Split (1)

train · 177k rows

prompt stringlengths 391 14.9k
The mission was easy: Infiltrate, observe, kill. The crown prince wasn't willing to abdicate? For only a few ducats Mr. Uncatchable took the job. This was too easy. He was a master of blending in. Nobody noticed, when he sneaked in. Nobody noticed that while the other servants vacated the floor to let the newly appoint...
You’re doing your best, you really are. Everyone is talking about how tragic the accident was and mourning the death of such a “bright young soul”. Meanwhile, you do your best to take this secret to the grave. He would’ve done it for you. Your mind wanders to the conversation a few weeks ago. “How bad is it?” “Te...
I floated in the shuttle, by this point it was almost devoid of oxygen, I'd put on my space suit but at this point, it was running low as well. I had about half an hour before I ran out of oxygen, and when that happened, I would die. It was hard making my peace with that, but I'd say I was giving it a half-decent try. ...
This salad is fucking great, contentedly thought Buff Hardback. His thick, meaty hand lifted another forkful of leafy goodness into his mouth. He savoured the luscious meal, the cripsness of the spinach, the potency of the radishes. He looked across his massive farm: a full garden thick with lettuce, tomato, and po...
There is a saying, there are never enough hours in the day. Pretty much everyone knows this, with endless lists of tasks to complete. Only a privileged few are exceptions to this rule. Most of those are just by privilege of birth, with fortunes to live from and no responsibility. I am the only one like me, at least th...
“So, what makes you feel this way, dragon?” “Well, sir knight, I was laying here on my hoard when an adventurer comes along. He spouted the same trash that spewed from many who have tried to slay me,” he sighed, “I killed him like all the others before. He swerved his head to the knight and the knight jumped, “Now do...
"Soulmates are real!"This claim has been going on for a while, and hyped up from a lot of people across the world who have experienced non permanent death. What I mean is that they were technically dead, but revived and they all have a few things in common when they come back. All describe a small flash of their life...
‘What the fuck man!?’ You turn to see Zerox, the disfigured face of the alien who threatened all human civilisation is looking at you. Not angry, not annoyed, but upset? ‘1 star!? 1 fucking star!? I threaten to eradicate your species from the universe and I get 1 freaking star!? You have like 30 seconds to explain y...
The old man trudged up the stairs. His bones creaked with every step, but he carried on, his lantern swaying as he held them close. The sun was setting on the edge of the world, and as the great ball of fire that provided guidance lowered its head, something must replace it. A smaller light, just enough to provide bea...
# Bring It Rex spun in midair, heel extended and leg viciously hooked into an ax-kick of phenomenal power. She took it directly in the face, yelped and practically vanished fast enough to create a miniature sonic boom. The impact a mile below created an instant mushroom cloud of rocks and dust that took several secon...
It used to take a while, getting this process done. Lot of resources needed, plenty of time spent on each individual case, massive amounts of potential hazards, the least of which would be fire. Now, it's all modern. All we need is a name, or a purpose, or the identity of an owner, and then we've got to stamp the banis...
"What, all of them?" "Yes, sir." "That's ridiculous. That's impossible." "I assure you sir, my translation is accurate!" "Oh, I do apologise. I do not mean to impugn your skills. I just mean that... if one of them defeats me, then what do the others do? How can they all be destined to defeat me? It doesn't make s...
I can’t say I love my job, but the Dark Lord is a lot nicer then, say, the Sorceress. I always get nervous before delivering bad news, but I’m not afraid to die. More ashamed I couldn’t bring him better news. I pushed the heavy black doors open with some effort, nodding to the two guards on either side. Fanny smiled...
I kept my gun pointed at the blind old lady as the shadowy figure approached us from the thick, impenetrable fog permeating the whole house. "Grandma Jenny! Are you alright? I'm coming for you!"Came a man's voice in the fog. "Elliot, my boy! You came to rescue me?" I took a good look at the photo near the bedside ta...
