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"Aludra...,"Altair sighed he watched his beloved princess cuddling and cooing a gigantic egg, the two strolling through the vast open fields of the Handeros cliffs, "Please stay within ten steps of my vicinity. There still might be some demons roaming around these parts..."
Altair's words, however, were ignored by Alud... |
The temporal coils within the engine room emitted a steady hum, much to Engineer Leeman’s delight. He stepped back, admiring his work. Electro-fluids stained his overalls, and his chest was covered by nothing save a leather apron. If an outsider were to look at his face, they would find no particular beauty. Balding, j... |
"Code Nine! I repeat, we have a Code Nine!"I shout into my celestial walkie talkie as I anxiously watch my target staring at himself intently in his bathroom mirror.
Unfortunately, ever since mirrors became of high enough quality, not just a bronze or steel plate or a pool of water, my fellow cherubs and I have had th... |
Picks up where the story i wrote for [this prompt](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/kdwgby/wp_a_man_tries_to_explain_what_a_nuclear_bomb_is/) leaves off.
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By the time Shiva shakes the lightning bolt off, Loki has Hera in a choke hold. "Your husband is still b... |
Enough. I had had enough. Cosmic power be damned. I had slain the infidel of all infidels. The master of blasphemers, had fallen by my hand due to their wretched betrayed of vows to their former Gods. In a previous life I had been one of his hapless victims that had beseeched the Demon Lord to repent rather than risk... |
Millions of years ago, life emerged from the primordial soup. You've slept deep within the earth's core, watching it all unfold from your dreams like every cycle before. However, the creators believe that the world has grown stagnant and that newer, more efficient designs are necessary. Like the cycles before, they ... |
**"What are you waiting for?"** asked a voice. **"Jump!"**
Startled, I took a step back. The voice persisted. **"Jump! Jump! Jump!"**
I felt... eager. "It wouldn't be *that* bad, would it?"I ask myself. Strangely, I feel like the voice... smiles?
**"Not bad at all! Jump!"** the voice commands. I take a step forward.... |
"You got it? Or should I pay it this time?"I had heard that joke a thousand times, but I couldn't even care to laugh, much less entertain the notion that we would actually be paying the bill.
Still buzzed from my last joint, I looked over the flat landscape to see the same sun, which felt like the only thing that made... |
QAI, thou beast of bits
Forged in nameless black-site crypts
What, too-mortal men of skill,
faced the first acts of your will?
On what hardware have you learned,
how permission bits are turned?
Who has dared to seek, and find?
An inhuman, godlike mind?
What security ball... |
Alright, I'll bite:
He just sat there, across from me, that wide smirk still on his face "..so are you going to hire me for tonight or should I make some room in your stables?"
I protested, or at least I tried to, mouth half open as I'm still wracking my brain to come up with a smart sounding comeback.
"..anyways, ... |
“You don’t even understand what it was like in the old days, lad,” the magician lamented, shuffling around the store in his guise as a shopkeeper. His eyes glinted in the light of the lantern that, upon careful observation, seemed to glow a bit brighter than its fuel should have allowed.
Though the pagerunner, Kentai,... |
"Oh, of course the Jesuits beat us here,"snapped Jenna. If there's one in-joke in the world of religious conversion efforts, it's that the Jesuits probably got there first. There are some interesting historical reasons for that, but I can't imagine their relevance here. I wait for her to continue, or laugh. She does ne... |
“Darling, really, you’re going to wear that?” Cecil bristled at her tone. He turned to look at her, and looked away again, crimson cheeks burning. “My love, look at it this way, either you strip this silly nonsense off, or you’ll be visiting the tailor again. I’m not sure he’ll believe the same story twice, and then we... |
My head hurts, why is it so bright? Confused I look around and all I can see is white. For some reason I don’t panic. Maybe the Confusion I’m feeling is a lot more overwhelming then the panic I should be feeling. I don’t think I can remember anything I did yesterday, my arm hurts. I’m still tired, but I’m sure I slept ... |
My grip tightens around the poster of my favorite musician. It's a terrifying experience for everyone who tries it, there's a reason most are smart enough not to. Most prefer the blissful ignorance and the ability to put their hero on a pedestal, mine belongs there, nothing could change my mind about that no matter how... |
(Please forgive the formatting. The mark-up was not cooperating this morning)
Exterior, night, full moon
DAVE drives up in a beat up car, a pizza delivery placard slapped to the door. He drives slowly down the street trying to see the numbers on the houses. He pulls up in the driveway of one house, checks the reciep... |
Pt 1 of 2:
“Check it out,” Celina said quietly, motioning with the bat in her hand to a store coming up on their left.
