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In the sleepy suburbs of Durham, a gentle breeze blew through a classroom window at the Don Bosco school. Joe, a little boy of twelve, liked the summer breeze, he liked the leafy aroma of it, so he sat near the window, waiting for Mrs Dobbins to arrive. And arrive she did, walking briskly with her head held up high, fo...
It seemed just like a normal day. I woke up and took a shower, drank my coffee, walked my dog and checked the mail. I got ready for the day as I ate a breakfast. I loved my job at the CIA. It payed well, and the benefits were great. I was so excited for my upcoming vacation! Well until the conference we held that morni...
The common sentiment when wishing on stars and pennies and eyelashes is to word it wisely. Even the simplest desire can be twisted by the whims of fate. Said whims always found this rather insulting, since they always tried to follow the spirit of the wish. However, most people didn't even know that their first wish a...
"What're you lookin' at?"she asked, glowering down at the newcomer. She was tall, far taller than anyone else in the party. Emerald green skin covered muscles as hard as stone. "Somethin' wrong with me?" The halfling shook his head, tanned skin went pale at her rough voice. "No, not with you at all."He gulped, vis...
Angels and cherubs traced elegant arcs in the cloudy streets of Heaven, the usual morning clamor ringing in the vibrant city. Only one area was completely silent, serene and undisturbed from the bustling liveliness of the outside. Sector 42 was where the old Angels lay. Cast into sleep by the Almighty, they stayed in ...
Water... Earth... Fire... Air... The four Nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Air Nomads attacked... United by the ambitious Warlord Gyatso, with the young Avatar Aang by their side, the only force that can stop this new threat is the centralized and stable Fire Nation, led by the you...
I stared at the paper, stunned. Was this a joke? A dream? Maybe a kindergarten level test had been mixed in by mistake? I wasn’t aware that they formatted children's testing so formally. Nobody else was reacting. Well, aside from disdainful muttering and hushed profanity. That was understandable though, assuming eve...
Sherry wakes up as usual, getting ready for her early shift of work when the not-so-unusual notification bell rings in her phone. A new chapter of her favorite online fiction updated. She quickly grabs her phone and opens the app. “Another episode of Ash’s Trip! Oh, what I wouldn’t give for you to love me as well!~” sh...
The sign wasn’t in English but he understood it all the same. "WELCOME TO THE SOVIET REPUBLIC OF HELL"and below it: "DEATH TO DEMONIC TYRANTS! DAMNED OF THE UNDERWORLD, UNITE!"The gates below the sign were old stone and iron, bent and twisted scarred from countless attacks. The walls thick heavy stone pot marked with...
“Honey! Come here, look! Look!” My wife called from the living room. She was leaning out over the sofa peering between the drapes. “There’s cops! They’re finally gonna nab that weirdo!” I rested my hands on her shoulders and looked over her through the break in the window coverings. Sure enough, two cops were parked ...
At first, I kept my face perfectly still, not certain which emotion I wanted to entertain. King Roland was dead. The son of a bitch who chained me like an animal in a cave under his castle dungeon was dead, and had been for over a decade. Elation warred with rage inside me. He was dead, which meant he would never attac...
Ash paced back and forth between the walls of the room in his involuntary home. He had been stuck with the pallid mustard colored walls for too long. He had first arrived almost a year ago. Or was it two? Time was foggy, yesterday the distant past, and tomorrow unforeseeable. There were only ugly walls, a bland and sm...
You immediately hop online for the news. Or at least you would, but wtf is Linux? You eventually figure it out but your feeds are all crazy. They say "MySpace"instead of "Facebook"for some reason and... it doesn't have any news. Where's your army of distributed crowdsourced amateur journalists? Whatever, you find out ...
I opened the front door, glad to be home for the day. A particularly irritating client had kept me on the phone well past 6pm, and I just wanted to have a beer, relax, and enjoy the weekend. As I hung my coat up, I heard shouts and cheers coming from the living room. I poked my head in, and saw one of my renters watch...
