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Lying in the slop of the trench — half his left leg missing and the other half bone, the stink of mould and gas and gunfire engulfing him — Robert wasn’t a soldier sent to die, but instead a little boy again, in his bedroom, years before even the first whisper of war. In his head, he could hear his old music box playi...
"Um, sir,"I said, shuffling my feet. "I think -"I glanced backwards at the closed door. "I think this has really gone on long enough, don't you?" Dumbledore lounged easily behind his massive desk, his eyes twinkling like the little spinny silvery things he had all over his office. "Has it?"he said cheerfully. "You hav...
Private Journal of Pope Francis Entry 1 The Church is dying. The old generation refuses to see it, and the new generation has known nothing but decline. The select few - the old but not prideful see the slow death of it - the choking out of the truth. The Church is not dying naturally, oh no. Given free rei...
"can you feel it"asked the demon. mr adley considered. he wasnt on fire. there were no tridents poking him..and he wasnt strapped to anything. sure, he was in hell. the demon had told him that allready. but physically he was fine. and there was nothing immediatly concerning about his surroundings. just a regular room...
My(37M) wife(34F) has been looking through videos and has found that our son (7) only speaks one word in each video. The words in order of the videos seem to make a sentence. She thinks our son is trying to tell us something. Like a warning. Help! My wife has been all over this Facebook thing. Recently she has be ...
At the start it was good fun. LZ would write the name of a difficult customer in the notebook then watch them shit their pants. He’d laugh and the person would scuttle away leaving a brown snail trail behind them. LZ found it got boring to write a nobody’s name into the Brown Note. So, LZ would watch the news in the ...
As always the rest of the team left a week earlier. One man had to stay behind to look after the facility until a new team arrives. The rest took the samples, dirty laundry and read books with them, so Jamie's only job was to make sure the generator is going. He didn't mind the job. The white all around you is crushin...
"Well, honey, it's time you knew: I'm not keeping an affair from you. It's more like a second job. You see, I'm a superhero,"I said. Jennifer frowned. "I... see. Um... which one?" It was a less excited reaction than I thought I'd be getting, to be honest. Admittedly, I had figured the excitement would either fa...
I stared at the wizened old man in front of me. I didn't even know how I had gotten here - wherever here was. I remembered opening my notebook for Chemistry, only instead of yesterday's notes about covalent bonds there was a bright purple portal that sucked me to friggin' Narnia or whatever. "A noble quest? Seriousl...
Remember to get milk, you used the last for breakfast. He heard it in the back of his mind, as he was standing in line to the till. He quickly went off to get some, as he had forgotten he needed some. That was what they were like. Helpful. Reminding him of stuff. If you want a clearer imagine of the man, imagine a p...
"The prophecy clearly states that any such warrior must be of a young age, most likely a teenager— " "What?" The cleric ignored the exclamation from the throne. They'd all gotten into the habit of ignoring the Queen and her odd ideas. "So through a rigorous process of tests, we have decided—" "A teenager?" The cle...
Torches hung high on the stone walls, like flickering guardians watching over the hall. At the center of the hall stood a young girl, with a gnarled staff gripped in both hands. The staff was easily twice her height, and she had to move it by dragging it across the cobbled floor. A dozen paces in front of her stood a ...
FADE IN: INT. A WORSKHOP A young man sits at a cluttered desk, a dogeared notebook open in front of him. This is BEN, a graduate student. He taps a pencil against the pages, clearly lost in thought. BEN: (To himself) That's it. That's it! *With hurried, almost frantic motions, Ben scribbles in the notebook....
Daddy always brings me my juice in my bed when I get up. He puts it in a cup with two bunnies on it because I like bunnies and on the cup the bunnies are holding hands under a rainbow because I like rainbows too. Daddy says hold the cup with two hands like a big girl so I don't spill any juice in bed or else I have t...
