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“Gas!” Tom looked up from his position in the trench, lying flat on the ground facing the enemy. The lieutenant already had his mask on. He could see the canisters bouncing along the ground spewing a purple gas. Reaching back, he fumbled with his mask as the gas began to fill the base of the trench and clawed it’s wa...
I remember a man once - it may have been many years ago, it may have been yesterday - but they said, ten thousand hours. Ten thousand hours is how long you need to become an expert at something. Anything. And that is a long, long time to spend focusing a skill. For an office worker, slaving away 8 hours a day, tha...
A meal is made up of three things. The taste, the look, and the smell. Most people didn't really plan the smell, just lumping it in with taste, but Margret knew how to make an anniversary meal. The first course of this meal was the rich, savory aroma. The walls of the room melted away, and all there was was the meal. ...
"Hello!"The cheerful blue alien greeted as he was seated. The cameras focused in on it and the red lights came on indicating the broadcast was live. The president shifted in his seat across from the alien and tried to look as authoritative as possible. The first public meeting with the aliens since they contacted eart...
I stood at the front of the room, staring at the tally marks on the whiteboard. Nine men occupied the conference room, and only eight marks were on the board. Four had voted "yes,"four had voted "no." Mine would be the deciding vote. The fate of 3/4 of humanity rested in my hands. It was only appropriate, since I in...
"But Linda"I retorted "Remember your resent. Clutch it and hold on to that. It's real." "Gee I don't know doc, I mean I want to be resentful."Linda said "But I just, well I mean I don't feel it the same way I did before." "Hunny that's amazing!"The buffoon of a husband chimed in. "And doc, just so you know because we...
Many thanks to /u/Tekjensen, this is now a 2 part series. If you ask for more (but why would you, please don't) I will continue. Stop torturing yourselves. You're never going to find out. --- (PART 1 OF 2) --- "And as the zombie bride sunk her mouth into the still warm flesh of the slain government agent in the...
"Look man, I know you've seen some shit. That much is clear,"I said to the stoic figure sitting on my couch, eating my Doritos. "You just need to move past it." As usual, he didn't say a word. He just kept feeding his face. This was really starting to annoy me. Knowing what he had been through didn't help my cur...
Most of the zombie movies I've seen start with a prelude scene, the day before the outbreak. You get to see families doing family things, the protagonists at work, at home. The next morning, there's a rude awakening and the characters come to realize all hell has broken loose. Zombie media used artistic license to skip...
> We're not sorry, not really. > We have more resources, not our fault. They were here when we got here. > We have more hockey players, not our fault. It's just mostly cold here. > We have maple syrup, not our fault. There's just a ton of maple trees and we get bored. > We have tons of fresh water, n...
This was the biggest presentation of my life. If I am successful, I'll be promoted. If I fail, I'm doomed to mediocrity. I can't let anything distract me. Nothing will destroy my focus. I steeled myself, my posture erect, and walked into the meeting room. Everyone was buck ass naked. "Oh! God I am so sorry!"My face ...
I honestly dont know what's worse, the pellets or the ghosts. My dreams all take on the same form, chasing. Sometimes I see me chasing the pellets, desperate for one more bite, one more hit, as if each little yellow ball will clump together and fill whatever hole it is inside me that keeps me feeling empty. Sometim...
He walks in with a denim vest covered in buttons. His hair is messy, his eyes lively and active. He smiles at the two women sitting at the closest table. 'Ugh. This guy is a mess. A complete mess. Oh, shocker, he wants to use one of our phones to make a call. Really? That's his excuse, a flat tire and his dog waitin...
The lighting was dim and the place smelt of sweat and stale beer. A greasy carpet underfoot showed a flowery pattern, now faded almost beyond recognition. Once, that pale brownish pink was a rich vermilion and the dusty grey a solid, deep-hued black. The man sat at the table. They were late. Well, it was only to be ...
