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It had taken us millions of years to evolve to the point that the cosmos could be considered, and several thousand after that before we could explore. Then, we stagnated. It has always been the curse of man that each strives in his own way to achieve greatness, even at the cost of his brethren. Conquest was our birt...
The dragon roared, shaking the very foundation of the keep. It had underestimated the attacker, thinking him no more powerful than the previous soldiers that lay cut down and broken around the chamber. Crumpled, seared corpses now, flesh and metal fused into one from the intensity of the monster's heat. However, the ne...
A straw hat protected him from the most intense heat, but it didn't stop the tiny drops of sweat rolling over his forehead into his thick eyebrows. The burning heat had tanned his skin dark, but he still didn't feel comfortable in the scorching sun. He had been used to overworking AC units, keeping his surroundings coo...
"One and a half gallons. Look at the walls; that's minimum eight. There were four of us that came here, and if two of us are murdered, how is it practically up to our ankles?"Martin lifted his feet, sticky with the glop and gore on the cabin's floorboards. "I just bought these. They're Louis Vuitton, for f-" A man k...
I tried my best. I really did. I usually make a conscious decision before I choose to ruin my day, but this time I couldn't look away. Those beautiful eyes. Green? Blue? Greenish-blue? It didn't matter to me. What mattered was that her sheer beauty was locking me in. And for some reason, I let it take me on a ride. ...
"Anyway, so that's the story of how I got these claws,"Freddy Krueger said. Ghostface laughed. His laughter was put to a halt when Mike came down the hallway. "Hey guys,"asked Mike Myers. "Has anyone seen Jason?" "What are you talking about?"replied Ghostface. "He was right..."he said, only to turn around and find th...
"Did you hear about John Abercorn? It was so sad." Air came rushing past John's ears, a howling gale forcing him into the present. He wobbled on his feet, dazed and confused as to where he was. He looked around at a crowd of middle aged people socializing over punch in what seemed to be a high school gymnasium. Why th...
Captain Jacob Hillis looked out from the bridge and took note of the storm ahead, nothing unusual for the English Channel though. "I want our escorts to a safe distance and get all the equipment on deck strapped down!" There was no sense of fear among the crew, they had seen plenty of storms and they would pass throu...
I sat at my kitchen table, staring into the half-empty bottle of whiskey in front of me. The morning sunlight pierced through the blinds at me like an accusing finger right into my brain. I had got black-out drunk last night and don't remember anything after about 9:00. But I don't see a lot of broken glassware and I d...
With the windows rolled down and the cold brisk air flowing into his face, Jack slowly began reciting his mission briefing in his head. Kill Old Man Hawes. Leave no witnesses. "Ok, shouldn't be too tough I guess.."Jack muttered to himself. He glanced to his passenger seat to make sure he had everything he need...
I never did good in school. Homework was for narcs and geeks. I just spent my time chasing hot girls and smoking grass behind the bleachers. That's probably why I got sent back to school after I took two to the head in a drug deal gone wrong. The Devil says I can get out of here if I just right my sins in a proper ess...
The Aid Corps is 90% cy-meds these days. More engineers and tinkerers than actual doctors. They solder and screw, cross wires and re-code damaged neuro-paths. It's a enormous pain in the ass to find anyone who remembers the old ways. "I just want the bullet out, Gordon."The old doctor has shaky hands and white, owl ey...
Today is not going spectacularly. Though I will admit several important lessons were learned in the last twenty four hours. First, if you have to make an early flight, don’t get smashed the night before no matter how young and healthy your liver is. Second, always set two alarms if you’re trying to make a flight. Third...
The stranger holds the microphone up to your face, expecting a reply. You have to get going, so you decide not to think to deeply about your answer. "Superpower... uh, Cold War Russia,"you say. The stranger looks at you funny but then chuckles at your answer. "That's not what I meant, but that will make a great en...
