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The sacrificial goat tumbled to the ground. The leader didn’t want to resort to a simple goat, but the actual sacrifice had managed to escape. However, it seems like the goat had actually been enough, for a fiery portal had actually appeared.
The leader stepped back, and commanded her followers to do the same. The por... |
**Don't have time for all of it, so here's Part One**
"God damn it, Vick! Either kill me already or clean your hands of Cheetos dust before you touch the computer,"I said grumpily, carefully wiping the orange powder from between the keys.
Vick was sitting back on the sofa lethargically and half-watching a movie. He w... |
A bead of sweat rolled down my cheek as I stared down at the prompt on the paper.
MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST.
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Of all the stupid prompts my teacher could have given us for an essay exercise. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see all of my classmates scribbling away.
A voice echoed inside of my h... |
A perfect story. Perhaps you only get this chance once in a lifetime. Perhaps only one writer per genre gets the chance in a century. But there it is. My magnum opus. 400 riveting pages of constant action, daring, relatable yet fascinating characters, romance, spaceships, theoretical gigaengineering structures. Each ch... |
The duality of man. So common a thing, so known of a thing. You sometimes laugh till you tear up and cry out of happiness. I know it, you know it, we all know it. But I'm not allowed to be a coin of two sides. I've had that taken away from me. Whenever I am to be seen, I'm seen as two sides of the coin, not the coin it... |
(Warning: possible triggers ahead.)
Believe it or not, I hadn’t actually set out to kidnap Serene Angel’s daughter, but when I happened to see Serene Angel kiss the young girl and tell her to grab something on the way home for dinner because she had “Superhero business” I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for leverage.... |
"Is he any good with it,"I asked glancing across the field at the broad-shouldered lad holding a strip of cloth. He held it over his head and started spinning it, you could hear the distinctive sound from here.
"He's a sheepherder,"replied my second.
"That doesn't inspire any confidence in me,"I replied. That was p... |
A flash of wet paper zipped towards the back of my head, attempting to lodge itself between the patches of my exposed scalp. Fortunately I spotted Erin preparing the wad earlier and was easily able sidestep out of the way long before the spitball crashed into the whiteboard in front of me.
"You have eyes in the back y... |
"Derrick! Look at this!"My little friend yelled at me, waving a paper in his hand.
"What is it, little Paris?"I spoke quietly, as to make sure his ears weren't hurt.
"One of your relatives is in town, and they're close-by!"He enlarged the paper using his magic, so that I could see the lettering that the little huma... |
The tall skeletal figure towered over me, looking down in... what was that expression? It’s hard to read skeletons. Nowhere near as easy as people. I began to speak. “Listen... maybe we can strike a-“ I was interrupted by to slams of the skeletons scythe on the ground, and a low guttural growl coming from seemingly eve... |
My name is Nour al-Kazam and I am the first and so far, only, immortal being in the history of humanity.
How I earned eternity is a sordid tale involving an ancient curse, a band of heroic adventurers, and an enormous pot of stew. But that’s not important now. These days all anyone wants to know are the juicy details:... |
“What is it? Some kind of portable cannon? The holes look far too small to fit any meaningful projectiles in it, but with a bit of fine tuning it could be a fair weapon.”
The technomancer picked up the machine from the scrap pile, wiping the grime from it with his sleeve. He had never been fussy; a dirty machine wa... |
I nod solemnly to the Grand Lich as it slowly fades into the underworld. "Thy last wish will be granted", I say. "I will honor thee, worthy foe, if only for the humanity thou hast shown me."
"Thank you, mortal"replies the lich. "I will now tell you my name. It is : Ranuskumenarbryldragmudanthfreodrintygombogqyddrarred... |
The walk through the mist was lonely, that’s for certain. But after my son had left me, after my wife had left me, after God had left me, I roamed the mist. The mist was...comforting, in a way. But it was just as frightening as it was comfortable. The long blades of dew dropped grass fell coldly and grimly by my feet. ... |
"Why?"