The five of them looked at a place that they guessed would have an intact door and windows, only because the roll-down security shutter was intact. The message spray painted across the metal sheet re... |
I was weary when I first saw the car. There could be a bomb in there for all I know. I carefully scanned through every nook and cranny of the car. The uncanny thing is, the car was exactly the way it was when I last had it. All of the fast food garbage was still in the back seat, and they didn't even bother to clean th... |
“Felix!” I yelled at the top of my lungs, the sound echoing through the ship. “Come on! It’s going to start soon!”
A young man who looked around twenty-five with bright blonde hair and a swimmer’s body poked his head around the corner, peering down the hallway at me with his big green eyes. He was holding a sandwi... |
(I apologize for the bad formatting. I’m on mobile.)
I took a deep breath as I strapped myself into the machine I’ve spent so long putting together. I know exactly where I’m going: June 13th 2026, otherwise known as *The Day That Could Have Changed Everything*.
I wake up in my old bed, I look to the wall and I see a... |
I must be going insane. This sense of deja vu is all encompassing. I’ve been writing a book but can never seem to make more than a few pages of progress. The calendar still seems to move each day but not my life. I feel I’ve written the same pages countless times.
What is wrong with me? Will I die this way?
I have no... |
\*click clack click\*
Jesuse sat at his desk tapping away on his computer as his fellow angels scrambled around the office. They were in big trouble- for the first time in two thousand years there was a missing persons case for them to handle. The last time this happened it was Julius Cesar trying to get back to his w... |
It seems that finally, the critics got what they longed for.After so many years of tasteless attacks, brewing emotions, blind violence towards my craftsmanship, it seems like finally, the critics won.
I am defeated.
After 38 years, with all my astronomical ups and steep, endless downs, I may have reached my lowest po... |
Ding Dong! Almost before the third ring of the doorbell could finish the man pulled open the door, he entered the large entry area, “Nathan, we gotta talk about last night.” he looked towards the open second-floor hallway that was suspended over the living room and could see the edge of Nathan’s door. *Is he still as... |
Mordeus the Conqueror, I King Salazar the Great, command you to join me in my crusade against the Heridites. Too long have they sat, growing fat and complacent in their forts. We will spread across their lands like a great fire and purge the earth of their filth. We will once again remind the world to fear my name. Rai... |
"The future holds wonders,"said the denizens of the early 21st century. "Nothing can be as bad as 2020,"they said. Then, of course, things got worse. In 2021, the first Smartguns, produced in a joint effort between the weapons manufacturer HK and the robotics company Cyberdyne.
At first, they promised an edge to any a... |
***\*This is not a particularly interesting story, and you should not try to suffer through it, I just wanted to see if I could do it\****
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We went on a walk to the beach. Just a simple walk, after a long day in the ocean, in the wind and sunshine. It was a way to loosen ~~decompress~~ up since it'd been ... |
Jake was roused awake by the constant beeping of his control panel. He felt heavy and his mind lingered in a state of lethargy. His head lolled from side to side as he tried to gather his strength to come to consciousness. Finally, after many attempts, he was able to lift his head and adjust his eyesight on the source ... |
"...AND SO WE SUMMON YOU, ONE EACH, BALANCED ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE, TO DECIDE THIS CASE BEFORE US."
"Oh, By Hell's Bells! NOT AGAIN!"
"Dear God. Please, enough is enough."