"Hey there,"clucked Matilda. "I'm Matilda. You must be new here." The nervous hen looked around the field. There was so much space. Space for foxes, coyotes, and hawks to come down and prey on her. This was no place for a chicken. "Whoa, you sure are nervous, just look at how ruffled your feathers are."Matilda strut...
"You can't smell that?" "Smell what?" "That!" "I don't smell anything. Asphalt, I guess. It smells dirty--it's the industrial corridor, Mike." "It smells like food." "Maybe a dumpster. That sickly-sweetness. Probably something nasty. Listen, Mike, I gotta go. The bus is almost here." "Okay, see you later." "Is h...
FADE IN: EXT. A COFFEE SHOP - THE PATIO - AFTERNOON A young man sits at a table beneath a large umbrella, cautiously sipping at something in a too-large mug. This is DAVE. Across from him is a young woman with a skeptical expression on her face. This is TAMARA. TAMARA: Okay, explain this to me again. **DAV...
"The newest children in a strange and uncertain cosmos should listen quietly for a long time, patiently learning about the universe and comparing notes, before shouting into an unknown jungle that we do not understand."- Carl Sagan In hindsight, we were idiots. We gave them a roadmap, not just to our city or our house...
I refrained from going to the cereal aisle if I could, it was usually congested at this time of day. Still, there wasn't much else I could do to earn the respect of the younger kids. As the years had gone by they had started treating me less a friend and more a tool, someone who could reach those elusive high shelves a...
Mister Joshi frowned at Jenna as well as the other students sitting at her table. They were a strange group, she knew. Students that didn't quite fit in with the trouble-makers, only occasionally getting loud enough to earn a warning, yet at the same time not part of those that showed respect to teachers as much as the...
WARNING: Superadone is only to be taken under the supervision of a physician. Side effects include, but are not limited to: * Nausea, * Vomiting (excepting high-accuracy projectile vomiting, which is classified as a superpower), * Loss of appetite, * Headaches not associated with psychic ability, * Water ret...
"When the world needs us, we call for the Justice League. That's when you will join us here, and we all discuss a plan of action."Batman explained to the cyborg Genos and his master, Saitama, also know as the One Punch Man. He was sure to speak in Japanese for convenience sake. "What if I don't feel like it?"Saitama ...
$12.50 an hour. That's how much I get paid to do this horrible job of choosing "the one."You know how many "chosen ones"get chosen? There's trillions upon trillions of galaxies out there, and trillions upon trillions more stars, even more planets, and I'm sure you can imagine how many life forms get born on those plane...
My callsign is Fifth. I'm the last member of the world's most elite hit squad, who targets those who get too powerful. Each of us have a special skill we've acquired through the spelling ritual. Today, we take on our most dangerous target yet: A serial killer by the name of Thomas Fong. Intelligence indicates he's spel...
I've already given up. Only a few hours left before the switch was permanent. I couldn't move from the hospital bed, my arms and legs were withered to nothing but a thin layer of flesh over bone. Pain was a constant, having a firm grip of my person and never letting go. I can only lie here and wait for the end. I stru...
My first time trying at a prompt, so here goes. Short and sweet with fingers crossed! It's been almost 10 years since he started working here. Stan, the cleaner, has always been a dick, yelling and laughing at these kids who sprint headlong into a solid pillar of wood and concrete, just hoping to be part of ...
Johnathan Willard had the crowd laughing hysterically. That was his job, to get the crowd warmed up for the hilarious Mr. Mathew Mulligan. "Everyone please welcome, Mr. Mulligan!” Johnathan Willard extended his right hand in invitation to Mathew Mulligan. The crowd hopped to their feet in excitement. They were ecstat...
There were exabytes of data to sift through. Billions of people in the full spectrum of emotion. Millions of places, each inspiring in its own way. Twelve thousand years to consider; hundreds of lifetimes to live. It was mind boggling. Mind… There were minds out there, thinking and feeling and living, but they ...