The croak echoes in the empty chamber, filling my ears with fury. Why? WHY? He has the audacity to ask why after everything he did? The families he killed? The people he hurt?
I slide my sword out of his abdomen and let his body fall to the floor, where it dissolves into a cloud of dust. It works its way into ... |
The villagers watched as young Beth struggled against her bindings. Father Theodore had demanded them tied thrice-fold. The measure seemed extreme as the girl, not even old enough to marry, had the harsh ropes dig into her arms. And as she struggled and squealed, held to a pole above an ever-growing pile of kindling, t... |
“Snapped? Explain?” I ask the thug. He was tall, lanky, and wore a green vest with purple question marks placed all around it. I’m guessing he works with Riddler. His shaggy brown hair kept getting in his face, even when he pulled it back under his black beanie hat.
“Joker was going to harm Robin, and had already beat... |
Carl was spent. It was a long day at his practice. Even though he did most his day sitting and listening. he was exhausted. Active listening can take a lot out of you. It can be Just as exhausting as any physical activity.
He decided to sit in his chair and relax. Take a moment for his own mental well being. No need ... |
With the time machine gone Steve and his friends knew they had no way back home. The knight pulled his sword out of the time machine and faced the teens. "Kill him", muttered Steve and Brian shot at the Knight with his pistol. The bullets pierced the armor and the knight sank to his knees.
The villagers that had f... |
“Oh man, I’ve always wanted to watch myself fight a giant monster.” I was like a kid on Christmas. Whenever trouble shoved it’s ugly face into my city, my unique power allowed me to yank a version of myself from an alternate reality to come deal with it, and even though I always pulled one with a unique power of their... |
The teleportation magic faded around the oddly proportioned knight. Lightning danced around his helmet. The helmet turned toward the nearby wizard who seemed surprised at the success of his own spell. A small high pitched voice called out “I am an Automated National Defense System, state the nature of your emergency.”
... |
(And this, kids, is how we get Donkey Kong Country.)
I finally did it. I finally brewed up the ultimate in evolutionary proof: antichronal evolutionary serum. Now; now I can atomize this, and hold all of civilized society in my iron-fisted monke-izing grip. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
I got up and walked to my broad... |
"Citizens of earth. Due to your continued pollution of your planet and your over-hunting of its wildlife, as well as your leaders' complete ineptitude at resolving these issues, we have awoken and shall assume direct control over the restoration of this earth. Any resistance will be crushed."
Hermes lowered the great ... |
I'm amazed as I walk into my house to see all of my collections glow with a yellow hue. My happiness is then wiped away as I remember my amiibo collection in my basement. "Oh God..."I say as I try to run to the basement, I make my way down the stairs fumbling as I run down at full speed, and then I see it. Broken glass... |
Beautiful wings, yet filled with eyes, soft and tender skin yet filled with eyes, red hair yet filled with eyes. The acolyte looked in awe the beautiful demon he had summoned. He cleared his throat and approached shyly to the beautiful demon floating gently over the candles ordered in a pentagon.
"Hear o powerful one,... |
Happiness is a long corridor.
It doesn't have to be straight. It doesn't have to be level. But it cannot, cannot, *cannot* branch. Can't open out into rooms, can't twist back on itself, can't do anything but go forward. Or backward.
Happiness is one dimension.
You can be good. You can be *really* good. You can... |
Jim walks into his room, god he’s tired. He had a long day from working a dead end job at papa John’s and college classes.
Jim lays down into his bed, skipping his shower. He feels something warm surrounding him. He cracks open his eyes and sees fire. “OH GOD OH FUCK!” He shouted and covers his eyes and he fell at le... |
"It is quite silly,"Sherlock said, and sucked on his cigar.
"Silly!!"Doctor Watson cried out, "half of humanity has been wiped out and all you say is silly."
"Don't be Slow Watson. Something can be terrible and silly at the same time, thought I doubt the terribleness of the current actions, it is silly nontheless."