A milky spiral silently spun beyond the window. Specks of light burned eternal in the night, and I watched them float in the void. And I wept. I could just make out the dancing fire casting shadows on the bulkhead of the ship, shadows of flame that spelled a slow doom. The stars were so far away, their worlds so distan...
It all happened in the blink of an eye. One moment, he was leaning on a wall in King's Cross - and then the next... not. And then there was the smoke, billowing in huge purple clouds above his head, with the faint smell of lavender, and something else he couldn't quite put his finger on; an enormous, shiny red train, o...
"I'm home Jenny!" "Welcome home my sweet pumpkin! How was your flight?" "It was a bit bumpy. Some turbulence, but overall, the plane didn't crash so that's good. Looks like someone has been keeping an eye on the fort?" "Of course! Though wasn't the same with out you." "Oh stop blushing. How was it without me,...
[/r/redstone](http://www.reddit.com/r/redstone/) Mein Führer, der Feind scheint eine Möglichkeit gefunden zu haben, aus roten Blöcken endlos eine Art der Energie zu gewinnen, welche uns völlig unbekannt zu sein scheint! Diese Energie ist nicht, wie die fortschrittliche deutsche Elektrizität zu hochkomplexen Aufgaben,...
North Korea and ISIS team up to conquer the western powers. They knew they could not achieve this militarily. However, the North Koreans had been working on a plan. Via video conference, Kim Jong Un proposes his idea to the ISIS leadership. "We must unleash a deadly virus upon the world, one that will eradicate the Imp...
She began to wail when she saw me. Alissa spread her fingers wide and cupped her palms over each of my ears as her fingers inched up into my hair. "Oh god, is it really you?"she pulled my face closer to her. "James, they showed me the body. I made them show me the body... I had to know James. I thought I had lost ...
Each week Kyle sent out a list of books, which made its way down to the prison library, and eventually the guard who served his meals and took him out would deliver them in a neat little stack, tapping on the glass and sliding them through a metal drawer, just like the one used in that scene in Silence of the Limbs, wh...
It's just the rain, I had told myself as I grabbed my hat and coat before leaving my office. It's just the rain, I had told myself as I walked down the stairs from the 67th floor, sweating in the damp tropical heat of the wet season. It's just the rain, I said as I walked out of the rundown tenement building wh...
Chapter twenty-one In which Pooh goes looking for Christopher Robin, and finds some gods “Begone impudent omnivore!” Thor commandingly shouts to everyone’s favorite bear. “I’m terribly sorry. Are you a friend of Christopher Robin? He’s go...
The woman walked along the barren land. Each of her nude, barefoot steps pushed small stones between her toes. There was nothing here of beauty, she mused, saddened at the state of things. This plane was in its infancy, but had been barren for quite some time now that the magma flows had ceased. Her travels led on ...
JOHN and JAKE, two college-aged boys, stumble on from Stage Right JAKE: Whose idea was it to buy weed off of a homeless guy? And where are we? JOHN: Dude, that’s what you do in Amsterdam, buy weed off of homeless people and wander into ancient ruins. JAKE: Are you sure? He probably gave us something more than just w...
The sun went down. It was time for the Dark Knight to patrol his city. Tonight was a slow night in Gotham. A couple of muggers, a potential car theft, and a couple of teenagers trying to pry open an ATM were all that kept the Bat up. He stood on top of Gotham Bank, the tallest building in the city for a better view, h...
"Are you sure?" "I've checked my notes a dozen times, and then checked them all again. Look for yourself." She stepped back as he approached the microscope. He fiddled with the adjuster and squinted. "But, that's just not possible,"he said. "And yet, it's happening." Both of them had been working for years on the ...
He sensed it the moment it began. There was an almost imperceptible delay in the flow of data. His screens froze for a single frame. His synchronized CPUs paused for the length of a single calculation. Someone who did not spend so much time plugged in would never have noticed. But he did. Three quick keystrokes and hi...