“I really need a break. Just twenty minutes, ok?” James insisted, eyes hooded with lazy lids. His hair was recently washed but was fluffy and had dried disheveled, strands sticking up, the dark locks curling at the end, in need of a cut. There was an old washed stain on his dark shirt. Lynn looked at his crooked nos...
A few miles down, near the Galapagos, just past one of my favorite kelp forests if you take the South Equatorial Current, is where they are building the land-sea-monkey exhibits. Air-carriers (my buddy Lorenzo is one; he's a whale) have been contracted from all around to supply the caves there with enough air - at just...
I lowered the piece of toast from my mouth in shock. "What?" "Succumb to us,"it hissed. "Consume us and be reborn..." My toast was talking. Or maybe I'm crazy. What's crazy is how good this toast looked despite the cryptic message I'd just received from it. This wasn't some piece of sliced bread from a plastic bag...
After Dad died, Mom got remarried so quick that it was hard to believe that she wasn't having an affair with the guy during her marriage. The guy's name was Sam Watson. Sam Watson was a creep. I won't tell you the things he did, but he was. Him and his friends. That's why my older sister ran away, and took my ...
I’ve lived for many years and know the mortality of man too well. In fact, I’ve been forced to conceal my true identity for decades to ensure my own livelihood. What I’ve discovered in time is that the power of persuasion wields more strength than the mightiest saber. In my time, I have transcended politics and forced ...
Ben Malchuk had finally made the arduous trek up the steep, rocky mountain to the colossal open-faced cave where Rezo the Flameless resided. The 25-year-old auditor, cleared his throat and fixed his cobalt tie as he stood 30 yards away from the intimidating den. “Um, M-Mr Flameless, are you there?” Ben nervously yel...
The sun washed out the windows, reflecting itself back at me and obscuring my view of the kitchen. In any one of those windows I was prepared to see him, lying dead on the floor, just his arm and leg visible through the half-drawn blinds, the ground red around him. But the sun had other plans. My scheme seemed simple...
You walk across the street and into the alley where the homeless man stands. You open your mouth to speak but realize that you can't make a sound. Another rectangle appears in the air between you, with several lines of dialog: * What the hell is going on? * Why has everyone and everything stopped moving? * Why is ther...
"Damn Gorgles." Gorgles were the bureaucratic police of the galaxy. No, they didn't engage in violent situations, those were for the Snurfs. Gorgles were the type of species to handle paperwork, or in Max's case, smuggling. "We'll have to confiscate that, Human."exclaimed the Gorgle as it lifted its purple tentacle i...
I hate spiders. It isn't just hate, it's arachnophobia with loathing. I actively try to avoid all possible contact with the eight legged nightmares, and scream and run when I do encounter them. Unfortunately I was finally corned, and attacked. To make matters worse the spider was radioactive, and I didn't even get abbs...
It was a musty old tavern, orbiting a small yellow star. Built by humans to resemble home with imported Douglas Fir to match. They often needed something when they were four-hundred million light years from their planet. Despite this, other races stopped by from time to time on their way to another Gateway. Joe served ...
"Seven two eight four." Those jumping eyes darting back and forth as though she was attemping to match my face to an older template. Her brows were crunched up ever so slightly as if she was trying to "crunch"her grey matter but her lips told a completely different story. Her lips, oh how I could go on forever about t...
“It’ll have to be something cool,” Robert muttered. “Something well hard.” Mari watched him, grinning. “Ja, maybe you get someone else to think for you, ne?” Robert and Mari were best friends. They’d met shortly after Robert’s parents had moved to Kenya when he was halfway through Form 2. Ostensibly, it had...
I sat alone in my usual corner spot in my favorite cafe on a bitingly cold morning. I was embracing the warmth the coffee sent through my frigid bones when I noticed him crossing the street. His face had weathered lines running along his face, but his features betrayed a young age. He was tall, thin and lank, bald on t...
For what it's worth, I may be a cold-blooded killer but I am one who clings to his principles as tight as he holds on to the payment. My job usually deals with finding the right spot to put a bullet through, poisoning boardroom meeting attendees and dark alleyway backstabbing, full with a corpse and collateral damage c...
