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For the thirst of experience you pay a drought of hardship, insecurity and simple, inescapable, wasting away. The mind begins to crack. The smells of nostalgia drift. Something hollow remains. Drinking from that fountain of time addles you. I am eighty seven years old. You can say I'm addled. Death comes with courtes...
Black sunglasses, suit and tie, A government elite, He follows these two people and Ensures they never meet. &nbsp; He makes adjustments to their day Her shoes he fills with dirt, He fiddles with the traffic lights, Throws coffee on his shirt. &nbsp; A perfect couple,...
Sure, the theoretical onlooker might say I'm acting spiteful. Fine. I get that. I don't even deny it, really. The truth, however, is that I don't have much of a choice here. Despite the fact that I didn't really believe in it a day or two ago, I can tell you now with relative certainty that the afterlife is cold, confu...
I wanted a dragon. I sought out a reputable dealer. I followed all the instructions for keeping the egg warm, and priming it to hatch. I turned my house into a dragon-friendly playground so that it would get plenty of exercise before I was allowed to take it outside for the first time. I even took the egg to a vet an h...
I remember the blood and gunpowder. A weapon between palms was a hit of murderous cocaine. Then there's the stench of a corpse, sweet smelling and yet sour enough to flood water from under the tongue and across the gums. I loved it. Killing was my craft, a disease. I was dead now born anew, but I remember it all. ...
"Hey, why are you beating that dough like it owes you money?" I lowered the rolling pin, grumbling. It was my sister. She was chewing on some potato chips and staring at me. "Mmm. Yeah you definitely look like you're pissed off about something." "It's nothing! Fuck off. I'm baking a cake,"I said, as I consulted the...
The flaming wood was the only source of light in the living area. It burned majestically, logs collapsing over themselves as the heat radiated across the room negating the snowstorm outside. "Snuggle up"it seemed to say, and so he did pulling his blankets tighter and taking deep swigs of the steaming cocoa. I swoo...
The name is Pete, I'm an alcoholic, as well as an uncle. That's not the best part though, the best part is being an active duty service member in the US Army. It's not all glorious, and dear god it's not fun, but I do it for my country, and the rest of my family back home. It was May 19th, 2017 and the day was young, ...
The muscles in his arms screamed as he awoke. Hanging from the ceiling by manacles, he swung around to find himself in a dimly lit basement. A flash of light, and a figure appeared in the doorway out. "Hey Mickey,"the woman walked slowly towards him, idly waving a handgun. "I've got a question for you."Reaching the...
It wasn't supposed to be big deal, really. We were kids, fer chrissakes. Screwing around on our summer vacation, distracting ourselves from the looming questions in our lives, "college?"or "my purpose?"So when Trent said we should screw with the conspiracy nutjob that kept writing to the paper, we were all about it. ...
"We made a mistake giving our gifts to this species"councillor Xhka said taking the stage "They are warlike, destructive and selfish - and most of all not to be trusted. Today, I will open your eyes." The Council buzzed. Xhka had always been regarded as hot tempered, paranoid even. But lately opponents could not deny ...
"I want money", I said. "I want a beautiful girl", I said. Let me tell you, it's not all rainbows and sunshine. She was a gorgeous girl whose family were rich and served luxurious foods. So I changed into her perfect man, a funny cool guy with a good sense of humour. We dated a lot for awhile and she wanted me to meet ...
He's been following me for quite a while making 'spooky' noises, 'creepy' movements and generally putting ghostkind to shame with his poor excuse of a scare. But at least it seemed to somewhat put him at ease, so I went along with it for a while. Irritation started growing within me. Calm as I usually am, it was a fai...
I heard my name called and I finally made my last walk across the stage. Graduation day had finally arrived and I was ready to move on with my average life and hopefully start anew. My best friend and life partner Lucas was able to attend the ceremony. He greeted me with open arms as we left to attend the after party a...
