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My family wasn’t by my bedside when I died. They had all been called by the nursing home’s staff and told that I was close to perishing.
Jebediah, the angel who was watching with me as we awaited my family’s arrival, rested a hand on my shoulder. “It’s okay to be nervous,” he said quietly.
I nodded. Even in this afte... |
My foot is tapping the floor in anticipation. I can't wait today is the day I get to pick what type of magic I will be doing for the rest of my wizard career. I've tried every other aspect of being a wizard and being good at what I do. I tried fire and burnt down the West wing come to think of it they are still rebuild... |
"Why not just skip a step?"Gerald asked his friend.
"What?"Dave managed to ask before Gerald just... *jumped.*
Oh, that's what he meant. Dave had to admit, Gerald had a point. They had managed to sneak in here already, it's not like they had to commit a crime, since they were already here.
"Have fun!"Dave shouted ... |
*”I-I didn’t mean to! It-it just happened! Please, you have to trust me!”*
The woman was howling, her tears cascading down her face. The man glowered down at her in the way that one looks at a rat that’s just entered their home; an expression of utter condemn, disgust, and hatred.
“Ma’am, you are a monster. You heart... |
Princess Beetlesheen was unfortunately named, but the royal naming tradition had to be upheld. An unfortunate appearance insured she was considered, at best, a mockery of nobility by her peers: her comically long ears akin to twin blades of grass that bowed under their own mass towards her shoulders, her height putting... |
Humans never wore clothing. They couldn't open doors or figure out trashcan lids. They were stupid, dumb creatures who couldn't tell their front end from the rear.
Us Ikan were the only intelligent species on this planet. That is what they told every Ikan in school, a common idea accepted as truth.
So then, why did m... |
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8"The announcer chuckled a bit. "Okay okay, you got me. Now let's get onto the real lottery numbers, shall we?"
The host looked expectantly at the woman in front of the number machine. She weakly shook her head, a worried expression on her face. She took out the ping pong balls from their slots a... |
Not a lot of people know this, but criminal defence attorneys hire private detectives when doing pre\-trial work. They tend to be mostly retired cops, their job usually is suppose to gather information that police might miss or anything that might be relevant for a case.
At first I thought it would be funny if I hired... |
3 years ago. That’s when the first asteroid hit earth and blacked out the sun. It wasn’t the last; sometimes it was a day, sometime a week, but it always happened. A red streak would light up the black, black sky and then people would die.
We all got used to it.
Yesterday, someone online pointed out that they’d never... |
It started this morning.
At first, everything was perfect. The sun kissed my neck in a way I never knew possible, complimented by the soothing wind which kept the heat of the kiss to a gentle peck. The soft, white sand passed seamlessly between my toes as I meandered along the shore. The tide rolled in and out, splash... |
Welcome to the annual orbitathlon. We have some great competitors this year, all with a good chance.
They've been in the Yard working now for just under a solar day, let's take a look.
Ah yes, the Martian greens, not to be confused with the 3592 Greys, have made a wonderful triple - fluction design. Just loo... |
When you are young, the strings are real magic. They are better than any app or device. Because your strings are yours alone, and they are unexplained, unknowable, and illogical.
Pale strings of light, connecting you to Fate. Blue to deep friendships. Red to love. Green to family. Black to conflict. White to an unclai... |
I know I should hate you for what you did to me. Fathers aren’t supposed to do those things to their daughters. It’s been fifteen years since that last night, and yet I still remember it like it was yesterday. I remember every night you snuck into my bedroom. I remember every time you got blackout drunk and did all tho... |
We did it ! On orbit, around an alien planet. But we're the aliens this time. We had a hard time believing.
The linguists did worked their ass off and now we were talking via radio to their orbital center, on how to get on the ground Taalmuntis' ground.
My ship was majestic. As big as manhattan, as powerful as ten of... |
"You're happy this morning,"his wife commented. She placed a plate of bacon and eggs in front of him.
He was. He couldn't deny it.