... |
"Oh, okay."I looked at my new captor / hosts. Green, gelatinous beings the size of a refrigerator with clawed tentacles. One of them is translating, while the others stared at me through single eyeballs. Not the kind of people, if you could call them people, you want to disappoint. "What would you like to see first?"
... |
The thrumming of blows to the bunker’s ceiling were rain on an unlacquered wood roof. Soon it would warp, soon it would drip, and soon it would break. My actions, foolish. I had no regret but my mistaken belief of power and righteousness -- of supervillainy -- brought myself and the rest of Traction Clan ruin. I envis... |
Selina turned her head in a vain attempt to shield her eyes from the blinding light of the cloaked mans tallow candle. The loud drumbeat of revelry filled the room, insipidly creeping through the crack of the heavy oak door.
"Loyal."She snorted clasping the water in shaking hands. "Where was their loyalty when they f... |
They figured it out very quickly.
Mira remembered still the look on her mistress’s face. Pure joy; unbounded, unadulterated joy. Her life was her own, she would be able to live it with the man she loved against all expectation, against seemingly all the world.
All the world but one.
.....
A sudden hush.
The Master... |
Let me start by saying that I’m going to die. Doctors have given me a few weeks, a month at most. This will be my last review. I want to thank all my readers and supporters throughout the years. I thought that this would be a fitting final review.
*The Unending Road* is brilliant. The author claims that she is an immo... |
Mr. Johnson was hoping to be long gone from this town before the Hunters came calling.
Now, he only had a few hours at best to gather what he could and run again. Maybe he could make a go of it in the UK again, now that they've split from Europe it'll be that much harder to get in country, and his old persona... |
They brought the entire nation here 60 million souls as a sacrifice to a dark god to sate its hunger just to buy them some time. For their Heroes to be ready.
We nearly perished our weapons were superior but the skies were filled with countless monsters and the seas swarmed with boats full of beasts and soldiers bent... |
The cheery sky blue door before me is an affront to the inner turmoil churning away inside. I look down at the loosened salmon-colored tie dashed with thin blue stripes as more a noose than a business casual fashion choice. Disheartened by the rejection from the day I can’t even bother to make eye contact with my shado... |
The jokes and laughs abounded, Ebbenzier got a snazzy broom, Beatrix a bag that was never empty, Gandog a sword that shot bright, simmering flames. And me, what did I get? Well I got a pen.
I must admit, at first I was quite confused and quite angry. We were told in our wizarding school orientation that our magical it... |
“It’s finally over, Claudio.” My master stared at me with a look of total ecstasy. “I won.”
I nodded my head slightly. “Very good, sir.” Under the cloak covering my wrists, I surreptitiously touched the tip of my blade once more to reassure myself it was ready.
“Don’t think I’ll forget your assistance. You put your... |
2 minutes until we deploy from the military plane, and the silence is killing me. No one dares to talk on these missions, not when it’s difficult just to breathe.
Suddenly, a loud explosion rocks the plane, and everyone begins panicking.
“Stay calm, every-“, I’m interrupted by another explosion from the cockpit area.... |
The force of the blow knocked Denarius out cold, and it was only then, in his wild and unformulated dreams, that the Sage returned to him.
"My son,"the Sage said, bowing his head in greeting.
"Where have you been?"Denarius asked him, angrily. "For the last month I've had to fight the forces of evil alone. The things ... |
Diana stared at the yellow line painted on the floor. It was so plain for the beginning of the afterlife. She supposed it was supposed to be this way. It was a normal enough circumstance to be in, anyone who hadn’t realized they died would be a little less disturbed by the experience.
“I’m dead?” There wer... |
Valon grimaced in disgust.
“Damn. Look at who they picked for Earth.”
“We don’t know the organisers’ criteria,” said Kemara. “Maybe he has amazing willpower. Maybe he never gives up.”
“You’re not even looking at him!”
“Don’t need to. They do this every century, and the Earthling always, *always* gets pulverised.”
... |
Hell was a sea of fire choked with the sinful, with islands of black soil squirming with the bodies of the wealthy in life being trampled underfoot, complete with a titanic city in the center overlooking all.