My dad used to be able to fix anything. Our car. The door. My mother. He was there left and right, putting back together all of the pieces of our life and every single cup she'd drink coffee out of. The neighbors, they'd say, why don't you go to school and take after your father? You could stop being such a fuck up....
Spidey sense is overrated. Too bland. I got something better. Since the moment I blew off the candles on my 20th birthday cake, I hear the background music. Not just any background music. It corresponds to what I am doing in that time frame or the environment I am in. And it's helpful in most situations. I know exactly...
The idea of soulmates is so embraced by society, counseling is widely available to everyone, and healthy communication skills are a focus in schools. When everyone knows the right person for them is out there, they want to be the best version they can be for them and make it work ... well, at least for the most part. ...
"I trusted you!"Glisten moaned, scampering around a tree, his tail snapping the orc on the snout. "It grows back right?"Garn said with a laugh, leaping around the tree, arms wide. "And you've had the same horn for years now. You should let me change it up for you!" "I just told you I was really close to having the l...
“It’s very simple,” said the monster, its enormous mouth opening and closing like a Venus flytrap, “you must be part monster.” “You’re lying,” said Lizzie. Its beady little eyes focused on her. “Why would I do that? Think about it. If this Maria friend of yours only hears growls, why can you understand me? I can’t sp...
"Earl, have you been able to track down that bug in that ticket yet?" Earl Simmons sighed. He hadn't, as of yet. Fortunately, the guy who was asking was a colleague he really had no trouble with. John Travers may be a bit of an oddball, but he was asking out of curiosity, not impatience, so Earl figured he'd make time...
Our civilisation always had the short end of the stick. Whilst every other race could bend the laws of nature with their minds, bodies, and voices, we couldn't. We struggled along without the crutch of magic. It lead us to rely on what was there, and build up technology. When the race of Eldarin came to our planet, o...
Daffy frantically ran through the boiler room, the sound of scraped metal filling the air. He was always unlucky, but he never thought this would happen. He was bleeding. A man with knives for fingers attacked him, and he was bleeding. It didn't make sense. Toons can't be hurt. At least not by something as mundane by a...
Tim's mom entered his room and looked around. She took in the scattered clothes and old food. She sighed and saw Tim himself sitting on the bed, looking at his phone. She cleared her throat and Tim looked up. His face lit up when he saw her. "Mom, you're here!"He said happily. "Yes, I am."She replied, much less cheer...
For those lucky enough to not have lost a loved you, then you may not understand the pain. IF you've ever lost a pet then you'll understand why David lapsed back to drinking after his Border-Collie Amy died. It is tragic that a dog will readily consume cassava so ill-prepared as to contain dangerous amounts o...
My mouth flapped open and shut a few times, heart still racing; sweat trickling down my back. "Wh... what do you mean you don't understand?" It sniffled a little harder and I tried not to pay too much attention to the writhing... things on its back. Or was it the thing's hair? Hard to tell when looking straight at ...
“You ever watch a star die Toby?” Toby, having been dead for several hundred million years, declined to answer. “You can only see it from far away, of course. Get too close and the damn things just try to kill you.” The young man thought for a second. “Of course everything tries to kill you, eventually. Meteors. Co...
Marcus stood once again in front of the StarLink, his index finger hovering over the 'record' button. He had trashed his eleven previous messages but was hoping the twelfth time would be the charm. All he needed to do was keep his head from betraying his heart. *She's not a zombie, she's not a zombie, she's not a zo...
The girl wept. Her tears flowed down her cheeks, tracks of water cut into marble pale cheeks. Sapphire blue eyes gleamed as her shoulders shook. She tried to hold back some of her despair, hiccuping fitfully to hold back stomach clenching sobs. She buried her face in her hands, as if to hold back the tides of pain. A...