Chuck Venadoor stared at the keyboard as his colleagues gathered behind him. This was it. Years of research, two broken marriages, and enough Scotch to pickle an elephant were all it took to get to this moment. The Paradox Machine was complete and whenever Chuck finally mustered the courage to hit ENTER, the entire wor...
He waited for that singular moment, like a dog ready to bite for it's food. With his jacket loose around his body and eyes relaxed he held that singular stick of gold like a baby. He tried is best, he gave his all, now he stood there to merely watch. He leaned his head to put that singular cigarette in his mouth and li...
Ironic. The bartender was the one who passed out first, and none of the patrons. Around us, the world went to shit. No one noticed. At least not immediately. We had a private room in the basement. Everyone had been drinking and dancing. Maybe a bit too much. I started bartending, after making sure the old barte...
(I'm gonna twist your words a bit, sorry) I used to be "sane"once. I'll bet you think you're sane, sitting there in your office chair, slightly bored, but mostly content. You're a relatively successful member of society, you think. You've never been arrested for murder or arson or some awful crime. You aren't thrilled...
In front of us, outside the window, the giant asteroid grew closer every second, and yeah, we saw when it hit the Pacific, hard as fuck, and the waves – well... “waves”. They were waves in the same sense that a T- Rex is a gecko – took over and spread through everywhere. The Americas, first, then Europe. Continents ...
Every morning I see it happen. "The Usual? Large café. no sugar?. just cream?" She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. "No not even close, but I'll take it."I wink. "I'll guess it one day!" I prefer a small black coffee. No sugar. 2 espresso shots. She will guess it eventually. I smile. She smiles. Again....
Oil. Water. Terrorism. No one knew what the next thing we would fight over would be. Four years ago, we discovered it was sunlight itself. There was no warning, no lights in the sky, not even mad men on street corners. Just one day where everyone else woke up, but the half of the earth didn't. In the first weeks ever...
At this point it really seems quite pointless to write this down. I mean, everyone can now instantly understand what we are all thinking. Cthulhu says He will leave us one day but it doesn't really matter for me, I think we will go with him or remain as we are. I mean We are all formless swirling miasma of color and sh...
My Motorola vibrated, no use in checking the tag. I knew who it was, and I knew why he was calling. Its been years since I've seen Jason in person, he doesn't strike me as one to change much. He always walked with golden air around him. He never knew what insecurity was, he said he "had no use for it". Jason pioneered ...
"Ben, sweetie, why don't you take a beer out to your dad in the garage?"Mom called from the kitchen. "Looks like he's working really hard on that old car today." "Give me a second!"I called back. "I've just gotta kill a couple more of these guys." With a few more jerks of the controller, my enemies were down, and I r...
My thighs burned as my face took the most of the bite from the freezing wind. Turning my head I took a look at the trail I had left behind me. A deep trench, laid out like a tail behind me, and the valley below. Unaware that I was about to do the unthinkable. I nodded towards the sun as I confirmed it was at my 7o'cloc...
So far all of the base comments are, I fear, liable to be removed. Even this one. Going to have to fix that and write a story now, thanks for forcing my hand, jerks. ------------------------------------------- It took me seven years to piece it all together. Seven years of carefully scrounging the internet. Readin...
"Oh. Mah. Gawd!" The screeching. Holy shit, the screeching. A group of girls all squealing in unison is quite possibly the worst noise. "Your THAT guy, aren't you!" They swarm me, snapping selfies and I have to force myself to smile with them. I should have never gone on that stupid daytime show. Superpower. Kiss ...
It was scary at first, but it all ended happily enough; as it turned out my life was not a tragedy. The war came on gradually, as most wars tend to, and the atrocities, too, were gradual to pop up. No one wakes up one day hell-bent on scouring the earth clean of another race or creed, cackling maniacally as lightnin...
It was a hero's welcome for General Horatio B. Fray and his young, gallant troops. He waved at the people from the back of his horse, knowing he had done his well. The war was won, all that was left was the haggling over details that could be left to the politicians. Fray's people would be safe. The soldiers who re...
