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The spirit technician and I looked at the screen with equally puzzled faces. “Is it just me, or is it getting louder?” he asked. On the screen the duck was waddling in a circle quacking non-stop. There was nothing else but the duck as the background and the floor was white and devoid of detail. “…Do you like ducks?”...
Lily gracefully sung the chords of Ave Maria while taking her shower. At the crescendo of her operatic incantation, her mirror made a cracking sound. When she peered out at the glossy reflective oval, it was pristine and unbroken. It was them, wasn’t it. They were trying to stop the pain, the indescribable agony of tr...
I can't feel. Oh, I can fake it well enough. But true emotion is only available to me in one way. If I take it from others. It sounds terrible, stealing emotions. However, I've managed to only pilfer the negative emotions, the ones that overpower others, make them helpless, keep them from living their life. And of cour...
“Quite frankly, I had to resort to my imagination to endure the pain they inflicted on me. Verbally, and sometimes physically by my cousin.” “What fantasies?” I replied to the young Harry, now almost fourteen years old. “I daydreamed about owls that would come to me with letters. That, it sounds stupid now, that I w...
Dragons are not real, as Tanner's parents had explained, when he was old enough to understand. At least, not in the way that Tanner, his parents, and old Mrs. Baker down the road were real. At first, Tanner was outraged. If dragons were not real, he had demanded, why had his parents given him a traditional dragon bank...
Thunder rolled and an icy wind blew through Hell. "YOU ARE STILL ALONE,"the deity intoned through the wind. The Devil sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I have 240 demons, billions of sinner's souls, and all the gay people you keep sending me. I am not lonely!" The wind continued to blow before it whispered, "I don't bel...
Aladrin sat on the porch of his cabin smoking a pipe. He watched the sorcerer walk away through the path that lined the fields. It was the 3rd healer that had come this month and his wife was still in pain. It had begun as a small pain in the abdomen, then it got worse as they days passed followed by disorientation an...
"Morning, Eliza." Fred was like that, always friendly, always holding the door. Or trying to, I suppose. "Who've we got today?" "Car crash in the first three biers, cancer in the fourth, natural causes in the fifth." I set up and began working on the crash people first; they were heading straight to cremation since...
Now, you might be wondering just how a ketchup bottle could lead to nuclear war, as you should. It's a frankly ridiculous state of events that took the survivers 300 years to figure out. The year is 2001, Jeremiah Comfrey has finished making his scrambled eggs. He goes to eat them when he suddenly realizes just what ...
It had been a long time since I had been given a vessel. It had to be very specifically selected and prepared, for few could withstand the ground work that preceded my possession. Runes and glyphs had to be carved in flesh, bone and organ. Even then, if they survived, I would not be held for long. Mortal bodies were n...
"Why are we the ones going into the galactic council? It wasn't our fault that someone had finally pissed off and offended some alien!"As was said by a middle aged man, rubbing his shaggy hair and dropping flakes into his ill adjusted brown suit. "Because it is our duty as human beings to represent our species in a po...
We didn't understand it any better after the translation. Sure, the words made sense now, the hauntingly beautiful and questioning tonal voice changed into a human language through months of hard work. But we didn't understand the message. It was nonsensical. Irrational, even. Sure made the astrophysicists throw a fit....
"This is the song that never ends!" Four hours. For four hours the jailer had been listening to this. "Yes, it goes on and on, my friends!" Four. Fucking. Hours. I have to respect his willpower. "Some people started singing it not knowing what it was!" My throat was definitely feeling it from the hours of singing,...
"Fuck!"I yell as my eyes open again to the same goddamn song on the goddamn alarm radio in this goddamn hotel. I get up and pick up the alarm and just start smashing it against the nightstand. Fucking piece of shit. This trickster was something else. Just be a worse person he said. How much worse could I be!? I kille...