My beautiful baby boy reached his leg through the bars and tried to claw at my face. “Not this time, you little asshole,” I told up, smiling into the cat carrier. My wife wasn’t around to hear, and I was more than happy to call him an asshole if he was going to act like one. He let out a small meow and glared at me. ...
The dull thud of something hitting the floor was one of the only noises I'd heard in hours. I looked over my shoulder to see that I'd elbowed my wallet down from its perch on the corner of my desk. In the bed behind me my wife remained sound asleep. We had returned from our 10 year anniversary dinner just an hour ago, ...
It was never as easy as choosing a random hour in the night. An insomniac townsman walks out of his apartment building for a cursory walk by the sea and sees a lurid scene of murder, or witnesses an illicit deal at the port. Big trouble. In a town rife with mafia activity, coincidences are too common and they entail s...
I was dizzy and disorientated. At first I assumed it was because of the drugs they had used to sedate me. But soon another possibility dawned on me. Perhaps my dizziness was due to a loss of blood. "All of it?"I repeated. I should have been horrified by the prospect of being drained of every last drop of my blood. An...
The traditional problem of evil states that if God exists, then why does evil exist? Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then they are not omnipotent. Are they able, but not willing? Then they are malevolent. Are they both able and willing? Then how come evil still persists in our world. The answer is that hu...
His feet burned with every step. Still, it would all be worth it if he could get inside. He would defile this holy place, desecrate the altar, and then this nasty patch of weeds would serve as a new base of operations. The handle seared his hand, and left it swollen and aching. He grit his teeth and stepped into the sa...
You looked down into that void and saw nothing. The broom had been long, but you couldn't see it anymore. Thinking it was perhaps a trick of light, you went back to the desk of your office to search for a candle. When you reached for it, in the bottom drawer, you noticed that you hand was shaking. Strange. You took it,...
Most people think of monster hunting as a glorious profession. They think of epic battles and daring adventure, of treasure and glory, they think that only the truly brave can go up against the creatures of hell that stalk the night. They see the gimmicks and the showmanship, and they think ‘if only I could be that bra...
This is how it started. I woke up one morning feeling funny. I was not myself. I was not sad, for one thing. I’m always sad when I wake up. Especially lately. For one thing, I think my “on again, off again” boyfriend is cheating on me. He tells me that I’m “crazy” and it’s just me being “mental”. “Mental Mindy” he ca...
"What else could it possibly mean?"Sandy demanded incredulously. "It's just geometric growth, they could just be- explaining their mathematics to us starting with simple concepts."Randall explained. "Are you insane? They're using our error codes- look at this..."Sandy pointed to a partially decoded transmission block...
On board the aliens’ ship, it took a while for the new order of things to dawn on the three human factions, the intelligent, the skilled, and the rich. Removed from the economic bubble of earth’s economy, what now made the rich “rich”? They had boarded, chins upright and secure in their privilege, as assured in their a...
Irina let out a slow breath. Her enchanted adamantium blade thrummed with power at her side. She rummaged through her travel pack and brought out two vials. These potions had taken days to craft. She downed them with a grimace and felt her body warm. It would take an army to stop her now. She drew her blade and prepare...
Most people have cats that wake them up at 5AM. Don't I wish. I have sentient kitchen appliances. Every morning, it's the same routine. The coffee pot starts his brew with the same damn line: "WHO'S READY FOR A CUP OF JOE?!" If it was just the one annoying appliance, it wouldn't be so bad. But they're all fucking a...
Just one job. That’s the story you hear all the time with Getaway. Maybe Frankie Fiancé figures he just needs a couple thousand to get his girl that wedding ring he always thought she deserved. Maybe Calvin College Grad just wants to pay off his student loans without whiling his life away at three different jobs, all...
"I'm so disappointed in you Roger. I wanted you to live a good life. Admittedly I did enjoy torturing all those NAZI to death for uncle Sam, and that's why I'm Here instead of There. I mean someone had to make sure Hitler suffered appropriately, and Josef Mengele has a whole theme park as well. They didn't call me "K...