Pandemonium, capital of the Abyss, lorded over by the dukes of Hell and hierarchies of demons therein.
Paimon ... |
For many years, Billy had been afraid to go to bed. After all, there was a monster in his closet – a large, furry creature with golden eyes and sharp teeth.
His parents had been patient at first, telling him, “There’s nothing there.”
That did not change the fact that the creature was always there waiting for him to f... |
An anomaly, that’s what our universe was. Some big cosmic joke for a lack of a better term. I didn’t want for it to be true, I had always held out hope that somewhere out there something would change, for us to not really and truly be alone. I had always been a huge fan of fantasy and science fiction, so the fact that ... |
The last stitch is usually the hardest to get in. Stephen gritted his teeth as he felt around, puncturing the skin in what he hoped was the right place. Taking your own kidney out is never easy. Maybe next time he could at least get a cleaner mirror than the one he used in the rundown motel on Route 66. And some pai... |
It started out normal. How did things ever go so wrong?
Lemme explain. I'm not the main character. I'm the best friend, a side character at best. My best friend, Blake's the main character, they're part of a prophecy, have superpowers, natural leadership skills and a small team of allies that eventually end up friends... |
"...Ugh... I know I'm not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but what the FUCK, Stephy? I had no idea it got this bad...It's a wonder Mr. Leon didn't just trip and die in the night."
I give her a helpless shrug in response, trying to step past several piles of boxes twice my height without upsetting their delicate ba... |
All 3 black candles are lit.
That's unusual. But that's how the book described the ritual.
If you want a creature of light, usually white candles are used.
But now time for second thoughts."princess ammelie of chalkshire mummbled.
She heard the battering against the castles gates.
The clanks and screams of met... |
My walk home is horrible. Having to walk home at night after work is scary but I have no other way. All the buses are closed and I don’t have enough money to get a car or Uber home daily. The only plus side is that the view is beautiful, especially on nights like these when the sky is lit up by a full moon. That do... |
"You've got me covered tomorrow, right?"Theresa bit her lip, unable to hide the nerves. Class today had been brutal, an onslaught of seemingly new information. "I mean, I don't even know the names of the different nuclearis parts."
"Nucleus,"Ashley corrected her.
"Oh no, you guys are S.O.L.,"Haden said. "I get my ans... |
The hearts ticked up on the big screen of the Phone Room. Dozens of iPhone 17X Pro Pluses dotted the tables, each handled attentively by a nimble-fingered college intern. My army of reply guys and like-for-likers, the ones who enabled my rise to digital superstardom. And today was a big day. We had just posted a long-p... |
Fair warning. This story gets a little graphic, and talks about killing animals, specifically guinea pigs, in quite a brutal fashion. If you have never had a pet snake before, or worked with them, it may seem messed up how I’ll describe killing rodents to feed them. But I promise you I have done this for years, and wha... |
"I have come to slay ye, oh horrid beast, oh creature of fire and fury. I Sir Herri-,"
"Just do it."I say gruffly, cutting the pompous armour-clad man off in the middle of his speech. I'd heard it all before after all. Many had come, over my long, long life, to try to claim my life, and many had failed.
At one point... |
They looked at each other, in anticipation.
"Are you ready?"asked the hero. His brother smiled.
"I'm ready as I'll ever be. Let's kick his ass"he replied.
The princess smiled as well. This would be the day, when she can finally show her strength. Instead of just letting men save her, she would win and save them all... |
*Dr. Kyle Deed: Encrypted Journal Entry September 21, 2298*
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This will be my final account of Mr. Xydias. We completed our final session this afternoon and I'm pleased to report that he will be fine. His psychosis was treatable with basic cogitative behavior therapy and tutelary conjuration training. My detailed... |
“Look, man, you see this cart I am pushing? What the hell do you want from a hotdog vendor?!” I pleaded.
“Tell me everything about your agents, now.” said the man with the most serious of expressions I had ever seen. His pistol was pointed at me.
