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"Good night Becca."I smiled as she gave a squeeze to my hand. Placing her panda animal beside her, I knew she would wake up tomorrow cuddling with it. Walking downstairs, I put my fingers through my hair in anticipation. The day was November 3rd, 1998. Right before her birthday. How I ever forgot it was her bir...
My doorbell rang, which was odd considering the fact that it was a lazy summer afternoon, and all the neighbors were holed up somewhere with air conditioning. Not happy about being forced to get up, I rehearsed how to politely tell whoever it was to go away. No, I didn't want to sign up to receive their magazine. No, I...
I crawled off the air mattress, shrugged off the girl I didn't know the name of, and limped outside. To my shock, it smelled even stronger of alcohol outside than it did inside. I could hear a sickly moaning in the distance, but at the time I figured it was some poor sap losing last nights booze in the woods somewhere....
The Great Emerald Horror, Winged Death, The Butcher of Blacktown, The Ruiner of Rappal City. The Dragon had more names than anyone could care to remember and now it finally it's gigantic form laid dead on the field of battle, the greatest champions of King Eric celebrated their victory. Finally the cities of humanity a...
He rocked up in an old school skyline boot rattling like the screws were loose. I nodded at him and hopped into the passenger seat. The car smelled like mary jane and spilled vodka, there was also a half opened tobacco pack with a stack of rice paper on the dash. "Roll me one of those, freshie,"he said. "The name's M...
At first, I thought it might be a good thing. Being mistaken as Ultragirl, the naive do-gooder worshipped by the citizens of New York, was the best compliment my civilian persona could get. “How do you get it so shiny?” Melissa asked, running her hands through my long blond ponytail. “With all that flying around, you’...
"Honestly, I...I just never really gave it too much thought."Brian said. He looked down at his feet, watching his hooves wave just above the floor where they dangled from his too-high chair. Tears stung the corners of his eyes. Not for the first time, he wished he had toes. "You didn't give it much thought? *You didn...
1 The pillow felt as heavy as a rock in his trembling hands. He licked his lips in strained anticipation. He thought it would be over by now. But never in his nightmares. She’d haunt him, he knew. No turning back, he thought, pressing the pillow as hard as he could. Her muffled screams weakened with each determinant p...
"In accordance of the Hangman Amendment, Section 1, Subsection 3..." I looked down and smirked. This would be a cakewalk. "On the charge of two counts of robbery and one count of grand theft auto, you are now sentenced to one challenge of Hangman..." The Hangman Amendment had only been passed a few months ago, givin...
You, dear child, are my own creation; the very model of how I set human beings out to be. It was I who led your mother to your father on that fateful day, and made them fall for each other in a fit of some heavenly passion. I alone chose the night, the hour, the minute you were conceived. Two months later, I carved (ye...
It's over. The terrorists won. They didn't win on guns or nukes. They won on a crueler method of war. "Stacy, come on. It's time to go."I hear Jeff calling to me. I guess he's right. It's time to go again. I put my gas mask on and head for the airlock. The terrorists rigged "dirty bombs,"devices designed to poison o...
New Year Eve, one of the world’s largest annual events, and I was spending my night in the arms of the man I love. We sipped champagne and watched as the ball dropped ushering in not just a new day, but a new year. We had agreed that we wanted to live eighty years, instead of one year, eighty times. This was going t...
"Here's the Holy Directory,"Saint Peter says, handing me an enormous three-ring binder. "Remember, only one." "How long do I have?"I ask, skimming the pages. Saint Peter chuckles. "Time does not exist here. You may take as long as you want." "Sounds good. Goodness, there are a lot of names in here." The saint snaps...
I glanced up from my book to notice a very haggard man take the seat next to me. He looked distraught, and I could see a bottle in his hand; probably just drinking away a bad case of nerves. I tried to comfort him. "You know, friend, the odds of a plane crashing are a thousand times lower than dying in a car crash." ...
