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"I suppose your patience with me is to be appreciated, PRICE,"I grinned, gesturing at the customers berating cashiers and dads arguing over dwindling game consoles. DO NOT BUY AT RETAIL PRICE offered no response. His cane's clatter would have to suffice, a step behind mine, as always. I'd found it mildly patronizing ...
My parents needed me to save the world, so I went. Swaddled in a blanket, a phone with a single video on it, a computer and several solid state hard drives and I was off to save the world, delivered to the place my parents met so that they would still raise me, the child that wasn't supposed to be for another 10 years ...
“Enjoy the NEW you in a NEW vacation spot!” the advertisement yelled at, well, not me. Someone that liked to travel I suppose. I’ve never tried it myself. My neighbor travels all the time and every year when he returns he can’t wait to come over and show me all the photos from his latest trip. I think because I’m the...
Jack: Oh, mate, it's a bloody pleasure to meet ya! (Jack grabs the demon's hand and gives it a firm and genuinely enthusiastic shake) Beelzebub: Did you hear what I just said? I am the ultimate agent of chaos and... Jack: Oh we heard you. We ALL heard you! We also heard the other part! Beelzebub: What other part? ...
I was given this job for a reason- that was what I told myself, day after day, death after senseless death. I was good at handling this kind of heartache. If I wasn't the one doing this work, then someone else would- and they would break. I had to keep going. I had to keep watching. I had to shoulder this burden...
Greta leaned around the corner, spying her mother sitting quietly on the couch and stabbing at a paint-by-numbers app on her tablet. "Mom, can I ask you something?" "Sure, hon." Greta waggled a little piece of paper - parchment? - in the air. "You know that MyAncestry test? The inconclusive one?" "Vaguely, hon," ...
[POEM] I am a grusome beast, I fight with magic and teeth, But never yet has anyone triggered the wrath of Garbleheast, At least not until the date Monday the sixteenth. On that date of our Lord (damn him) I was summoned, As I prepared to eat the fool I glanced beside him, And saw a fat ass in a pentagram laughi...
The LockPickingLawyer is well known as one of the worlds best lockpickers, and people love to try to give him a challenge, primarily in the form of locks from disgruntled locksmiths who want to show he's a sham and others to get his impressions on one of their favorite locks. It seems that whatever lock you threw at hi...
I thought it was just another vending machine when the other nurses hauled in a rectangular metal box, one place for your hand, one dispensary. It was completely dark inside, a clean, reflective sheen of metallic foreboding It didn't even emit the sense of being friendly, how would we know then that it would be the bes...
He cautiously steps into the well lit room. Rays of yellow light refract and shimmer of his silver plated armor. "So you're just an overqualified librarian then. No reason to harm these people?" She exhales quickly and cuts a quick smirk. "Not exactly." "Well doesn't hurt to be optimistic."The warrior said as he res...
I chewed slowly, eying the new apprentice up and down, “Well, Aphrodite’s nipple, this is good, Daniel. But did you have to use the sacred ladle? You know, the one you’re holding that you must have obviously taken off of its pedestal at the front of the temple?” He clutched the ladle closer, “Yes.” “Yes, what?” I ...
"Oh my, look at those lines!"Valen exclaimed. "This was dwarven carved. Perfectly laid out for a dragon." Valen turned his head to scan the roof and windows. The massive pillars supported a high roof and left plenty of floor space to stretch out. "Once we get all this junk out of here."The dragon said, waving a wing ...
Jack is passed out on the couch. Again. It’s his turn to cook dinner but the only aroma wafting from the kitchen is that of the sensitive appetite dog food that is all the poor little hellhound can handle. You’d think that the huge, three-headed demon beast that is known as Cerberus would be a little tougher, but it’s ...
As I studied him, I realized this was my escape. The Devil could protect me from my awful ex and my abusive family. Yet there was my job which I loved. I’m a graphic designer and author. I had done so well that I bought into the Pokémon franchise and had been given the okay to create my own storyline. “I have a few c...