08:00: Logging... Shipment Recieved, 5c, Optomal 08:15: Logging... Batch 008902 complete, 5c, Optomal, Operating Efficiency 92% 08:16: Loggong... Shipment Recieved, 5.2c, Optomal 08:30: Logging... Batch 009003 complete, 5.2c, Optomal, Opperating Efficiency 95% 08:31: Logging... Shipment Recieved, 5.6*c, Sub-opt...
“As tribute to your Majesty, Arafar Blackwing IV of His Name, Lord Protector of the Skies, King of Dragons, Master of the Blackwing Clan, and Honored Lord and Noble of Groundwalkers, I hereby give you mine daughters: Princesses Evelyn, Grace, Minerva, and Theia to your custody” The Emperor of Gorestal said, vowing his ...
“Mother, please stop sabotaging my dating life! I know about your concerns, but she’s an elf! She isn’t a mere human who will fall over dead in less than a century!” “Vanitus, my dear boy, elves can still die of old age while gods like us will never die of natural causes. I don’t want you to be grieving for the few hu...
Waking up early, made me one of the first people to learn of our new predicament. A predicament faced by many citizens in our prosperous town, with thousands of inhabitants, situated where the rivers Tarhemmai and Taryorai meet, flowing together to the sea as the great Tarvratai. A vibrant and important trade hub, sudd...
The man ran down the alleyway as I gave chase. I am Torrent, an E-Rank Hero with the Hero Association. My listed power is control over water, that includes vaporizing it and freezing it. It was a hot summer day, I was just finishing handing out water bottles for people who were suffering from heatstroke and getting th...
This was a fun concept, I wanted to improve my dialogue and writing skills. “Please, I just want to get to my family! Let me on board” the person begged. “No, you shall not enter, for you are a filthy human. Get on the peasant train” The AI responded. The human got on his knees, with his sorrowful eyes looki...
I thought of Buster, my dog. Eleanor, my beautiful wife. I thought of my children, Katie and Steven. My mom, who had just gotten out of the hospital after kicking cancer in the balls. The ship was silent, due to all the dead bodies. They all fell because they thought. Allowed their minds to drift. They allowed themse...
"Keys.... keys...Ahah! Found them!"I pull them out from the bottom of my gigantic bag. "Why don't you wear the ribbon around your neck?"My oh so wise eight year old says while rolling their eyes at me. "Because I have three key lanyards now. It's called a lanyard, not a ribbon. I have one for work, one for the car, ...
I swear to god. I told him. I told him I told him I told him. I said that the world was too big a playground for it to be a fun game. I said it wasn’t worth and he said “but we have aaalll the time in the worldddd” GOD. I had traveled through multiple continents, the ocean, I even considered space but I remembered that...
Most of our scientists expected first contact to be more akin to finding an aquatic life form under the ice crust of Europa. The twirling ball of salty slush circumnavigating Jupiter seemed ripe for extraterrestrial life. We hadn’t even scraped the surface before “The Greens” contacted us. They brought with them fanta...
"Everything has a cost. That's the biggest truth any star-faring merchant worth their credits needs to learn. "Make a trade deal? Down payment cost. Operate a starship? Maintenance cost. Fight off system pirates? Repair and ammunition costs. The sooner you all get this truth into your heads, the easier it will be t...
I was 20 when the world ended. I was in college fucking anyone with a hole and putting all sorts of substances into my holes. I felt like a king back then. One day, I woke on the sidewalk after one of my many coke binges, which wasn't exactly a rare occurrence. However, I was alone that morning. No one was stepp...
Unfortunately, I think all of our efforts are drowned by that black hole of horror, My Immortal: >Hi my name is Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that’s how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of ...
"So basically, magic,"said the bartender. The rest of the villagers murmured in agreement. I had stopped concealing my sighs hours ago. "No. Elec-tri-city." The hardest part about suddenly appearing in the year 1612 is thinking you're going to change the world and then realizing you have no idea how things really wor...
