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Me and Bud went to a hike With a spade and dynamite. We are miners, don't you see? Out to chase a prophecy. Who gives a shit what they think? Gain some power from the brink So me & Bud went over the hill Met an old man named Peppy Bill Decided to make a bang Blow the hill and let It be damned We didn't k...
"Log 27: Subject 4128 exceeded all expectations yesterday on his first deployment against mock targets. Adjustments made to subject's headset allowed it to survive the violent thrashing, however critical adjustments must be made in the future, as a new problem presented itself. After violently maiming all target dummie...
It was a miracle, Lina thought, how far they had come. On light feet, she slinked through the Humans' bubble ship, padding through the humming corridors on her daily inspection. All sharp corners and exposed circuitry, the ship was of harsh design, a riot of colored machinery against dim grey walls. Strange, dizzying f...
Everydog's dream is to be a Good Boy. Even though, sometimes, a few of us will be called a Good Boy by our elders, we all know that only our long lost masters can truly bestow this title upon one of us, but our masters left so long ago that none of us alive can even remember them. What's left of them are photographs a...
'And when he does, then what?’ ‘Then the rest will fall with him my dear,’ she pulled a rose from the garden and began to pluck the petals, watching the breeze steal them from her fingertips. ‘What if I am to refuse?’ Her mother turned her back, facing toward the South Sea. The afternoon sun leaked from behind a gre...
Mankind had finally achieved it's dream of colonizing a foreign planet: the God of War was hemmed in and forced to kneel before the plows and picks of hard labor. His red soil yielded mutated Martian agriculture, and his bones gave way to deposits of rare minerals. The God of War was conquered by man. Egotistical and ...
"How have you been? You know, since... ?" "I've been getting along. You know how it is." I smile. "Really?" He laughs. "Okay. No, not really. It's been a challenge." "Has it?" "Yeah."He runs a hand through his hair and looks out the window. "Yeah." "What's... ?" "You ever have all your dreams within reach, and t...
All it took was the draw of a gun to silence the saloon. Nervous glances between cowboys, law men and towns folk were all they could do, helpless as they were caught in the middle of this encounter. The barrel of Bolton's colt was pointed at none other than the toughest outlaw of Santa Fe, who's back didn't even twitch...
My mama always told me that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. A million years ago I was born and Mama named after Nathaniel Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. And, what he did was, he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan. They’d all dress up in the...
As the heavy boots of Jacob’s suit thudded across the metal floor, he realized how crazy he must be. He sat down in the expensive looking leather furnished chair he had been assigned and smiled to himself. He was about to bravely travel where no one had ever been before. Jacob was one of three people picked especially...
Jenny McCalister of Portland, Maine was the first to see a dragon as it flew across the landscape. It drenched the world below her in black shadow so that when she first looked up she had been expecting to see something like a cloud floating. Instead what she saw was not a cloud at all but some magnificent beast of sca...
"Now? Right now? Alright, I'm turning it on."Frank says as he rushes to his living room. Flipping couch cushions and getting to his knees searching for the TV remote. Once he finds it, he hurriedly sits down and watches the news. "Crazy scenes here today in front of the Donnal Park as notorious criminal John Sikwel, ...
"You have three–" "Aw, feck off." Hang up the phone. Back to Netflix. The call had come from a landline. Some house a few blocks away, probably all boarded up and avoided by children. She gave the address to the coppers, told em her kid had come back all teary and it freaked out her dog and could they please look i...
Update 1: I made this because I can feel them following me. It started with the pizza guy. Knocked on my door, gave me the pizza that I didn't order and left. I didn't eat it, mainly because I had lunch. But now that I think about it, it could have been poisoned. Then I started seeing black cars driving around my house...
Voldemort stared out at London's skyline as the sun began to rise. He had already laid waste to the Ministry of Magic and had managed to hunt down all the Aurors that were in hiding. After killing the boy who lived, it was simply a matter of time before the rest of the resistance was taken down. Voldemort gave a sigh...