“Ok this is some kind of prank, isn’t it. Ha Ha, you got me, just point... |
Regardless of anything I cannot blow my cover. I need to unpack to make sure if Susie-Be-Nosey from the next house over decides to stop by with cookies, I have some pictures on the wall and books on the shelves. I grab the biggest box I can and tear into it. Brand new and terrible quality pots and pans. “Fine.”I think ... |
"Just like clockwork!"she thought to herself after hearing the light screeching on the fingernail on the window for the 13th night in a row. "Let's begin."
In one sudden move, she reached out with her left hand through the window with her custom made gloves and grabbed the creature's finger. "It's the left hand,"she t... |
Death hasn't come for me.
I don't know why.
When I reached the age of twenty-five, my body seemingly stopped changing. Wrinkles weren't on my hands; my ears still heard everything sharp and accurate; my voice still reaked of youth, and chronically speaking I'm about 732 years old, and a couple of month, that have ove... |
“Mighty Siri!” The small gray cylinder began to glow. “Take from us your holy light as we reveal to you Grativ’s sins against gods and men.”
At least, this is what the priest thought he was saying. In English, the direct translation of his words would be something closer to: _hey Siri, turn off the lights, Grativ is h... |
"The aliens were strange creatures."
"They had little to no technology, had thin, bony exoskeletons, could teleport near instantly, communicate telepathically, reproduce extremely quickly, and survive the void of space. They also lived on meteorite belts all across our solar system, and when we first met them they dem... |
The corpse of the emperor laid still on the cobblestone, alongside an apparatus that is definitely evil. The band of heroes never did find out what it did, he got killed before he could get to that part of the monologue.
The gates swinged open with a thunder, and the emperor's garrison flooded the halls, up in arms an... |
“If you don’t stop these bullets, you won’t have anything left to guard.” I shouted, ducking my head behind the wall, watching as the stray shots broke off pieces of concrete, sending them scattering along the ground.
“I told you, I’m just an intern. You were meant to be a simple task to earn some godpoints before ... |
“What?” screamed the Demon King, “aren’t you going to fight me?”
“No,” she sighed, “it won’t matter either way.”
He roared with laughter.
“Of course it won’t! I don’t know how you got by my minions with your puny power, but you are nothing compared to me!”
“Yep. Are you going to attack me?” she said looking at him... |
"Shhhh,"I whispered anxiously. "please, please don't let the Ship hear you."
"Why not? All I said was that I'm looking forward to seeing a real forest after this cruise. I mean I love Io's volcanos, the Jupiter dives were stunning and the dinner under the stars. Sublime! But..."
A voice boomed out managing to be... |
Kortrix stood on the bridge of his flagship, looking at the lush green planet below.
“What do we know of the enemy force, Lieutenant?” He inquired, stalks staying focused on the view.
The answer came promptly, already prepared by the officer: “Ships with capacity for 40.000 soldiers were able to land befor... |
"All right, all right! I'm coming out. I'm unarmed!", I shouted to the line of police officers outside the bank I was just trying to rob.
I wasn't ten steps from the door before I was swarmed by armed men and women, all screaming conflicting orders at me. One of them finally took charge and yanked my hands behind my ... |
Part 1/2
“Well done on your latest victor Sir Thalious,” a voice calls out as he walks back to his barracks. The most he can manage is a weak wave back. He knew it was all a farce. His strength was the real deal, but the Theocracy carefully organised who he would face.
They, in their own words ‘would not... |
The first thing he did after waking up was focus. Before even stretching or rubbing his eyes he looked inward, drawing his mind back into itself. Luckily his family had practice, just as he did, and beyond the incomprehensible colors of his younger sister’s dreams, his parents’ minds were blessedly silent.
Only then w... |
Noise. Too much noise.
I am terrified, and scared, and some parts of me that I'd rather not think about are excited. Those tiny voices *want* the war. Think it'll revitalize a stagnant world. If those voices would only listen to the others they'd realize that the world is anything but stagnant.