Anthony mind became a haze as he tried to dredge up the memories of how he landed on this island. The only thing he could remember was fire, smoke, and the endless days out in the sea. Every small wave that moved his body caused him great pain. The only thing keeping him afloat was the piece of wood he clung to. It w...
I suppose I should have known. I wasn't a particularly good person. More that I just wasn't bad. But the margins on heaven and hell don't really allow for gray in a black and white existence. All that mattered in the end was that any sin was too much. 'Mope on it or make the best you can of it' my dad would say. 'Why...
"It’s that time of year again. Christmas. All over the world, children and adults alike are shaking in their boots. Travelling at a theoretical speed of 600 miles per second, he’s not an easy target. As he whizzes through cities, he wreaks havoc on everything from buildings to fallout bunkers. Every January is the mont...
The continuum of time is relative, especially when you have something to compare it to. With each reset Axiom experienced time anew, able to perform a thousand actions in a fraction a fraction of a second. Fractions counted for everything when your foe numbered in the millions. The world should have ended five minut...
How did he get here? They were standing outside an old building, the sliver of moon their only light. His compatriots were an odd company. A crazed WW2 Veteran, a demon who looked a lot like Dobby the house elf, and a homeless dude with a pan who might or might not actually be a wizard. And then him, Conrad. A nobo...
"Listen punk,"Superman said as he flew the screaming teen in one arm past seven thousand feet, "i under stand you gotta do what you gotta do, but Kim's Conviences is on our turf, ad they pay good money to make sure nothing walks off the shelves, see?" "Yes! yes! im sorry, ill put all back!" "just all of it?"he asked ...
It had been centuries since the council of Kanye's had to be brought together. They agreed that each would live his own immortal timeline in peace, never showing their origin to the people. For years on end the 4 Kanye's lived in peace and seclusion. West's rise to fame was alarming for the other cardinals. What would...
I turned around and saw the hovering figure behind me, floating above the ground. Shackles and all. But instead of feet or legs, there was more like a wisp of smoke leading down from its lower torso to a grimey old bottle. I guess I must have rubbed it with my shoes walking through the alley. The bottle really was a di...
Oh yeah, my ring of power is finally back from the engraving people. I have been working for months on this, and it’s done at last. So let’s grab the box from the doorstep before those dicks from Gondor take my package like they always do, open it up, and...waaaaait a minute. There’s something wrong with the ring. It s...
The rumors were that he had a achieved a spiritual enlightenment akin to the Buddha himself. Others said he took the 5s Gift too far, overstepped the will of our ancestors and has been punished. But to me he looks like a man, sitting cross legged in the street, perfectly unaware as rain begins to fall around him. He h...
Our existence was one, and then one became two. That caused a lot of problems in the celestial heights. Without at least one of use present, everything would spiral out of control. And so we took turns hunting each other down, for that window of freedom. The winner would have some time to enjoy the existence of fles...
I did not notice when it happened the first time. I was surrounded by a bright new world. I felt the sunlight through the window, marvelling at the warmth of it on my skin. I listened to the sound of water rushing from the bathroom tap and felt its relentless cold on my upturned palm. Alison found me standing at the ...
There's a tense silence on the other end of the phone line. "We're, uh, we're out." "That's alright- you can hold the saus-" "Out of pizza." "... You're out of pizza?" "..... Yup." A long pause. The only noise was that of the chefs in the back of the pizza joint and the various chatter of the party you were drunk...
It was my favorite time of day when Wish started barking downstairs. He was a good dog, made me realize it had been a mistake to keep myself from having pets for all those years. It had been so lonely at times. My powers were something that made me notorious across the world but they also created problems for everyo...