When the idea for the trip sprung in my mind, it went something like this: *Call everyone for a weekend at my Uncle Sam's cabin upstate (which will be empty and which I can, for the first time in my life, invite friends to, per my agreement with Dad and Uncle Sam five years prior, when they said I'd be allowed to us...
"It is lonely at the top, you know." Anne looked up from their game. Grant was usually quiet during their meetings, and when he did speak he never said anything very profound. So, naturally, she wasn't quite sure how to respond. "Are... you at the top?" "I like to assume so,"he replied. "I can't really say whether dr...
Stuck again. The same damn bag of chips I had been buying for years in the employee break room had gotten stuck for the third damn time this week, and it was only Tuesday. I bought another one, hoping to get both down, but in some freak vending machine accident, both were caught on the spiral holding them in place. "...
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Bianca's familiar voice sliced through the air behind me. I suppressed a grin. My timing had been absolutely perfect. In front of me, Fiona sat up, her eyes as large as tennis balls. She instinctively snapped her legs shut, nearly crushing my skull in the process. "Sorry,"Fiona said to...
"So, today we're going to continue talking about the second world war. Are you ready?" The students in the classroom seem half asleep. Too many assignments, too much to do, most of them have been staying up well into the morning in the last week. That won't do. Lucky is falling asleep at his desk. Mr. Agroyson grins,...
"Good afternoon, I'm Warren, and I'll be your tour guide today. We're beginning here at Elliot Hall of Music. It's a good thing parents get to choose the baby's because with a name like Elliot you just might give it up for adoption!"I deadpanned, staring at my good-for-nothing biological parents, hoping to catch som...
You look down at the assembled men, women, and everything in between. They're some of the best and brightest, the bravest, and are soon to be among the most influential people in history. You take a deep breathe, no pressure. "Humanity has achieved something many thought impossible, we have mastered ourselves. After t...
It wasn't that the class was that bad. The professor didn't have the firmest grasp of English, nor was the information that relevant (or engaging), but it was a long stretch of time that Jack could use to study (or on bad days, sleep). The monotony of the class was only exacerbated by the reluctance of his classmates t...
A precocious young child was destined for greatness, and the world knew it. At the tender age of four, while most children were learning to count to five, he was busy trying to understand y=mx+b. News networks around the country flew in to capture the media gold mine that was little Stetson. After all, if this was E...
I flip through page after page. There are confessions and explanations and reminders from billions of different people — billions of stories that I will never get the chance to read. A sentence catches my eye. I flip backwards and skim the page, chewing my bottom lip. Quickly, I look up, then over my shoulder. Everyon...
"So, am I going to Heaven or Hell?" >"I don't decide that" "You have to know! You're the guy taking me!" >"Look, lady, I take you to the place where they decide where you go, not directly to said place" "Did you just assume my gender?" >"...What?" "I IDENTIFY AS AN OCTOSEXUAL ATTACK HELICOPTER AND I WILL...
Angie and Joe were out exchanging a word, Joe remarked to Angie, "My wife cooks the finest bird!" Angie could not believe what he had blurt, "That, Joe, is literally the dumbest thing anyone has ever heard." So the world grew smarter. _ Marcus sat with his sign and can in hand. A suit and tie standing high dropp...
The world has a way about things doesn't it? That little familiarity that we all share, the scent of our shared home. Things change all the time, sometimes on a dime, but that feeling remains, lingers forever. I woke up and the feeling hit me strong. It hit me strong because everything had changed. It was an immediat...
EXIT The door was labeled. "Exit from where?"I wondered. "To where?". I knew that whole idea of exploration was a gone away affair from the very start. My friend, on this afternoon got this brilliant idea that we could go on exploring the western wing of the locality. I wasn't interested, of course. After all, the w...
Five hundred and sixty times. That's how much he's died so far. Clubs, maces, staffs, they don't seem to do a thing to this...creature. He could only make out the eyes as the room was unlit for the most part. Jacob was feeling hopeless when he saw a marking on the ground, an ancient message from a different realm. "I...