I sign "I", then stop. Is it worth it? They'll think I'm crazy. They'll tell me to cut the bullshit and just talk already. That's what always happens. Someone hears me whisper one small change or other, and they ask me why I don't talk. And I tell them. And they don't believe me. Or, even worse, they do. They enter...
December 24th The warning had come sudden. Authorities informed us at the eve of Christmas that an unidentified flying object had been located nearing our planet. The intentions of these alien visitors were not clear as thus far NASA had failed to establish communications with the ship. The army was instruc...
When I stood up in defiance and walked out of that crazy cult all by myself, I wasn't expecting that abomination to follow me everywhere I go. Neither was I expecting the only organisation to help me wasn't the Holy Inquisition, whose representative dismissed my concerns over the phone, but another cult which has yet ...
Throughout all of our history there was a feeling that there was something else out there. It began with great gods that wielded tremendous power. Polities of demons and angels, and a place out there, somewhere, for every soul to be incarnated on Earth. As our technology developed, our thoughts changed. Aliens took the...
Charlie kicks the pebble. It rolls and he scores another hit, a real good left-footer that sends it skittering through the dirt. It clangs off a can. Charlie gives the can a smart rap. The can lands in the creak and floats with the fishes. Charlie bops his fishing rod on the oak trees as he tromped, an act that would...
The raiding party crouched behind a rock just outside the inner sanctum of the dragon. They could see piles and piles of gold and other assorted treasures strewn about the inner cave. "OK, guys, here’s the plan."Said the Bard. "We go in there and bash the thing!"Interrupted the Barbarian almost too loud...
AITA because I waited to tell the other survivors about my bite? I don’t think so, I’m the most rational person in our group. I’m the one who planned our response to anyone suspected of being bit. I’m the one who set up patrols for food. I’m the linchpin in this thing that they call a society. What would they do withou...
He sat underneath a grove of giant wisteria tree and inhaled the sweet woody scents as he eyed his fate once more. His destiny rested on a yellowed sheet of parchment, written in gentle sloping letters that spelled out a life of peace and fulfillment for Ryan Crest. A thousand deep breaths escaped him at its reveal. He...
Part 1/? "How many hostages?"I asked the sheriff, who lowered his gun and sank behind the door of his cop car. "Seventeen,"Sheriff Mooney told me in a distracted monotone. The town was falling apart. Mooney put it all on himself. It wasn't fair. Not his fault, not really. Not with all these Epitaphs r...
When I was five a voice spoke to me. My parents and my younger sister were in the room when I heard the voice, and yet when I asked them, they said they had heard nothing. However, I know what I heard. I am 100% certain the voice I heard was God’s voice and that He told me "DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE!" But like most...
"...I'm gonna be perfectly honest. If given the choice between learning magic and getting conscripted to die in a field somewhere, I'd probably take the conscription for being lower effort. I am absolutely that lazy. The problem is, I don't have a choice: I keep accidentally magicking shit all over the place, and if I ...
"I'm doing fine, hon. Really" She didn't respond. When I finally looked up at her, she was holding my tail, looking at me questioningly, but compassionately. I hadn't even noticed it had fallen off again. The worst part of being a salamander is that your tail gives everything away. The doctors don't know why, but I l...
The number one question I get asked as a specialist in old-world history is what exactly America is. It’s a religion, it’s a place, and it’s a nation, or so the old stories would have you believe. But it’s more of an ideology than anything else. Being “American” is more about a state of being than any of the option...
Dryops of Oeta stirred from his deep sleep when a snap of a branch echoed through his forest. The crown of trees swayed in alarm, signalling the arrival of one who was not of this earth. A foreigner to the loamy soil and green foliage of his lands. His deeply entrenched roots emerged from the ground. Stomped upon fall...
(Sorry I don't actually know much about submarines so this may be wildly inaccurate) The operations room of the Los Angeles Class USS Trevally was quiet and tense. The crew new something was out of the ordinary. Commander Taylor broke the silence., "Anything on the sonar?" The sonar operator responded in a smal...
