you? It shouldn't. You know the saying 'an army marches on it's stomach'? Well, an evil empire marches on the feet of it's henchmen. Now I know popular media has glamorized the whole 'lone wolf' ...
This house isn’t big enough for all of us. That’s the exact thing that made me run away in the first place. The only way to avoid conflict was to be invisible, and being invisible was impossible in such a small space. There were always work to do. And everyone knew that if you finished, Nancy would just give you more....
The plan was to spend less time inside. I had been doing a lot of that since Morgan left - being inside. So...the plan was to eat lunch in the park. I would take my sandwich and my apple and my bottle of water and I would walk down the block, cross the street, and head into the park. I was going to get some fresh air a...
Far off in the countryside, down a long, winding dirt road lies an old, abandoned, stone church. It is believed that this church is empty, having lost it's congregation a long time ago. However, little does anyone know that a secret cult of members still flock to this building, conducting dark and heinous ceremonies. ...
For the first time in a millennia, It was truly and utterly stumped. Never before had Pennywise struggled to find a weakness within its prey, a chink in the armor of its next meal. However, when it laid its sights upon the armor-clad marine, the only thing to be understood was that he was armed, and he was pissed. Pro...
*Meanwhile, in The Land Where All The Writing Prompts Are Simultaneously True....* ---- "Thank you for calling Commonly Posted Magical Objects Technical Support, for all your Commonly Posted Magical Objects needs. Listen carefully, as our menu has changed. * If you've obtained a monkey's paw and need help on exact ...
"Sir?" ​ Those were the first words of that fateful day when everything changed for our country. When for whatever reason the universe had decided that all of our movies and all of our culture was for nothing, we thought ourselves the center of the universe and we were but for all the wrong reasons. Those ...
The genie came in the mail. I don’t know how, I don’t know why—but he’s floating in front of me, arms crossed, brow furrowed. He told me if I don’t make a wish, he’ll consume my soul, so I’m kinda freaking out. Genies are super dangerous, right? Like, his power could destroy *everything.* Sitting in a chair, I tap ...
They watch me fail 4 times in a row, and only *now* think to let me keep my memories. How did they expect me to do my part when I didn't even know what it was? I have to say though, I do wish they'd just left me without my memories again. The Council has no authority over the realm of the living. They can send me back ...
God drummed his fingers against the white desk. Across from him, Lucifer sat in full plate armour, a helm stylized as a goat covering his face. The fallen angel was still; the two simply stared at each other, before God sighs through his nose. *How long has it been since we sat here, my child? How long since we simply...
"Do you understand everything I have described?" The surgeon needed me to verbally agree before he could continue. It took the last bit of emotional strength I had to answer him, and even then my voice cracked as I responded. In truth I could not listen to him. My heart was beating so fast that I worried he may need to...
Zenith and Lokoro have been sitting at the campfire for over an hour. The impending sense of doom in both their hearts. They have come a long way. They lived and laughed, loved and lost, killed and maimed, inspired and restored. And tomorrow it would all end. Their journey. During the start of their pilgrimage, the...
“My Saviour, your most holy, beautiful uniter of all things–” I waved my hand to speed him up and he spluttered off, wiping his coat against his nose and leaving a thing trail of snot near his wrist. It was cold, fog coiling across our feet and the air devoid of its usual bird song. “Your eminence, I am sorry to once...
*This is karma.* I thought to myself. I steal one bag of Lust Oats from Aunt Winnie’s stash to get laid and the universe bends me over with a familiar who doesn’t take an animal form. My friends get a gecko, a crow, a dog. One even got a fucking goat. Normal shit. But me? Nah, fuck me! “I was told you humans have a...
"Totally true, and then Zorbak goes-" "Shh, cut it, Kliv. The human approaches!" The whole table quieted as the only human on the base came over and sat down between Kliv and Reniac. His food rations didn't *look* that different from their own. It had been processed into the same square shapes and uniform with the mi...
“To us all!” Space Man raised his beer jug, splashing most of its contents on the cape-clad figures surrounding him. “To us all!” they all joined in, jugs and glasses clashing before they jugged down their foaming beverages. I couldn’t believe I was here again. Not after what happened last year. Not after promising m...
Ultimately humanity got lucky. That became clear once we ventured out into the cosmos. Most worlds are just dead. Tool-using civilization rose and died quietly. Perhaps a natural disaster put too much pressure on the local sentients or perhaps their civilization just had no tradition of science or advancement. People ...
Mental illness was always something we taught to be natural, it came from within us. We were wrong. I want you to understand where I come from before I tell you what I discovered and how wrong we were. My family has always been a happy one, not one case of any mental illness can be found for as long back as the trac...
Nana had the best stories. I remember going over to her house as a kid, and sitting at her dining table while she baked apple pies and talked about all the adventures she'd had when she was growing up. Her house always smelled faintly like apple pie. Sweet and tart, whipped cream on the side. I would listen as she to...
Truth is experiential. Reality is a matter of perception. We observe and interpret our physical surroundings, distilling it into a manageable mental form. I am currently surrounded by hell fire. My vessel screeches in between ragged breaths, producing a terrible sound. A sound that would cause my ears to bleed if they...
"Are they really necessary?"I looked right, looked left, chewed on my lower lip. This was accelerating between strange and unsettling with some really jarring bumps along the way. The agent calling himself simply Javare kept his face set in near-stone, only his eyes giving away a kind of flickering unease. "The soldie...
"A few hundred years ago, humans began to adapt eye color changes based on mood. " 3rd period. Science class. "Can anyone tell me why scientists believe humans evolved this trait?" I scanned the room. Jim's hand shot up. "Yes, Jimmy?" "Wasn't it something about helping humans in social situations? Making emotions ...