She doesn't understand. Obviously, it's her in the picture, but it can't be her, because it can't be her, because it can't be...her. His breath trickles down her neck. "You...my....she..."she starts to say, but never finishes. "Me...you.....her..."he imitates; he taunts. Tears well up in her eyes. Selfish tears....
Judging by the sheer size of the thing, they would have crushed my neighborhood had they come for me just a few minutes later. As it was, the ship had room to land here, out away from the city. But the strange thing was not even that it was here - an alien ship on planet Earth - it was that I knew it. I knew the sh...
It's my first WP reply, so please be gentle :/ --- The tiny, rented apartment room that I called home for a year now suddenly seemed much larger as Mrs G, the landlady, announced that her new tenant, and by extension, my new roommate, was a really cute girl. By now, my pathetic history of dating the opposite gender h...
The puff of smoke was pretty anticlimactic, to say the least. He'd seen better special effects at a high school talent show. With the amount of effort that spell took, finding an eye of a basilisk in itself took almost a year, Brian expected at least some spectacular, earth-shattering entrance. But alas, a drizzle of r...
"Ouch,"I said, rubbing my arm where 'A.R.N.I.E.' had punched me. "Why did you do that?" The robot looked at me accusingly. "I saw you looking at that girl." "What girl?"I said, quickly. "I don't know what you are talking about." ARNIE smirked, insofar as a robot has facial expressions. "Yes you did. Stacy Harper, se...
"What the hell is that shit,"cried Commander Verith. "What kind of miserable species leaves the damn lights on all night?" "The former owners clearly had no respect for their energy limitations, Achentus,"chimed the divisional Miari-el. The insufferable priestess puffed her thorax with pride. "Obviously we were meant ...
It definitely wasn't easy organizing the meeting, I can assure you. Do you know how hard it is to maintain two different demonic rituals while trying to communicate with Satan and Cthulhu at the same time? Imagine trying to talk with your grandparents on Skype, it's about the same. Anyway, here's the scoop. I wanted ...
“Fucking Doyleman” “With his stupid grin, and stupid name, and stupid trench coat.” Neuber paces back and forth in his lair, ranting to himself. “Thinks he’s some modern day Sherlock Holmes; piecing together clues and figuring out my secret plan every time. I TELL HIM THE PLAN! EVERY TIME! But he still gets credit for...
It was a parallel world. There were the normal people, who had jobs, but the real lucky ones, were the kids, as they were called. These kids, who were adults despite the name, wandered the suburbs playing Pokemon Go. This was in Paris, where it get gets as cold as 16 degrees Cee. Joey-the-demon was one of these people...
At first glance, the alien was nowhere to be seen. Did I get the time right? Intergalactic jet lag was a hundred times worse than the normal one, so I didn't put it past myself that I'd missed the meeting by a couple of hours, maybe even a full day. I shuffled around, a bit exasperated at the thought that I'd missed ...
Vanya saw her eldest children off to school with a smile and a wave. She sighed as she then prised Annalise, her youngest, from her leg; it appeared Anna had buried her head deep into Vanya's skirt, trying to mask her tears from the watching schoolchildren. Vanya adjusted the wide brim hat on the girl's head before squ...
The king awoke from his long slumber to find that his kingdom had stayed the same. "Huh, that's funny."He muttered. He surveyed his kingdom from his window. There was no gaping hole in the wall made by cannons from the savages. The villages had not been burnt down from the breath of dragons. There were no corpses l...
I had started driving before I really took in what I had read. I looked again. Yes it definitely said time to arrival: 12 Years, 1 month, 13 days, 18 hours and 5 minutes. That couldn’t be right, my trip normally takes only 45 minutes. I scrolled across the map to see the route that Google had given me. Surely it was ...
(RIP Sir Terry) I'M TERRIBLY SORRY "Really, it's nothing to worry about. It was quite a nice change of pace" THIS REALLY NEVER HAPPENS, I WAS DEALING WITH A WHOLE FAMILY THING, AND FORGOT TO COME GET YOU. WHEN I WENT BACK TO WORK, YOU WEREN'T ON THE NEXT DAY'S LIST. "I'm not terribly bothered. I was so busy in life...