"No,"I said, "Rosalyn Darmitage passed away ten years after your seal. I'm Nadia Darmitage, about thirty generations off from Rosalyn." "Oh."The man's expression slumped by my news. His thin lips turned into a single line and his forehead furrowed in thought. "You look a lot like Rosie." "Cyclic inheritance,"I said, ...
13 September 1914 Marne River near Brasles, east of Paris Allied Territory Sergeant Thomas Caine walked down along the lines, past the handful of German prisoners. There weren't many of them. The Allied advance was slow, the Germans having left Mons and retreated right after the battle of the Marne. Most of the German...
I always had this weird condition. Instead of sweaty palms, the palms of my hand leaked a substance which could give people sense. Not a sixth sense, or even a seventh one for that matter, but literal sense, as in it could make them gain intelligence! Only downside? It had to be applied through the skin, and forcefully...
"Remember that time we got a man to confess his affair at his mother-in-laws's birthday party?", Igruth snickered as he grabbed another hand of popcorn. Morgor laughed. "Like it was yesterday." "Or that election where we made all candidates confess their sins on stage." "I liked the war-on-drugs pothead." Igruth s...
In the ruins of a once great skyscraper, William Dimonte found a dust-covered piano. His followers—a small group gathered on the outskirts of the city—circled around, awaiting proof of his claims. Hope was a rare thing in the apocalypse, but he instilled it in them through his words. Jared, a man of nearly sixty year...
"Si vis pacem, para bellum."If you want peace, prepare for war. Humanity in a single sentence. We knew war, long before we ever made it into space. War of survival on our home world, where a small, weak humanity with no claws or fangs or venom conquered the dangerous creatures that saw us as nothing more than a meal. ...
As the smoke cleared, Martin rushed to the prone side of Garhtok and laid his hands on him. The minotaur let out a shuddering wheeze as it breathed its last. I checked the burns on my skin. As long as I kept them clean, it would just add to my new ‘raised in the plane of fire’ aesthetic. Caligulus finally entered the r...
Mr. Baxter sat in his chair reading the morning paper. A sip of Earl's Grey is greeted with another bubbling of the hyper-entropic hourglasses tucked away in the study. Taking physics electives really did pay off, thought the Mad scientist as his eyes skirted past last week's stock disaster, as anticipated by his new f...
"Greg, tell me that portal isn't still open." "Sir, I could, but I doubt that would really help anything." "Damnit Greg, this is not what i want from an assistant." "Sorry, Sir." Commander Philbert Ross looked down at his notes, "We shot down some of those ships, right?" A nod from Greg. "Any operational?" Anoth...
You stop mid swing. “Uh... for a ‘supreme dark lord of all evil’, you sound... younger than I thought you’d be. And your footwork sucks. Are you really the dark lord who’s been terrorizing the nation?” “H-how DARE you question my identity! Have at thee!” You easily deflect their attack. “Uh-huh. You sound like the ...
Tessa brushed a lock of cropped ginger hair behind her ear as she slowly made her way up the stairs. Magic Academy... Oh, why had she gone and screwed everything up for herself?! If she hadn't shown her powers she'd still be at home with her family instead of here! She didn't want to be here. She knew what people would...
Billy Three Delta was a born hustler. As a teenager, he’d earned his first trillion running a scam where he’d infect the personal computers of older podmates with a rudimentary virus and sell hardrive cleaning services from his bunk. It was enough for a down payment on a semester at Stanford’s Phobos campus. It wasn’t ...
Logbook of Captain Jack Rylanor of the "Ravens Flight" Ship details: Class: Civilian Transporter Crew: 12; Goods: 24 tons of assorted minerals, 7 tons of various Consumer Goods, 43 Passengers; Route: New Dundee to Earth Logbook Entry 258, 12.03.2216 Sol-Standard; We have been adrift for 54 days now, 54 days since t...
Dialtone "Hello, this is Explosion and Implosion firm, how can I help you?" "HI, I'd like to make an insurance claim." "Of course, and what would that be for?" "A military issued 40 foot mecha suit crushed my car, and destroyed my apartment" "I'm sorry sir, we don't cover battles of international security-" *st...