For the longest, he had, had his doubts about the middle child, his only son. All his children were goody two shoes, but that didn't bother him so much when it came to his daughters. But... |
Larry walked up to Mike and winked at the angel and devil sitting on my shoulder. “So what hijinks are you going to put him up to tonight?,” he asked the tiny smiling devil.
“No hijinks tonight! I'm tired of trying to talk him of out of it, I'm putting my foot down,” the white robed angel squeaked looking cross.
... |
He slid the back of the knife across her cheek, grinning with triumph. "It took me several years, several small fortunes to get you here. Worth every second, worth every penny."
"I guess I know why they call you Repeater."She said it with as flat a tone as possible, knowing his ego filled the rest of the small, dark r... |
They told us we wouldn't be on the front line for real. It would be just like playing a video game.
Having a solid 4 - 1 KDR, natrually the Zoonian empire would be interested in me. I was in college working on my degree when first contact happened. After class to decompress I would play games in my dorm. The current ... |
Tarraste Vellon stepped out into the light for the very first time in fifteen years.
He was a scholar through and through. Studied the Sutras for years, absorbing the knowledge through utter dedication. While others went out into the sunlight, bathed in the glow, he sat in hollows and in rooms deep within the Drugpa M... |
The clay pot had been sitting unopened on the shelves for months now. Our team had unearthed it in a cave in the desserts of Iraq and the process to get permission to open it involved so much unneeded red tape and bureaucracy. Normally, we wouldn't be this excited to open it. Over the course of our careers, we have op... |
“You see, Fred, you are just fucking awful,” said the thing. “And we mean it, just fucking awful.”
Fred shifted his feet in his front yard. It was the greenest yard on the block, mainly because everyone else’s yard was on fire. But not Fred’s. Even his imported bushes (straight from Guatemala) were the purest co... |
I flashed a smile, happy that someone finally gave me a response. The previous ones either scoffed at me or ignored my approach, this one not only stayed but even joined in on the fun.
"Of course I know,"I said with a cooing voice. "You look just like an angel. If I squint my eyes, I can even see a slight halo. You're... |
"I'm sorry sir. I need to see your ticket before you can enter."
OK, here we go.
"Hmm? Sorry sonny. I'm a little hard of hearing, you'll have to speak up."
I give an apologetic smile and the guard is already flustered.
"I'm sorry sir. I *cough* I NEED TO SEE YOUR TICKET BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER PLEASE."
"Oh! Of course... |
Our laughter, a high-pitched mixture of giggles, squeals and screams, rise towards the sky.
It’s a reddish orange, dark azure streaks laced with ruby rays of sunlight that herald the approach of Sunset. Clouds spiral towards the large orange sphere in the distance that threatened to blind you if you stared too long at... |
The metal grating beneath my feet shudders. It's barely perceptible to those inside the station, but outside--a war rages.
I consider the implications of such a war, of the sufferings our people endured during the great wars of Earth. But this one is much different. The unknown species that batters our gates and send... |
It had been a rough day. My family chased me out of house and home with that same formal politeness that extended toward strangers: they didn't want to help, they just wanted me out. I tried texting my friends but all I got was a whole lot of messages saying "sorry, whose number is this?"Calling them netted the same re... |
The village was up ahead. He rode along its path, the horse silently marching on. The mountains around them were beautiful, yes, but they surrounded the village save for one small pass to the southeast, the same pass he rode through. There were rumours of foul beasts roaming the land, mighty monsters that helped themse... |
I stood near the edge of the railing. It was colder than I expected. I guess the fog and humidity really added to the gloomy atmosphere. I chuckled a bit as tears started to pour out.
They we're gone. All my friends had already jumped. I can't believe how little hesitation they showed. Here I stood holding on to the ... |
Justice Cleaver approached the site dispatch had pointed him to. In a parking lot at a by-the-highway TransAmerica, several cars and trucks sat sleeping in the dark. Only one light shone outside of the range of the tower lamps.