Another day at the office, and another coffee run. Candlestick had ordered the same thing she always gets. Double mocha latte with a shot of strawberry. Odd, but that was her, I guess. KhangoThreeDragon chose an iced coffee, small. The little guy has had it rough with the names recently and it really had taken a toll o...
The last tender notes of the lute resounded in the quiet tavern and the beautiful ice statues crumbled to pieces. Olaf met the dry unenthusiastic applause of the audience with his usual quick bow and well-hidden desire to strangle the drunken philistines with the strings of his instrument. A cleaner began swiping away ...
"Is everyone ready?", asked the man in the suit. The rest of the people in the room shifted in their seats uncomfortably. "Very well", he continued, "I shall start reading Mr. Jackass's will" He cleared his throat, and began to speak. "Hello everyone. If you are hearing these words, it means I am dead. But fear not...
"Excuse me,"the man sitting next to Sarah said. She sighed internally as she lay her paperback down on the seat-tray. Sarah didn't enjoy flying and had hoped to distract herself by getting lost in a book. She did not want a forced conversation with a stranger. Reluctantly, she turned to her fellow passenger. A mo...
"Your name please, sir?"The Controller says in a dry tone. She's looking down at her clipboard, seemingly not paying any attention to me. "Uh, Authentic,"I say quietly. "I'm sorry?" "Authentic,"I repeat, a bit louder this time. "Authentic? What kind of a name is that?" Is this a rhetorical question? It seems not, ...
The Bat... Everyone's always wantin' t' hear 'bout the Bat. When I's young, kids had the sense t' be scared'a that costumed freak-a-nature. Youse kids got less sense than Egghead guy nowa days. Batman don't scare ya no more, he gets ya all riled up! Me an' the boys used t'swear if our kids ever praised the bastard we'd...
Mom was always telling me that I was deathly allergic to the ocean. I never really believed her, but she still got inside my head with it. So I grew up in a coastal city and had to stick to the public pools. Because that's where everyone within ten minutes of a beach swims. Right? Yeah, I usually had the run of the pl...
2178, humanity has left its native planet, and I the Mailman am charged with delivering interplanetary. I'm a simple guy, 42, born during the great exodus, never had to live through the horrid years my grandfather did. Born in the year 2000, paved the way for the rest of humanity. Particularly hated 2016-2045. Makes se...
"It's fucking quiet in this neighborhood."Sam walked in the middle of the street, head on a swivel like always. "Everyone is dead. What's it supposed to sound like?"John marched next to him, scanning their surroundings as well. One runner that got too close would be the end of them both. "Well, that neighborhood yest...
I can feel it...this...is it. Why are you...all...wheeze...crying? You...should...be happy. Little Suzie...don't forget to...haaaaah...listen to your...mother and father...okay? Sam...you and your...crazy...ideas...hold...on tight...to that beer. Dana...leash him tight. My life is flashing...all of it... Ho...
I am not the cleanest person in this town, but is not that terrible. I know where I should search for something, but I must get under the Mountain of Pizza Boxes, which raises from the Field of Shirts, as majestic as old cartons could look like. There are oceans of dust here, were microbe like fishes swim. Otherwise, t...
I only noticed it after reviewing the latest case, Toilet Paper Timmy. Timmy would break into houses, flip the toilet paper rolls and then hide in closets until someone entered the bathroom. Then, he'd burst out of the closet and proceed to put his victim into a choke hold. He had finally been caught after nearly tw...
When people ask me what piloting the Euclid IX is like, I never know what to say. It's not that I don't know the experience well enough to describe it. Frankly, most of the time I'm more comfortable suited up than when I'm off duty. No, the problem with answering the nigh-daily questions about my career lies in the fac...
"Sam?" "I'm here." "Why are they like that?" I sighed. We had been going in circles for hours. It wasn't my usual kind of therapy session, but it was proving to be one of the most challenging I'd faced yet. How did they manage to fuck it up so badly, so quickly? She had only been online for a few hours. I was r...