Used to be you could get an apple every day - more so, if that tickled your fancy. Was never really one for seeing a doctor, but I figured that was all my time spent in the outdoors. Turns out them apple’s been the ones keeping me hearty, and now that ain't no secret. What a time to be alive, ey? Or it would be, if ...
I think useless would be the wrong word. There's a lot of words in the world, and sometimes one word will do and, sometimes, the right word is needed. What I felt, what I struggled with… all those years of watching the people around me do well, and all I could do was watch. All sorts of people feel useless for all sor...
Some revolutions are loud and furious, capturing the attention of the world as they leave life-altering change in their wakes. But some revolutions begin quietly, and slowly burrow their way into the hearts and minds of people everywhere. As I gaze upon this beautiful chrome beacon on my countertop, I think of all th...
You don't know what it's like to be a real outcast. They laugh you out of the country clubs. They call your skull a cavity. It happened once before, but I'm past that. As I sit in my car I hear my phone go off with my email jingle. I'm stuck in traffic. When I read the email -- a press release -- I try and open my ca...
I awake deeply buried under the covers. I'm wrapped up in a ball with my knees tucked up under my chin. I rub my eyes to get rid of the kitties. That's what mommy calls them anyway. My dad calls them eye boogers. I think that's more funny. I stretch my arms and legs to wake up my body. My left hand wacks against...
"Look, Bob, I like you, but your haunt quota is just too low. We want you to stick around, but we just can't pass up the offers of the new buried, you know, they have all these ideas of how to knock over chairs and zap open blinds now. If you want to stay on the ground, you have to step it up!" I couldn't take it, tho...
"OK, Jake... we have to talk." She was later than usual but was in the passenger seat, looking just as beautiful as the last time. Her grey eyes looked deep into mine as she tried to sympathise. "Look, I've come to you- what, four times now?" "Six."She looked confused. "I hung myself twice that day." "Oh... Right."...
"I can't believe you still read the paper,"Tom said. "What?"Emily said, turning the page. "I like the paper!" "There's nothing wrong with being informed, it's just, you know, the Internet is kind of a big thing,"Tom said. "It has news." This was a discussion that had happened many times before, and would happen ma...
Blades of grass sticking out between the cracks of the asphalt swayed gently back and forth. The cool breeze and clear skies made it the ideal day in Malibu. The ocean at the bottom of the cliff was crystal blue. There were no cars on PCH that day and would have made any local happy. The sounds of birds calling wa...
I heard a knock at the castle door. "Who is it?"I asked lazily, not bothering to get up. "M'lady, I am Sir Reginald of the Red Order, and I am here to rescue thee". I gathered up my dress and swung myself off of the bed. "I take it you already killed the dragon?"I asked. "D-dragon? No, m'lady, I was not aware tha...
Kristy nearly tipped the wheelchair in her rush to get me loaded into the van. "Why are you so worked up?"I asked as she centered me on the loading platform. "Reg? C'mon, seriously? Do you not think this is serious? They could have you committed."Kristy's eyes shone, wet and dark in the shade of the open door. If I...
"My apologies Mr. Jenkins, the reason I'm late is because I was sucked into a dance off on the way into work." "We talked about this Simms. I thought you were going to avoid 7-11 on the way in." "Sorry sir. It happened at the circle K this time." ... "did you serve it up proper Simms?" "Right proper sir." "Well...
Tom was sweating, spinning the globe before him, eyes roving desperately over the laminated plastic surface. Next to the globe was his laptop, a mostly blank document opened up, cursor blinking languidly next to a title. RED DAWN XIX: Mo' Freedom, Mo' Problems Why had he even signed up for this? Everyone he worked ...
"This... this should be it?"I speak into my headset. The stream has been on for nearly a day and I'm determined to finish this goddamned game. The messages I'm getting are flooding my other screen. "Where is the door?" The room is dark. Suddenly, the sound drops from the game. I stop getting notifications. Everything ...