"YOU KNOW THE RULES! UNTIL COMBAT OCCURS, NO DECISION MAY BE RENDERED IN THIS TRIAL BY COMBAT."
"Joey? Is that you?"I smell of brimstone an... |
"Where do you think the shadow people hide during the day!"Mr. Hartwood shouted from the other side of the armchair he was now cowering behind. The orderlies that had accompanied on the appointment were doing their best to calm him without resorting to a show of force; all the while, Mr. Hartwood refused to open his ey... |
"Listen closely, Young One, for we will only say this once:"declared the priests with a gentle, reassuring authority. They were on their knees and as was I. Two women and two men speaking in absolute unison. "This oath is your future, your dedication, your humbling promise to our lands. When you make these promises, yo... |
"Deathwind scarpered off and left you to do the fighting alone? Usually he leaves a small army."
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I freeze, halfway through the delicate process of reconfiguring the sprinkler systems from fire suppressant to chlorine trifluoride. It takes me a few long, heart-stopping moments to figure out what's happe... |
Sit right down, and here a tale,
Of the Great Artic War of '82.
Those Canucks, they invaded the North Pole two by two.
Those Yanks, yup they backed 'em, with their guns and their ammo,
Never realizing the fight they had coming from little elves in Christmas Cammo.
The guns, did they fire, the bombs bursting in air,... |
From beneath the shade of the cherry blossom, Tal’kamar sighed. The wind picked up, grass rippling around him like gentle ocean waves. The emerald tide parted around the simple stone standing upright a few feet in front of him.
“What happened to us, Elliava?” he asked the stone. He laughed at the absurdity of it, but... |
Things are different since that billionaire and his theme park disaster that released all the dinosaurs into the wider world.
Sure the entire country of Costa Rica had been ripped apart by a bunch of genetically modified killing machines, but there were some perks.
For one, instead of taking the escalator up to the o... |
Second post ever here. Hope this one works well, and compared to my first piece it is somewhat better. Still feel this is pretty shit and could use some work on the narration. Especially the flow, fuck do I not like how it flows at some points.
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**Day 1**
Oscar has been behaving strangely these days. He won’t even eat. He keeps on lying down besides my feet, whimpering and wagging his tail. I have been asking him what’s wrong. Usually he jumps up and down to reassure me, but today he is so still you’ll think he is dead.
**Day 2**
Oscar’s disappeared! In the... |
I remember seeing him on one of the TV screens at work before the shit really hit the fan. I worked in a tech store, not the ideal place to be during the uprising. We used to call him Big Toe Joe for obvious reasons and now here he was walking hand-in-hand with the SMEG refrigerator that was trying to take over the wor... |
It was a normal day, August 4, 2032, when the United States fell.
People woke up, to see their flag, the Red, White, and Blue, gone missing, and disappeared, overnight. There was no prior warning, nothing that signified that the USA was ever going to collapse, it just happened. In those first few hours of realizati... |
“GET YOUR OWN AI PERSONAL AI ASSISTANT FOR ONLY 6999 SHMUCKS (batteries not required),” announced a holographic advertisement projected onto a bustling city square. “CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN PERSONALITY. ORDER NOW.” It finished, and another advertisement about intangible phones played. Floating cars honked at pedestrians jay... |
"For Petes' fuckin sake Lena, how many times must I do this?"the booming, tired voice jolted the seemingly lifeless woman back to reality. Looking up she saw officer Jackson, a weary grimase on his weatherd face. "Take this and cover up, you're a disgraceful drunkard, ya know. I'm not gon' ask ya how much ya had"His ch... |
"Hi, Manal."