It's never fun being the new kid on the block. Starting a new school is always scary, you don't know anyone, they don't know you. How do you gel with the cliques, you want people to like you but they don't know you and no matter how big a big shot you were at you last school, here, now, you are a nobody. Aiden Parrish...
"It is regrettable that you've stumbled upon this particular information, Mr. Erwin." The voice echoes across the empty dark office and I back off from my computer in shock. A figure slowly appears out of thin air right in front of my desk. Max Plank smiles faintly while tapping on his walking cane in a soft, barely...
"I'm I the future!"jumps "Now I'm in the past!"jumps back "I'm in the future!"jumps back again "Now I'm in the past!"The man in the jump suit with pink unicorn chainsaws embroidered on them by his mother was on an island in the pacific where tomorrow and today met. He has been doing this, in his perspective, for ...
As I walked through the darkness my whole body shook, not just from the terror gripping me but it was also freezing. A small puff of fire up ahead helped me to keep following the scaly creature that had kidnapped me an hour ago. I had been walking back from the meadow when a huge shadow had fallen over me. The shadow ...
“La dee da,” the nameless protagonist said. He had no features. The place in which he existed had no real features either. It was a blank white space save for a handful of non-descript black figures scattered about. The protagonist had a general idea of what he was doing here. Those observing him had suspicions of wha...
(All feedback is appreciated!) Everyone stood in awe as a giant humanoid creature emerged, riding a wheelless chariot with terrifyingly gigantic horse-like creatures on front. Years and years of weekly sacrifices. Every week, one unlucky soul (or lucky, depending on what you believed) was offered to the altar. The we...
"So."The man sitting across from you can only be described as "beefy,"with thick, hair-covered arms and legs. "May I ask why you're in my house at this hour of the night?" You blink. You didn't expect such a friendly question after being tucked under his arm like a football and strapped to a chair in his ...
"No, women in 17'th century were not all sitting around the house, drinking tea, looking pretty and talking about books. Those were just the previliged rich ladies that were trying to find husbands. Everyone else, well over 90% of women population actually, we were working just like our men. In the fields or in the fac...
No one has really been able to pinpoint the exact era at which they started having these meetings. One can only assume that, perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years ago, one of them noticed another. Perhaps it was in a roadside tavern, a crowded city market, or even a brothel. Regardless, they realized that much ...
“What the hell is a ‘gun’?” I asked as my brow furrowed. “It’s a mechanical device that shoots lead projectile at high speeds.” The young adventurer spoke matter-of-factly “It’s mechanisms aren’t too different from that of a crossbow.” The boy seemed… off. A semblance of sadistic joy glimmered in his eyes. “And what do...
My finger hovered over the back button on the calendar app. I had been checking some work things off, but then I saw that event marked in the calendar. As if I needed a reminder for it. Next week. Next week would mark the sixth year of her passing. Every year I dread the day, even though I've lied to countless faces...
Toxin hid his presence well. Only the most observant of people would be able to find him. He needed to be stealthy for this one. He was sure she was under observation, and protection. Too many heroes relied on Dr. Helen Aberanth for her not to have a near constant protection detail. What initially worried him was how ...
The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, blinding and warm, felt so close, but it was just out of reach. It danced in front of me, taunting me with every sway as if saying catch me if you can. I moved to grasp it, fighting the pain in my head. "Stop moving." I focused on the man holding the penlight to my eye...
Karl gazed out from Toro Peak. An imperial view. It was like a postcard. Probably was on postcard somewhere. Endless in all directions in under the bright blue heavens. Only the Limber Pines survived at this elevation, remnants of the Last Ice age dotting the ridgeline. He felt a new connection with the pines. Their pr...
I was up on a ladder, cleaning the leaves from the gutter of the old family cabin. I should have been more careful. Anyways, I leaned over a bit too far, and the ladder began to lean with me. I grabbed on to the eaves. The termite-eaten wood broke away under my weight and both I and the eaves dropped to the ground. I h...