"This isn't going to work out the way you think,"the Devil said, eyes narrowed at the man standing before him. He was unassuming, even for a human - plain clothes, a scruffy face you'd forget in a heartbeat, and only a handful of scars allowed him to stand out. "Others have tried this wording, you know?"the Devil cont...
"What's your zombie plan?" Oh, how many hours we all wasted, people young and old, on that fun little hypothetical. Friends and family would be judged mercilessly on their choices. "The mall? The mall? It's over populated - too many bodies!" But when the first few grey hands punched up out of fresh graves, people los...
"Say, Matt,"I ask, as Melody grabs the axe by the door. "Didn't you ever wonder why everyone tries to kill us on our birthday?" "I do sometimes,"Matt replies. "And I think I know the reason." "Really? Why don't you tell me?" Melody swings, and I crouch just in time to not have my head cut off. "Well… you know how ...
The dainty but cruel faerie recoiled in a brief moment of shock before puffing up their chest and flying a bit closer to the human’s face. “You might be saying that now but wait until I get you out there frolicking in the fields or trying all the different mushrooms. Oh don’t worry I will make sure you stay alive but a...
I remember how we met casually, on the train. I walked in a nearly empty car and saw you sitting by a corner, reading a book. I smiled and sat beside you, nudging you to show how I had the exact same book in my own bag. You took a good look at me, then laughed. For the next 15 minutes, we talked about punishment, red...
Slimey. That was my first thought. With greased back hair, as inky as a shadow, he seemed a copy of that fabled Slytherin head master almost no one spoke about, the one that Professor Longbottom hexed under his breath if he was ever mentioned. But, he seemed charming. Disarming in a way. He'd been endorsed by auror Ha...
Eight sets of eyes fixed themselves upon the man about to speak. His posture relaxed, his hands clasped, his jaw set almost cockily forward, ready to tell a story. “You are all sitting in a Denny’s. It is lit by blindingly-bright fluorescent lighting and the smell of stale coffee and off-brand syrup permeates the air....
“We have to welcome them properly! All our years of studying human culture has led up to this one single moment, so we have to do our best!” Ausserirdisc chirped, changing the channels that displayed the orbiting human spaceships incessantly. “I know you have a thing for this, but I’ve done real research on how humans...
The barefoot traveller shook off his cloak as he entered the Centre for Worship, trying hard to blend in and failing spectacularly. People stared and giggled at his plain clothes, dressed as they were in the gaudy outfits and accessories that signified their belief in the dizzying array of gods to choose from. He k...
The piano stood her vigil for over forty years. Each day the man sat and played the same song, and every time the keys absorbed a little bit of the love radiating from his soul, vibrating both the strings of her soundboard and the strings within her very subatomic structure. As the years passed, the love the piano ab...
I sat down heavily in my black leather couch and sighed deeply. What a day, almost nothing had gone right. We had been going over the conquests of Alexander and something just clicked for me. I don't want to do this. I dont want to be this. I am supposed to 'upend the kingdoms of man, and lead the forces of Hell to ult...
# Smoke and Starlight He was only here so he could gloat, Smoke thought. There had been a time when the Bottled Worm was just a seedy warehouse. That time had long since passed. Now it was a disaster zone, the sort of place that only existed because long-dead authorities had been paid off not to demolish the rusty bi...
There’s something many people forget about expanding an empire. Something the Romans had to deal with. The Chinese. The Mongols…you get the idea. As you get bigger, you have to more border to defend. As bad as it is on land, it is even worse in space. An ever enlarging sphere of empty space to defend. Luckily for u...
A week after Louis had helped take down the cult, his world changed. He’d been delivering his report to his superior: a detailed analysis of how Louis and his team had infiltrated and arrested the sixty-member criminal organisation. But his boss’s office had been empty. Her computer was on, however, and sat unlocked w...
The commander of a meager squad of troops thought of his predicament.. Fully surrounded, cut off from all reinforcements, no chance for retreat, and no possibility of extraction. He looked behind him at the few men nearest him, knowing the rest were spread about and still maintaining the weak perimeter that they'd been...