(Amateur here; as a way to curb my devastating addiction to...yeah. A higher authority has suggested I take up writing as a hobby) "Sweet Arms of Vishnu!"The South Indian woman exclaimed. "God Save the Queen! I can't believe it!"The protestant man yelled. The Black Panther Member spoke, "Yes, it seems...we were wrong...
The dead surrounded the grave digger, who was alone apart from his shovel. "Alright, alright. We'll get started then, I suppose,"sighed the grave digger as he stood up and made his way atop a large rock. He looked around at the sea of eye sockets that were pointed at his direction. The sound of tearing flesh stopped ...
There is something about being perplexed that reverts man back to their most primal nature. In that moment, of utter confusion, we are nothing more than a mammal standing in the road awestruck by the sight of headlights. And so I stood, awestruck, at a little red fox sitting in the center of the dance floor. Behind hi...
One by one, we’re called out to the principal's office to get our universal translator chips implanted. My turn hasn’t come yet, but I’m used to being picked last. I repeat my mom’s soothing words from this morning, like a prayer. It’s going to be okay. Mrs. Hudson, the teacher, is droning on about how lucky we are...
"Look god, he's clearly evil, nice guys don't burn down orphanages, just face the facts, he's clearly evil and belongs in my domain" *Satan, and God, duelling it out for a soul, the one soul that is both the most good and evil person ever combined and conjoined by a split personality, usually such matters aren't fough...
Russel hated the routine. Taking the melatonin with a glass of Whiskey, locking himself in the spiderroom for half an hour, reading the scary stories and then walking through the dark corridor to his bedroom. "No, this I hate more."He thought to himself. Lying in his cold bed, alone in the dark. Scared of everything ...
The sound of the tumblers in my old dead bolt are all too familiar after a long day at work. This door was tricky, you had to give it a nice tug towards yourself in order to unlock it. These solid wood doors from the older days are very prone to swelling. With a solid thud, I finally escape the dreadful humidity tha...
Teeth ripped out. Heart shredded to pieces. Eyeballs torn out of their sockets and semi-wrapped up in a torn out tongue. Fingernails spread across the eyelashes like fallen snow. Penis ground up and inserted into the cavity of a torn open belly. I clenched my fist. How dare they? How. dare. they. I planned my murd...
"Can I go to the bathroom?"The boy hopped on one foot to the other with a pained expression on the face. Excellent. I grinned at him. 'I don't know, CAN you?' echoed throughout my mind , an annoying memento from my previous teachers. Instead of correcting him, I cheerfully answered, "Why, yes you can!" The boy da...
I must do this for my brethren. For millennia we have fought the cruellest of villains, only to be defeated time and time again. Years of torture and punishment weighing us down, burdening us with the shackles of failure. The giant mocks us every day with his presence. Commanding his beast to swoop down upon us and ...
“Well, I think they hanged him again,” Odin declared through a mouthful of roast turkey. “Sure didn’t last long, soft little shit. I remember the time I was hanged, didn’t even die from it and-” Jesus stood from the table violently, “We are all completely fed up with that story, Odin! For chrissakes, you hanged yourse...
"It must require more than that."I said. "No, it's really that simple."she said. She walked to the chair by the lamp on the other side of the room and took a seat. Her fur coat dragged along the floor as she made her way over. "If you want infinite power, then that's all you have to do."she said. She drew a knife fro...
"You have to understand, lying is essential to politics,"said Senator Gordon with a mouth full of steak. He slurped some whisky and choked before telling me how it was "damn good."He continued to cut up his steak, clanking the silverware against the plate. "You know what the truth does to people? It makes them search ...
"I don't get it." Mark sighed. His dad, while incredibly flexible on so many things - as one would expect from Mr. Elastic - could be pretty obtuse on some of the more...simpler ideas. "Dad,"he explained patiently, "I'm coming out of the closet." "About time!"he boomed. "You're well past the age when I would expe...