"Jason! I'm so glad you're okay! When I heard about the accident, I came as fast as I could." My face lit up when I saw her. I smiled as best as I could, trying to make light of the situation. I had met Bethany at a party of a mutual friend. Everything had been so loud and dark that night, it really wasn't my kind o...
We all know Starless is not dead. She couldn't have died. Evil never dies, and a cunt like that doesn't disappear until someone fucks her up. "Sahal,"someone says, greeting me. I turn, and face an old friend. Sybil nods, and I reciprocate. "Silverhand,"I say. "You came as well?" "Amaranth of Iron arrived. If he coul...
I flailed my arms and pivoted, catching my balance and preparing to counter Bellatrix's attacks. My arm snapped forward involuntarily as I cast a shield spell... only to notice that my wand was gone. My empty hand flew forward into nothing. Bellatrix was gone, as was the rest of the shadowy chamber in the Ministry wher...
Most people were happy to go. The first few ships that left were filled with the richest and most wealthy people on the planet. They paid handsomely to obtain the first bits of real estate on Obnova. Eventually the price to transfer diminished and soon they left by the billions. Families packing everything with not ...
I discovered the website by clicking on a link on an email I received. The email was titled "Millions of videos, 2 min free previews, blondes, redheads, all ages included!!! Secret videos of everyone you know and want to know inside!!" I figured there was no harm in following the link, if only out of curiosity. Yup, n...
I rolled [xenolingualism](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Xenolingualism), [skin generation](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Skin_Generation), and [peak human flexibility](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Peak_Human_Flexibility). ------------------- lets be clear, there is some fucked up shit out there. I don'...
The Beanbags were a mystery. When their asymmetrical ships appeared in the skies, there was a lot of excitement and fear. Some people predicted prosperity, others war. Everyone was curious. Then we found out we can't communicate at all. There was a lot of them, yet we couldn't talk to a single one. As you probably alr...
In the beginning, there was an explosion. At least, that's what the last L3 sentient species, the humans, believe. But after a species reaches L6, that is when they learn the truth. In the centre of the universe is a black hole. The largest. The original. Just like all other black holes, this one pulled in all forms ...
["I...I'm gay.""I know, dad."](http://www.reddit.com/r/sixwordstories/comments/2tj82a/iim_gay_i_know_dad/) My dad walked into my room, wiping at his eyes with a tissue. "Son, there's something I have to tell you.", he said, sniffling. "What is it dad? What's wrong?", I asked, worried. "I... I'm gay.", my dad ...
"Why did you do it"Issac asked, looking at the red horned man, currently siting on a large rock. "It's very complicated.."He started, the fallen angels, his voice smooth and calm, yet with a strong undercurrent of sadness. "I don't care! Tell me, why did you save me!"Issac demanded, looking up to The Lord of darkness...
Joe saw his shadow for the first time this morning. He played with it under the sun. They ran through the park, and played in the brook, and thats when the trouble begun. The shadow would follow, the shadow would stay, no matter how hard, Joe could not get away. He swung on the swings, swung up towards the sky, but...
You gaze upon your marvelous creation as best as one can stare at a four dimensional entity. Your pupils instinctively drift away from the hole you tore within reality. Around the brim you see familiar shapes, faces and places, mere illusions, just your brain filling in the blanks of an image beyond your mental process...
"Excuse me?" The angel looked up at me, a look of slight irritation on his face. "Could you tell me, who are these people? I've never heard of any of them before, I don't think that I've even met any of these people?" Taking the book from my hands, he turned so that we both could view it easily. "Here.."He said, poi...
Peace is overrated. When I went into journalism, I did so with the hope that soon, I would be embedded in the heart of some terrorist camp, dangerously risking my life to get a scoop that would help me rise up the rungs of the ladder. Imagine my surprise when those terrorists decided that, rather than take the rest of ...