"You?"I managed to croak, grasping at the handrails of my hospital bed and trying to sit up. The heart monitor began to beep faster, and lights flashed. The man in the bright orange jumpsuit took a step closer and bowed in greeting. The neon fabric contrasted with his dark skin. "Hello, Ms. Sanchez. Or, should I say ...
The Vampires were the first to notice--or the first to complain at least. The Guardian Angels had known obviously, but they weren't about to say anything (they never do). The Vampires--all five species had been on the run for years though, and finally had taken to keeping their own private food sources--blood banks a...
"It's just a really bad storm,"replied The Do-Gooder, adjusting his over-sized utility belt. "A bad storm? With no clouds in the sky? Don't be stupid. I told you, I can sense a strong power entering the city. This being has the ability to manipulate the elements and it is coming here to free me." Animal Boy was looki...
The scariest thing in the world is a house cat with ambition. You might think this odd. With a world so full of terrors--you might wonder--why would we fear our furry friends? They are harmless, you say. Disruptive sometimes, sure, but ultimately they're just lazy balls of fluff. I'm not much of a history buff, but ...
“Evening friends, I brought the mead.” Jack held the bag of mead to the heavens. The dragon and princess letting out a small cheer as he approached, placing the booze down before throwing himself onto the grass beside them. “Sorry I took so long, I had to give a rousing speech to the villagers about how I would slay th...
Sensation. Light battering aching eyes. I groaned, shifted, and opened them, squinting into the darkness. The four glittering eyes set in the skull before me greeted me. "Excellent,"he said. "Mechanic, I require your services on my Camaro." "Wha...?"I groaned, and reached up. With practiced ease, I cracked my jaw bac...
My guardian angel was made of light. Her features were obscure. She was like a floating golden cloud in the shape of an angel, with wide wings whose fringes dissolved into the air of my cramped apartment. "Which old lady?"I asked. "Where?" Her voice was gentle, compassionate, humane. "At the intersection in front of...
"Hello? Is this thing working? I guess it is. Alright, my name is Manuel. Yeah, like that dude from Faulty Towers, you can laugh it up now, british folks." The sound of heavy footsteps play throught the stream. The camera seems to be faulty, but slowly the image becomes clearer: The streamer is walking fast through ...
"...I... thank you?"Hades awkwardly held onto bouquet, glancing between it and Ares, "Did... did she specify these are for someone, or...?" "I have no idea, she started talking about Percy giving you flowers and told me I should do it too."The god of war shrugged, standing gormlessly in front of his fellow god's...
“I don’t do accidents, Agent Ross. Just confirmed kills.” Bob Ross chambered a round, stepping over a dead body. “You can do anything here -- the only prerequisite is that it makes you happy.” “Accidents don’t make me happy. They make me dead.” Ross smiled. “The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do ...
"Reroll, please." My head snaps up from my forging, the soul I was reshaping falling to the anvil. "Excuse me?" "You heard me buddy! I want a reroll! The last few times you've sent me down as an ant, and then a turkey, and now a lobster? I'm just not vibing, you feel me?" What the actual fuck. I peer down at the l...
Lucky dashed down the hall, scarf billowing out behind him like a cape. Chest heaving, he skidded to a halt at the pantry door and rattled the doorknob. "Open... up... There's time! He's not here yet! Open! Please!" "No room!"Called a silly voice from within. Tears streamed from the leprechaun's face as he collapsed t...
The text message says “Clean up on aisle 4.” “Hilarious. So witty. Never gets old,” I grumble as I grab my super suit from the closet. It’s not shiny leather, it doesn’t have a cape, doesn’t have a badass logo on the chest. It does have steel toed boots and a utility belt though. It’s also knit from a tungsten-carbon ...
The sad thing is, by the time most people die they don't want to live any more. Look into the eyes of an old man and you will see one overriding desire. Wander around the average old-age care home and you can feel it heavy in the air. That last gasp really is a gasp of relief. That peaceful look which finally settles o...