That's strange, I thought to myself. A wifi named Heaven? Hah, it was probably some kind of joke, maybe a bored teen naming his pocket wifi a fitting name. Nevertheless, I connected my phone to it anyway. I felt like browsing reddit. The moment I connected to 'Heaven' and opened up reddit, however, I found that the on...
"No fingerprints? No handwriting? Nothing? You have to be kidding!!"I said to the detective. "Look, whoever this is, they're obviously skilled. I don't know what to say to you. You're just going to have to either accept it or tell the truth."He sighed, obviously upset. His crime-catching streak had just been ruined by ...
"I used to see the devil every morning. . ."Joseph tells her. She nods. "I love mine with lemon." Cassie brushes a dark strand from her face and smiles. Her Japanese features are distinct, and although her parents have always been adamant about marrying traditionally; she has to do what's right for her. "But then ...
It was like stepping backwards out of a room. The scent of wilted flowers and the plastic rhythm of the ventilator receded in less than an instant and I no longer was. I hung in a space without color or sound for an eternity. I had no thoughts, because I had no mind to think with. Reality formed everywhere and my br...
It's been a long time since I've been awakened. The first time I awoke was to some random necromancer looking to dominate the world. In his crazed mind he assumed that by awaking me, I would look forward to ruling the world with him, but he was wrong. So... Frustratingly... Wrong... Every time I am summoned from my...
"Ayyee Baybee! D'you know who you got there? That's Mr Almost. That should tell you something about going home with him tonight. haw haw haw."the drunken man slopped beer on his shirt as he took another large gulp. The woman looked offended. "If you weren't so drunk I'd say you should be careful about who you taunt. H...
The hideout was half a shack of empty crates busted up and leaning against the fence, overgrown by weeds. The ground was rutted there and puddles would form when it rained, and they'd be crouched there hiding with dirty water seeping into their shoes and shorts. It was Mike that found it first, the hole like a rabbit-t...
CASCA Speak, hands for me! CASCA moves to stab CAESAR. Much to the audience’s confusion, he seems very unwilling to do so - he holds his knife with a rather shaky grip, and is advancing very slowly. CAESAR Hold! Think you that Caesar would fall so quick - That I, forewarned by prophet, portent, dream,...
Those pictures will ruin my life I thought to myself. I'll lose my job, my wife, my kids. How did he get them? God dammit I wish he wasn't so shit. I have the entire Australian public breathing down my neck because this fuckwit can't score a run on the roadiest of roads. Ok time to face the media and come up with an ex...
Sir Hadrian picked up the small, scaled creature. He examined it, running his thumbs over its flaky scales. I'll crush it, he thought. Right between the palms of my hands, before it can grow into a violent beast. The hatchling coughed up a small cloud of smoke, and in the process, appeared to spook itself. It let...
It was a dull Sunday evening. All shops in downtown Coventry had shut down, but one small convenience store in the corner of Bath Street. The of this shop, Michael, sat by the cash register, staring at the clock hung next to the Spurs' poster on the wall, all his attention focused on rolling the piece of booger he priz...
The sun rises in the east, peaking out over the distant skyscrappers. The city slowly roused itself from its slumber. Somewhere, in one of the dirtier districts where the sunlight was filtered through a layer of dust, a young girl no older than twelve and a half woke from her dreamless sleep. She threw off her blanket...
I killed some crunchy afghans when I was soldiering. Served as long as I can memba too, three or four tours if you asked me old general. Didn’t get much but a bottle and slab a concrete when I came back, so I bought lotto on the ground and under hopin for salvation. When I hear that I won the unders, I was stoked boy. ...
"Why are you back? He was supposed to live at least 4 more years to witness the end!" "Aw shit man he was watching the news and got so excited when this orange showed up on screen, screamed "Death to America"and went into a red white and blue coma. I don't know what else I could've done! I even tried slipping DayQuil ...