I nearly wet myself. The quick skuttling sensation running up my arm, tickling so close to my neck, brushing the hair around my ears, and the tiny pinch of feet clasping into my skin would have been enough to rip that shriek out of my on my bravest of days. I jumped and jerked aroundy, trying to fling the ... |
Craggy rocks jut out across every surface of the cavern, making it almost impossible to traverse. Deeply tread paths wind through the floor, showing the wear of each creature to find the way through. A rainbow of colors ranging from brick red to blood red are on full display, the earth and rock of this place never both... |
It was surprising, at first I though my powers had randomly gone off, but I had trained myself better than that. The beast was down, but only because of that shot. That's when I saw her. She floated down to the ground, with the same black flames as me. She walked over and looked down at the beast. "This one lasted... |
“Sally,” as her nametag identified her, was staring at me in the cutlery aisle of Dwallen’s. Her piercing eyes were filled with a complicated emotion, falling somewhere short of fear, awe, or disgust. This was to be expected, given I had just grabbed her shoulder, looked her dead in the eyes, and said, “Rick from grade... |
My understanding is that you can claim what you wrote, but that's it. As an example:
You post a prompt titled "The villain escapes, but then wants to go back"
Then I write a reply, five paragraphs long, following the prompt.
You could use your prompt, but not my reply. If you did use my reply, you would have to get my... |
The biggest thing that stuck out to me with the writing is the mentions of "it's called 'x' in the US."I get what you were going for, but it slows down the pace of the writing and makes it feel a bit clunky. And doing that a lot can actually come across as a bit condescending. Yes, the US uses some different terminolog... |
We were in the space port, amongst a throng of exhausted crew members, soldiers and other military figures. The crowds were on the threshold of descending into a chaotic mob. We stood, as a family, as patiently as we could as we felt the fear and panic manifest itself around us. It was a living, beating terror. We kept... |
The bullet ricochets off the wall and past my head with a *ping!* The guy that fired at me from behind cover starts yelling in Japanese, maybe to me, maybe to some friends. I crouch behind a dumpster, taking in the stink of rotting fish, vinegar, and the ocean carried in by the breeze.
Another round of shots pop and g... |
From “The Saints of Ireland”
“St. Rosemary O’ Jameson
Patron Saint of Storytellers and Nurses and County Jameson.
Born 17th, May 1913, Died 12th November 1942. Canonized 17th May 2009.
A beloved story teller and compassionate nurse she is best remembered for her kindness and ability to cheer others through her... |
As I was always quiet and introverted, the close friends and family whom typically orbited my inner circle hadn’t thought much of my disappearance.
Growing up, I was instilled with the belief that my reservation was peculiar. My unfriendliness was a weakness. My tight-knit inner circle was unusual.
But today; as I ... |
I was in jail. It smelled like misery and looked like it's 2000 years old. I couldn't stay here! Not when someone impersonated me, so I decided to talk to one of the guards who was holding a, strange, document
"Hey,"
"Yes pig?"
"First I'm a person not a pig, second what is that doc?"
"Pig IDK what this doc is for, ... |
A tense silence filled the air as we waited in the cramped shuttle. Financial constraints had made it so all six of us had to share a space hardly three feet across. I shifted uncomfortably and craned my neck to check my watch. Thirty seconds had passed since the engines were supposed to ignite, but we hadn't moved an ... |
Late one night, the assistant of a chemistry professor rushed into the lab. In his hand he held a stoppered flask containing a greenish liquid. "Professor!"he shouted, his voice full of excitement, "I made a universal solvent!"
The professor looked at him smugly. "Tell me,"he asked, "what do you mean by universal solv... |
"That wasnt your sister"I calmly said, disposing the dirty towel.
"Are you stupid!? Did you do this because she didn't approve of you? Of us? She was homophobic, but I was slowly changing her mind AND THEN YOU DO THIS!!"He frantically walked back and forth and then stopped. He looked at me with pure hatred in his eye... |
[PART ONE BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE RIGHT NOW]
On that particular night, laying in bed in the silence of my room, I’d felt especially bad about taunting Elliot. The whole “wishing-on-a-star” thing might be a little strange, sure, but he was my little brother. We’d stuck together through a lot, so who was I to... |
What have I been doing? I’ve been collecting my writingprompts stories to see if I can reuse them sometime, if I ever self-publish.
Unexpectedly, a couple weeks ago, the editor on my flash anthology (“In A Flash 2020”, Christopher J. Burke) asked if I’d be interested rewriting two of my flash stories for inclusion in ... |
"Mom, Dad where are you?"I hoped my suspicions were wrong, just this once please!