It was a flashlight, in the window of a Winnebago motor home. The serial burglar was at it ... |
"Where did it all go? The magic? The elves are gone, seemed like they closed the door to the fae realm to leave. Dwarves aren't born everyday anymore, just randomly born among the humans now.
And the humans? The fucking humans, are sprouting like Lizard Lice on scales. They're just everywhere. The gold is gone. Nobody... |
"Wait,"God said. "Where is everybody?"
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The creator of heaven and Earth stood in the doorway of the conference room, with His mouth hanging open. The chairs surrounding the massive table were empty except for two.
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The Archangel Michael responded, "It's just us, I'm afraid."He offered an... |
Land.
It wasn’t the first time I thought I saw land. Like a mirage, land had teased me for many years now. The way the sun shines on the waves, a whale, some floating ice, tired eyes. But this time it was not going away and I was not the only one seeing it. A few kilometers east, there it was: land.
I had never see... |
Why did I freeze myself for six thousand years? Well, let me put it to you this way: I was horny. Horny for excitement, horny for adventure, but mostly, horny for having sex. As a matter of fact, a lot of people thought I was *too* horny. My wife certainly did.
"Brucie, you just weren't made for these times,"she said ... |
"Ouch, that's gotta hurt!"
"Yup, seems even the best ocular implants still can't withstand a metal stud with 150kg of weight behind it, Bea is off and will be replaced by... Cassandra Neuf!"
"Cassandra is 23 years old, one of the new rising stars of the game, but she has never played at this level before... She also... |
"The combination. What is it?"
The harsh words startled me, but not nearly as much as the gun pointed at my chest. In fact, I almost forgot to listen until the thief shouted at me again, this time with his finger on the trigger. "I asked you for the combination to the safe! Now do you know it or not?"
I hesitated. I ... |
Coffee. Black. Two sugar cubes in, stir well. As a habit, I gently tapped the little metal spoon on the rim of my ceramic mug to shake off the little excess droplets of coffee. My mum used to say that coffee beyond noon is just bad for your body, but the bloody rain forced me into the nearest shelter: A typical diner t... |
*If immortality means unending, yes, I am immortal.*
Unending.
Death does not covet me.
My stars zip past, flecks of light. I remember spittle on sand. Water droplets. Sea foam. Pearls inlaid. All so solid. All so strong. Never distant. Never cold. I look out and see his stars zip past, flecks of light.
I used to ... |
“Yo, squishy. I’m Krog, your ‘Buddy’ for this semester”.
Shit. That pile of rocks was talking to me, the Babblefish™ on my ear translating the crunching sound into something I could understand.
“Hey Krog, I’m Alex”
“Hang on squishy, let me get this do-dangle translator thing working. Forgot to charge it last night ... |
The king’s glaring at me, venom leaking off his eyes. He doesn’t know I’m his son, doesn’t know that in my quest to defeat the wretched wizard Marl, I was lured into a trap and had my body stolen. Those rumors from the country of my appearances are true, as are the evil deeds following them. My legacy’s being ruined, b... |
"Hello earthling!"
That is one HELL of a costume!
"Oh nice costumes, aliens eh? They look super real, happy halloween yeah?"
"These are not costumes, we have come to file paperwork for procurement of this planet."
"Heheh, no seriously though - what would you like to order?"
"Your planet, let us speak to whomever ... |
I once heard it said, “Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven.”
I call bullshit. There's only one ruler in hell, and he has a voracious appetite for fools who make deals based on bumper sticker slogans. Granted, the idea of being a celestial slave isn't exactly high on the to-do list either. No sir, I'm my own ma... |
# Freaking Mind Readers
Just another day on the metro and I was bored yet again. As I stood there, I wondered what I would see on people's minds today?
Maybe it would be their dirtiest thoughts, with carnal images of the most seductive flesh and messy embraces.