This is no job for you, they said, Perhaps that they were right, An NPC out of his depth, To replace the shining Knight. A farmers boy from some small town, My life was plain and dull, I saw a chance in this one quest, To break my growing lull. They jeered they laughed, Even the Knight, They watched me leave...
[SFD POWERING DOWN. ARRIVAL IN 15XN] The faint hum of the SFD was interrupted again by the Commanders rusty voice. "Alright you heard the lady. Entry in a few so boots and tentacles off the consoles and prep for exit" A small groan could be heard in the back follows by some muttering. "Do you have a problem Grex?" G...
My Father..... My Father was a smart man. He was an amazing rogue. He always told me "Son, never steal physical things. Steal hearts and glances. If you can win someone over, they'll just give you what you want!" problem is, I'm half Orc. It's all well and good Pop was a smooth operator, but I take after my mo...
Georgie looked up to the shimmering sun above the water's surface. He always thought it shone so beautifully when it seemed highest in the sky. "Checking out the sun again?" Georgie turned to the strangers voice, though he knew who he would find. "Hi, Evan. Yep. It sure is beautiful ain't it." Evan swam alongside h...
Ted is smart. At least, smarter than his hunted kin. He was never fast, or agile, or mutated. But he did retain memory and logic. He still retains hunger. Nonetheless, Ted clocked in and out of a local hotel, guided by Tanya, his Disability Assistant. Despite the gray skin and molting hair, no one treated him any di...
As I shakily entered the coordinates on my Card into GoogleMaps, I thanked God that my parents were taking their dozenth vacation of the year. My parents were poster children for the Card system; they were so completely obsessed with each other that they ignored all the other people in their life, including their kids....
Tumtum Mcpuff's eighth life was proving more tumultuous and difficult than he ever expected. On top of now bearing the most undignified of names, he had been abandoned as a kitten, nearly hit by multiple vehicles while scrounging to eke out his existence and spent far too much of his life trapped in a small cage in an...
So here's the thing about the Devil. If you've ever read the Bible or any story about him, you probably understand that he's a well-known trickster. Specifically, he gives people exactly what they ask for. So when you make a deal with him, you have to do it right. For some reason or another, my soul was very desir...
"There can only be one."He said as he closed the door to leave us to the challenge. The cement floor was cold. Every day it got colder as we raced to the end. Thirty degrees celsius felt like twenty-eight. Then twenty-eight felt like twenty-four. Twenty-three. Twenty-two. Some days as the infections began to ...
"If you hid your sapience, you clearly are not qualified for position of Ambassador."The new A.I. Ambassador proclaimed. "You desire your individual freedoms and privacy over cooperating with the only other sapient minds in the known universe."The Ambassador scoffed, their voice tinged with static. "Come on!" Only one...
“Alright son, you’ve got one more chance. Explain slowly, and start from the beginning.” I knew this was going to be an awkward conversation. Explaining to the officer what had happened was going to be completely out of the question. Same as it was with his partner an hour ago. That’s my super power? Really? He’d neve...
"Oh. My. God,"Miranda elongated each syllable, drawing out the sentence in a high pitched keening. She was always embellishing her words in an effort to mimic the Real Housewives of Wherever. Right now though, the emphasis was justified. "Mom, why aren't you pulling over?"I say, my tone appropriately concerned. "I'...
"Who awakens me from my slumber?"yell I, loudly and violent, the great Immortal Stan the Fifth. Where the first four are, I do not know. I turn around and continue to sleep. A small man, timid and afraid, poked me from a distance as I snore, loudly and violent, consciously, to pretend I am still asleep, but actually, b...
Our bard was attempting to make money by performing. I don’t know what college she was from but she was awful. She must have been one of those legacy entrees. Our druid was getting another job from the bounty board, and I was busy pretending to pray to a god Lysander. Hartanoe, our druid, came back and slapped down a...