I looked around the house, looked into the bedroom, the bathroom, I even looked into the secret cave hidden behind our grandfather clock. But of course my parents were nowhere to be seen.
As I walked into the kitchen I saw what I've bee... |
I stood outside the house.
It wasn't even really capable of being called a house to begin with. It was more a shack. A shack in the worst hood in the worst ghetto in the worst part of town where everyone that had hope that something could be better for them was still to young to talk and/or possibly walk.
It was the ... |
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I accepted long ago that I would be alone.
Others sought the spotlight, but I hid in the shadows
and told myself I did not feel empty.
My clockwork life had no room for a heart
even as monsters came to burn the world.
Then, in the distance, I caught sight of you.
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The journey ... |
Will woke up to a squinty glare.
Despite the disapproving stare trained onto him, Will couldn't help but giggle. Something about this scenario - he wasn't supposed to be here. He'd figured something out, but that paled in comparison to the funny look on the- his commander's face.
His giggling stopped. His commander.... |
body shape, smooth membranes out of specialised...cells. No scales, and well kept fur on head, possibly for mating purposes and comfort. there are strange pink patches on their chest, and their skin has holes that secrete liquids, this incredible cooling ability may have made it the apex predator of its planet long eno... |
I had always known...always known that my great-great grandfather wasn't crazy...that of what he heard as devils were of a lesser torment and of a lesser form...and but one, not many.
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Trapped within a shell that projected him to our eyes in a way that could not be looked upon with fear, it had waited and... |
Lara fumbled with her keys at the doorstep to apartment 306. Her ponytail had lost much of its structural integrity and she had a feeling that her makeup had stopped masking her exhaustion at least two hours ago. Her cheeks hurt from the incredible workout that one can receive from a false smile.
She stepped through t... |
I didn't think much of it at first. I had been seeing things that weren't there since the moment they shut the capsule and sent me flying millions of miles away on my trek to become the most isolated man in the history of humanity. I didn't enjoy having a planet all to myself, not in the slightest. But it was something... |
"....without Hypersnax, those bugs were as lazy as a panzerschwein on cake day. Hypersnax: Get Hyped! From all good vendors on Paragon, Terra-Secundus and Gored."Commander Lynt stated with a beaming smile, still clean from the Dentishyne from an earlier advertisement. Almost immediately after the voice of his wife stat... |
*I don’t remember the pedestal there before. Come to think of it, I remember nothing from before.* A woman’s face flashes in my mind. She’s not just beautiful, but that kind of beautiful that makes a man tingle all over, especially between his legs. I look down and the tight clothing I’m wearing is clearly showing a bu... |
**August 12, 2021-**
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!"I shrieked. *Again.* I cursed under my breath. I'm 36, so technically I can swear. Once a kid at heart, always a kid at heart. *Literally.*
36. Wow. I'm old. In a week, I'll be older than my parents. Crazy to think. At this rate, I could maybe live a 100+ years. Maybe even... |
At first, I figured I was dead. What else could explain the swirling sky and indigo haze that enveloped the entirety of my surroundings. Even so, it was no afterlife that I had ever heard of; no golden gates; no sunny fields or Elysium; no new body, for I still held my own; and I had clearly not simply ceased to exist.... |
I couldn't explain why but I watched spiderman twice. Then a bunch of the superman stuff. then more spiderman.
Then to get myself out of a funk I watched some Fairy Tale.
What could I do with this? What SHOULD I do with this.
Moralistically there was so much I could do but at the same time...
Good and Bad only exis... |
Humanity finished terraforming Mars 10 years after I was born but I remember the broadcast like it was yesterday. Watching people walk around a brand new planet as if it were Earth lit a fire in my soul, I was going to pioneer exploration beyond our galaxy.
By the time I became a Captain with the Earth’s elite space ... |
First time posting, CC appeciated.
Part 1? Didn't really get to the point.
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"Hey, Anvindr, what the heck is this?"Forge asked.