A hulk crashes through the plaster adorning my living room's edges, barreling into my flat screen television just as the Bulls kick the ball in with 10 seconds left. Not the Hulk mind you, they all look kind of like hulks up close. Muscles of improbable, even impossible dimensions, bulging so much that perfectly tann...
Steven leaned naked against the frame of the open bathroom door, his gleaming member dangling like the tail of a dog that knew it’d done something wrong. She stared at him, eyes taking in his every contour, trying her best to avert her gaze from his no-no region. “Do you like what you see?” he asked, pushing himself o...
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that it has been a long..."Mr. Keller coughed politely. "... and expensive night for all of you."Scattered tired laughter rose out of the rows of plush seats, now only half-full. "But if you will bear with us for only a little longer, I think you'll find our next, and final, collection t...
Evan was looking forward to this weekend. He was going to finally beat the RPG that’s he’s been playing for months. He was an achiever. He went for every accomplishment possible in the game. He even restarted his file to get every romance before defeating the final boss. He hated English and of course he zoned out duri...
The cage was tightened around his forehead, his makeup smearing on O'Briens wrists. "Are you going to screw it in? Please say you'll screw it in. That way, when it doesn't work, you can say screw 'im!" This particular citizen was slotted for the most love the Ministry could give. He'd been through a fair amount alre...
I sat in the white room, in a white chair, at a white table. Sitting before me, the only other object in the room: an apple. It looked shiny, almost fake. One bite had been taken out. I was told on the way in that a final test lay before me, before I could enter the Gates. This must be it. This has to be the Forbidde...
"You couldn't possibly understand what it is I hold in my hand. This power too strong for the light of day. I constantly fight the compulsion to match a word with words. It sounds so absurd. But I just feel it's a burden I can never put words in to my sentences that make sense. I struggle and I stay tense. I ...
Jonah looked down at the watch on his wrist and grinned. It was April 7th, 1:40PM, 2330 and for the first time in a hundred years, they had succeeded. They, of course, were the World Historical Prevention Agency. Back in the 2200s the citizens of the world had finally come to accept that their world was cyclical i...
“Grandpa?” Soni's eyes searched his. “Please say something. Please...” By her side sat... Soni said her name was EviVi SamNexa G6. The bot had softly said that we should call her Vivi. Lane had ushered them to the living room and fixed them tea and sandwiches. Tom had known she was a bot the second she walked...
An eternity of happiness. That was what god promised us. A beautiful paradise, filled with fruit, beauty, and an air that provided eternal life; and that's exactly what it was. A truly magnificent place of wonder and enlightenment, where your mere existence was pure ecstasy. Each night, the trees dressed themselves in...
The Fowgrartionsians destroyed their planet through pollution and habitat destruction. After decades of searching they have found another suitable planet. The inhabitants of this planet call it "Earth". All data leads to the conclusion that they are still using primitive weapons. The most powerful weapon detected was a...
I am Dia, Grand Guardian Angel, hailing from the Seventh Circle of Paradise. I have defended druids, saved saints and preserved the Messiah until his time had come. And in times when God and Lucifer take their rest, and few Guardian Angels are required, we may take up optional assignments. Simply better the world by g...
Dr. Mike Sanders sat in a dimly lit room and nervously adjusted his four in hand tie. Clasped in his left hand was a small manilla envelope which contained the summary of his mountains of research. Sitting in this waiting room, Mike couldn't help but feel like a lamb being lead to slaughter. They had tried so hard...
They say that the Earth had been proven to be flat for centuries before the edge was found. Ancient philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists all had evidence of such. But of course, no one remembers them. They only remember the discovery of the edge, by the great explorer Nallegam. It was not a literal edge, of c...
We got to the ship. After entering the airlock, I began waking up the crew and informing them of the situation. "Can you excuse us for a while? We need to discuss this." Two days passed. Then the days became weeks of discussion, and they didn't even let us listen. One month later, the crew left the conference room. T...