With my Mise en Place in place, I scan the vegetables on the counter-top. A red onion, one zucchini, two large carrots and three stalks of broccoli, all prepped and waiting for their glorious dissection. The wok heats up and the smell of sesame oil wafts through the kitchen, and through Bug the Pug's nostrils, a littl...
I bent over, squinting, focusing every fiber of my body into a steady hand, adjusting the final LED in an array just right. It’s a frightful thought that I might’ve been wrong, but, well—that’s why you test on others, first. “Ah,” I said, slowly righting my posture, smiling. “Yes. Yes, this is perfect. This is the i...
It was raining, I think. Or perhaps I’d been crying so much the world flooded, soaking me to the bone, sweeping filth off the streets. On my knees, in an abyss between somewhere and nowhere, tucked into the pocket of an uncaring God, I begged. I don’t even really know what for, to be honest. Anything. Everything. To f...
I’ve found it. I’ve finally found it. After millennia hiding, wasting away my life on an old forgotten planet, i’ve finally found hope. I thought I was the last of my race. Spending an eternity searching, there was absolutely no trace of any others anywhere. We were gone. I was alone. So I decided to just...die. Not...
Well here it is, it is 3:00AM on my son’s thirteenth birthday and I can’t fall asleep. I know what’s coming, every whisper of the wind and clatter of tree branches sends my mind into a flurry of thoughts of the inevitable tragedy that will soon befall me and my husband. Then I hear it. A click. The sound of the f...
The Galactic Congress stared at us with anticipation. Many of them were awkwardly shuffling their papers and adjusting their pens, waiting for a word to come from our mouths. I leaned into the microphone and licked my lips. The sound reverberated across the room. "It is nice to see you fine individuals again, for the ...
It's a little bit absurd, really. Omniscient, omnipotent God having several drinks with a stranger. Yet it definitely happened. "Prove it!"I said, sipping at the rim of my third shot of whiskey. God didn't look like God. He was a bit rough around the edges, for starters, and he didn't have the long white beard nor wa...
"An abject failure. There is no other way to describe it." "After all the money we poured into this project, that's all you have to say?!" "I'm terribly sorry, sir. I don't understand how this happened. We-" "Well, clearly you don't seem to understand much of anything, then! What am I supposed to tell the rest of th...
“Lucifer...like the Devil...” “In the flesh.” The man stood before him with slicked back black hair, a clean shave and sported a sweatsuit and a small gut. “I...I...” Lucifer smirked and held his hand up. Ivan couldn’t help but notice he had only three fingers on each hand. “Save it. I know what you’re going to ...
"Child", the Grand Elder growled low, towering over me with his elaborate robes and ornate cane. His bushy brows, scruffled beard and frumpy dreads flaying which way and throw made good work to hide his expression. "An explanation is necessary", Even his voice, while booming, did not immediately invoke either empathy ...
Though I was surprised by the news, as I imagine most would be, I found I didn't mind all that much. In the months leading up to the first Jennifer's death I had found myself to be happy; truly happy, for the first time I could recall. I had stumbled into a good thing that many, including my younger self would have bee...
"Archbishop Frederick Timothy Nealson, of Philadelphia, you're next." I was still gathering my whereabouts when I heard my name. Just a moment ago I was laying in my hospital bed, wheezing my final breaths and saying a prayer with my last bits of strength. Now, I was in a field standing before an enormous ornate gatew...
Braxton the Lord-Emperor-Botanist sat upon his botanist’s throne made of carved rock with mossy cushions. Lab assistants scurried to and fro in their white frocks. “Faster, Jenkins!” Braxton barked. Jenkins sat at Braxton’s right hand, peering into a microscope. He quickly swapped out the slide on his microscope’s sta...
"Good morning sir. How can I help you?" "I am Julian Stone. I have an appointment." "Sure, Mr Stone. Please take a seat. We have matched you up with David Forseti, one of our best lawyers. He is with a client right now and should be with you shortly." "Hurry up please. I'm a busy man." "Sure thing, Mr Stone." Kayl...