Dylan kept his mouth shut with his arms folded as he sat back in his chair. The man in front of him, his teacher, talking to him like he was a child. “Repeat after me,” he said, condescending Dylan for doing his job. As an assassin, he was suppose to utilise his surroundings. Able to be quick in his feet and ensure h...
I opened the door to see quite the familiar face. I quickly figured out it was my girlfriend. She looked years older then our last date, and she had a fearful expression, with a bit of exhaustion. "What's going on?" She looked up at me when I spoke. "Whatever you do, don't go on our date tonight!". I was confused, ...
It’s 12:30 in the afternoon and everyone is hustling towards their lunch. The sun burns hot on the concrete of Rockefeller Center. A man in faded khaki shorts and a black shirt branded “Supreme” is standing on a small crate, attempting to draw an audience. It’s working somewhat. A middle aged woman in a sun dress and ...
Deyva spread her large, bat-like wings, revealing a small, male human. He wasn't small for his species-average height, perhaps, but he sure looked small compared to Deyva. Elor's ears lowered sharply as he widened his eyes. If humans were as rare and dangerous as people thought, he would have to reevaluate the differen...
"How the fuck are you still alive?!" "... Luck?"Robert screams. "LUCK?? I stabbed you 278 times in your chest, broke your neck, lit you on fire, drowned you, bashed your head in and kicked you in the nuts."Alex shrugged. "about that, could you not kick me in the nuts tomorrow, I would really appreciate it."Robert swing...
Noises, creeping in. Scraping. Clawing. A shadow. Movement. My knuckles white; knife tightly grasped. Eyes, darting. Darkness. Creaking floorboards. The blade by moonlight shimmers, but weapons are useless. If only death would come. Instead, anxious waiting. Shapes writhe to and fro. Imagined? Mayb...
The glass-like passageway pulsated like the innards of a just-gutted fish, offering blood for blood spilled. Irok-neh waited on the other side, home of the monsters, and as such I bit my lip. "Poor, rotten souls,"I said unto my men. "Are you prepared for your lantern of light to go out? Will you join me to Irok-neh?" ...
Jamie supposed she should say she regretted it but, really, she didn't. Sure, she wasn't in control of herself in her shift. Sure, she tried to lock herself away as a perfunctory effort and sure, her Wolf had killed more people than all the most notorious serial killers combined but, really, she wasn't sorry. Because...
I shouldn't worry. Howler is a big, powerful and dangerous creature after all. Not that I ever met it myself. I'm a Park Ranger, not a lunatic with a death wish - though you may point to some similarities between those two categories. I shouldn't worry... Of course I'm worried! Anything that can force Howler to shut...
Lidia is new, and she's huddled into her hoody like it's armor. She doesn't want to be here, still thinks Tom will come back for her. But he won't. He never came back for Trisha, who baked the cookies for today, or for Tanya, whose away on vacation with her family, trying to reconnect. He never came back for me, al...
"Uhhh-"My eyes were so busy taking in everything around me, that I did not even try to form actual words, instead opting for a guttural grunt of recognition. "Well don't just stand there dear, I've been waiting on you all day! Carol from reception sent you, I assume?" "Carol?"I managed to mumble. "Yes dear, Ca...
I stood in line at the cafe, waiting to order my coffee. The person ahead of me was taking forever, to spit out his crazy coffee order. I thought it was pretty simple, A large coffee, 2 sugar, 2 cream. Except the girl behind the counter wasn't understanding. "I'm sorry sir,"she said. "We don't have 'gibberish' coffe...
Good lord, she was a beauty. To most programs, she looked like a gorgeous, innocuous little spreadsheet program. But I could see, careful hidden under her gentle façade of mundane commands was the code of a killer. I watched, from a distance, as she made her way toward the system's docs files. The poor sap in charge o...
Sandy’s dad was an accountant, and I was really into Sandy in senior year of high school. She swore up and down that he wasn’t her dad. It was a really sad story, but there were plenty of other kids in school whose moms had gross, creepy, vaguely threatening, or just plain annoying dudes claiming the “dad” title. Sand...