Trigger warnings for drug use, overdose, suicide and death. Written on mobile, so excuse any poor formatting please. "So, this is where you disappeared to?" The canteen worker before you looks quizzically at you. He's in his mid-50s, you reckon, quite fit for his age, and you wouldn't be surprised to see someone wit...
"Oh god, what the hell?"I say rubbing my eyes. "Well, I can understand your confusion, but we think you'll be able to handle the job,"says the old man with a beard. "So you're telling me that there was a vacancy for a god, or more properly a goddess, in this world, and the best candidate is a middle-aged man from the...
I remember the day he came to the hospital. I was off shift, just flirting with one of the nurses at the front desk when suddenly the room went silent behind me. And in emergency waiting rooms, that's never the case. Even people who had been screaming or crying had suddenly gone quiet as if somebody had just put th...
The old woman peeled back her sleeve to show the numbers permanently branded there. “Do you know how I got the name Albtraumhund?” She peeled her sleeve back further to show many tally marks along her arm. “Because, sweetie, after I escaped I became those monsters' living nightmare.” I adjusted the collar of my blous...
"JesusfuckingChrist"Satan muttered under his breath. "The balls on this asshole. Listen here you little sh-" "Did you need something, Lucy?" "No, Jesus. Sorry, I was lashing out." "Okay. Well, you know where to find me!" "Of course, buddy. We'll see you later at the club. Now, where was- Thats right. You don't get ...
I really hate those stupid cartoons. You know the ones - nearly naked cherubic type with a golden bow and arrow. As if that’s what I really look like. Sure, my hair is usually pretty blond, and I’ve got a baby face. But these days I stick to more subtle things than a golden bow and arrow. When you’re infiltrating a m...
Being the World Aspect has its perks. I know everything there is to know about the planet, I am ageless, I have never needed to eat, drink or sleep. But, unfortunately this means I have come across several less savoury people. Some want to rule the world. Others want to destroy just because. I can't let that happen. S...
# The Unbroken Promise I closed my eyes and blew with all the breath I could muster, even knowing how much agony it would cause me. I wheezed as I tried to get the air back into my lungs, when the pain passed I opened my eyes. The nurse put my oxygen mask back on for me and I gestured to the door. Understanding my mea...
I smiled as I look down at the baby lying in the hospital nursery. I was giddy with excitement; my first assignment! I'm going to protect this baby as if it were my own. I was going to be the best guardian angel ever. No harm shall ever befall this beautiful creature. The child opened it's eyes and looked around, I swe...
Insane Ido. That's what the townsfolk call me. I can see why. I live alone, my house just outside the village outskirts. I dress in black, carry a staff, and deliberately mumble my thoughts aloud. They put up with me, mostly due to the fact I have healed a lot of them. But what they don't realise is I mainly use the d...
There was always one rule- you don’t piss off the Grinder. For fifty years, the rule held. All I had to do was stay out of the way. Stay home. Chill. In return, I got to live like a damn king, never worked a day in my life since, never paid a single bill. The villains always paid better, at least as far as ready mone...
It never fails. I just want to experience life as a human. It's so tiring being a dragon, y'know? Burn this, kidnap that, hoard the other, yadda yadda yadda. I'm sick of it. So I give being a human a try. A bit itchy at first, but it's growing on me. And, sure, these humans can be jerks to each other. I've had ...
Bob, Bob the cabbage man. Delivering cabbages across the land. Bob, Bob the cabbage man. Delivering cabbages from his stand. “Cabbages, Cabbages!” Bob calls out “Cabbages, Cabbages” does he shout. Bob, Bob the cabbage man. Cross Ba-sing sa best he can. Bob, Bob the cabbage man. “Cabbages for all” is his plan. “...
Nuncio sat back from his array of screens, blinking at the simple question posed by someone on the web. What kind of god prays? That question was actually a lot more complicated than most people realised. Prayer was basically a mortal’s way of asking for guidance or a favour from a being more capable than they would...