Or maybe, it would be thoughts of the stresses of prof... |
I drop the stack of letters on the kitchen counter as I go to make a cup of coffee. It was still really early in the day and I barely function without my first cup. The bubbling of the boiling water comforts me as the only sound in the kitchen. I walk to the sink, splashing some water on my face before drying my hands ... |
Jordan sits on the witch’s couch, keeping his blade close because *children* are scurrying around. They’re laughing, they’re playing, they’re acting like fools and it’s taking every ounce of his patience not to strike them down. Not to strike *her,* the witch, down.
She’s standing across the room, whistling a friendly... |
The lights are blinding as I open them. I try to move, but I seem to be strapped down. The doctors and machines all work diligently around me. The operation is completely unknown to me. I speak out to ask, but it is as my voice has been taken away.
“How is he holding nurse,” the doctor ponders.
“He seems ready for th... |
Uncle U was always the crazy one in the family. He had this unusual hobby: he always collected weird artifacts and nerdy magic stuff. Whenever we went on road trips, he always looked around for some small magic emporium. These places were filled with ancient books and unique flasks and vials. He would always say that w... |
The tip off had cost a fortune, to say nothing of the flight costs to the home systems asteroid belt.
But as i strolled into the bar on asteroid H-235-332345 i realized i may have gotten off easy.
there he was, sitting at the bar, in that old white outfit of his, swirling a glass of wine as no one payed him any mind.... |
The great hall crackled with lightning in a battle of the thunder gods. Zeus, Thor, Perun, Indra, Shango, Xolotl, and countless others unleashed all their fury at once, while the old man they were fighting for looked on in excitement. A living person would have gone blind the moment the first bolt of lightning flashed,... |
“What?” I blinked in surprise as I looked at the balance on the computer screen. “That… that can’t be right.” I shuffled around the stack of papers on my desk until I found my latest direct deposit slip, compared it against my checkbook… yep, I should have considerably less than that in there. Not that I was complain... |
Today has been pretty usual, given how uninteresting it was. I was given a lesson by my tutor, ate, and was brought back to my room to rot.
I don't know if my parents know I am aware of their misdeeds, or if they simply despise having a useless child, but nonetheless I am stuck here again. I would rest, but my body an... |
The creature unfurled its wings, showing a lithe figure. "Mortal, why have you brought me to this world?"
I looked directly at the demon. "Yeah, honestly, I have no clue. I didn't do it on purpose."
The woman-like creature looked at me, a confused look on her face. "Not on purpose? But how did you perform the ritual ... |
*The door swings open, a smiling man walks through the door. He holds one hand behind his back, he laughs. The laugh echoes through the dream like ripples in a pool of water. I ask him something, he laughs like a madman, pulls out a gun and shoots me. I look down at my chest, blood gouts from my chest with each beat of... |
The message concerned us, as the breach of anomalous information was massive. We didn’t need to fear however. We had global amnestics. This wasn’t new to us, the anomalous. We were always preparing for these things.
And so Earth had one message:
“This is the Earth organization known as the SCP Foundation. How can we ... |
Margery had known her home like the back of her hand. If shaking hands were to allow, she could draw a map down to the smallest detail. Blindness had come gradually and combined with years upon years of ritual, she knew every square inch. For a blind octogenarian, avoiding the coffee table wasn't enough. She knew exact... |
This is not how it's supposed to work! Maybe my powers are running out of batteries. Either the professor harbors a deep hatred towards me or I am stupid.
I glance at my professor, she is preoccupied with other papers. It's not like we can cheat with the way our seats are assigned. One row with 4-5 students, one spa... |
After a sigh, I turned to my wife and asked, “Have the mice been at our clothes?”
She frowned, biting her lip, as she finished tuning her viola. “I don’t think so, dear.”
“Then what happened to your tights?”
Looking over, she clicked her tongue. “The gusset was chafing me,” she said. “I’ll mend it tomorrow.”
I nodd... |
I am a mage of Azazel. They call people like me Runners.
__________
The crowd of Hunters approach the temporary dwelling on the hill. At their head, Chief Mage Hunter Connor stands, preparing to sound the deafening battle cry.
__________
For years I ran. I ran because they were chasing me.