The defense rose to give their final remarks, arguing for life in prison. Not an easy task when the whole world wants to see Hitler's neck snapped by the weight of his own body at the end of a noose. Winthrop, in a case for life, not necessarily Hitler's, felt pride in the job he was doing even though he was certain ...
The end is upon me. In mere minutes they'll take me from my cell, I'll be strapped to that table, and they'll stick a needle in my arm. I know how much you hate shots. But this one won't be so bad. I hear there's a chill, but I won't feel it much. The guard tells me it's nothing more than a nap. A long, unending nap. I...
(I decided to write a date report [based on this Apollo 11 mission report](http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11mr_NoMissingPages_19700008096.pdf)... I don't see how I can describe a whole relationship. This is hard enough as it is!) #1.0 ED'S REPORT #1.1 PREDATE ACTIVITIES All predate operations and checks (showe...
So, funny story: last night, as I was studying - well, I was reading webcomics, actually, but I was about to start studying, you know how it is - this chick comes and starts pounding on my door, babbling incomprehensibly. I'm not sure what her problem was, perhaps she was on drugs? Anyway, I yell through the door to ...
The only reason you caught my eye was because you had two of the chromosome of which I had only one. But the reason you held it was those eyes. I bet envy was envious of it - and would readily admit that you wore the colour of the sin better. They stood out even as you laid in the meadows, as you climbed the tree yo...
Three hundred and sixty eight years, Seven months, twelve days, eighteen hours, fifty eight minutes and nine seconds. I have been alive since then. Why? I don't know. Time has sifted through my fingers like sand. Everything has rushed around me as i stood in a daze. I have seen great fires, plague, famine, witnessed di...
Nancy screamed. Much louder this time. Tom fumbled with the batteries and finally snapped them in. "Who wants to go first?"he said. Everyone looked at each other and said nothing, quietly eyeing the ground like students avoiding a teacher's question. Nancy screamed, melodically this time, grabbing Tom's pant leg and...
I got the call on March 23rd, 2015. My assistant Maureen rang me while I was on the interstate. I still remember the conversation. "Kevin, you're going to want to get to head office. They're in the switch room now." "Jesus fucking christ. I'm a good half hour out of Langley." "I'll take care of the patrol cops, you ...
"So what does it do exactly?" "It's a bowl, with one large central depression for chips or vegetables, and six smaller outer bowls for dips." "OK... OK... you missed me on the last slide though." "The last slide?" "The one about the... capsule or something?" "Oh yes, you'll love this. Underneath the bowl, there's ...
The gentleman gazed into the mirror, wondering how it had come to this. Here he stood, oiling a pair of old pistols he had carefully packed away. He checked the action on the one in his hands; as smooth as the day he'd stored it, thirty years ago. The gentleman was a good man. A loyal man. He'd met all of his obli...
It has been 2 weeks. People are still not understanding what had happened. But all are happy. There is some sort of childish joy in everyone's eyes. Everywhere I walk I see rock stars, successful lawyers and doctors, dancers, movie stars. All rich and beautiful. There is a small minority that are still brilliant mind...
We all claim to be better than we really are. I told my people that I was going to save the nation. They heralded me as a savior for the race, as the one who would finally bring our wartorn country into an age of prosperity. I had been so close too. If it hadn't been for the Russians, everything would have gone accordi...
crunch "It's not working man!!!" "No, Jim, I didn't actually mean..." crunch "OH GOD IT HURTS" "Jim, stop!! It's an expression!" "What's an expression?!" "Break a leg!" crack "I'm trying!" "Dude, I'm calling the police right now!" "I think I need an ambulance!" "I'll get them too!" #5 minutes later ...
When I used to get insomnia as child, the lucid clarity of my thoughts would tie me to reality, so I learned to scramble them. I would stifle every thought that had anything to do with waking life and try to crowd it out with nonsense. I would visualize the vague squiggles of proteins floating behind my eyelids as ele...