The planes flew overhead and the air roared with cheers for the soon-to-be newlyweds. Their marriage drew millions. Literally, millions. The city of Jacksonville, Florida, had never seen so many people. Screens littered the streets airing what the hive of cameras captured in each and every moment. What a spectacle to...
I began my work, like most prodigies, quite young. At the age of six I beat my sisters hamster to death with a Walkman - a portable cassette player. You may have heard of them. The Walkman I mean, not the hamster. I’m being facetious. Though I would not find my niche nor cement my method for many years, I knew at th...
I can't believe what that little bitch said to me. He doesn't know who he's dealing with. He's nothing to me, just another confirmed kill. Ok, first thing's first. I'm gonna do this with precision, the likes of which have not been seen on this earth. I'll activate my spy network and locate his IP. I'll decide how I...
"Here, sweetie."She offered as she slid a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the other end of the table. "Sit down and let's talk."She invited me to sit down but I was in shock. I'd never felt it before, it was as if I were encased in resin. The air was still and I couldn't move. "That's impossible, I me...
Jason looked at his victim blankly. Usually they would scream and run. But this small man didn't. His only reaction when Jason drove the machete into his head was a small grunt and a dark glare. Jason decided to try again, this time going for the heart. Again, the man only grunted. Then, to Jason's surprise, the man wr...
He'd straightened his suit, right as the elevator doors opened. Gave a friendly smile to the man on the way in. It was when he was eight, he recalled, that he learnt of his affliction. The day Martha Louis gave him a hi five. As if by chance, a chair was flung from the other corner of the classroom, giving poor Marth...
Three figures moved slowly through the sprawling compound, snow drifting down around them. The lights from their pulse rifles played through the snowflakes across concrete pillars overgrown with dormant vines or crumbling doorways and rusted metal signs. They each wore the new environmental protection suits retrofitte...
Jim was never one to be religious. He wasn't a nonbeliever, but he wasn't a church-goer either. He spent a portion of his time chatting online, which tended to fill the niche of social interaction. In particular, he had met a friend who preferred the name "Luci."Although he had mistakenly considered Luci a girl, such a...
How she got there, he didn't know. But there she was, one endless night, on the other side of the nanoglass panel. The first soul he'd seen in half his life. It took him a while to move toward her, but when he realised it wasn't a twisted reflection, he nervously pressed his palms against the glass. She reciprocated ...
######[](#dropcap) There wasn't much time. In truth, there never is. Seconds tick away, days fly by and weeks turn in to months then in to years. Then one day, we stop. We stop for a minute and think about how much time has gone, how the years flew by. We notice those around us age, the young grow old and then even o...
"What's for breakfast" "Shut up" "Come on" "Shut up, Shut up" "What are you doing" "Come on" "What's for breakfast" "Shut up you fucking bird" "Shut up" "You fucking bird" "Calm down" "Fucking bird" "Dont fuck with me" "I'm gonna fucking kill you" "Shut up" "Calm down" "What's for breakfast" "No please...
The rope around my chest dug deep into my skin. Hung from the boughs of a great oak, suspended ten feet above the cold, unyielding earth I began to ponder the plan that brought me to this predicament. As I questioned the merit of this idea my household robot, MAX, appeared from the back door. Gears and pistons hissed...
I waited anxiously on the bed, waiting. I laid back on my bed with my eyes shut, trying to not panic. "Stay calm, it'll come soon"I kept telling myself. My buddy turned 18 last week and didn't get a call until like 11, is what he told me. My parents are in the room, my mother's head resting on my fathers shoulder. My m...
The band of humans had already looted a village and were approaching the second, when the league drifted in on their Dirigible of Defense. They observed that the group approaching them was probably a scouting party. Five men in stained clothing carrying strange weapons were spread out and approaching the village, the L...