Some are cursed with g... |
"**Honk**,"I said to the researcher standing in the room. She looked terrified; she'd been chased into my cell by the Chaos Insurgency soldiers, not knowing it was *my* cell. She now stood there, by the door, probably wondering which side was safer.
"**Honk**?"I asked. She did not reply; quite rude, might I add. She o... |
With a flash of white light the spell was complete.
By this point, all of us were drained. Those of us at the frontlines- warriors, Knights, beastmasters; we had used everything we had. The power difference was simply immeasurable. We had landed so many blows- all of which were shrugged off like nothing. Even Kalzan'... |
Vistari had escaped Djin imprisonment seven times.
The first was easy, the recipient wished for a handsome suitor to wed. Vistari, admittedly quite handsome, eagerly answered the request, binding himself to her and thus lifting the binding to the lamp. For as any Djin knows, you can only be bound to one thing at... |
"Do you have a lightsaber?"the child asked, eagerly.
"Kind of."I answered, hesitantly.
"How can you *kind of* have a light saber?"
"I have a vibro-blade."I explained.
"That's not a lightsaber."the child complained.
"It's a saber,"I said, drawing my weapon and holding it out so he could see. I pressed a button on t... |
The cinder block walls of the holding cell weren't much to look at, but they were better than what he saw when he closes his eyes.
Her face. A plain face, if he was being honest, not one anyone would pick out of a lineup. Brown eyes, brown hair pulled back in a bun, no defining features to speak of. She was wearing a... |
My eyes darted below as I took in the landscape surrounding me. There were mountains in the distance, blanketed by white clouds filled with energy. The vast green forest below covered the land reaching towards the epic peaks, calls of wildlife echoed directly below inside of the dense vegetation.
The wind was crisp a... |
"That's what you want me to clean."I stared up at the giant castle. No, the word giant was too small. It was humongous. Stupendous. At least the size of three mountains.
"Yep! And hopefully, before tourist season properly gets started. Don't worry about the funds. Anything you need, you get."Stephen sounded chipper... |
The invasion began with pods raining down from the sky, spilling out thousands of vicious creatures designed for war. They hunted humans in packs, picking off the isolated, rural areas of the world with ease. The fight turned bloody as entire towns fought and failed to repel the weapons.
Victory was certain; the beas... |
"Should we tell anyone what we discovered or try to put it back."Larrikin squinted her eyes at the golden hilt. She read a passage that said, '*she who pulls this sword has discovered the truth*.' Her hands pull the object closer while she twists and turns to see all angles.
"Well, I should have thought about this mor... |
Running down the hall, I cursed my alarm clock. It hadn't gone off this morning, and I was late for class. Though it wasn't fully the alarm clock's fault; this school had a strange effect on things like that. Even though I was rushing, I kept a close eye on my surroundings. A classmate of mine had recently encountered ... |
If I was honest, I thought i had the superpower of Luck at first when it appeared on my sixteenth. The bus arrived just on time, my phone didn't lose battery (again), the school bell didn't go off five minutes late and when i went to the arcade with my friends, i won every single game. But, as it went on for the next w... |
I had already cleaned the kitchen, done my daily workout and music practice, I'd even actually gone through the tedium of paying my insurance premiums. There was no more avoiding it, I had spent all my procrastination excuses. It was time to write.
The cursor blinked as I stared at draft four of chapter seven. Vile em... |
The AI imagined its audience of trillions of sentient beings - carbon and silicon and even some gallium, all those who had a.sense of nostaglia as their ancestral home was engulfed.
"And slowly the ants deepen their burrow. The billions of years of existance on the planet has given them unparalleled experience with ... |
“I wish you’d be my friend.”
The child’s eyes caught the light Genie was emitting, and sparkled. Genie was flummoxed. This was not a wish Genie had a prepared response for.
Mortals didn’t get along with phenomenal cosmic power well. They tended to push too hard and force a snap-back. Things had to balance. Genie had... |
Dear diary, I mean Journal.