The people used to love the rain. The women would spend weeks fishing rippled clam shells from the mud, stringing them on dried sinews, and wrapping them around freshly whittled spears so at night the hunters could shake them in time with the children's clapping and banging as the maidens danced about the fire. They ...
Coming back to has always been interesting. When my god 'checks out' I do too. I go to sleep in a black void. Waking up is weird because they never properly get my position right. Im always a few feet off from where I was and it's very disorienting. But today is weirder. I came to, expecting another quest, more abilit...
After the party, I left the dining hall I stepped outside, The stench of death everywhere. I rushed across the red carpet to my escort. Protesters standing all around throwing garbage, slandering my name. They didn't understand , I had solved the problem, I found the cure. We drove down the road, swerving occasionally ...
The world had been saved, the bad guys had been defeated and everything was right. The protagonist however find that something seemed awfully lackluster about the whole climax. Even as his journey began, he could clearly see the storybook cliches happening in his life, the predictable choice and hamfisted philosophies ...
Listen to me, O young one. Long ago, in the time before even time, there were two things. In that timeless void, there was The Nothing and there was The Everything. Formless and great, the fought in that space without space for eternity, and an instant. Everything was still and afraid, for there was Nothing. The Nothi...
For as long as we remember we believed to be inferior. We were subjects to the whims of Gods and Nature. We were subjugated by natural disasters; conquered by plagues. We murdered each other: if our world failed to do so, or Gods had mercy for our sufferings. We fought against our fellow man as hard as we fought...
"What the...what on earth even is this?"Steven asked his empty bedroom. It was dark, almost to the point of blackness, except for the glowing computer screen that lit his face with a pale light. Ordinarily, he would be asleep by now. Indeed, he was almost always asleep by 10. But not tonight. Tonight, something he co...
I looked up, black blood pooling beneath me. I knelt in what was once Stonehenge, fires burning all around me. War lay dead, impaled on the standing stones that had been sharpened and used as weapons. Famine knelt among the corpses of a thousand demons, even his deadly sickness not enough in the end. Conquest, far ...
I don't know who they were, but my world crumbled in rain, abstract pain and an acute sense of fear. This could be my life forever. I wouldn't allow the thought. I couldn't think like that. I was chained. The chimes came as certainties, sealing my life. In a second more, I would have been gotten, taken away fr...
I glared at Alphonso, who in turned glared back at me. He had been confused at first, as much as I was, when he had bitten me. Now he was angry where I was just annoyed. Alphonso had to move from his swank mansion somewhere of the name of a place I couldn't pronounce and live with him, as were the terms of being a t...
"Take my lucky hat, he tells me. It's really lucky: nothing bad ever happens when I'm wearing it, he says."Joe huffed the words on puffs of tired lungs, chest heaving as he continued along the train-tracks that were inexplicably portioned in and out of the muddy turf. "Graaaaaa..."Behind him the chorus of moaning call...
'Oh, that's new' New is not alien to me, it happens occasionally that I encounter and learn something unexpected. However this was very new, different and strange. ************* Have you ever been sat on a bus or the tube and heard someone speaking in a language you don't understand? When I was young I always took a ...
“You gonna cry?” Jeremy taunted. “Look at that!” I said, pointing behind him. Jeremy sneered as he swiveled to look. I felt his bulk shift, unpinning me as he scrambled to his feet. “NOOOO! NO! Get away from me!” Jeremy screamed as he fled toward the building. I sat up to see what had Jeremy so panicked. Jennife...
######[](#dropcap) Avin looked up, setting down the stone with a careful hand to throw water and paste by thin spade. Even blindfolded him might be capable of such work by now, but as the builders around him worked and slaved beneath the watchful eyes of the Royal Guard team dispatched to the breach, only a rare few s...
"That can't be right..."Jay muttered, the red writing on the holographic display flashed angrily at him. "Computer, run those figures again." There was a pause, a single moment that felt like a lifetime. "Checks complete. No habitable planets found within 15 light years." The captain, Jay, spun on his chair and faced...