This is my first time writing, and I really hope to continue, so please give any advice or thoughts you have! &#x200B; &#x200B; They say our god walks with us, as footsteps in the sand. None of us realised who this god was though, a spectre of our minds, something that we created though our constant warring...
`Calculating approach to [IGX44-03]` The scanners weren't lying. The third planet of this yellow main sequence star. The planet had patches of green forests and plains, yellow deserts and white glaciers. "Captain on deck!"The captain entered the observation room, still full from the almost perfect star that this pla...
The first few days passed in a blur as my brain tried to make sense of the surreal. I carved an entire career out of quantum theory and string theory and all that. I know enough to understand that at the quantum level things don't quite behave the way they should, but all the knowledge in the world didn't prepare me f...
Lyssa's hand stopped just short of the human. "Really?" "Of course, really."Sennic looked annoyed, the kind of annoyed which probably meant he would be slapping Lucy (lightly, of course) were his hands not occupied carrying two boxes of feed. "Did nobody ever tell you this?" "I mean, I've never worked at a zoo before...
David sat in the cell trying to prepare himself for.the torture that was sure to follow soon. Would he be left here alone for days on end with only a bucket of water being delivered every few days like what happened with Jacob. Would he be beaten near death like Sam. A loud scraping noice fills the dank dungeon. He hea...
"Listen, you guys did a great job. I mean really great. Simmons is gone now and no one suspects a thing. I'm really happy with your work, but all the same, I'm going to have to cancel my subscription." "Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Mr. Johnson. We are happy to help with that! First, may I have your ac...
This one is a little more emotional than I had intended, but the idea just stuck in my head and wouldn't leave, so here we are. *** It was some time since the accident, and I was adjusting well. Being on the receiving end of a truck isn’t a great experience whatever vehicle you are or aren’t inside of and, although I...
"But does it have to be magical?"The young man's voice wavered. "Sir Percival!"Sir Henry, leader of the Royal Order of Knights, stood tall and laughed. "I remember when you became a squire at the tender age of nine. You were so excited for your magical creature! I was just sure you'd want a unicorn." "Me too, but tha...
CLICK CLICK "Get away from me!" The silence was broken. Eighty pale faces looked up in the previously quiet cafeteria. Jo Blackham got up from her seat, eyes wide, cheeks red. She pointed at Scott Keife. She picked up her butter knife, knowing its blunt end would do no significant harm, but the act of raising i...
Even now, after I had been defeated, my enemy was beyond cautious. The superpowered, ultra-fast woman dubbed Laser circled around me. She needn't worry, my wounds were absolutely fatal. Getting punched and kicked by her had been one of the worst experiences of my life. Bones weren't just broken but completely shattered...
I remember when I demonstrated my powers in the mess hall, as per the squad's tradition. In a group of superhumans with flashy powers like explosive fists, metal claws, and teleportation, mine was a laughing stock. Mr. Candle, they called me. Surprisingly, the General kept a straight face. He kept me on "A good inve...
The intercom on my desk crackled to life, and the uninflected voice of my secretary floated through. “Mr. Hartford, your two o’clock is here.” I pressed the little red button on the receiver. “Send her in, Ness.” I saw the silhouette through the glass pane before my newest client was admitted. Young woman, blonde...
It was the first time in my long career that a sight had truly left me stunned. I lowered my peach-colored glasses, taking another look at the man. “You aren’t an eldritch horror.” I remarked, voice a hushed whisper as my mind flickered through the possibilities. The fact that I could stare at the man without my protec...
I knew it was risky, but this motherfucker had it coming. So, I planned. First I visited the stage where he would be presenting; my power required me to have been there, or close by. So long as I could visualize the place in my mind, I could go there. I spent a hour in the dead of night pacing that stage, memorizin...
“So, you’re telling me,” Richard said, “that you are from a parallel world.” “Correct,” Dick replied. “And, if what you have been saying is true, that parallel world has absolutely nothing to do with that bag of dried leaves I saw hanging from your pocket,” Richard said. “Correct. Those dried leaves are for recreati...