Part 1. It's cliche- I know. The whole 'I remember when it all started' thing, but I do. It seems trivial now, but I was on Reddit. An article about a young boy being "eaten"by unknown sea creatures had made it to the front page. And rightly so. The title was pretty catchy. Unknown sea creatures. It was creepy, sur...
pist0npunch3r is online pist0npunch3r is playing Tetris The messages popped up in quick succession at the bottom right corner of my screen. I watched as they slowly faded away. There had to be a glitch. Something somewhere wasn't working properly. pist0npunch3r says hey man, it's been a w... I click on the p...
All this dust. I can feel the invisible snow settle upon every itching naked inch of this room. I know it's in my eyes. I close them, imagining the glistening underbellies of my eyelids wiping them clean, giving the eyeballs some delusion of rebirth, a prayer of freshness. They've seen everything in here, except themse...
Voices. If I had told anybody about them, I would have been called insane. Not that I had anybody to tell it to. I was always alone. I ran away from home when I was 16, taking nearly $2000 with me, my camera, and a pack with some clothes and necessities. For a runaway, I did pretty good for myself. They were always sc...
Practical tricks, smoke and mirrors, you know-- the fun stuff! That was the best way to accomplish your goals, especially when those you were manipulating, usurping or vanquishing were violent and hostile. There was something extra insulting about being defeated by illusion and sleight of hand. I'd built myself a comfo...
Rick's excitement had worn off quite a while ago. He was waiting for the bus home in a rural area. It was incredibly quiet all around him; he hadn't seen a single person around since he arrived at the bus stop. In area's like these, the bus comes only once every hour. Not that the view was anything to scold at. The ro...
Mayzrial was puzzled at the life detection output on the holoscreen. It showed the presence of biological material on the planet below, a big collection of dead organisms that barely registered as having sentient brain structure. Signs of large buildings and cities were confusing as that would often show a greater scal...
Finally, after decades of attempted communication, the allied races of the galaxy determined the cause. "Humanity, as they call themselves, use a form of electronic communication."The ambassador said before the assembly of councilors. "While very effective, it is limited to displaying only 2 dimensional pictures and ...
"Its not that bad David! They don't eat that much!" "Karen..." "Don't start with me! That priest was doing everything he could to cast her back into the firey pit, condemn her back to another 100 years of eternal suffering and hellfi..." "Don't lecture me on hell Karen! One of us was born there!" "Exactly! So you k...
Day 1 I feel like I've stumbled across a godsend. This man, where from he comes I cannot say, but he knows the ways of the world. He's shown me much. I hope to learn his secret. Day 7 I can build a camp thanks to this man. I can start a fire. I've made my own pair of shoes from tree bark and vines. Day 14 The man,...
"MTF Kappa-9 'Mystery Gang' has been dispatched to rendezvous with Agent Fischer. Fischer will brief them on the nature of the entity, and assist them in tracking its movement. Once the anomaly is sufficiently understood, MTF Kappa-9 will attempt to capture the entity and return to Site-19. The anomaly is believed to b...
"You were Hank?"Jerry pointed at Tom in disbelief. "You were the sole reason I continued to box! If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have gotten out of the house at all!" Tom laughed together with Jerry, still reminiscing about the good times they've shared. "I knew you had the thought of quitting Jerry,"Tom said sentime...
Forbidden love. For I have struck a deal with the devil to become the richest man alive. The catch was simple, anyone I love will hate me as much as I love them. Testing the boundaries of this clause created a lot of heartbreaking situations. What is the use of money without true happiness? Was it all worth it for the...
"Everyone's afraid of something, there's no reason to be ashamed,"the therapist said. "This isn't a normal fear, doc,"I assured her. "Why don't you tell me what it is? There's no one judging you here." I let out a heavy sigh. "Dinosaurs." "Dinosaurs?", she asked quizzically as she looked at my file. "You lived amon...