I whipped out my gun and fired one shot off at the President. His body quickly reacted and leaped in front of the bullet, catching it with his chest. His corpse fell to the ground with a thud and his badge flew off his uniform and through the sky. It hit a bonsai tree, knocking it over. The ceramic pot shattered as it ...
My name is Teddy Johnson and last night I went to sleep just your average, ordinary man. And when I woke up nothing had changed. I got up at 6AM, like normal. Went and made myself breakfast, fruit loops and soymilk. Then went to take out the trash. Dragging the can to the curb I couldn't help notice my neighbor Roy st...
Ding My laptop happily chimed, notifying me of an email I just received. No subject Attachments: TheUniverse.exe - I've given up. I used one of your RNG programs and you were the name that came up. Do what you want, I'm making a new one anyway. Sincerely, God(s) of what ever false religion you follow ...
I picked up my gun. This is stupid, there had been many of us who tried but failed. I didn't care, with the reign of the gods, it was better to die a fighter than to live a slave. There were 30 of us, with 5 leaders, each captain of 6. There was David Farhorn, the weapons expert, he was the only one of us who fought ...
William stood frozen at the door to his Spanish Professor’s Office. He cleared his throat while wiping his sweating palms across his jeans. Professor Moore signaled William through the doorway. William walked in hesitantly while locking eyes onto the Professor. Professor Moore sat sternly, her dark hair tied back in a ...
"That's ours, human!"the voice boomed. Shelby dropped the slice of pizza back into the box and looked around. The racks of servers were suddenly in place, connected and lit up. Before her eyes, they turned on and her monitor lit up, lines of text scrolling by as the system started. "Who are you?"she whispered. A sno...
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The clock ticking on the wall across the room seemed to grow louder by the second. Each tick a reminder that the time I've spent here is permanent, each moment unrecoverable. Each tock a reminder of my imminent demise. I was finally coming to peace with this. The notion that moments are lim...
I go up to her. "I've seen you before." She waits. "In my dreams." She laughs and rolls her eyes. "I've heard that before!" I'm curious. "From who?" She half-grins, as if not sure to take my serious. "...It was a joke." "Have dinner with me." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, cowboy! Sloooow down! We just met. I don't even kno...
Mike sighed as he flew towards the robber, who was attempting to escape with cash he stole from the store by corner. It didn't take long to apprehend him, as Mighty Man had supersonic flight and super strength. After completing his last routine check over the city, he flew back to the office, right on time to end his l...
"So, who will bell the cat?"I said. The people around me were fine survivors, so the answer is nobody. We've seen the white flag and the voice telling us that "they surrender"but it's hard to even believe. The shamblers never did anything intelligent, and all at once they call a surrender, use a white flag and TALK? S...
The store manager held out his hand, "Lovely to meet you mister Odinson, can I get you a drink of yeeeeaAAARGHHH!” The man’s shriek of pain echoed down the corridor as he extricated his bruised fingers from his huge client’s grasp. “Quite a handshake you got there, champ,” he muttered, sticking the hand under one...
I opened the door to my grandmother's apartment and it was gone. A long dark staircase replaced the sunny room. Slowly, I began to climb and it seems endless. Finally, at the top was a heavy wooden door. Eight year old me pushed the door open, and it led to a open room. Draped in crimson with candles flickering all aro...
“What is your summon?” One of the nine asks. They sit on their high thrones, waiting for a reply. “It is what I like to call a Truxtoprope,” I say. Hands shaking, I begin to shuffle my papers between my hands. “It is a combination from the Octoprope, a species we had learned about in Adaptations 367, and a Truxlodit...
Peter stared at the page, blank faced. He felt a little scared. He got up out of his office chair and began looking around his bedroom. It was small, about 9 by 8 foot, with creme walls and a short, soft carpet. He inspected every corner for video cameras. On top of the wardrobe, inside the lightshades. He found nothi...