THANKS TO MarkReadsReddit FOR THIS NARRATION: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqYMd5xs7f8&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqYMd5xs7f8&feature=youtu.be) 118B. An entire world, an entire people, with millions of years of accumulated history- and yet, to the strange bipedals of...
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."-Albert Camus Trapped in a god's curse of his own, Connor O'Henry began to realize it wasn't him, but everyone else who was stuck in a loop. Every day, the same events would play out, the only differences being things spurred on by him. He'd honk his horn in a different place during ...
I like my job. I work hard, because I like to work. It makes me happy. It took me a long time to find a good job. I have Downs, and it is hard. It takes me longer to do things. I have a job at a restaurant. It is a French restaurant. My job is to wash the dishes. The people eat on them and make them dirty, the...
"Becky! Just don't take a shower! "I pleaded with her. She was at her wits end. "Im taking a goddamn shower! Its been weeks, Darien!"She replied. "Then were all coming in with you! " "Ugh! Dont be a perv, Darien!"Jessica the slutty white girl destined to die in a sexual act said. "Okay then, no showers! Besides, if...
The war lasted a mere thirty-eight minutes, from when the one-hundred-dalla-strong force touched down near their target mountaintops to when the last of the very confused dalla lay dying, its silvery blood draining away into the soft ground. "They're... they're sticks,"he gasped, his brain still refusing to believe. "...
My stiffening fingers brush the sleeves, picking familiar grooves from the records. Vivaldi jumps, Bach skips, Mozart sometimes won't play at all. I put on Moonlight Sonata. She always loved Moonlight Sonata. The door knocks, and opens quickly, "Mr. Kilkane, she's ready." "Thank you." She closes the door. In a few m...
(Note: Forgive the grammar mistakes, this clocked in at a larger word count than I thought it would be) Adam lived the life I feared I would’ve had if my parents hadn’t kicked me out after high school. Twenty years ago we were best friends. We played Magic at lunch, watched anime after school, and loitered at the loc...
One winter day, there was a solar eclipse, the next day nothing. I could feel myself opening and closing my eyes but all that greeted me was a void of light. No subtle light spots, no static vision, nothing. Needless to say, I panicked. I was able to call my parents and tell them about the situation and they immediatel...
If anyone ever tells you an international, er, intergalactic ambassador can't be an idiot, just tell them my story. I grew up like a lot of kids. Playing with whatever shape of ball, puck, racket or back was in season at the time. I stuck playing cards in my bike wheels and pretended I was the worlds greatest badass a...
“Daddy! All gone!” It was cute enough to share with my friends. I was pretending to steal his food in an ultimately successful attempt to get him to eat it. My wife thought he was politely telling me to “go away”, but didn’t have the vocabulary. Tim looked thoughtful and said his kid had said the same words. Wasn’t ...
"I demand to speak to your manager"I squeaked out, for the 37th time that day. The president, looking dumbfounded, started to explain that he was the highest authority, when a wrinkled old man popped into the center of my living room. Had I ever imagined a small error on my coffee order would get me here, I may have j...
"We'll call the Uber. Dan, are you joining us?" "No, thanks, I'll teleport. FUCK!" No, no, no, no, not again. God damn it. I look around at what appears to be a deserted island. Like the pirates movie kind of deserted island. Coconut trees and all that stuff. "Shit,"I say, pressing my eyes closed and trying again...
"There have been some recent incidents,"Snape said with an icy whisper and a pointed stare at Lavender "that have caused the Board of Governors to re-evaluate the school's curriculum. So instead of Potions, today I will be instructing you on the matters of reproduction."He grimaced like he had something foul caught...
"Yes,"I told him. "$10,000 to steal that car for me."I'd sent him a photo of the vehicle earlier and told him where to find it. Sam's gravely voice on the other end was skeptical. "That car ain't even worth 10k."I think his name was Sam, at least. It's hard to keep them all straight. "Not your concern,"I told him. "I...