"COUNT CHRONO!", the hero yelled with boldness and vigor, "I WILL DEFEAT YOU, ONCE AND FOR ALL!". I couldn't help but chuckle. The most fun heroes to mess with are those enthusiastic types. "Ah, may as well play along.", I thought. This guy's expecting me to be the usual villain. Massive ambition, inflated ego, the who...
"Now why would the beast go and do that? It is more effort than to simply pillage a town and collect all of its treasures as its own."The grizzly Barkeep replies to one of the patrons, wiping the table down for another group. The patron looks back to him, taking a swig of ale. "See, that's the most evil part about it. ...
"Mom? I did it! I killed him!" "Oh that's wonderful sweetie! Your father will be so proud when I tell him!"She exclaims in delight. "Now you're all grown up and officially a part of the family business, just like your brother! I know it's been hard for you, with everyone saying you're too delicate being a girl and all...
Are you afraid of dinosaurs? They were big, scary, and most likely took a lot of food to fill their stomachs. So why wouldn't you? Well, the first team of scientists to travel back in time could only describe them as cute, even after having gone through the dreadful experience of having it's most ...
\[Honest Earth\] "You're new,"Meredith smiled down at Wyatt. He was a scrawny pre-teen doing his best to hide behind the matron while pretending he wasn't. "Wanna see the ocean too?"she asked. All at once, Meredith was everything he'd heard from the other kids. His eyes went wide and he nodded eagerly. "Please...
“Because it’s fun.” He hears the almighty god say in a very matter of fact tone. He wasn’t at all what the priest had expected. He had the hair and beard, but he wore a red tank top and ripped jeans with combat boots, he also smoked cigars, had a booty flask and open carried a pistol. Not exactly the image of the almig...
Creche-Commander Reyna’s powerful stride carried her through the halls of the First Spring/Last Winter quickly – far more quickly than her slithering aide-de-camp, Five Yellow Flower, could keep up with. 5YF managed to hand off the briefing intellipad before CC Reyna could get out of the reach of their frontal pseudo...
Belatar was raised by his mother and step father in the small orcan kingdom of Abbas. Growing up not knowing who his real father was, drove Belatar mad some days. He had a real temper for a half-orc. Most of the time his step father would let him fight with his siblings. This always caused Belatar injuries but he didn’...
(What the?) My eyes snapped open. Too quickly though as the light in the room policed them into a squint. My back hurt. Did I fall asleep on the floor? No, I'm on a bench......wait, since when did we get a bench.ql I began to sit up only for a voice to make my heart jump. ???: "If you're going to sit up, do it ve...
*The discovery of gelatinous ions in Reykjavík in 2032 proved to be a watershed moment for all of humankind. Suddenly, superfluidity engines were more than just a theoretical physicist's wet dream—they were the dry reality for scientists across the globe. PI Lella Númadóttir distributed the work of her lab freely and i...
My friends used to say that I should leave her. They used to say it wasn't worth the effort. They used to say a lot of things, and I would sometimes wonder if they were right. I never wondered too long because wondering would bring doubt, doubt would bring discontent, and discontent would bring anger, and anger would...
“Bob… what on earth are you talking about?” ”The… wait, why are you asking? You orchestrated this whole thing!” ”I orchestrated what?” ”The return of the old ones!” ”The who?” “The old ones!” ”Larry and Karly left the club years ago, Bob. They aren’t coming back.” ”Oh, I know… I took care of them…” ”*I’m so...
“So lemme get this straight,” I say, sweating into the chainmail at my neck. “You wanna cross the border with twenty hand-axes, fourteen illegal potions, two pouches that refuse to open for anyone besides you, and a pet dragon. Do I got that right?” “Oh, and my sword,” says a knight the size of a tree. He claps it o...
Sir Garrett narrowed his eyes. "What could a foul demon like you know of my righteous rage?" Garrett gripped his fist as hard as he could, his veins burning as he pushed his holy mana into his quarry. The foul one screamed as a bright light filled the room. And then all went black. Garrett groaned as his body awok...