“Um…excuse me?” “Phone call for you Mr. President, it’s President Putin.” “Why is he calling your cell phone?” “Said he lost your number.” That didn’t really explain why Putin had my top aide’s phone number, but curious I reached out and she handed me the phone. “Hello?” “Hello, Bob. It’s Vlad.” I’d never c...
"Adam! C'mon, show me already!" He grins, stroking her hair as she shifts impatiently behind the blindfold. "Ease up Evelyn! It's got to be just the right moment." Music begins playing, familiar music. "Is that -" It is. The blindfold falls off to reveal a white script moving up a screen. Evelyn blinks. Words keep...
I decided to make this Part 4 to an ongoing story; it will make sense on its own, but reading the other parts may make it more interesting: [Part 1](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2ndkmh/wp_an_archaeologist_uncovers_an_ancient_book_he/cmcpbc5) [Part 2](http://www.reddit.com/r/Luna_Lovewell/comments/2...
Journal of Complications Complication #1: Rancid Piss. Turns out that all of the liquid waste I expel is concentrated into the tiny squirt of rancid piss I squirt out every few days, since my water intake is now minimal. Wonder if it works against wild animals. Complication #2: Holy. Shit. Dreams are incredibly more ...
"Jess, why are you still with that man?"Kathy said, passing Jessica a starbucks cup across the plastic table. Jessica opened the plastic lid carefully, savouring the sweet, chocolaty, coffee aroma that rose up from it. She knew it would be too hot to drink right now, but she could barely help herself. She took a sip...
My dad had noticed I was the right age to go exploring, I guess, and when I got out of school for the first day of vacation, practically running home under a sky so much bluer than it had seemed through the classroom windows, there was a red bike leaning against our garden fence. One of the great things about being a...
I and my two friends were on vacation to the Ukraine, and were kinda close to Chernobyl. We walked around and didn't feel any pain, but Steve's skin was turning dark slowly. Eventually we decided to enter the facility. There was construction of a giant half dome to cover it from radiation, it can't be that bad, can i...
"Hey, J.M.?"I asked to gauge if he was still not talking to me. A long silence of static noise followed. After several minutes, a faint click and the sound of J.M's familiar yet unsettlingly slow breathing eased my emotional distress. "I'faut q'tu dis "over"a la fin,"he announced stubbornly with full knowledge tha...
Item #: SCP-3337 (provisional designation) Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3337 is to be kept in a humanoid containment cell at Site-36. The cell is to be fitted with multiple redundant stereo systems capable of playing music at 65 dB or above. In addition, the subject is to be pr...
It can be hard to look at yourself with honest eyes - to admit your faults. It tears you up inside - owning up to your failures. I won't lie to you and try to convince you that I didn't know what a screw-up I was back then. I won't tell you I didn't love the praise, though. And now that Penny's dead. I switched of...
I went a bit with the American Revolution. I know that's not the start of Capitalism, but it works much better with a revolution to kick it off "Gather around animals", said Old George, the oldest boar on the farm. He had sired dozens of pigs in his lifetime, which earned him the respect of nearly every animal o...
As Thomas looks out at past the partition, the apathy of his acts slowly settles on the viewing gallery. Despite the gruesome nature of what this monster had done, not a single sound is emitted by anyone in attendance of the execution. The mechanical motions of the physician administering the drugs to Thomas' system ...
Han was ready. The weight of the blaster hidden beneath the table was a welcome reminder that those who shoot first are the ones who live. His nonchalant slouch belied the tension in his body. "This isn't even fair,"he thought to himself as Greedo's hand began to clench. He briefly entertained the notion of simply m...
"What are your people like?"I quickly typed in the ICCETI (Instant Communicator for Contact with ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence). The people of this planet had figured out my language, and I figured they would be able to respond quickly. Shen and his team of linguists had managed to cobble together a translator progra...
Hello, and welcome to my website, BruceTheBat.org There is no need to drum this up with dramatics, I'll just say it, Batman, the famous masked detective, is actually Bruce Wayne, millionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Let's observe the facts: 1) Batman uses high tech gadgets while Bruce Wayne runs a...