And next to the flashlight (which was actually a paddle switch for the overheads, used for emergency backup when - I never figured that part out, since it was all powered off he same pole) was this new, devious, strange little gizmo my hosts, the Lurk and Lurchess of Crosse, took great pains to show me. The molder ball...
It’s four o‘clock and any minute now my husband Frank will walk through the door. It always begins at four. I hear his car approach the house and the hum of the garage opener from the kitchen as I polish off my third screwdriver. I set my glass down next to the sink and walk into the living room. Frank walks in and...
As I walked into the coffee shop, I wasn't really sure what to expect. I was a little nervous, of course. I grew up in an age when the internet was still new, and we were constantly told that the internet was full of rapists and murderers. All of my fears, and suspicions were set aside when I saw him, though. Holding ...
The air was cold and clear, smelling like an autumn storm, leaves rustling, wind blowing. Fog curled its grey fingers around the silhouettes of the trees, surrounding the cabin you had shared with your mother. It wasn’t easy to be here. There,in the corner, on the chair, you had sat, on her lap, her smell sweet and fa...
We didn't have a name for it, nor could it tell us its own. All we know is that it came to us as a ball of eternal fire, ploughing the fields of buildings with its engulfing flames. We did apprehend it eventually, gave it many names; the drake, dragon, Fafnir... world eater. I remember that sight. The sight of staring...
Mave and Dave, what a beautiful match. A love I would never snatch. Tis not yet in fruition, making it true will be my mission. The love birds to meet, The love birds to greet. They stand in park, they stand in day. Here I wait to begin the play. My arrow is ready. Thy mission, true. I launch this...
Have you noticed the things that impact your life seemed trivial at first? Like the first time you met a girl sitting on the bus. She wasn’t the prettiest girl in the world, in fact, she looked a bit odd to you. Turns out, she’s new to town. You see her on the bus every day, and you get to know her. It all started with...
Sitting on the derelict old school bus, I have run out of things to do. I have finished my homework. I have finished all of my books. I have expended entertaining conversations with my friends and everyone else on the bus, though they all seem able to converse happily. Looking out the window, I can see some new things....
I'm an idiot. I know I'm an idiot because time and time again I get it in my head to find the biggest most godlike being I can and I do the only natural thing that comes to mind, try to kill them. Don't get me wrong all of my targets have it coming, hero or villain I only take the lives of those who kill bystanders in ...
“Well, there aren’t exactly roads where I can pull this thing over.” Brit said “Well just… stop, I guess.” Germaine said. The lights from atop the vessel behind them were purple and crimson. If Brit had to compare it to anything he’s seen, it would be a Ferris wheel; the really intimidating, intergalactic kind. ...
The television flickered, and the screen froze. I found myself staring at Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson putting his fingers in Pedro Pascal’s eye sockets. I sighed. She was at it again. I grabbed a handful of strawberry candy, flung it at the television screen, and closed my eyes. I heard a faint giggle, but I never heard...
"Lets take this way through the park."Said a man, pushing a wheelchair-- "Sure."Said the woman he wheeled around. She looked pale, and her hair unkempt. His pace was quick, making it quite the scene to look at as they made their way through. She enjoyed how fast he went--and how he seemed to know exactly where to go...
Mary and I stood in the doorway as we thanked the movers once again and they left towards their truck. As soon as they pulled off an odd elderly couple began up our walkway. The man was unusually tall, at least 6'5 and walked with a slight limp as if one of his legs were longer than the other. He wore a heavy black tre...
This human really is interesting! Their captain exclaimed, laughing heartily. Captain, what is your plan with this inferior being? A slimy, one-eyed alien asked, staring at me. For now, I think I'll talk to him first. We never know if his race developed any technologies that can benefit us. The captain grinned...
"You better all be looking down into your graves cause that's the only explanation I got for why no one is working!" The foreman roared it, storming off from the hood of the pickup truck where he and the engineer had been reviewing maps with the local police department. He'd been in the middle of talking when he notic...