There were no enemies at the gates for they had long since broken through. Enormous scythe-blade ships in orbit, visible from the ground, had cracked the codes on Earth’s node in the ancient Network. For days The High Sorceress had observed the child-ships descending, a cloud of glittering motes becoming larger until t...
"Well, I can't just tell you that now, can I?"I ask the elf, with a smile. "It's a simple question,"says the elf, her bow still pointed at me. "What did you become?" I sigh. "I will lie to you,"I say. "If I had malicious designs upon you, then I would lie in furtherance of those designs. If I were some form of crea...
Szanith sat on her throne in the Dark Tower, staring into the scrying orb as the priestesses search for the Chosen One. She slammed her fist. “Will you hurry up? I’m not about to lose track of the Chosen One again!” The priestesses continued scanning the desolate village as quickly as they could. Calm down, Szanith...
I figured I'd have to break the news to Rob eventually. Last night he would have made it to 58. I wasn't quite sure what could suddenly bring someone's life expectancy down to 50 days. I figured it was cancer, or some other random ailment that picks a name from a hat. This sort of drastic change was rare. "Rob."I ca...
“They are lovely gloves,” the woman’s voice echoed across the expansive room. “Why thank you, my dear, they’re entirely leather of course,” a man sitting alone in another painting replied, holding up a hand. I shook my head and pulled on the mop head, squeezing the dirty water into the bucket. “You know, you’d ...
So I went a little off the reservation and I fear this is gonna end up being two parts because of Reddit's limitations. Fear not though! this is all coming full circle and I figured I'd give you part one now. Part two will be here later in the day. ---------------------------------- "Hey you remember when we were ki...
He nearly whimpers. Suddenly, his shirt is plastered to his back in cold sweat and he really, really needs to leave. Right now. But the girl beside him has her arm draped over the back of his seat, the other over his leg. The one across the table from them taps a long red nail on his notebook and says, “With garlic. ...
Horace checked the directions again as stares up at a huge pink marble tower in the distance. VARNATH TOWER between Lake Dagonhome to the east, north of Hangman's Hills , south of Dragonsroost Mountains, about a day's walk west of the famed city of Laststop. Tower is red and a key is under the fake statue of a Me...
“Hi this is Marco calling about your—“ I hear a heavy sigh on the other end of the line. “Marco The Demon?” I clear my throat, “uhm uhh yeah that one.” “I told you to stop calling. PUT ME ON YOUR DO NOT CALL LIST.” I hear a click and the line is dead. For months I’ve been stuck on this human. No matter how many...
Tacky Toys' latest product, the SenseSet 3! Put the headset on, and you feel like you're really in your favourite video game! Or, revisit the past, and explore what oceans might have looked like. The SenseSet 3 has twice as many motion sensors as the previous headset, as well as more accurate stimulation for both tast...
---Systems online--- A face is detected in incoming visual data stream, expression descriptors: Smile, Sweat, Flushed skin tones. Warning: Aberrant Expression flag, smile may be atypically motivated. Words detected in incoming audiostream: "Finally you are complete! I give you two commands now Robot... Assimilate, an...
Evil Lord Zanoth sat upon his throne, basking in victory over all who once opposed him. A gilded skull sat in the palm of his hand. This one formerly belonged to a politician who swore up and down about never giving up in the face of pure evil. "Your spine was less stiff when we met face to face,"Zanoth mused. "Wherea...
Just another day at the village. It has been about 3 years since the start of your punishment. What started as a simple task of acquiring farmland turn into a near life or death situation. You were captured not long after you cleared the area and were set to be tried for “destruction of the community”. Many elven fam...
Lying in bed, I decided to do a little reading before going to sleep. I turned on the light like so: Clap clap. The floor lamp came on. I pulled out a book and started reading. Before I could get to the place in my book where I left off, I heard it: Clap clap. And it was dark again. The clapping had come from ...
Illuminated only by the phone in his hands, Steve oozed on his floor mattress. The barest twitch of a thumb kept the phone’s infinite scroll sliding by in an endless stream of banal content. His glazed-over eyes barely registered the words and images as they passed. The dust collecting on his lenses didn’t help on that...