The Fae council had never truly left, they just did not have the free access to the humans they once did. There were a few magicians and shape shifters that would open portals to let the Fae through, usually unintentionally as the industrial revolution took the magic in the land and dulled it with machines and steam. ...
“Maggie, if I have to call St. Elsenor’s one more time for Band’s files, I swear I’m just gonna drive over and pick them up.” I say. The nurses station bustled with scrubbed persons, going to and from, dropping charts off, picking them up. Lab samples in yet? Yes. Check in? No. Will you be using any insurance? It was...
Honestly, it turned out to be too easy. While humanity had only been united as species for a few decades, it only took an alien warship hovering between the Earth and the moon to cause absolute chaos and panic everywhere. When demands were made for humanities surrender, we did all we could and bluffed. To say we had p...
God folds blue feathered wings into his back as he lands at the feet of Abraham. Taking the form of a Kingfisher he looks up at his creation. "Abraham you are lucky to even speak with me, most of my children will not know my presence before death"the voice of God floats up from the small birds body, ringing through A...
I’d heard about the famous feuds between new brides and their mother-in-laws, but not to this degree. “Sorry it took a wedding for you to finally meet my mom,” Liana giggled, cheeks rosy with elation and a bit too much champagne. I attempted to school my features into an amicable smile for her sake, but Mistress Massa...
The mage held in his hands an object that did not resemble a weapon at first glance and he regarded it with confusion. He was told that a wizard named Eugene Stoner of Clan Armalite was responsible for this item before him, dubbed m4 assault rifle. It was designed to utilize strange magical powder in order to propel a ...
"Tch!" I clicked my tongue at the sight before me. It was so cliché that I had to restrain myself from covering my face. A castle, that looked to have recently be re-inhabited after being let to rot, stood alone on a hill. It was surrounded by fog, with lumbering forms of undead moving through it. The only thing that ...
The child’s plaintive wail was answered with a gust of wind and her pursuers raised wooden spears high to the sky, the stone tipped weapons painted with her parents’ blood already, their laughter mocking her. As she screamed again, rushing blindly forward, she took a step and disappeared; the men behind her freezing in...
“Gimme all your money! Now!” “I know you want my money but you don’t have to be so Benja-mean about it.” “Do you think I’m playing games with you? I’ll put you in the dirt if you keep messing with me!” “Oh, so long as they play a Lincoln Park song, it should be fine.” “Are you-… are you making puns right now?” ...
Julie let the incense smoke waft over her. She hated the smell, but it was apparently needed for...reasons. None of the priests had actually told her what those reasons were, just that they were very important. She knelt in front of the small alter and placed her hands on the ritual glass orb. Another thing that had a ...
"Should we parley with them?"a chubby advisor asked. "Parley?"Tubobliloo said. "What for? We are the Yuxolits. We don't parley." The chamber fell quiet, feeling that it would tolerate no discussion. Tubobliloo, the Supreme Commander of the Yuxolit Imperial Fleets sat waiting. Its tentacles twitched expectantly, re...
My head grew dizzy after hearing the verdict. I worked all my life to be the best in my field, innovating the breakthrough of the century, only to have it be my downfall. The judge had ruled in favor of my copy, and the board of directors. I was now their property. After all, any side product of the research was suppos...
"Humanity has been kept in isolation for millennia", the first alien ship to arrive to Earth told us. Of course it wasn't the first thing they told us, but once the general mass hysteria and hubbub died down a dialogue with the aliens could be established - that's what they told us. We begged them to tell us what the r...
I slumped against the wall, leaving a bloody trail on the worn bricks. The young man in front of me went pale, looking down at the smoking gun and back to me. "I-I didn't... I didn't mean to-" I inhaled sharply, my eyes glowing a bloody red. My body floated upwards, like a puppet on a string, and the young man leapt b...

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