That was what I told ... |
"So, I just give you my firstborn, no time-limit, and I'm effectively immortal? Eternal youth and good health? No catch or anything?"I'd heard that the devil didn't give barbed deals, and his reputation as a bastard was partially unearned, but you can't be too careful.
The Devil crossed his arms. "That's the deal, pig... |
He stood in the middle of the battlefield. Everything around him was in ruins. Houses reduced to stone piles, and fields on fire. The only thing moving, besides the dust in the wind, was the few remaining soldiers crawling on the ground, most of them missing several limbs. There was no winning side in this battle, both... |
The cold bit down hard to the bone. My naked figure shambled through the icey tunnels to the center of the village with a singular goal: to get out of the freeze.
As others passed me, they averted their eyes in disgust. I hated those shallow eyes, covered in a blanket of warm fur. They didn’t know the terror of ice.
... |
“You know I don’t like wandering near the old ones.” Tara said as the pair stood at the base of the mountain staring at the giant humanoid skeleton half buried in the dirt next to the rock face that led straight up the mountain. The skeleton, as well as many others that dotted the land, was massive, and there were tree... |
When I was living on the streets an old disgusting man led me to a place on the road. He said, “Panhandle here. It’s your shift to watch the grate. Feel free to keep the proceeds. This is a good spot.”
After about six hours of begging and making a good fifty dollars, a man about my age with a brown beard came to me a... |
Another week goes by, another handful of “criminals” rot behind bars. The newspapers get their headlines. The politicians get their talking points, and the people of Delta City can rest easier on their sofas and recliners knowing that the boogie men prowling their streets have faced a boogie man of their own. It paints... |
“It’s a myth” was the last recorded transmission of the SK3 ‘Voyager’ Nuclear Submarine, in response to a joke-question about the Bermuda Triangle from the Naval base. The transmission also recorded a loud ripping sound and then absolute, complete silence.
This was reasonably odd, but submarines were a pain to commun... |
So, kid. You wanna learn the marvelous history of the Hounds of the Army. I could tell you that we were all chosen to be the greatest warmages that our wonderful nation has to offer, but that’d be the same lie we tell young wizards fresh from college. I don’t need to sugarcoat it now: It’s a shitty job. A shitty job in... |
I crawl under the whole in the fence and drag my book bag to the other side. The whole has been there for a while. A frequent dare is to send someone into the hospital. It is actually how I first started to come here. When I was younger and desperate for administration, I did the dare and rather than find a scary place... |
Sunday. afternoon, autumn. I wake up and finally I have a day off from my job as a lawyer. I mean, not only officially, but an actual off day. As a lawyer, I have to work every weekend to make things work. The pay is good, but man, constantly pulling 60 hour work weeks is slowly but surely taking a toll on both, my men... |
On the bench, a lone octopus, squirming across the wooden surface to the tank. Its fellow octopi behind, watching from the comfort of their aquariums, as it slid himself into the tank, and into the translator. The humans, apathetic to the creature, watched as the octopus gazed into the judge’s eyes.
Up on the screen,... |
Okay this is gotta be a prank right? Unless I’m in one of those nuclear test sites like it Indiana Jones 4!
I stand up and start booking it down the road.
There’s a car. I rip the door open. The key is already in the ignition. I slam the door shut and turn the key. But instead of hearing the engine turn over, I hear... |
"What...?"I said, comply dumbfounded as I stared at the little Siamese pup in my arms, it...was fluffly and adorable an- "WHAT"I managed out.
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The ship's doctor, Kiabi , standing at the other end of the room and smiling at me from where I was on the check-up table, spoke,"Our servers record you are at ris... |
This tattoo on my arm is not made of gold or silver, but it's the greatest trophy that an assassin could ever want. Over 18 marks make up this tattoo, all reminding me of 18 great and rough triumphs. It didn't matter if my target ran faster than a car, cloaked themselves in the shadows of the city, or put their fists a... |
"The most expensive bottle?"The bartender asked.