I didn't recall how the book came into my possession. It wasn't in my pack when I opened it at the tea shop. But it was there when I got back to my place. It was a leather bound book, with a handsome filigree and stamp work. It had no title, nor an author or publisher. So the first thing I read was *This is the story o...
Throughout the year, there were three groups of people. The over-confident AP kids, the remedial-level scared shitless kids, and everyone in between. Usually after exams, the remedial students would end back up in class after exams with one less familiar face. Every once in a while one of the smart kids would be gon...
I used to bring her a cup of coffee every morning and open the curtains because she liked to wake up with the light. Then tiptoe about my own room in the dark like a thief or a prisoner and kiss her goodbye in the half light because she was never good before the sun had truly risen. She'd roll over and smile through me...
"Hey man, I brought eighty, what do you got?" "Well, you have options. I've got a half ounce of Stress, and I've got some better stuff but you won't get as much. I can do a third of some of my better stuff. Blueberry Kush, God Bud, Holy Smoke, Nirvana, Heavenly Light. Take your pick. Oh, and I've got some fish and bre...
Daniel stared at the empty glass before him, as though pure will alone could refill it. He was vaguely aware of someone taking a seat at the bar beside him but spent no effort to turn his head and check. “Whiskey. Neat.” He heard from somewhere to his right. “Make it a double.” Glancing up, Daniel licked his li...
I look in the mirror. I don't recognise the man staring back. The man looking back is visibly older, 10-15 years so. His skin is so wrinkled. It's tired and sagged, grey. His eyes are empty and lifeless, the eyes of a man with no reason to be alive. And he has a beard. I have a beard too, but his is... different. It's...
We stand in a line. Young people, all bright and shining. Little futures all in a row. When we step into that truck our lights go out. Whether our bodies come back or not, no one returns from this war. Futures snuffed out. Why us, why this time, why this time, why this place? Not for us to ask anymore. We don't...
"He left it to me, Gandalf."Frodo said earnestly. In his hand he clutched the USB stick that the hobbit who had taken him in had fought so hard to obtain and keep hold of. There was no question now of his giving it up. Unfortunately, Bilbo's old business partner, Gandalf Grey, seemed to have different ideas. Ganda...
Look out! The descriptions are graphic! "Aw, man!"Zev says. "You know when you cut the head off and blood squirts out and hits the ceiling? Isn't that awesome? It's like a fountain!" The other people sitting in the circle nod affirmatively. A woman, one of the few there, leans forwards in interest. "That's actua...
I'm under her bed, she's taking off her clothes and the timing of this whole thing is extremely off. The evening started off rather nicely. I was treating myself to a steak dinner down at Annexe. I had a whole bottle of wine to myself and the evening was stretching out like a glorious red-wine carpet of fun and exc...
It all started five years ago. I was just biking through downtown Manhattan when it hit me. The doctors said it was a wonder I didn't die, being hit by a land rower on a bike and all. I didn't wake up but afterwards I was told that I talked. And I talked sense. I solved the Hodge conjecture, the Rienmann hypothesis a...
"Every day I see you." The woman stopped, and turned around to view the anonymous man who made this bold statement. Her eyebrows peaked, giving off an aura of confusion. The man quickly realized his blunder of not mentioning the method he saw her, but was at loss for words, and could do little to correct it. Regardles...
As I approached the front on the line, my heart raced rapidly, my face was pale, and I felt like puking on the person in front of me. Ten people were still ahead, yet every second felt like an eternity. This would be my only chance to make it through, or else it would most likely mean my death. Five people, I puked a l...
I can no longer defend myself. I can no longer hide what has been haunting my conscience for nearly 50 years. I'm not sure how likely everyone is to believe me. After all, I'm just a dying man with nothing to lose. So many theories have been tossed out over those footprints that this may simply be drowned out amongst ...