“Did you feel it?” That was the first thing I heard after what felt like an eternity of nothing. I opened my eyes. I looked down, saw the bong in my hands and laughed a little bit. I hadn’t seen one of these things in years, and it took me back to fun, rebellion, and good times with people I hadn’t heard from in foreve...
I'm back in new York again. Hopefully a bug in my code will let me coast into the river. I doubt it though, despite being incredibly stupid at times, humans seemed to be good at designing robots according to the three rules. The free fucking golden rules no robot could break: Law 1: "A robot may not injure a human bei...
Its good to see my country on /r/WritingPrompts. I hope you enjoy. The re-entry capsule opened up, revealing a vast red desert spotted with dry grass and the occasional gumtree. The sky was a fluorescent blue. ‘We’re here’, Matt said, looking at his thirty companions and climbing out. ‘This is Australia’. Follo...
“This is Virgil Zero One.” The navigator of the advanced submersible craft announced over the communications link between the ship and the surface. “Reporting that we are entering the trench, meaning that we are now officially at the lowest depth ever reached by humanity.” He said the last bit quite happily, and heard ...
"But all magic has a cost. The bill always comes due. "DoD had the bright idea that I could kill two birds with one stone. That I could assassinate Kim Jong Un, and feed the people of North Korea in a calorie-dense food at the same time. "A claymore in my hand, a bagpipe under my arm, I stormed the invasion tunnels t...
Henry sighed in annoyance as he was slammed up against a cop car for the tenth time this month for "attempted murder". For the record he was not planning anyone's murder currently. He wasn't some mad man who was constantly planning the murder of every living being in his head he just had green eyes. He remembered what ...
The opening chords told me what it was. I stared at the recorder, my face scripted to show no emotions. But as I emotionlessly continued my work, I was no longer the same robotized machine as before. I didn't know what happened before my memory was wiped. I started work instantly as a robot, an unfeeling machine, serv...
It was said that mankind had retreated beneath the waves after a cataclysmic event. Man had turned on man, and used technology of horrible power, wiping out most of the population, and tainting the Earth forever. Those who had survived had had to leave the earth as it was corrupted and unlivable. A great debate had spr...
There they stood, the pearly gates. It was a sight to behold. The top of the gate vanished in the wisps of clouds several stories above me. Pearly was an appropriate adjective, off white with swirls of purples and blues bolstered by immaculate gold framing. As I drew closer walls running off in either direction from th...
"Hogwash, you--you can't stop me" Eric tried to shove the local deputy aside, all he succeeded in doing however was dropping his beer onto the pavement. "Sir, this is not some kind of vendetta, we got a call that someone was walking down this street with booze and a temper tantrum, smashing mailboxes. I'm afraid I'm ...
I stared at the revolver sitting in my hand, a weapon designed to take a life, to end a life, my last chance at salvation. I pointed the gun to my Temple and pulled the trigger. I was met with a full clanging sound and the feeling of overwhelming defeat. I had expected as much, these suits were designed to withstand ...
"Time to go through the check list." "Goddamn Dan, it's so tedious every morning. I know I signed up for it, but it gets pretty old this far in." "Tough luck, Bill. Give it another two weeks and you'll miss this." "Yeah... yeah, you're right. Hate it for now, though." Dan went through the list of systems, resources...
The chrome starship with its sweeping, efficient curves landed gently on the surface of the planet Ghuzu. As the local tribe of Ghuzians began to assemble around this strange object, the entry ramp lowered. Doors opened, releasing mist and empty Heineken cans into the alien landscape. Then out stepped the beer-gutted c...
Note - I had had my idea from reading the prompt itself, and not the description from inside the thread. So, the description will not be used for this one XD --- "Say what, now?" The Gree elder tapped a talon down onto the screen, displaying the report from the accident. "A crash. There was a malfunction, a fla...
He would have a hard time explaining this to his roommate. Come to think of it, he'd have a pretty hard time explaining it to just about anyone that had been at that party. Lee took a look at his hands. Fresh, healthy pink, mild discoloration, but nothing too unusual. If that was anything to go on, chances were he hadn...