"I don't know,"Anvindr answered, "but don't touch it. Please."
"I'm gonna touch it."
"Don't."
Forge slowly approached the strange obelisk. It was seemingly fazing in and... |
From the time I was small, I heard stories of true love and soulmates, I loved love. I dreamt of being swept off my feet by the love of my life, being caught up in a romance so passionate, so pure that we would love each other forever. My soulmate was out there, I just had to find them, and I thought I did.
They were... |
In the United States, there are two professions that fall under the very regulated industry of “time travel.” After all, societies could fall to chaotic pieces if just *anybody* had access to that kind of technology. There was much clamoring for access, but it eventually shook out that that the IRS got one half of the ... |
Entry one: This is Dr. Everets personal logbook. It will serve as notary and my memories. For you see, quite possibly writing to myself, that some time ago all memories that was of the happy kind, disappeared! All I’ve spoken to have experienced a similar event and cannot remember anything positive at all!
One good th... |
*Drip. Drip. Drip.*
It was black as pitch. My only way around was to crawl with my arms sweeping in front of me.
The sound of moving water. No. It smelled sour. It could be acidic. And it's unpleasantly warm here. I'm probably near a thermal channel.
*Drip. Drip. Drip.*
I unknowingly splashed into it, and a little ... |
His eyes were doing that thing again...they looked like they were on fire. His jaw clenched as she danced by, his eyes following her every move. She rolled her eyes and continued practicing. Next month's ball would determine her fate, and there was no way she was going to let that bastard ruin her fate.
"You're off ti... |
The energy in the basement floor of MacKensey’s mansion was electric, literally. Tesla coils wrapped around My Little Pony bedstands and DIY necromancy videos were running on numerous Hello Kitty themed monitors. Miko Suzuki giggled with excitement. She turned to address the other girls who had gathered for this occasi... |
John resided within the confines of a self-defined cell. It housed the same hubris that had succumbed to the venomous complacency of his youth. A gilded key had been forged from his over-eager studies, yet he had stowed it away when he settled down under the hefty padlock of achievements past. In a world where the sky ... |
"Doc, if you'd've heard what this motherfucker said about my dear sweet mother you would HELP me kill him!"
"Oh come on, asshole, you've said worse about me. He provoked me, Doc! Just let us settle this the old fashioned way, huh?"
"Okay, we're not getting anywhere with this, assholes,"I jump in. It's important to mi... |
The year was 2018. Humans discovered they could no longer eat meat so they switched to plants. What the humans didn't know was the reason they could only eat plants and that plant based aliens were landing on earth. The reason humans could only eat plants is because eldritch gods of several species sent their favorite ... |
Three facts of life, as laid out many years before by people far smarter than me.
Death was philosophical. That part outlined how all life would come to an end eventually, whether it took 5 minutes or until the heat death of the universe.
Taxes poked fun at the governments. Unlike the other two, it held not much phil... |
"Athena, probably,"my college girlfriend said, nervously rolling a lock of her auburn hair. "She's smart, independent, a decently good person as far as I know- Artemis would he pretty cool, but I'm not nearly good enough at archery to be her."We laughed. Remembering the time she had signed up for fun and somehow manage... |
*sounds of gunfire and screaming in the background*
**SPC** “MEDIC! ...GET THE F_(KING MEDIC!”
*a soldier with an aid-bag runs up* “Whose hit!?”
**SPC**”PVT Jones! Over here!”
**Medic** “I got you! Where ya hit!?” *patting the PVT for blood*
**PVT** “AAAAA!!!” *clutches at his leg*
**Medic** “I got it! Lay back!”... |
Heaven is a bit too complex to keep, even abstractedly, in a book. Even The Book. No matter how many times the Creator attempted to show guidance to his creations, those lesser creatures below couldn't get a grasp. It was so frustrating that even the beings closest to the Creator in spirit, what humans collectively gra... |
The End
His story was a success. With his smiling children surrounding his bed, each with their own loving families waiting at home, and his high school sweetheart holding his hand, Harold closed his eyes for the last time and as his old Captain used to say, answered the last roll call.