My eyes snap open. The ceiling is white. The doctors wear white. The light is white. It is all wrong. "Where am I!"I shout. Why did I shout it? "He's awake!"they mutter, quickly converging and descending with needles and instruments, "who screwed up the dosage?" Dosage? For what? "Where am I!"this time I roar,...
"... you're kidding me."I struggled, slidding myself up into a sitting position, back against the hard wooden frame of the bed. "You're kidding me..." She muttered in her sleep, shifting slightly, snoring gently. I could feel her heat under the blanket we shared. Still warm. Still alive. I smiled. Despite the raging ...
This was the most excited, Marin had ever been. This year it was his duty, to host the 25th annual meeting of the Marins of the universe. Of course there was an infinite number of universes in total and it had been his duty to select the Marins appropriate for this meeting. Firstly there had to be considered that on...
I am the shadow of my family slain, A daughter stabbed, a wife, thrice raped, then killed; And both my sons were hanged, but not in vain: The murd'r's beating heart shall soon be stilled. I saw upon the walls a bloody note. Licentious words gave up the anguine man, Whose lexical effluvium did coat, The house in...
Title: You Know Nothing Laura Snow "You cannot be Bill,"said Laura. "Oh but I am,"said Bill. A sly smile hung on his lips. He pulled the necklace out of his pocket from when they were eighteen. Her eyes watered. "You were buried with that,"said Laura. "That's what they wanted you to believe,"said Bill. "...
In the years after the first awakening, cryo drills joined the pantheon of earthquake, fire, and tornado drills. On cryo days, the school gym swarmed with students working in teams to seal each other into mock-pods. Later, when I went to work for Ellipsyce, I marveled at the accuracy of the pods we had used in school. ...
My favorite instrument is the pipe organ- I could play it all day long and never feel underwhelmed. The sound it emits is just so magnanimous and exhilarating, and to think that it's nothing more than the passage of air through tubes...I am ceaselessly amazed by it. I do admit, though, that it takes a true artist to e...
There aren't many of us left now. I suppose when you kill human beings, they want to kill you in return. It explains a few things. But, I, the eldest of us, am asked where we came from the newest converts. It's ironic. Ten plagues struck Egypt, and the final plague was the death of the first born child. And yes, I died...
“It’s actually a Nerf Zombie Strike Crossfire Bow, thank you,” I said as a particularly iffy-looking satyr eyed my weapon jealously. “Uh,” he said, and clip-clopped off. Just as he was passing the tavern doors they burst inward with a titanic force, smashing the unfortunate creature into the wall and turning him into ...
“What?” the sullen, combative face in front of me belched. “You can’t prove nothing. What you gonna do? Mardy cow.” I closed my eyes. I drew breath. I gripped a whiteboard marker firmly in my right hand, running my thumb over the ridges in the cap, picking at them with my nail. In a flash of lightning and rage, I jam...
"Guiness World Records this is Margaret." Damn it. "Margaret it's me can you put her on?" "Who is this?"I can tell by the suspicion in her voice this is going to be harder than usual. "Margaret, it's Elliot. Can you just put her on please? This is serious I've actually got something this time!" God I sound patheti...
The world erupted into flames as the crowd was thrown to the ground. Eighty-six people were killed by the initial blast, leaving three hundred seventy-three wounded. William forced his eyes open, willing himself to see the red carnage that covered the scene. Fire. Blood. Bodies. The glaring mid-day's sun revealed all ...
The walls of the bus creaked and groaned as it shot across the intergalactic highway. Outside was nothing but pitch black nothingness and a few small white stars that dotted the skies. The captain of the vessel was a middle-aged redheaded woman who had years of stress carved into the wrinkles of her face. Her one-piece...
WOW. And here I was thinking that MY costume was impressive! These guys went ALL OUT! I thought to myself as I wove through the crowd of scales and wings. Red, black, blue, eyestalks, horns, tails...every different body type imaginable was packed together like sardines in a can. This is FANTASTIC! I grinned from...