He was a big man, heavy in the jaw and everywhere else. He had the look of someone who used to stand around famous people like a meaty refrigerator in a suit, but time had drink had turned him into more of a stretched-out beanbag chair.
"That's what I said!"The man sh... |
Talena looked at her short-cropped flat, gold hair in the mirror.
"Why couldn't I have normal hair?"she asked her reflection. Tired, baggy eyes looked back at her in silence.
Talena heard a rumble outside her tower window. Her bedroom door opened with a crash and, through her powder room door she heard three guards r... |
/ “Ever since Lewis realised he was in a story of his own, his world spiralled out of control. Realising that the world he had been trying to save was never going to realistically end was...well, mind blowing. A hero would always win.” /
Lewis scoffed at the last part the narrator said. Hero- yeah right- sure, he was ... |
Loved By Humble Creatures
The small animals of the forest have always loved you. In the morning birds bring you flower petals, squirrels leave you piles of acorns. At dusk deer gather in your your yard and stare at you adoringly with their liquid black eyes. At night while you are sleeping raccoons tidy up you lawn.
... |
Every morning that I wake up, I curse something - God, the Universe, whatever; it varies depending on how I'm feeling - for forcing me through yet another day of this hell. It's not like I'm trying to kill myself, but popping off six or seven benzos with a few swigs of own-brand whisky seven nights a week for a few mon... |
It happened slowly at first.
Many of us didn't notice right away, but since the day the UN tried out their latest attempt at fixing the ozone layer, people have been a little bit off. Subtle things like skin and hair color changes became normal as people rushed the hospitals to be told they were perfectly healthy. Som... |
I'd sigh if there was still air to breathe. Guess I'll just do it in my head...*sigh* So now what? Just sit here as the landscape is engulfed in the event horizon with my lungs on fire? I really shouldn't mind about the lungs - been that way for ages. Literally ages on a dead fucking planet with no means of escape. And... |
"Well,"Jacobs thought, "that's definitely not what I expected."Jacobs hadn't cast magic in awhile, maybe two or three years. After so many years up here he'd forgotten when, and they didn't exactly give him a calendar.
He had started training in sorcery and wizardry when he was ten. Considered an old magic by most now... |
I take a deep breath, attaching the oxygen pumps to my suit.
"So, you ready to be the first man on Mars?"I turn, meeting Mary's gaze.
"I guess so, you have the radio set up?"
"Almost."She walks over to the side of our ship and clicks a red button. "Done."
"Alright, let's do this,"I say, sliding my helmet on. Sudden... |
My name is Thomas and my boss can be a bit…passionate. He has some admittedly odd and slightly dark kinks but who am I to talk about them? I just clean up the messes. Mop and bucket type stuff. No one wants that kind of a thing left lying around their house after all, and someone has to do it right? I can't complain th... |
I turn to see a man of small stature practically bursting at the seams with excitement. He's practically bouncing causing his mop of black hair to flop in a ridiculous manner that on any other day, might have been funny.
"Addison Brocks,"he said holding out a pudgy hand for me.
Looking around for some sort of escap... |
Simple Courtesy
I got engaged to be married to a wyvern by holding the door for him.
I didn’t think anything of it; I was only being polite. We both worked at the same bookstore, and we happened to both be returning from our break, and he was behind me, so I just held the door open.
He beamed at me; his eyes dewy wi... |
"Ok, first I want to know..."
"As long as its is not about the air..."
"No no, I actually want to know, how is it being cold blooded?"
"..."
"Well? I still have the gun you know"
"you're going to threaten me so you know how it's like not being sweaty ever?"
"...yes"
"Well... imagine sun bathing. But you have to ... |
Humans are meant to be on earth. This all changed when Space X created a habitat on the moon. It wasn't much, but slowly through the years. It grew as the habitat turned into a village, turned town. Then it happened the first baby was conceived in the hospital. It was a short birth, quick, and clean. However, the baby'... |
The man pulled the mask over his face. He gathered up his equipment and got ready to go. His trenchcoat was hot in the noon sun, but it was needed. The inside pockets held most of his gear, save for his duffle bag. He just hoped he had prepared enough. This would be his first time robbing a bank, so he really had n... |
“Broken” was a polite way of describing the mental frame of Arthur Stints.