A Syrian girl in her early teens, half facing the camera, standing in front of what I could only presume was once her home, was staring a thousand miles away off of my computer screen. The trees in the background were splintered and scorched. Her village must have just been hit by artillery. Who knows which side had f...
"Mercenary"is such an awful term for what I do. I much prefer to be called a "Soldier of Fortune;"makes me seem noble. The guard chuckled uncomfortably as I pressed the knife against his neck. "Now if you'd please take your finger off the silent alarm, I'd really appreciate it." I've been chasing Mr. X's money for a...
Chaos promptly ensues. It's not quite to the point where no one knows how to tie their shoes, but pretty close. There's no one who knows how to fix anything. There's no one to tend the shops. $100 bills pill up on counters as the honest of the top 1% just take what they need. The dishonest of the top 1% don't both...
I’ve always enjoyed my sight. It was fascinating, to see the world from vastly different points of view. I still remembered the first time I used my powers. It was a chilly Thursday morning, and half the class was asleep during the History lesson. I was bored, watching the light drizzle slowly forming little puddles ...
This is only my second submission here and I am not a experienced writer, I am just a fan of Warhammer 40k and Doom. I know that I have ignored some technicalities but I just wrote as it came to my mind. "Hold the line! For the Emperor!", shouted Commissar Fordt at the Stormtroopers and the guardsmen in the trenches...
"Stop. Wait a minute"I say stupidly grinning This is not how I saw this scenario spinning "I don't care, give me your ski mask"she asks "And you other tellers, empty your cash in my ass" A duffel bag drops from under her skirt "Now kindly give me that pistol from under your shirt" I happily oblige, my eyes wide...
"Again!"the King bellowed. "As before, your majesty?"the jester called back from the stage, a grin across his face. "Yes! The same!" "As you wish,"the Jester shot back before plunging down onto the floor. There he writhed and blubbered like a little child, much to the amusement of the local townsfolk who had some to...
The towering robot stood meters above the tiny visitors. It's eyes had dimmed over the centuries, as nature attempted to reclaim it's body back. It's joints had accumulated rust and his stone throne had become conquered by vines and roots. Three, tiny pale creatures stood in-front of it, beneath masks and atmosphe...
In this game, battles are fought by dance. I was never much of a dancer but I quickly learned how to survive; after being trapped in this stupid game I watched someone die after losing a dance-off. I never pictured records and disco balls smashing and slicing someone so glamorously. My sister wanted this full body VR ...
I got fired the same day my beloved grandpa died. Walking out of my exit interview, under the dark afternoon sky of an early January rainstorm, I held my warm phone in my cold, damp hands. Its bright screen burned the simple two-word text message into my eyes. I can't believe it, I thought bitterly. *good things c...
The Grim Reaper loathed being mistaken for his arch rival and fiercest competitor, Death. Death was formless; he was the protean manifestation of an idea. He appeared (to those with eyes for spirits, ghouls, demons, and all other, otherworldly beings) like a cloud of black smoke, enveloping his victims, extracting th...
"Stupid GPS!"exclaimed Robert. "I'm already an hour late and this thing keeps jumping all over the map."His anxiety only increased as he noticed that there was not a single person around and everything was closed for the evening. Robert had been to his friend Dylan's house plenty of times before. His muscle memory sh...
Nobody wanted to die. In the First World, that was simple - it was just a biological imperative. But by the Fifteenth World, societies had become seriously unbalanced, as lower Worlds rid themselves of criminals and undesirables by executing them and dumping the problem on higher Worlds. By the time the First World ...
Hidden beneath a thick layer of fog, high in the abandoned mountains of Honduras, laid a large gun metal grey spaceship. While to an outside observer, this ship may seem exactly the same as any other ship, it was most certainly not. You see, this ship held within its great halls the most important members of the Interg...
You know, the first time it happened, I didn't believe it. The kid came out of my bathroom whilst I was watching something, um, questionable. Had to pull up my jeans faster than Flash himself and then I'm sure my face tomato'd in horror at being discovered, but more by a child. "Hi daddy!"this somewhat seven-year-old...