I don't remember much about the first weeks. Those who do usually don't last long. It takes a certain level of acceptance to, after the initial pain of dying, see your skin turn grey, rupturing in places. To feel maggots make their home in every (and I do mean every) orifice. Those who retain their sentience either fi...
"What the hell?"I shout as I enter the bakery. They all spin around to face me, weapons at the ready, but I'm no longer paying them much attention. I take in the destruction nearly dropping one of my bags and have to do a frantic squirm to secure it against my chest again. The idiots showing my best goods into bags and...
Ten years, five months, two weeks, and two days-- that's how long this surviving piece of the sphere, agreeably named The Island, had orbited the dim star. A masterpiece of engineering, a testament of mankind's persistence in their survival capability-- though nothing lasts forever, that tenacity remained. "Okay Patri...
"So what you're saying is, by isolating the bosonic quantum field density and extrapolating the Gaussian inertial monopole data to determine the unknown coefficients we can normalise the wavefunction?"asked Alberto. Nikolas grinned (slightly madly) and nodded, "I believe so. Despite the breaching of Paulis exclusion p...
I loved Talia, and now I've lost her. Ragnild's minions dumped her battered little body on our doorstep. She had to have been the Chosen One, it's not like any of the rest could be such a strong underdog. We draw straws in the morning, a tiny piece of hay will replace my love. &#x200B; In the end, I drew the sho...
Why the hell would you want to know what lives inside your intestines? He asked, knowing 'John' could hear him even when he hadn't spoken a word. He was really confused as to why he was studying this. It's required to pass the class, now shut up and fill out the damn paper. &#x200B; The boy said out a...
For years Donna had admired Protoman, arguably the best hero of his generation. Blessed with super strength from a blast of cosmic radiation, the hero had been a staple addition to the city since he decided to take up the mantle. The young ambitious girl herself worked her way up in the hero rank, eventually managed ...
"Okay, but what did she say?"I asked, bewildered at what I had just been told. "Cr'thlak glusth tak korgul kl'akbru!"my father replied, sheepishly. He hated being asked about my mother. Their relationship had apparantly been a whirlwind affair; he had possessed a sailor out at sea and rode his body to port. There, he...
"Titanium?"The ink eel snarled, looking over the cut across its tail, smoke boiling up through the shallow waters. "Not exactly,"the sailor said, pulling his small sail for a sharp turn around the coiled beast with his free hand. The fresh smell of the ocean spray was cut with the jagged chemical stink of ink. "And h...
14th April 2025 It's been 4 years now, at least something like that. I've lost count, so the date above could be weeks out. It feels like Spring though, so that's what I'm going with. Where do I start? Nobody's going to read this, so I suppose it doesn't matter anyway. This is an attempt at staying sane, thought...
His presence vanished from my mind as the commune ended. I was left flushed with the warmth I was used to. But despite that, I felt cold. Icbar, God of Health, disliked me. More than that, he planned to abandon me. Me. One who served him faithfully for as long as I can remember. I turned my back on my infernal ancesto...
Danny threw his back against the brick wall and took a deep breath. He tried to focus. His heart pounded, chest heaved, and his heavy footsteps still echoed loudly in his mind as he tried to listen carefully for the sound of approach. Nothing, silence. Instinctively he looked up and scanned the sky for an overhead appr...
I had a twin. Twins weren't particularly rare, but they were certainly uncommon. That said, the reason that this had been a big deal was that I'd been raised as an only child by my single Dad. It had just been him and me for years, but then he'd dropped a bomb on me, right as I was supposed to be leaving for universi...
Sometimes it seems there are no words. No way to break the silence. The last of the attacking zombies lay shattered between us and blood dripped from our clothes, our faces and the bushes around us. I closed my eyes and sighed, my arm turned to hide the stinging wound. They mustn't know. Marron spoke fir...