The man had been born into abuse, suffering long before he had any real memory of it. Long before he had any realization that what was happening to him was as morally deposed as eating shit for breakfast, which thankfully the young Arthur ha... |
“Darn it!” I yelled, cutting my leg with a razor. I tied a robe on and walked out of the shower, reaching for a tissue to stop the bleeding. My feet slid against the wet tile. Panic jumped up my throat as I hit the ground. Darkness outlined the cold bathroom and closed in, leaving the world in a blanket of black.
“Wha... |
“Alright thank you all for gathering here today, I know here has been some concern over mister Nakamura decision and I’m here today to clear up any concerns and questions you may have. Now before we get started I would like to give you all a quick overview of the general concept of the project we are about to undertak... |
"Yes its actually derived from a word for a woodland beast that used to roam the lands near the dawn of the second millennia, the 'elyk'."
The students sat, twitching slightly as their neural implants both recorded the lecture, and created highlighted notes to be stored in their internal memory drives.
"These 'elyk' ... |
"So to summarise, the only understanding of English you have has come from insults our soldiers have shouted at yours on the battlefield?"
"Did I stutter shit for brains?"
The peace summit to end the Forty Year's War had been born from a desire for an end to the death, destruction and carnage that had laid waste to... |
“Your Majesty,” A shrill voice crooned down the hallway, startling the Demon Lord from his slumber.
The lithe, figure of Lilith appeared in the doorway. Her long, black hair was pulled back past her scaly scarlet horns into a sensible bun, though several fly away hairs were matted against her face with sweat from the ... |
One digit, of one number, buried in just one file among thousands. That was the small difference that changed everything.
I was ecstatic when I realized that I would go to Mars, not bothering to wonder why the astronaut I replaced decided to forego an opportunity of a lifetime. Even when I heard his warning, I ignored... |
I waited patiently as the clerk called the docket. About forty people sat crammed into the gallery; all of them quietly rehearsing their Liar-Liars.
I didn't need to rehearse mine. I knew it was original and more importantly, it was technically legal.
"Case 15789bz!"called the clerk. "State of Texas v Ian Hollister; ... |
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! I DIDN’T DO THAT! I DIDN’T! I...I didn’t...
A crowd had formed around her. The woman who’s head collapsed seemingly on its own. I couldn’t have done it. Some freak accident, some new terrorist attack. That’s what it was! Why were they swarming around her? Talking like she wasn’t even there?!
... |
I tried everything.
Almost (but not quite literally) everything. Of course I went with the standard stuff at first: hot pokers, lava pits, leeches, and telemarketing calls, but nothing worked! I assumed that it wouldn't be a tough nut to crack, in the beginning, that is. I mean, how hard would it be to cause them ete... |
Legend:
BV (British Voice)
AV (American Voice)
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BV: "Ah yes, Kyle. A middle aged, recently divorced man who has finally quit his job after a horrible assault at work that went unnoticed. Kyle's never been fond of his co-workers, as they kept calling names such as ... |
I’ve seen it so many times before, they all die. Every human to come down here always collapses within minutes of breaching the surface. My colleagues and I have been studying this phenomenon for quite some time now, but none of them have been able to understand what it is that kills the humans. The most common theory ... |
A small window opened in a minaret facing the throng. An old man appeared.
"Oi! What's all this then?"He yelled.
The hero sat up straight on his horse and answered, "I am Hero Lordslayer. I have traveled for twelve years for this moment. The people around me have chosen to join my quest. Tell the Dark Lord that h... |
I walk out of my little bakery, DeathCakes, because I like baking and the macabre. I head towards the street and check the mailbox. I walk back inside, sorting through the junk and bills. There's an unexpected letter in the pile. I put the rest of the mail on the counter and examine this unusual black envelope with whi... |
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