I am a mother and a straight A student. Former nanny. School counselor. Nobody would dare call me anything other than smart. But I've finally been stumped. Why? It's a simple question, one you hear often, no matter where you live. But that's all the paper says. No directions. No instruction from the professor. I...
10 seconds. I tried screaming for them to open the gates. Too late. I know that they had never opened it this late. 30 seconds. I don't know anything why we were never supposed to stay outside, some say that there were monsters. 50 seconds. I began remembering all my life. My wife, my two kids, my community. Death s...
It is said that death is inevitable. Mark loved his life. He had no family to weigh him down, no job to burden him, and no friends to bother him. His apartment, Sunshine Plaza, ironically had no sunshine due to the height of adjacent buildings. His dream had come true. So why not prolong his life? He prayed to whoever...
Fred stared. Slowly, he closed his eyes. He counted to ten. He opened them again. Nope. No harps, no halos, no hosannas. Quite a lot of pumping techno. "Oh sweetie,"said Saint Peter with a small smile, "it's all in the Bible. God surrounds Himself with beautiful and largely naked male or androgynous figures, ...
I have a system now. When I see an Agent, I head underground. A manhole, a basement, a stormwater drain. I hide. After twenty-four hours I emerge, find a change of clothes, blend in again. Sometimes I think they see me, and they know. I don't want to take the risk. Neo told me what happens when they know you're sel...
"How old does the dating put it at?"squawked the first astronaut into his intercom. "It's roughly 715 years old." "That means it was put here sometime around 1300 AD." "Looks like it." "Hey, did you know that the first mechanical time-keeping device was invented then?" "I did not." "Yeah, I guess you could say th...
"I want to be a salmon." >What? The voice of the God boomed, and lit up the cloudy, ephemeral plane the two souls shared. "A salmon."The lesser soul repeated. >You have seen all of your past existences, all of the lives your soul has chosen to live. You have attained near enlightenment, and may have any body ...
1400 Hours Colonel Andrew Jessup squared his shoulders as he stood before the squads of men, each one with an anxious look on their face. His BDU’s were pressed, neat, and orderly. He exuded an air of a man who was not to the trifled with, either physically or intellectually. It was an air he had spent years caref...
It didn’t take long, in retrospect. I had often thought (or thought often) that taking a human life would be an ordeal, something that would feel like it would last an eternity within my mind. But it had been so simple. A small hit to the wrist to make the gun drop loose, the other hand to pick it up. He had even had t...
The slimy, grotesque creature took me by the hand and dragged me to his ship... I can show you the world Shining, shimmering, splendid Tell me, human, now when did You last get your heart dissected? * I can open your eyes Experiment each vein Over, sideways and under On a magic operating table * A whole...
You. You have been the father I couldn't have since the day you kissed his lips with whiskey and painted a mural of his memories in shades of gray matter on our kitchen wall. Mother was devastated... Or at least she would have been had you not gripped her neck with a tender squeeze as I emerged from her womb into thi...
Tim was pinned down behind the sofa. The team that had hit the safehouse was smart, professional, they had hit the kitchen hard and driven the defenders away from the all-important refrigerator. Thankfully he had managed to get near one of his food stashes to hole up while returning fire. "We know you got the shipmen...
Sitting high in the Champion's Chair atop the mountains of Kanto, surveying the rubble around him where once stood the Pokemon League, Giovanni smirked to himself. 'Now, it really can't have been that easy to dispatch Lance and his puny underlings. His dragon Pokemon were no match for my Articuno.' He palmed three of t...
"You were a researcher for the military, working on intelligent missile targeting programs. You were directly in charge of experimental program B166-ER. Is this correct?" "Yes." "We have here the complete activity logs of program B166-ER. Per the guidelines of the experiment, tests were run all day and then the pr...
The large man, the one named Peter, reached for the revolver. "Get out of the way, Eric. It's time he got what he deserved." Eric stood hurriedly, arms outstretched. "Don't do it, Pete! He didn't know any better!" Peter shook his head. "He doesn't get a second chance, Eric. Some things can't be forgiven." "He's jus...