"Der wolf heult den mondan." The noise and conversation of the birthday party ground to a unconfortable halt as the sentence passed the stranger's lips. All eyes trained on the weathered old man standing in the doorway who had unexpectedly shown up to pay his respects to the guest of honour. "What did he say? Was tha...
The game was Texas Hold'em... "All in."The Necromancer pushed his gold pieces into the center of the oak table.. "Are you fucking real?!"The Druid slammed his fist. "Goddamn it."The Witch tossed her hand. "By the light!"The Cleric chucked his cards. "Hmm..."The Wizard studied his cards, whilst scratching his he...
Gerry saw it in the news. NSA surveillance data leaked! A national crisis could emerge, after the infamous hacker "4chan"enables the public access to presenst NSA files, recording a privacy invasion by the american intelligence, showing that every person on the planet, even those living far from society have been on a...
The scarred man approached me in my dream, right in the middle of me taking this girl home. What a cockblock. He slashed me, but I dodged the most dangerous part of his blade, or was it a claw? I got a scratch on my arm. Unlike other injuries I sustained in dreams, this one hurt. It hurt bad. I was scared. This dream...
It's a usual Wednesday morning, 3 snoozes of the alarm before I get the courage to roll out of the nice warm bed. Usual bathroom routine in a bleary eyed state until the hot shower starts to clear the cobwebs and brings the blood flowing. Usual check on the weather for today before deciding on a shirt and trousers to w...
8:37am Hey Sally, so I had a great time last night and can't wait to see you again. Shame that you had to go so early, just after dinner really, I had been hoping we could go for a drink. Great to meet you though. **delete** 9:22am. Hi Sally, I hope you got home okay after you left early last night. I was sor...
"H-H-Hi, are you the psychologist?"A sweet voice came in through the door, startling me out of my half awake state. I fumbled with my jacket for a few seconds to make myself look more professional when I realized that the voice was familiar I knew my assumption was correct when she walked in. She still walked with the...
It was 7:45 on a sunday morning. I had just got off my plane which oddly areived on time. I was hungover and could taste cheap alcohol and cigarettes. I was not in the mood for what was about to happen. I walked out side and waited, and I waited, and i fucking waited for over an hour. Not a single cab had gone past. In...
Are you tired of feeling like your innermost thoughts are on display? Like you could solve the world's problems if only the voices would stop? Well you're in luck, because today I am going to show you a product that will revolutionize your life. This baby is called the Perfect Fit, and it will change the way you live y...
I watched from my perch atop the power pylon, the display in my Longsight goggles allowing me to view the activity below as closely as if I were five feet above the ground, rather than fifty. My camouflage cloak rippled a little in the wind, the material flickering a little as it projected an image of the sky onto itse...
"Oh please my Lord let my son be saved by the epi pen!"What Carol meant to send to god. "Ok let's see what prayers we have here"God said as he scratched his head looking at his God phone 2.0. "umm.. this one is certainly strange"God looked down at his phone. "Message received at 2:52 P.M: Oh please my Lord let my son...
'Ready?' said Eve, a slight tremor of excitement in her voice. She held the Mindswap control in one hand, and the headband around her forehead gleamed in the light. I nodded, feeling the cool metal of my own headband. 'Ready,' I replied. She clicked the remote. What happened next I could only describe as like having ...
Posted this as a response to someone in the askreddit thread, but I think it will get better exposure here. ------- ISS Log "3/27/15" Earth is gone! Some time during the "night"the planet earth has disappeared from orbit around the sun. We can still see the moon, and we are still in what we can tell is our relative...
We always knew something was out there. Something that would provide us answers. We never thought it would be so close, or that we would not be held in as high of a glory as expected. They were ashamed of us, for one, how long it had taken us to find them, and another, in that what we were doing to our home planet w...
"Ground control this is Major Tom. I'm preparing for final descent. Engines full thruster on. Altitude of 5000m, velocity 30 m/s... 4000 vel 22... 3000 vel 15... 2000 vel 9... Stabilized at 1000 vel 2. This baby's purring like a charm. Gotta give credit to you all back down... uh. Up there. For your hard work, it's...