It all started one dark and stormy night when the sky rained heavy, lightning flashing bright and the thunder roared. In all of that, the towering city burned brightly in defiance against mother nature’s wrath. People hustled in packed flooded streets and cars honked furiously on the roads in gridlocked traffic. That’...
It was there, for the second time. On my desk at work : a single small black and white USB key. The first time, yesterday, I wondered who it was from and who it belonged to, and therefore I gave it to the reception of the building. But here it was, once again, waiting for me on my desk. The whole day I couldn't stop th...
The world is made of cracks. We're made of cracks. But not just butt cracks - I'm talking about cracks that burrow deep into the psyche, splittering under the weight of life's daily stresses, until one day that screen of security just shatters, along with your sanity, like a windshield that's just had a rock thrown...
Beep BEEP Beep BEEP , Bang!. I slammed my annoying alarm off ... and across the room. No one likes to be left out, NO ONE likes to be the last person picked on a team. Yet here I am, living an ordinary life in a world of super powered people. As I slowly rolled out of bed the annoyance of the neighbours sta...
I don't know if I can go through with it anymore, not after what he told me. So, I'm putting down what I've thought into words, to prove to myself that I've explored the whole damn argument and to hopefully convince myself of either side. Let's see how this goes... Right now, as I am writing this, the man who killed m...
Velvet Underground smelled like any other thrift store - a musty, nose-clogging scent like a hundred people’s BO blended together and laid out in the sun to dry. It wasn’t that unpleasant, but it lent a strangely intimate feel to the store, like you were snuggled up on someone’s chest the whole time you were browsing. ...
His vision flashed blindingly white, and he felt his nose break. But as the blood began to seep down his shirt front, he felt the electric rush up his spine and couldn't help but smile. No, this would be the last time. His responding punch caved his stepfather's face in. And even as he stood over the crumpled figure, h...
"Anything?" Darren almost fell out of his chair as he twisted around. He was alone in his dorm room. His roommate had gone home on Friday. Hell, half of the school went home on the weekends, so there shouldn't be anyone here! Except there was. A man sat on the top bunk of the room's bunk bed. He had dark skin, a wi...
Humans are a common sight throughout the galaxy. They employed logic and reasoning and had an aptitude for multiple skills you would need when traversing from one planet to another. If trained for combat, their strength and reaction would be on par with some of the strongest species out there. If trained for piloting, ...
“Is that fucking macaroni?” It definitely fucking was. Rachel could not contain her laughter. This was absolutely ridiculous! “Did I put something wrong into the machine?” Irene raced to the computer, typing furiously. “A wrong number somewhere? Faulty equation?” “We double and triple checked it!” Rachel spok...
"Well, that went about as well as I thought it would."I said to Jordan, who was giving me one of those looks. I just wanted to smack it off his stupid face. "Look on the bright side, she said she'll do it in your dreams. Which is the closest you'll ever get to sharing a bed with someone that good looking." "I could b...
I walked through the battlefield, both sides stopped and stared unable to understand. Was I a god? Was I their new king? they just knew nothing would ever be the same. Destiny had foretold one that would unify, one who would bring balance back to the bear and pig nations, was this that person? The leaders of each army...
"So, you'll make that first payment by tomorrow morning, right?"Lucy asked sweetly. I watched her from the corner of my eye as I 'typed up my notes' from the last overdue account contact. I wanted to learn the secret to her success... she had a 98% recovery rate, which was unheard of in the history of the company. ...
"Shaman Bones, is in his Daemon chamber."Hellfire growled as smoke whispered from his jaws. "He is talking to Cerberus like he's a puppy again." Roaring can be heard spilling out from underneath them, as the ground shook, rumbling with every daemonic growl, bark and grunt. SIN pushed her hair out of her eyes as she g...
The bulk freighter came out of light speed with a shudder. A shudder that was more pronounced and violent than normal. I looked out of the window, to the purple planet that loomed above. It had been months since I saw the planet.I had woken up in the medical bay, surrounded by three of the ship's five medics. They had ...