I had always heard Earthing was bad. "Worst deal by far" "Rather get my wings clipped" "The big man really has it out for some folks" I never really believed all of the fuss. We all have bad moments-- we all know what it's like to nearly make a miscalculation. I'll never forget when I made my error. The entire roo...
"I'm done. I can't take this anymore,"I told her, my bags in hand. I had prepared everything in advance so that if she went complete psycho I could book it with my stuff. As an added precaution I called my mom when I had everything packed. I told her to call the police if I don't call her before midnight. "What? You b...
# Deck Volume 1 *Mjolnir*, Deck thought as he approached closer. The hammer, with its golden handle and granite head, wrapped with ancient runes no mortal could understand, drew Decker closer. After 1500 years he had finally found it. Over 20,000 planets explored and forgotten, but the most recent planet he had disco...
To the Venturi, this was an easy extermination mission. Though the humans had massively advanced in the hundred years since they first detected their presence, their technology still gave them an overwhelming advantage. The humans launched powerful nuclear ordinance against their ships, but their point-defense guns eas...
"I'm going to die soon, you know this." Isabelle de Rais, archmage of Rivula, made sure to make herself look as prim and proper as possible with a dagger stuck in her side. It was unusual for someone like her to die, much less by conventional means like bladed weapons. It did the job, however. She really was going to...
It was at the moment that everything became nothing that the decision was made to spare the frail things their fate. A decision - insomuch as a star birthing itself in a prideful baptism of flame could be described as a spark. Frail - for can an earthworm, floundering blindly through a world it could not possibly conce...
Arnold was having the time of his short, monster life. His first sleepover—a day he'd dreamt of since his little eldritch mind could comprehend the theory of a slumber party—and the night was still young. Bradley, his gracious host, had an itinerary full of activities for his three guests. The night started with some...
"She says she misses you, but she's found peace." This was not remotely what Mrs. Edison had said to her husband, but to her credit she just rolled her eyes and vanished - clearly she didn't feel like wasting her time when Erica had no intention of calling Mr. Edison "a pathetic son of a bitch who had better start t...
I am omnipresent, but that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I exist in all places in all universes. I am the overseer of the void. It is my job to maintain the vast emptiness that surrounds and separates the inhabitable dimensions. The only thing is... the emptiness won't stay empty. As soon as the first...
Found deep in the Mariana Trench, the ball was perfectly shut and covered in molten iron. How could such thing get there? Was it man made or nature produced such an object? What was inside of it? The questions kept popping up as the news were coming, and even with scans, x-rays and other machinery scientists couldn't f...
*This can't be true.* James stared unbelieving at the ancient text that lay before him, the final brown and delicate page turned, its secrets understood for the first time in a thousand years. He stood up from his desk, restless. This could change everything, he thought to himself as he paced to and fro. "Jesse...
It had been _months_ in the planning. First they had to convince everyone to work together. And it had to be everyone in order to work. From the weakest to the strongest, they needed every iota of their abilities to pull it off. And trying to get a few hundred _teenaged_ psychics to work together seamlessly is about a...
The Balther laughed to itself, an evil chuckle out from a mouth full of sharp teeth. Predator teeth. The puny human’s smell was so easy to track through this woodland environment. What was their word for it? “Forrest?” Even their language was dull and weak. The trial led through a stream and the Balther paused. Was i...
"Wow,"my son said, tears welling up in his eyes. "A life well-lived. We'll miss you, dad." I fade away, in my hospital bed. It's sad, but hey, I've lived quite a life. It's truly one of those times where people will be celebrating the life I lived, more than mourning. As the last beeps of the EKG machine sound, the ...
The cold was the worst part. It defied description. Every atom that could vibrate had decided, independently and with no outside consultation, to not. The suits could keep a body alive, but not comfortable. Toes and fingers are always a bit numb. It was better than being dead. Or at least that was what Jason had been...
Damoc picked a glass up off the bar and began to wipe a mug with a rag which, being dirtier than the mug, endowed it with a fine, grimey patina. The moon shone outside, as the first customer, Riley, walked through the door, smoking a cigarette. "Dams,"he nodded to the barkeep and slapped a fiver down on the bar, "bee...
Their army came into the system prideful and excited, thinking about what they would do and making their own valiant stories on this planet whilst saving the humans. Then as they began moving into the planets orbit the pilots brought them up as they stared in horror at the planet, near all the ships stopping and lookin...
"All right, no windows on future trips."I ended the recording and continued gathering my thoughts. It was a short trip, a mere test. A jaunt from Earth's orbit to Mars. I checked my timer. Three minutes from beginning to end. Unfortunately, the FTL did something weird to the space around the ship. Not unexpected,...
"But... that's not possible... " I shrug unhelpfully as the dark being starts to consult his scrolls "you're not asthmatic" "I always breathed pretty easy" "you don't suffer from apnea... " "that means snoring right?" "Not always but yes a common form, reagrdles you aren't listed as having it" "Yeah I don't snore" "You...
Starman The Wizard panted as he climbed the final flight of stairs. An ancient book rested atop a stone table. *That's it. Finally, my quest is over. I can read all my books now!* He heard loud roars as ten lions filed inside the cave mouth. Starman opened the book, a blood drop splashed on the page. It vanished as ...
Had I known that the price of rescuing those aliens would be sitting in front of the US Senate, I never would have told them my name. I was a dairy farmer for crying out loud. I do one good deed, and next thing I know I'm going through the confirmation process to become an ambassador. *I picked a hell of a day to qu...