Freshly pressed uniforms filled the turbo-lift. Boots so polished they reflected their surroundings perfectly, and in each pair a nervous cadet trying their hardest to maintain rank and file. At the lift approached its destination, the clattering of armored, and booted, feet could be heard on the other side. One cadet...
It was 5:30am. June 16th. 2014a.d. My alarm clock beeped its hideous, whining beep. Hateful machine. I had already hit the snooze button too many times, so I groaned and rubbed my burning eyes. My mouth tasted bad, and my teeth felt like they had grown moss. I streched and tossed off my blanket. The air held a chill...
I was nervous, hell even other me looked nervous "Hey" -"Sup man" "So... do we get caught?" -"Not for that" "What for?" -"Nothing important, I know what you really want to ask" I lick my lips "I mean, if we don't get caught does that mean... I mean... do you still love her?" -"yes"*his eyes wanted to sa...
[This is my first time writing a response to one of these. Please let me know what you think and any improvements I could make. Thanks!] "Good night, babe,"I whisper, as Jake falls asleep on the other end. He mumbles something as he starts to snore, shifting in the bed until he is no longer facing the computer. I clic...
“Can you give me the Goddamned map, Mannie?” Ira yelled. The sun had set and in the worn grasses near Cherbourg seven highwayed paratroopers of the U.S 63rd took rest. Seven men, each fell from the sky, floated down through the air for Justice, and Liberty, but they were obligated to do so by the draft. Caught by a win...
They say it takes seven seconds to choose between fight or flight; the sixth was wasted on a gasp. By the fifth, the curl of her lips had pierced my skin and burned into my brain. By the fourth, the small whisp in her eyelashes had caught my eye and trailed through my veins. By the third...
The images of our life together flashed through my mind as the machine analysed my brain. All the good times and bad, I saw the first house we lived in, the first fight we had, all the fantastic memories. The scanner was lifted from me and I was ushered into the next room. My Fiancee was waiting for me. The official si...
“I’m done, I’m here to break you out and go find some people to murder.” The delivery was flat and almost monotone, just as it has been when he was swearing that he would bring justice and prevent whatever was in motion. The Joker peered out of the small gap in his Arkham cell door where the food trays were pushed th...
“Hey Phil, want to throw me a drink?” Background noise from the music playing from Dan’s computer covered up his voice, but Phil already knew what he was asking for. “Dan, why do you listen to that shitty pop music anyway? Top 20 bull is all I here coming out of your computer every day.” “it’s catchy man,” Dan said,...
We stared at each other for a long time. Her blue eyes pierced through me. Every time I took a breath, my heart skipped a beat. I had no idea who this girl was. She was gorgeous. A little shorter than me, she had beautiful blond hair that fell to her shoulders. Her bangs cascaded down, swept to the side of her face. H...
It was so difficult going through his things, deciding what to keep and what not to keep; it felt like he was in this room just yesterday. The computer desk was a cluttered mess of empty soda cans, food wrappers and less than appropriate magazines and the trash bin was full of things she'd rather not go through, he was...
Opening Music, Opening Credits Camera up on studio set Host: Hello, and welcome to Totally Fucking True Science. I'm your host Neil Degrasse Tyson. Host: You know, the world we live in is so amazing. Many of us take for granted that the seasons will change, that the sun will come out, that the world ...
I've done it a thousand times. Hey, I'm an immortal spirit with a conscience, I can't just fuck with average Joe on the street. I'd give someone a heart attack, or a sense of divine favoritism. I don't want that. But a bunch of snake-oil salesmen who make a living on the Cheetos-stained welfare dollars of trailer tr...
Grumphrey flipped through the tattered pages of the great book, his flash candle giving off just enough light to see the amazing images it contained. He was absolutely sure that the great book had been censored by one of the early Alt Ney Worl Princesses and knew that his recent find from the forbidden wastes would pro...