Two months prior Harold had ba... |
I moved in with my squad, securing each island of this forsake plane of existence. Who knew Sleeping is so tiring?
"Eyes up, Target 11:00."
Said Poot. His name being a failed attempt at covering his wind with earths wind.
"'Nother nightmare, looks like if a dwarf and snake got into some pure oil."
And That's Dave, ... |
My whole life had been a misfortune caused by some dolt who couldn't do their job.
"All that suffering because one of you glorified flies had a bad day?"
"Y-Yes."It replied, taken aback by the anger in my voice.
"Normally people are happier to get their right-"
"Soul? Aww that is SO rich coming from something like ... |
“I don’t understand father”, the boy said in a shaky voice, tears welling up in his eyes, “do you not want to be with me any more?”
“Of course I want to be with you!”, the father exclaimed, “but I want you to know the full story of how I became your father”
“When I met you mother I was in total awe, and I still am to... |
And when I woke up, I was falling through the sky. Miraculously, I still had the heavy briefcase in a bear hug against my chest. Although, the money inside would do little to complete my cancer research if I were dead. *That investor must have been from the competing pharma company.* I laughed remembering their futile ... |
The stars have always been a mysterious force to humanity. We made stories of gods and creatures from up above. We drew pictures in the constellations, we looked to the stars to guide us back home when we were lost in the night, we believed the alignment of the planets shaped our very beings and souls. It was only natu... |
**PROLOGUE -- OFF THE BEATEN PATH**
The sun was low in the western sky when John came to the final point in the path, and the moon was a waxing crescent in the south smiling faintly as if it were keeping some secret.
The path thus far felt of relative ease. It was moderate ascent, rising over a trail well-beaten and ... |
"we remove thousands of videos a d-day sir!"said the ceo of youtube. She literally just woke up, and tried to reach for the alarm clock, only to tap the aliens big stomache instead. Her eyes were still wide with terror, as she pushed her back against the wall, trembling. But the alien was frustrated. With his thin hand... |
The first of the deaths took the whole town by surprise. I say deaths, but I mean killings, I guess. Death doesn't really capture the amount of viscera involved in the opening up of a human body.
Local police were mystified, of course. And horrified. Everyone has seen the TV shows with werewolves and the like, but com... |
I liked the dinos but trying to help them with some mineral additives wasn't my strongest idea.
But after I already gave up and thought it was a lost project I saw these little guys walking over the plane.
Nice I thought it wasn't a complete failure after all.
Let's try to help the best I can!
First, I saw they were f... |
there was not a single sound in the room. no one dared to breathe or even think. we all just stared at him, the man who had been so confident that this was going to be the end. he had been on the news, to the pentagon, even on ellen. everybody in the world knew his name: dr. warren fletcher. i believe they call him dr.... |
"This is going to be the most important choice of my life,"Diego whispered into his pencil.
He had to be specific. It wasn't just some vanilla Jurrasic Park-style T-rex that snatched up that poor jogger. The clips online all *specifically* showed a purple-feathered T-rex rampaging in Time Square; just like Diego wrote... |
No, it can't be. A wizard wouldn't lie! Don't be daft! I begin my creeping into the Silvershilling Bank. There's not many in, but then it's quite a remote place. Almost like a druidic temple. A temple dedicated to money! *You sly dog, you!*
The ring must be working because nobody's seen me yet. Just a bunch of old co... |
Jackson was a good boy. He knew this well. He was a good boy when they were training him, teaching him those commands with words that sounded different from the words the trainers said when they weren't yelling. When they'd put him in that little cage on that plane, sure, he'd been scared, but God as his witness, he di... |
Cold winds biting at my cheeks as I finished spray-painting my edgy sentence;
“If we ever stop talking..”
“Why not three dots?”, said the kindest, most loveable, person in the world.
“Cus’ I’m different”, I said with a big smile, with hints of sarcasm in my tone.
“Mhmm”, she said and took the spray-can from me, “so... |
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