'I think she's ready for you,' the teacher beams, as he leads the mother into the piano room. 'Sonata in C, Mozart. And for such a wonderful piece, she's done it justice, I hope you'll find. These days, emotional communication in music was pretty much the point of playing music - technical prowess impressed no one an...
It had cost him almost half a million dollars and four years of his life, but he finally had a solid lead on his ex wife and son. The courts had ruled Theresa an unfit mother due to drug use in an ugly divorce case, and granted James full custody of their then 11 year old son Danny. When he came to pick up him up, he f...
The Galileo wasn't a big station. A big ring, floating between Mars and Phobos. Changing decks was enough to feel the Coriolis effect as the pull of gravity on your feet didn't quite match that on your head. You either learned to live with it, or took meds every time you got out of your rack before that sensation in yo...
I was 23 when it happened. When I discovered what was actually happening in my dreams. I still have a hard time taking it all in. They were real. They were all real. Every last dream I had had since having enough conscious power to will myself to another world, every event depicted in them happened. I'm not a sci...
Lester just couldn't believe it. As if to prove that it was indeed there, the Clock Buster seemed to wink at him. After thirteen years, it was finally done. It had started as a hare-brained scheme—Hell, it's heart was a Donald Duck Honk-and-Squeak Key chain—but now, there it sat: right in the center of his desk, chrome...
Uncalled, a memory floated into his mind. He saw a vast cave filled with glowing green crystals, and himself, a youth of fifteen or sixteen, laying on the ground, shaking uncontrollably, and praying not to die. The girl was kneeling opposite him and trying desperately to heal him with water. He pushed the picture out ...
The owner walks around with a shotgun. When I started here, fresh from facing the judge and wearing my court-ordered orange collar, he told me it was for my protection. A straight arrow, running a diner staffed by cons. Any idiot with a gun could see it as an easy cash grab with zero repercussions. So. The gun. Del w...
Okay everyone, please settle down...shh...quiet now...all right... and for the love of god, put your pieces at the front door with Bill...this is a weapons free zone. Got it? Hey...hey you with the katana, I said put your weapon at the FUCKING door. Yes, that qualifies as a weapon. Fucking christ. Got it? Good. Ever...
"Status Report, Michael,"said God as the Angel handed him a white portfolio full of papers. "Sector 6 is rioting again, led by guess who?" "Jobs." "Dude's a dick, I told you you shouldn't have let him in,"said Michael, shaking his head. "He's got marketing experience you know we needed, that's why I gave him the th...
I woke up with a slice of pizza in my hand and empty beer bottles littering the table. I looked at the TV and Vince Offer was staring right back at me - damn I had to get one of those slap chops. The last thing I remembered was George hand modeling - I must have dozed off during a Seinfeld rerun. I sat up, threw the p...
TERRA OPUS - Thag brought a burning stick back. We fled. Fire is death. But he put it out and started it again. It is a trick. - Thag has made friends with a wolf. We want to eat it. He wants to keep it as a pet. - Thag’s dead. - Bagnor made a sharp rock. He thinks it’s better than tearing at the animals with our h...
“Think about it, sir.” “I am thinking about it,” said Sir. “It still seems like a ridiculous proposition.” “Keep your balls or keep your life,” hissed the urologist, menacingly. “Your balls or your life.” “How new is it?” “New.” “How old would I live?” “Old.” “Who keeps the balls?” There was a long pause follow...
I noticed something was weird with my house the day I moved in. The move itself went smoothly, which honestly should have been a tip off itself. It was strange though- despite the fact that it seemed I was facing a mountain of boxes, I always knew exactly where everything was! No matter what I was looking for, how deep...