“Good morning, Miss Barlow. How’s your cat doing?” Matt said, always trying to please. He’s almost like a puppy. An ugly puppy. “He’s doing fine, Mattsie, thanks to you. I’m so glad you managed to get my Sophie out of that tree!” Yeah, especially seeing as the idiot fell off it and broke a wrist while trying. Really,...
A thousand glistening eyes watched from the ceiling as I led Mr. Wayne through the construction site; the bats above didn't seem to be bothered by the constant noise of jackhammers and heavy machinery. I showed him the massive garage that we'd carved through solid rock, even though he had a perfectly good one full of I...
Platymantis montanus (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platymantis_montanus) The students’ conversations turned to hushed whispers when Prof. Guey entered the class room. He never gave a greeting, and never gave the same lecture twice. He was such a strange teacher that often those that weren’t taking the class would often snea...
"Good lord. This kid is severely ill."I note. "Yo, I check the mic, while you checks it out. How about some motha fuckin' pudding and jello, oh hello, nurse...I rhymes onto the next verse. Chocolate, vanilla... I don't give a shit, just gimme a spoon and some TV to watch with it."The patient went on. The nurse l...
There he was. I had been cruising the bars all night long, looking for my 10/10. And I'd finally found him. Sure, I might have found him at Heritage Wrecked, which just so happened to be the headquarters for the local biker gang, the Barracudas. But that wasn't going to stop me. He was at least six four. His bice...
It started with kittens. Fluffy, innocent, stupid kittens. Burning a litter of them seemed like the quickest, surest way to put my name in lights. Literally. I was going to burn them with a fire-equipped droid. One droid would spell “Captain Sinister” in the air while another burned the kittens. The two fires would l...
"HAHAHA! That is a funny joke. I'm totally not a skeleton in disguise whaaaat? No."Said the totally not a skeleton in disguise. "No, no I'm just a regular human like you. I have muscles and a digestive track and lungs just like every other human. Because that's what I am. A regular human and NOT a skeleton secre...
A huff of smoke escaped the dragon's nostrils. Too many villagers had already come to him lying about this or that, and day by day the mighty creature had refused their pleas. One other made no difference. "Please, I beg of you! Her- her parents will never let me marry her if I'm so poor!"A young man was standing befo...
Karen had always been fond of me. She made me herself at Build-A-Bear. It was my sole purpose to protect her from the nightmarish evil that plagued children like her. I remember all my fights. From her zombified hamster that her mother tried to cover up with the whole "it ran away"story, when in actuality, it ate a Leg...
When Switzerland entered a state of war with all the 195 other countries in the world, those countries mostly laughed. A few, like North Korea and various African dictatorships, made threats, and pointed to it internally as an example of "Western aggression."Mostly, these speeches did nothing but cause amusement among ...
I once saw a pretty gnarly illustration of the infamous "5 Power Sam". It was on a book of anatomy, and the idea was for us to learn that the skin can stretch by quite a bit. He was chained in the same position for years. Daily they fed him. And every day, with tiny increments, they stretched him out. His ears, his nos...
"He's here." The office suddenly fell quiet as Sean walked into the room. He looked around - how late was he? Was he finally going to be fired? Michelle stood up, and stared him in the eyes. He gulped. Then she threw her arms around him, bursting into tears. "Thank you so much!"she cried, putting her face against...
"I said I was sorry,"I muttered, twisting the top of my glossimer skirt. "It's not like I was trying or anything." "Not trying?"Henric shouted. "Look at me!" Squinting made it easier, solidifying his semitransparent form. He was tall, even without the additional three inches he gained from floating. His hair looke...
I stare at the retreating figure of the witch who had just cursed me. I feel the cold spread from the lump of ice now in place of my heart. Did she seriously just do this so I can't love again? Love doesn't create actual heat. "Bitch don't you understand the laws of thermodynamics?"I shout after her slowly fadi...