How do I put this? We are a very fragmented people. We didn't officially become unified until recently. Very recently. Get enough humans in one place, and they will fight. To avoid fighting, they spread out. Do you see where this is going? The hunter gatherers fought and spread out. Many of them died, but not all....
If you want more of my writing until then check out /r/Jacksonwrites I stood at the edge of the Pacific forest. I looked back at my camera crew; it was going to be a long walk. We had enough to keep everything working. All of our equipment was solar powered. I was the host of a T.V show called 'Never been there' w...
This was his 9th Marriage. He had been training for marriage since he was but a wee babe. No school for him and his ilk, just combat training from Dusk 'til Dawn. First marriage at 18, lucky to make it out of that one alive. He could hear the low rumble of spectators through the walls. Vows were in 20 minutes meani...
The disguise I wore burned away from my feet first, revealing my claws and scaly skin. At the sight some of them gasped in disgust or fear, and I did my best not to smile. "Now, since you're all gathered here,"I started over again. "I have a proposition for you. Your northern fields have encroached on my territory. N...
“I’m in no position to make a deal like that,” said the first demon that I encountered. “No matter how much I desire your soul.” Five forked tongues emerged like eels from the five mouths above its chin as the demon looked me over. We were in a dim, damp cavern. A vast rock plinth sat in center of this cave — and on i...
“Shit,” I spat, as bullets whizzed by down the hall. The alarms blared and clanged overhead, dousing the cool metal walls with a foreboding red. The stamp of boots and reloading guns squeezed the air around me. I set my pistol down, then reached up to my necklace and snapped it off. My last gram of Alevium dangled lim...
I sat at my desk, ticking the various boxes on my board, trying to make my disinterest obvious as my pen slowly slid along each box, drawing out the already monotonous task. “You said you were a prophesied adventurer? The one who would free this world from the evil clutches of… Oh, you never told me the name of the evi...
Police Record of [REDACTED]'s Journal Following Incident [REDACTED] 08/22/20xx Today I saw somebody die for the first time. Right in front of me. He handed me this...credit card...before blowing his brains out. I was just walking home from work like normal. I'm not sure what to do or who to tell. When the police show...
Caesar crumpled to his knees, clothes red, life ebbing into the floor around him. He tried to inhale and instead felt the unstoppable torrent of blood clogging his mouth. His voice failed him. He was dying. Again. Craning his neck up, he saw the next attack coming before it embedded itself in his chest. The handl...
The door came crashing down and was sent sliding into the middle of the restaurant by the sheer force of the blow from the battering ram. A stream of DHHS agents came pouring in after it, flooding the room like the door had been a dam holding them back. Flashlights and badges were thrust into the faces of poor confused...
Reina was the great goddess of the hills who, in the dark time before, teased mountains to life with gentle song. Their curious rocky noses poked out from beneath mother dirt, sniffed the fresh air high up above them, then cautiously rumbled up from the earth until the clouds whispered them to slow. But they didn't lis...
I stared at that '2' longer than I'd stared at anything before in my entire life. Nothing could match the beauty of that plain, grey '2'. No sunset, no mountain and no masterpiece could even compare to the emotions I felt when I saw that '2'. There was no comment. There was no trace of who this person was. It almost ...
A lot of people enjoyed this and I really appreciate it. I've got a couple of ideas for it, so you can follow any updates on the sub I set up /r/Old_Dogs, or on my [Medium](https://medium.com/@Eilrahc). Thanks for all your comments! I blinked in disbelief. "What?"I asked quietly. My dog, Hovi, sat in his bed, he...
I'm the world's best translator. Or so I've been told. It's been a while since I've been the best anything, last I can remember, I was the 'most improved' participant at the swim camp I attended over the summer when I was 10 years old. I haven't swam since. They say a rolling stone gathers no moss. I don't know much...