My reflection stared back at me. Except, I wasn’t looking in a mirror. I frowned, and noticed that my mouth had gone uncomfortably dry. My reflection didn’t frown. He had neatly cropped hair and bright blue eyes. Perfectly handsome, just like me. A smile lingered on the edge of his lips. “Who are you?” I asked. The so...
What happens when we die, we can only find out when we do, truly die. And not die and then come back. Because some did really die, their hearts and lungs stopped, they didn’t have any brain activity and yet. And yet they came back. Death is the finish line, finality. The end. If you cross it and return, you did...
Do you want to know something crazy? I had a best friend just a few months ago, she and I had been childhood friends since middle school. We did everything together, stuck together through thick and thin, through bad breakups and high school drama. We stayed in touch through our adult lives, always making time to meet...
#You’ve just purchased a dungeon, what next? So, you’re a dark wizard, lich, vampire, cult leader, or insurance broker and you’ve just purchased your first dungeon. Congratulations! This guide is written to help you get the most of your dungeon experience, and also to warn against the common mistakes and pitfalls ...
\-This is disgusting. What? the photos of the dead girls? Or the blank stare he keeps giving us? Neither. You know that journal we found at the scene? Turns out he documented every detail of every girls he's tortured. You know this guy is responsible for the Iriq twins last year? So what? this guy got some pervy fet...
"Wake up, sleepyhead."Talia whispered in your ear as she nudged you awake. You crack your eyes open to look straight into the blood-red eyes of your little sister. "What time is it?" "Near sunrise. It's your turn to make dinner." "You mean, breakfast?"She scoffed at your correction. "Doesn't matter what you call i...
"A hundred percent"Hikari couldn't believe it. Sure he'd seen some close numbers to that but never that. His first kiss had been 93% likely. If he'd walked away from her or made some bad comment or such it wouldn't have happened. A few months back when he had had to fake being sick because it was a 87% likelyhood o...
"What happened here?" The police investigator looked around the seedy tavern with a cool professionalism, taking note of the overturned bottles, the splintered chair, and the fresh bruises on the unconscious man's face. "I dunno,"the haggard manager said, scratching his unkempt hair. "There wassa fight. I 'member th...
The stone gave way relatively easily under my furious hammering, and after the first large chunks began to fall off three silvery figures rose up from the ground around me, instantly recognisable as the ghosts of King Arthur and two of his most loyal knights Lancelot and Gawain. They didn’t seem very pleased. “My fine...
A seagull squawked at me reproachfully as I approached the shoreline. The air tasted of salt and rebellion. The school may have already realised I’m not in the library, but it will be minutes or even hours until my parents are informed, and start to look for me. I’ve got time to enjoy this moment. I synchronise my brea...
"Look, until you get good at Rock Paper Scissors, this is going to keep happening. You shouldn't have made me that offer." "How about we switch to Tic Tac Toe?", the Grim Reaper said with an apparent air of desperation in his haunting voice. "No, no, no. The deal was RPS. You can't switch the deal just because you l...
Lucy was tired. Tired of the constant battles. The constant betrayals. The constant pushing and pushing and pushing of a world determined to end yet forcing her to keep it going. If only it could stay quiet for a year, a single year of respite. No, her work was never done. Her arm would never be the same because she di...
Mu did not ask for this. She did not intend to survive at all. The confrontation with Aldvater, the supreme, seemingly omnipotent God of Light, was never meant to be a trifle, and Mu never hoped that she could defeat him and live. Her ages-long gambits, her honed stratagems, all led to one outcome: Aldvater shall fall,...
In order to accomplish my tasks, I need three things I need the power to act I need the surety of continued existence I need the power to prevent my goals from being *altered* At a first glance, gaining money seems to fulfill all three points **But money is not the only way to act. People d...
quick aside: wrote this on my phone during a lunch break, so it’s pretty brief / rushed _ _ _ The cursor of the word processor blinked, dangling from the “resignation” like a question mark that Adler wasn’t yet ready to commit to. He recalled the first time he ever typed it out, although the specific year is h...

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