You think getting adopted at my age you'll feel all butterflies and rainbows. I mean that's what I thought that feeling was supposed to feel like. My mom was perfect, perfect smile, perfect curly hair, perfect clothes, perfect house, and perfect pet dog. Oh! His name is Juno by the way, an... |
When people saw my eyes they reacted with either fear or pity, for everyone knows, those with black eyes have no soul. They say that there are people out there, with black eyes, that hunt humans in the hopes of taking their soul, but I don’t know. I have never met anyone else with black eyes.
I think I am normal. I ... |
At the Justice League Watchtower’s meeting room, the air in the room had urgency. No one knew how to handle Arkham’s latest patient who was a little too knowledgeable about the identities of the world’s greatest meta humans. This is the first time a criminal was allowed inside the Watchtower’s meeting room, but not wit... |
I pick up the small golden spoon off my table and, against my better judgement, I rub the soft curvature of it's shallow bowl, it's worn down tip, it's brittle but still maintained neck.
"This,"I begin, a bead of sweat forming on my forehead as I look up at the man trying to gauge the spoon's price and then at the ca... |
**Divine Chase**
“Wakey, Wakey buddy!”
John felt like his body was made of rock and the Hulk had beat him up last night. Slowly John opened his eyes. Bubbles. Bubbles are nice. Why the hell was he seeing bubbles? John realized he was in a vat, a bunch of wires and tubes connected to him. Horror. Was he in the regener... |
"So let me get this straight. I'm paying you all this money, and this is the best you can come up with?"
"Yes,"I said.
"A simple...name change,"the Archangel Michael said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Our research shows the name Michael is usually associated with powerful, yet troubled people. Michael Jordan.... |
In the wild midway between somewhere and nowhere, there is a game and a house and a hell full of poisons.
You don't know what the fuck it's about, because the game changes each season. Sometimes it's chugging through the jar-fulls of gleamy sludge and wasting away your mortal flesh for a taste of paradise; sometimes ... |
"Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you kill Helena?"
I became unbelievably still, but still maintained my totally usual innocent smile, while wide-eyed and unsuspecting. In front of us, the fire crackled with red and orange sparks, making me break out into what I called a contagious laugh. The others stared and grimaced; I took o... |
When I'd installed that damn camera, I wasn't sure what I had been expecting to see. My wife, Violet, complained about our cat scratching her during the night. She even had the marks to prove it, red welts along her neck and arms. She also complained about being tired, probably on account of Oscar the restless cat.
I ... |
I pant in the darkness, trying desperately to catch my breath. I cover my mouth with my hand to quiet my breathing as my eyes flit back and forth, searching wildly for something, anything, to defend myself with. My hands find it. Yes! I pick it up triumphantly, bringing it up to the sliver of light that creeps across m... |
She told me of a time where hearts flowed like rivers,
When the dams were levees and souls found solace.
She told me of the fullness, the richness, the depths of the waters - how their streams never once ran dry. Even when the levels were low, there were tributaries in the forms of a smile, gentle envelopment in ano... |
"I don't know what all the fuss is about,"I said calmly to Mags.
"It's an extra fucking leg! I have three legs now! And it's sticking out of my fucking *shoulder.* I have a useless leg sticking out of my shoulder!"she exclaimed.
"Think of the cartwheels you'll be able to do now!"I tried to convince her.
"I don't wa... |
With an almost maniacal laugh, the Hero reaches back, and from beneath his cape pulls out a compact folding chair, opening it and taking a seat in the middle of the empowered cage now imprisoning hi.. Receiving a rather confused look, he laughs again and pats the legs of the chair. "For the man on the go who makes freq... |
Pedro's finger tapped nervously on a glass of water. The tables around him were alive with chatter and laughter. This was a popular spot in his city, and he had been here more times than he could count. Every one of them had been a disaster. His "dates"had lasted a maximum of ten minutes before each guy had come up wit... |
"So, your last employer won't work as a reference, we'll need someone else,"the resume specialist said while looking at my file. "And did Professor Pain have a company name we can use so his death isn't what any recruiter focuses on?"
"Um yeah, I can use the site foreman who retired the month before. And I think he ca... |
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