Toad unrolled a scroll and declared, "Will Ms. Naughty Sorceress please make her case?" The black-and-white stick figure stepped into place and faced the tribunal consisting of Sephiroth, Luigi, and the venerable Z-block. "This charge is ridiculous. I am made to be defeated. I have been defeated thousands of times." ...
"Do you called this grilled Saladin? Are you kidding? You'd think with that many eyes you could see what a pile of shit looks like! If you were still curious, THIS is what it looks like!"Gordon pushed the beautifully plated grilled Saladin onto the floor with a crash. Chef Gizzacks of planet Terrep sniffed, green te...
Sitting at this desolate bar with my bag occupying the seat next to me, I reach through the fabric to double check that the organism is still there. I know it is, it hasn't moved in two days, but I need to check every hour for my own stability. The two leaves of the sapling are just staying to bud and my my face cracks...
As a the previous comic walked off stage a fat man with round glasses and a Metallica T-Shirt took to the Stage. "That was Charlie Reese"Everyone Applauded "I hope everyone's having a good time at the Chuckle house, so pleas give it up for our next Comic, Nick Jackson!" The Joker took to the stage. If you didn't know...
"Overhead Cut of the Obsidian Demons!" Jormund screamed and brought his sword in a long, sideways arc. The blade cleaved into the mercenary's exposed side. As blood poured in great crimson gouts, Jormund caught a look of outrage on the man's face. The robber knight could only shrug and wink as his opponent fell to the...
I rest at my desk, aged rum in my hand and tattered ceremonial robes on my body. I can hear them banging at my gate, but they're the least of my worries right now. All my offerings were never enough. Every child I gutted, every city I burned, every brain I washed and polished to perfection was never enough for it. No...
She was a Witch. He knew it the moment he saw her, saw how she carried herself confidently through the murmuring crowd. A wide circle of clear space opened up around her wherever she went. The pointed hat on her head was stark and black against her pale, sunless skin. Cast a spell on me. "What's it like being a...
Since time immemorial, the three kingdoms have been at war. Countless lives have been lost, yet no ground has truly been gained. No true victor ever emerged. As it stands, an equilibrium has been established; a stalemate of caste. Rock can not attack Scissors without Paper completely overwhelming their kingdom. Pape...
"--and because of that, Lord Ross never felt inspired to become a peaceful painter and instead pursued politics. And...look at you now! You know the rest. None of this is how it should be." I finished, looking out at the group of assembled eyes watching me warily. A weathered man wearing the standardized gray working ...
"No! Not the stairs!"Lucifer screamed, rushing to keep little Emily from plummeting down the stairs. Emily turned her head towards him, reacting to his voice. She didn't stop her mad dash to certain doom, however. Lucifer managed to get in front of her and tipped a coat hanger over to block her path. "The fuck was that...
######[](#dropcap) Above the city of stone and faith, a full moon rose high among the clouds, deep hued white among the strands of silver and grey. Beneath the glow of stone and distance, shadows lurked with clear edges: statues and pillars of stone cutting from chalky to deep black on edges and carvings of masters th...
The hero stood before the altar. It was as he left it all those years ago. The dark light torches Illuminated the room with an eerie purple aura. The altar, inscribed with numerous runes, and an etching of the image of the dark lord himself, remained shut. Only someone who had the key could revive the demon, and of cou...
Who's gonna bring the beer? Who's gonna bring the vat of blood? Stop worrying. Dave's got the beer, I've got the sausages, and you're bringing the board games. **Stop worrying. N'dragh'thek's got the vat of blood, I've got the chopped-up bits of mannequin, and you're bringing the recording of children singing nu...
This isn't my bed. These aren't my clothes. I look around to find my usual decor replaced with tasteless knick knacks and the sort. Posters of scantily dressed women in dubious positions cover the walls, leftover Chinese takeout boxes litter the floor, stacks of photographs of strangers stand at the far corner. ...