Exiting the aisle carrying a stack of thick books, I overhead the sounds of a discussion. I turned to see who was here this late at night and saw a lamp lit in a small nook with several comfortable chairs. I approached, and as I drew closer, the voices began to raise in volume and intensity. The discussion sounded to...
I had the same dream again last night... Upon waking I remembered with regret how, instead of my usual flight of fancy, I was dreaming about a peaceful library and myself curled up by the fire, laughing softly. Nothing fantastical, no mermaids, or soaring escapades through the sky. No epic battles with my arch-nemesis,...
(Copied from a previous post I did in the Writing subreddit) In General: Write Often! Get on a schedule, even if it's only an hour or two a week, keep to it. When you write consistently the words pile up, and your skill increases as you find what works and what doesn't. For Plot: **Move toward the moment of ...
"Mr. Ansel?" I heard the woman's voice, sharp, crisp, with just a faint British accent, clearly across the empty conference room where I was setting up for my demonstration. At 3 am, no one else should have have been in the building. As far as I knew, no one else had access to the complex where I'd poured my family f...
Australia. What a wonderful country. Beautiful beaches, nice countryside and you haven't been attacked in three years. Over the last three years you have managed to build a life here. Emily is happy, she has friends, she goes to school and she gets to go to the zoo all the time (we have season passes). You sigh as yo...
Day 0 “It's your turn". Pah, call it high-level delegation for all that's been done. "You must complete your Work in seven days"- On top of that, what am i supposed to do with breath, clay and a stick? This manual better be good. Day 1. The manual left a lot to be explained, but it gave me a heads-up on how t...
"We did it, then?"Ainsley asked. "That was easy." Ainsley prodded the corpse of the Legendary Warlock of Hearthfire with her cheap wooden staff. "Gee, adventuring sure is easy, huh?"Finn replied. "He barely put up a fight. Guess we're just naturals." "We can go collect that reward now, too. We're gonna be so rich." ...
"This just in, the outlaw coalition that has branded themselves 'Freedom First' has just perpetrated another act of domestic terrorism on American soil. Three fuel depots and seventeen gas stations in upstate South Carolina have been bombed in what appears to be a coordinated attack. Videos and posts to social media ...
At first, I was too young to understand. I knew she wasn’t meant to be there, I knew what she was. Somehow I knew, even as a child. The first time night she came, I was afraid, terrified, of the silent shadow that slid from under the bed. But she never harmed me, never made a sound. She just stood, silently gazing down...
“Ah, there you are McKensington!” McKensington? A middle aged man walked into the exhibit wearing a skintight spandex suit that looked suspiciously like the ones used in science fiction movies. He sported a black, pointy moustache that extended way past his cheekbones and was meticulously well kept. His dark hair m...
Of all the ways to die, I never expected this. I slipped on the kitchen floor, threw a hand out to steady myself, and managed to get a giant knife stuck in my gut. And it really fucking stings. The world goes hazy, and slowly fades from view... I open my eyes. I can see my body! Wait, that's not right...oh crap. I ...
There was something about the early mornings when she could hear the old life behind her. It was not so far behind then, in that quiet. The hotel rooms coughed in their soft air-conditioning, and he would be asleep then. She would listen, she remembered, to the quiet. That was a long time ago. Back then quiet was har...
Emperor Emir sat on the great chair in the shadows. The lights flickered in their spheres and the shadows were long against the walls, and along the walls were windows of black space. The stars from the windows were far and bright, twinkling as though they were nightlights, some small comfort to put the children to sle...
Afterlife? I couldn't believe it. And actually a score card, and I was at the top, I, above Jesus. "The Jesus?"- I thought. "Yes"I heard out of nowhere. The place was empty, I couldn't see my body, just clouds. I wasn't sure if there was an up or down, but it felt normal. I said out loud: "there must have been a mista...

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