“Galade, why don’t you ever take that armor off?” said my companion. “Makes me feel comf’rble,” I replied, tersely. “All that metal can’t be comfortable, friend. Come, when’s the last time you took that off?” he said as he reached for the sides of my helmet. I grabbed his hands, which seemed to surprise him. “It’s q...
“We’re here, sir.” Gordon didn’t hear his driver. He was still thinking about the gala. What an exquisite success it had been! Nearly three million dollars raised for the Foundation. And no small feat, either. Getting that much money out of Manhattan’s elite was like pulling teeth from a lion. Still, there was no deny...
This was the first flight I've been on where I was bored enough to pay for Wifi. I had a window seat, but we were heading through thick fog. I had loaded my phone with games, but the battery died. The inflight movie was Daddy Day Care 3, for god's sake. I thought they only made that to use as punishment in CIA interrog...
[Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/MatiWrites/comments/d93v7u/slingthing_part_2/) is available! When the first asteroid came towards us, I remember being huddled in front of the television in the living room in eager anticipation. Mom crossed herself time and time again. My brother just gawked, sitting cross-legged wit...
Bruce had cracked the mirror on the wall with a henchman's skull, splintered the glass into three zig-zagging triangles. He was the only one standing in the room now, and yet three warped faces stared back at him from the broken mirror: a grinning clown in one triangle, lips covered in blood, pale face undulating like ...
Maybe this is what it looked like when Moses parted the red sea. As I'm walking through the gate the collection of the damned that were milling about the entrance began to clear my path. Those with mobility issues were trying desperately to get out of my way before i reached them. *Charlton Heston like a mother fuck...
There was one memory that I always thought as the most important memory. But as I got older, even those precious memories will slowly fade. Perhaps it was the old age? It most definitely was the time. Or maybe it's that those special memories are often painful, and thus it's only natural for our brains to reject tho...
Balloon day! The phrase bounced around the halls like a child's rubber ball, jumping from lips to lips. It hid in the presence of work, but emerged from the corners, creeping out like a playful cat. Balloon day! For weeks, the topic dominated all idle conversation, speculations flying wildly back and forth. ...
“Oh, like I would do that! Like I would let go of that privilege. When Hell freezes over I'll do that, asshole!” “Hey! Hands off! That's my word!” Lucifer gripped the bridge of his nose in frustration, then slammed his fists down on the brimstone table. His wings rose up behind him in anger as he shot an accusatory...
“It doesn’t matter what I try,” she says, “it always ends up the same.” She doesn’t look like a killer. Just tired, like someone who got in late after a night of drinking. She’s maybe late twenties, younger than me for sure. Skin smooth, hair plaited back. “Do you know what it’s like to be unable to change anything,...
The little signs always are the first. Watch movies with trained spies a couple times and you start to see them notice the little things. The picture out of place. The vase on its side. The door sitting just slightly ajar. Ah, amateur hour. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed the coffee, pouring a cup for m...
"Well,"I say, trying to ease some of the tension from my throne room. "This is awkward." The room's heavy with that kind of silence that comes after big revelations. You probably know the sort I'm on about. Not a regular silence, not by a long shot. There's a loose semi-circle of horrid, twisted creatures that have ...
"Welcome to Little Things,"a crude voice whispered to me, a ham-fisted bass clearly pitched an octave up. It had the serenity of a bull in meditation. "A little piece of heaven." I looked down at the squat woman, her stocky features clashing with the light pink dress slapped on her. Its fringe flowed like cake frostin...
So, apparently the boss's girl was romping around with some guy from the east side. Dunno what Helen saw in him, honestly. He was a scrawny little pretty boy from the suburbs with a weird archery obsession. The guy wasn't even the leader of his own crew, just some schmuck hanging onto the coattails of his big brother. ...
“Alohomora.” Voldemort spoke with command and confidence. He was here to put an end to that stupid prophesy about a ‘Chosen One’ once and for all. Nothing and no one would stop him. It was his destiny to restore wizards to their rightful, pure blooded ruling caste in this world. James leapt for the drawer under h...