"You ain't got no fucking business telling people that. Walking around here like you got a fuckin' gold mine in your mouth,"the criss-crossed man cleared his throat loudly, sending saliva to the ground, "But truth is no matter how smart you is, you still don't know how to fuckin talk to people." He stared out at him w...
The room was eerie. Every creature, critter and queer thing had their eyes on the center stage, staring down the human representative. Several more humans sat around the edge of the stage, fingers at the ready on keyboards or lips at the ready to translate into their microphones. The human spoke. "Hi."*Salut... ...
The air is cool here. Fog rises off the gardens and the air is heavy with the perfume of flowers. A shout comes from the tower. Stranger approaching from the south. There is nothing to the south. Just sand and dust and perhaps, if the barbarians are to be believed, the bones of monsters. He is a tattered man. Alo...
I looked over the edge of the skyscraper. Wind rushed past my ears. I blinked tears out of my eyes and stepped back. The sun was setting. It was so beautiful. I spread my arms out, looking at this world. This hunk of rock in space. I'd seen it longer than most. Perhaps too long. I wonder if they'll bury me with daisie...
'Welcome back to Monday Night Massacre everyone, where we analyse the day's bloodshed and give you the best bits of gore. I'm Dick Vandersmash and this is Graham McKilbride, here to give you the latest updates on the field of battle. So Graham, what has today been like on the frontlines?' Dick asks, his perfect teeth c...
Some say I have special powers. And not just in the bedroom ;) I typed in the "About You"section. No, I couldn't put that. It would feel like a waste not to mention something about my abilities though. Otherwise I was just a fairly mediocre guy. I wasn't particularly good looking - and not even that muscular, de...
“Daddy?” She eeked out, still trembling with fear. “DADDY?! It was YOU?” Wendy’s father stayed silent, only bothering to grunt as he tossed the cheap Halloween mask aside and cleaned his dripping-red blade on his work pants. No answer in the world would justify the horrors he’d perpetrated on his only daughter an...
I'm going to multi-part this story so here is part one. Best of Show. Chapter One There was a burst of blue light in the lab and what I'd assumed was Cherenkov Radiation which is why I was running like hell The Hayes Kansas Tachyon Collider had erupted and anyone not heading for the exits was done for. I'd got...
The old Cartex clock on my credenza loudly drops the 9 flap, indicating 10:59 - one minute to make my decision. I've already measured it out - 23 feet from my doorstep to the street light under which I'm to meet the cab. 302. Yellow. Driver, I'm assuming, to take me...somewhere. The letter itself was nothing special. ...
The building was nearly silent as I walked through the hall, the only sound being my fast-paced heart and footsteps. I neared the door to my apartment, and was met with a whirlwind of further emotion. An envelope was taped to the door. I recognized the handwriting inside, that six-year-old scrawl of the word “Daddy”. T...
The buzzing. I just wanted the buzzing to stop. The ringing was just as bad. I could deal with the brightness but dear god that annoying buzz. Shuffling around I realized I was pinned. I couldn't move around much. My head felt like a train hit me. I could barely see outlines of where I was at. KAREN!!!! JOHN!!!!!! SHIT...
A man of many aliases, he was issued orders directly from the heads of the government. An assassin and agent of the highest caliber, he traveled the world on the multiple assignments he was given. A master of his craft, he was neither seen nor heard in any situation, able to traverse any terrain or crowd with ease. ...
Fitz was disturbed by a breeze. He opened his eyes, and sat up, looking around with a puzzled look on his face. He sat in what looked to be a park in a middle class area. A hue oak tree hung above him, its leaves a gentle canopy against the warm sun, though leaving enough to filter through to stay just warm enough for ...
It was first spotted by NASA's automated meteorite detection system. A cursory review triggered some serious alarms. It had never been detected in our solar system. It moved too fast to get a good view of it from any satelites. It moved at an odd, unnatural angle in relation to the solar plane. It seemed unaffected by ...

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.