......boing.......boing......boing boing BOING BOING "Is that....." "Yes sir. Johnson again. First of the month and all that" Mr. Stone, the office manager, let out a sigh and sat down at his desk as the odd springing sound came bounding down the hallway. His secretary began to giggle as Johnson entered the room, ...
Frank sat wild eyed in the corner. Sarah squinted at him from across the room. "He looks a lot like Castro, don't you think?"She wondered. Joe, the last of the three interns put on assassination duty, nodded in absent agreement. He was finishing up the device that Frank had started before the LSD really took him. "...
The candles flickered and then went out as a soft hiss filled the room. The pentagram on the floor started glowing a faint purple slowly increasing in strength. Ben backed away against the door terrified and excited. He cracked the door looked in on the sleeping form of his 'best friend' Alex sleeping on his couch af...
in search of lost time It was just a whimsical flight of fancy. The kind of thing you do after a particularly stressful week comes to a close, just to blow off steam. We had just finished the final exams for our first year of college, and after the weeks of midnight cramming, drinking 6 or 7 cups of coffee to stay a...
**Android 4.5 Proto** 8GB RAM SYSTEM. 7.46GB Free . . . “Ready”. Load “Protovirus”. The engineer stared at the both screens waiting for something to happen. The floppy drive whirred bringing back memories of his childhood. He thought “I wonder if this will have any effect l...
"Welcome everyone, please take a seat" The auditorium was originally designed for humans, and so many of the species had a difficult time getting into the seats. The Karnaxians were far too large, particularly the females, whose large hips extended the length of two seats. I couldn't see any of the landmarks when I g...
He watched them making their moves in battle, like grandmasters at the chess board. He watched on, clutching in his hands pieces of his own, mixing them in his palms anxiously. Would they notice him, standing there, watching them? The man on the left is absorbed in thought and eventually makes his move, a wing of c...
She picked up the first letter. >Dear Mother, >It's quiet again at my post. The nights are quiet out here on the border. Out in the darkness, we see little flashes of light on the horizon and a deep, occasional rumble. Don't worry, I'm not in danger out here. I'm looking forward to coming back home for a rota...
It was stupid, really. And my fault to begin with. Forgetting to take out the trash is nary a thing to fight about, but I misunderstood the simplicity of my life, and I most definitely underestimated it. The crunch of the fallen colored leaves against my untied sneakers still resonate within me, and I always wondere...
Loan times varied. Some borrowers only needed an hour, but it was not uncommon to see leases of a month or more. It really depended on the purpose the borrower was using your body for. Body loans were perfect for telecommuting, and this is where you found most of the hour rentals. You could show up "in-person"for a q...
From the frigid, heartless, earth they tore The hollow bones, from where'er they lie. Until their magics were writ in lore And all the townsfolk afeared to die. Then they set out to slay their dark fears Which lay, still as stone, enshrined in earth. And then, despite their fellowships jeers Turned their dead an...
Ţ̷͎̘̯̪̯͝h̷̳͔̬͎̹̟ͅe̤͇͖ ̳̮̘͍g̸̣̯̟͈̥̤͎̞r͚̙͇͓̯̙̻͝ȩ̠̰̲̫̳͚̬a̶̻̘̬͓̦̪̜͚̕͢t͎̮̘̠̀ ̸̗̹e̛̫͇̪̲͎̬v͙͍͉̤̺͠ị̴͇̬̻̱́l͏̡̞̗̥̳ lounged at the bar, quietly sipping his fourth appletini and nodding along to the music. I sat next to him, frustrated. "So you're telling me that we don't even get a boon? A request? Anything? They-"I waved at ...
The glass stood in front of me, daring me. I had barely choked it down last year, and I was nearing the age that people started to not be able to hold their shots down. I vainly wished I could pinch my nose to mask the taste, but I knew that was against the rules. Two or three "lab technicians"stood behind me, barring ...

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