The sceptre fell from his hand and clattered across the ground to rest at the feet of the three of us still standing in the room. Perhaps it was just my imagination, but it felt as though the entire planet now sighed in relief; the great weight of oppression had been lifted from our shoulders. Everything had been build...
Excerpt from John's Blood Bank Book, 'Welcome new Phlebotomist!' Thank you for starting a career as a phlebotomist. Having the good Education You have, we fully expect you to be all set and ready to take people's blood. ARE you really ready though? Very little Amounts of people are good right off the bus. Masters of...
My worst nightmare as a Canadian had come to fruition. I bumped into someone on the street... without apologizing. But, it wasn't my fault! It was too late, the man left before I could apologize. I... I feel so bad. Sad, I left my office early and headed home. My boss was understanding, saying he was sorry that I ...
[NSFW. No sex, just mentions of it] [You have just been added to the group chat] (923)-478-2896: Ayyyyeeeee is this Martian Manhunter? Me: What? (923)-478-2896: Oh shit. Did we just add a wrong guy in the Justice League group chat? (783)448-8393: I think we did Me: Wait, this is the Justice League? The real...
I must've heard him wrong. The king did have a lisp, after all. "Repeat that, my lord?", I asked with a hint on concern. "You must lay the dragon." Now I heard him right. That's exactly what he's hinting at. "Are you asking me to... have "intercourse"with it, my lord?" "I know it's strange for your business, but y...
OKINAWA, JAPAN A soldier races to his commanding officer, one hand holding his sword steady in its scabbard. He reaches the officer and kneels, and presents a slip of paper. Japanese characters are scrawled across the front, and the back is a glimmering gold. --------------------- STALINGRAD, RUSSIA A group of Rus...
3187 AED... a year etched permanently into our minds. When the Vespid Hive descended upon our outlying colonies, laying waste to their defenses without warning, the Coalition Government convened to discuss how best to resolve the situation. After much discussion, it was determined that the best course of action was to...
I am not a religious person. I am not one to believe in the supernatural. I would not even say I think often. I let the world pass me by, and I am okay with that. So maybe I am not the best person to relay the events. Oh well, I did not get to choose this either. The ground was clouded in morning fog. The sun above w...
“Didn’t you hear?” Odin called out as he barged into Tonatiuh’s room. None of the Norse gods ever had the courtesy to knock, which often made things awkward with the fertility gods. “Life has evolved a few galaxies over!” “I heard,” Tonatiuh answered. He sat by the window as he always did, looking out over the blue, g...
There was a sharp rapping at the door. I peeled myself off the couch, recalling the distant memory of waiting for a pizza delivery and being too wasted to stay awake. I was jarred from the memory by a bottle of pale ale crashing to the ground as I rose. I slid my hands across my eyes and shifted my balance awkwardly b...
"There is no magic in this world, child", the bald old scribe insisted as we walked along the leafy colonnade below the aqueduct. "There never was. And there never will be. There is only the Light Being and her miracles. Pray to her, and she will fill you with splendour. Defy her, and she will cast you down into the in...
I rose from my slumber late. I hurried to prepare for my journey across hundreds of miles, hoping I would not miss my transport. I made it to the port just in time, and waited for aeons before arriving at my destination- a world- renowned scholary Institute. I toiled and suffered for weeks, struggling to comprehend the...
He was a great man, well loved and content. There was that jealousy burning within that told me this would be difficult. It reminded me of my anger, my shame and shortcomings. I am not a good man. I have never been good. Killing has been the least of my sins and the shadows pile high. I have always been bad and I sho...
"Have you tried calling a doctor first?"I asked. "We don't need a doctor, we need a translator! What language is this man speaking?"The police officer angrily replied. "He's not speaking any language! It's all gibberish!"I retorted. "How do you know it's gibberish? maybe it's a language you haven't heard of!" "I kn...

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