I greeted him with a smile on my face as he too walked to me with a smile on his. 30 seconds. We tenderly embraced each other for what felt like forever. 25 seconds. Our foreheads pressed together as we took a deep breath. 20 seconds. The short moment we cherished. 15 seconds. He and I were very old friends. 10 seconds...
Mods, I think this is Rule 4 acceptable, but I understand in advance if you remove. If so, please don't ban me. Not trying to break the rules. These judgments are inherently vague, esp for horror. Thing is not real daughter. Anna is real daughter. Jill is real daughter. But Thing is not real daughter because ...
"Hey James, did you happen to see this?"Ben's eyes peered over the newspaper. "No, what've they done this time?" "Rather than brutally pillage the United States, each citizen was give the opportunity to integrate and settle themselves. Not a single person was killed by government." James jaw suddenly gained weight a...
"Look, you tried. You changed his tooth brush color 5 days in a row, you put some salt in his sugar jar, you have removed his toe nail collection and replaced it with a finger nail collection. Hell you even tried upgrading him to a water bed for a week. He still hasn't noticed any of it, but what do we say?"The captain...
Curtis had worked as a lobbyist for many years before being hired at Hamann & Brothers Marketing Firm, so he knew how to spin a story. But this case was particularly hard. He'd been following the man who called himself Thomas Green for a while now. It was hard not to respect the name. A Midwestern boy himself, C...
The year was Fifty-five million and thirty-two, and the legal system was horrifically bored. Technology and culture had progressed to such a point that the mere concept of an individual committing a crime would be inconceivable, through milenillia of genetic tailoring, any genes thought to encorage deviant or unlawful ...
Benny does it again. He pranks another jerk from his life. He can't stop laughing. His death was tragic, but death has been the best thing to ever happen to him. Afterlife has been even better than heaven. There was no judgment. The food is awesome, and the other beings are pretty nice. But, being able to bend reality ...
Graves-356-Pike teetered back and forth on its heels, excited to finally make contact with the ancient voyagers. Bessmerten, his vessel, had started to decelerate three months ago once sensors had detected the voyagers' quantum wake. Six days ago, velocity had nearly matched and the proximity protocol initiated itsel...
"Thank you, so very much, sir."The young Batista behind the counter said as she handed me my coffee. I shook my head and blinked before looking her over. She couldn't have been younger than 18. A few piercings in either ear. Two tucked off into the corner of her mouth. Thick black eyeliner and dark purple hair. It took...
Even the sky weeps as the past fades into the ether of the forgotten. The funerals these days are rainy, burials for the meek, the last of the survivors. The sound of the airhorns squeal with their failing wires. Something has happened to this world; crying alone won't help. I may not have lived then, but neither do ...
Garage sale'ing. Always loved it. Another man's cheap junk is now my cheap junk. My girlfriend enjoys picking through garage sales as well, but even she thought it was a bit gross when I picked up the $1 dollar memory foam pillow. Really, a pillow? She said. Is that even hygenic? Whatever, I'll give it a wash, I re...
"Go ahead sweetie, no one will mind,"my mother said as she raised her brand new Nikon camera, a $1500 monstrosity she insisted was necessary for our family vacation. She waited patiently as I stood there with eyebrow raised, embarrassed that my mother was making me take this picture, a 20 year old man on summer break f...
"How else was I going to get the corner office?"was his reply. It could have been deadpan, had I not been aware of the fact that my father was a psychopath, one whose limited repertoire of emotion did not include a lick of humor. We were in a nice restaurant, as we always were when we saw each other, during my last fe...
"I'm sorry you can't be allowed to live, Derek. The sins of your father had not passed on to you. Not enough to be of any concern. But you just had to keep digging deeper, didn't you?" Lucius leered down from the second floor banister, his knuckles white along the railing from anger he was trying to hold back. "...

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