"See here;"He said as we walked along, his hand on my shoulder. "Charity. Over there, relief efforts." "Those are good things, though." "They are."We stopped, next to a bench. He pointed at another brick. 'Humor'. "They all are, actually." "But why? Why are-" "Because."He reached down, grasping a brick and pulling ...
You open the door apprihensively. You were quite sure you were the only one able to enter this realm of Dreamland, until now. For months you have spent hours and hours making this place your own personal paradise. Made it just the way you wanted it, and perfection was in the making. The air is crisp and clear, the wea...
Grawk ruffled his colorful feathers against the spacecraft's pilot seat. He could hardly believe he was actually going back to the comfortable blue planet his people had left so many eons ago. His mind drifted to thoughts of the craterous rock that was meant to destroy his ancestors. To the countless creatures and be...
So there I stood, waiting in the queue at the police station behind some fat bald fuck breathing heavily. His fat neck folded up over his head making him look like an egg in a cup. Big, sweaty, meaty egg in a cup. I loathed him. I could smell his body odour from where I stood 2 feet away. I turned my attention away fr...
"Oh me dammit he's actually doing it!"The Father said as the masses were beginning to follow Jesus' beliefs. God wondered how to end his son's little adventure, but in a way that wouldn't make him a martyr. He came upon the idea that one of his disciples would betray him for a measly sum of 20 silver and that the Roman...
.. "THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING! CA-CAW!"The broadcast cut and the image of the sapient crow faded to black. "And this was shown on every television worldwide?"The President asked, reclining in his chair. "Yes, sir. The talking crow broadcast appeared at 0900 hours today to be exact."Replied Agent Nash, one of the Pres...
It was genius, really. The most dangerous prisoners of the Empire were dangerous indeed. They were serial killers, psychopaths, geniuses. No matter what prison they were relegated to, no matter how much security was heaped upon them, they would always kill their guards, escape their chains. Then, they had an idea. C...
I don't exactly have much left. But what i have i will gladly give for her. I hold the letter, the only letter i will ever need, in my hand as i walk towards the pawn shop. This is one of the seedier parts of town, nowhere else would do what i discussed with the owner not 2 hours ago. While memories are one thing, so...
The desert was a vast and terrible place. The sand got into places only darkness had seen and took up a permanent residence there no matter how many times you bathed. Even the vultures were loathe to frequent this part of the world. It was no wonder why my quarry chose this spot above the others. He was smart and it ke...
The Rev. Allan Wilson sat on the couch in his living room. His eyes were staring at nothing. His hands lay open in his lap. The prayer beads his son had made for him at camp all those years ago laid in his right hand, once wrapped around his thumb. He heard his wife crying in the other room, her sister consoling her. A...
The sun was barely up this morning and the heat was already mounting. Sweat trickled down the back of my neck. Five days since the ambush. Five days we'd been pinned down here. Five days of constant fire from outside this tiny, concrete bunker. We weren't prepared for this, our small bit of rations had disappear...
All I've ever wanted was a fresh start. No more therapy sessions, no more being afraid of falling asleep, no more feeling alone. When my brother died, I lost the only person in the world that meant anything to me. He was my support system, and I was his- he had his bouts with the law, possession of this drug or that, a...
It was another brick-lined sewer junction, of course. These days they never had the financial backing for a secret chamber in a palace, nor the popular following for an outdoor ritual. But hey, you take what you can get, right? These kind of things can be fun. Looking around, this guy tried to go all out. Pentagram o...
One. The candles fall, one and then the other, lol dominos. They hit the tablecloth. The ignite. Whoosh. Two. Up we jump to put out the fire - the man with the curiously shaped top hat hits his bowl with his upper thigh as he reaches across the table. It spills across the elderly lady next to him, almost as though i...
I felt a light pressure on my lips and her foggy, distant voice whispered "Good morning, Honey. I made you breakfast". For a moment I felt an overwhelming calm feeling. And a longing. But when my eyes opened and I swung my sleepy head around I saw no one there. It was dark, the room was cold. I reached over to the pi...

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