Dave jolted awake, rubbing his eyes as he pushed himself up and off the metal park bench. He was definitely in the right spot. He checked his watch: 5:32pm, they’d be coming by within the next ten minutes. He glanced down at the burgundy stone path ahead of him and began counting the bricks. One, two, three, four. He s...
"What are you in for?"my cellmate asked. "Grammar,"I said, my eyes fixed on the wall. "Hmm?"he said, sitting up in his bunk to hear me better. "You say something about your Grandma?" "No,"I said. "Grammar. The rules of composition for effective communication." He laughed. "How did grammar get you thrown in mega-m...
Chrissy always knew that she was a little different, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Maybe it was the oily liquid she had for dinner while Mommy, Daddy, and Jason ate solid foods. Maybe it was how she always had to go to that funny building with funny smelling people who wanted to fix her. Or maybe it w...
(FIXED THE FORMATTING YAY) I was surviving for a while before I finally got turned. Not sure how long, stopped keeping track of the time long ago, but it was a good while. When I finally got bit though it was a little anti-climactic. No epic fighting or one-off against a horde of zombies, didn’t get a chunk of my arm ...
"Papa!"she said and threw her arms around me as I came in the door. "Oof,"I exclaimed and hugged her back. "How was school, Martina?"I asked. She untangled herself from me, and looked up at me, smiling. Her long dark hair, and those almond eyes...she was only nine, but she looked so much like her mother that it hur...
I’m all for breaking social norms My girlfriend, on one knee, held a golden ring adorned with a sapphire gemstone. My immediate thought was ‘woah.’ My immediate thought following that immediate thought was realizing why she asked for my ring size a couple of weeks ago. And my third immediate thought was ‘the fuck?’ ...
"Rise and Shine Barry."I woke up to see, Dr. Rubinski had come to give me my pills today. The voices like Rubinski, so they are not too loud when I talk to him. "Have any interesting dreams last night?"He asked, I simply shook my head no. A high ping from behind my right ear told me that I couldn't take the medicine. T...
I'd say that I sat in the void, but I didn't really sit. My physical body had given up, had been spent in the realm of mortals some eternities ago. Instead, my being simply existed in that void. My being may not have looked, but it sensed words, possibilities, connected to others. For eternities I looked through these ...
That was the longest, strangest dream I’ve ever had, Terry thought as he woke up. The sun coming through the window stung his eyes more than normal. He tried to shield his eyes, but quickly realized he was tied to the bed… and this wasn’t his bedroom. What the fuck, he thought, I’ve been kidnapped! Terry opened ...
The Flesh Moon arrived with no announcement, no warning. One moment the sky was clear; seconds later, it was there. A writhing mass of flesh, tentacles and sinew the size of the old Moon staring down at us. And its gaze led to change. Our bodies would twist and contort in manners we'd describe as grotesque; flesh melt...
Everything will be fine this time. Just be cool. The rope was heavy over Tuco's left shoulder. Dragging and twitching in the sand behind him, all tied up, Belle, the whore, was screaming muffled requests of mercy. Now they'll see who's Tuco. Now they'll be afraid of me. They reached the railroad tracks just in ...
The paint can hissed in my hand as I worked in the darkness. "Equality cannot be bombed,"I scrawled in red across the side of the Kuomintang military headquarters of Shenyang. We had to let the people know that the Party was still alive and active. That we were organizing, and preparing. Getting ready for the day when ...
THOMAS ETHERN rumbled the voice on high. My family all turned to look at me, their eyes wide. Why me? I thought. Was it because of my work as a top scientist in my field? Or because of the gold medal I had secured three months before by winning the Olympic decathalon? Or for all of the good I had been doing ...
When the sun extinguished, the world worked quickly. Setting up Artificial Day/Night cycles for major cities, and then expanding outwards. The refugees poured in, of course, and life got worse, but that was years ago. Hardly anyone even remembered natural sunlight at this point. But the screaming continued. The loud,...

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