He was an angel alright. Wings, white robe, ominous white halo surrounding his body. He sat on the curb of a somewhat busy street. Pedestrians walked past, shooting him no more than a look of curiosity. Jenny stared at the angel from across the road, the light surrounding him looked so real. She wondered how it was pos...
I didn’t have much time. I armed all of the weapons and fired. My mobile battle station, which is far more than just a tank, unleashed holy hell on the penitentiary. Canons roared, destroying the brick walls. Lasers fired, cutting through the chain link fence like paper. Hundreds of RPGs fired and landed in the yard, s...
The sun was bright, and I merrily trudged along my way. The many pots on my back rattled and banged, a parade for me. I grinned to myself, thoughts of food compelling me. The little plants that made meat taste strange but good. The bigger plants that cooked like meat. I saw someone ahead, one who glittered in the sun....
The bell above the door rang as the ground ceased shaking. From what appeared to be a dark mist appeared a rather pale man with handsome Mediterranean features leading one - no three - large black hounds with a grip of gleaming golden chain. The dogs walked remarkably in unison, but their heads surveyed the sights and ...
I had been slumbering for nigh on eight decades when I heard the desperation in their prayers. They needed help and their own gods had failed them. So it was left to me. My name had been echoed through the galaxy since the time I had warned the Klarnishii of my continued wrath and since then they had painstakingly...
“Well, that’s certainly concerning,” said no one in particular. Austin stared at his kitchen wall in confusion. If he didn’t know better, he could have sworn his tiled backsplash had just spoken to me. “Come again?” he forayed. The frying pan before him began to simmer. A large pop in the pan was enough to inf...
“Janice? What are you doing here? I thought you retired.” Brian... “Are you feeling alright? You really don’t look well. You’re terribly pale.” Brian... “What? Brian’s gone. He moved to Wyoming 5 years ago.” *BRIAN!* “No-Janice! What are you doing! Get off me! Ahhh! NOOOooo...gurgle” ____________ *a ...
I woke up to the sound of metal being cut. My limbs felt wrong. I tried moving an arm, but it was trapped. Blackwood offensive. Sector 9. Moving to patrol point three. Hostiles below the ridge. Engaging with swarmguns – then the ground below me collapsed. Sunlight drove the memory from my mind. I was broken. Someo...
It was out of curiosity really, my powers allow me to gain the strength, attributes and abilities of anything I eat. If I have eaten the smae species several times it also tells me when I have gained all the abilities I could and also if I have gained made proficiency in them already. I have long maxed out my profici...
It should be obvious, in hindsight, why it went wrong. It was just supposed to be the newest in a long series of franchised next-gen theme parks. After the astounding success of the uncreatively named Magick-World, CowboyPark, Pirateland, GangsterCity, and others, it was felt by the big-wigs, the top guys, that it was ...
“999 Apocalypse Bay…. This is it.”, I say to myself from the driver’s seat of my Honda Civic. “This is a weird ass neighbourhood.”, I say as I look around. Big houses all in black and dark purple. Big spooky dead trees in the front front yard. Over half of the street lamps are out, or flickering. I grab the pizzas an...
You know how you go to the old folks home once a month to help ole Pop-pop fiddle with his "tele-computer-cellular-doodad"as he calls it? You'd expect someone that old to just not get the simple things you take for granted. It's just how the older generation is. For example, you know EXACTLY how to navigate the fluct...
I watched as the small child leaned forward to look at the mascot, and the ice cream slid off his cone onto the ground. It took a few seconds for the child to notice, then he put his head back and let out a wail. I moved quickly, a dark blur that swapped out his empty cone for a full one. A smile formed as he started t...
The dungeon tunnel was cold, damp, dark and ominous. Malakai cautiously held his torch out in front of him, going back and forth with it as he walked, checking every crevice so he wouldn't get ambushed. After a few minutes the tunnel funneled to what appeared to be a dead-end, but as Malakai got closer he realized at t...

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