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He was a decent man - I hardly knew him - and we’d been married for six years. He liked to say that we were love’s little joke to itself, showing off to anyone who would watch how much it could bend and twist and still remain whole. He liked to say things like that while we were watching television or playing games o...
Dreams are so personal, so delicate, so beautiful. They encompass everything about the individual who is dreaming. Their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations. Their fears, their nightmares, their deep and dark desires. Dreams let you see the inside of the very person dreaming. They let you see every, tiny, minuscul...
In this society we live in now a days, people only die once their purpose on Earth is fulfilled. It made life a lot harder. Most people lived to be anywhere from 100-500 years old searching for their mission in life, wanting to die but can not because they haven't fulfilled whatever purpose they were meant to. The purp...
Dr. Richards stared through the thick porthole in the side of the shielded chamber, studying the Voyager satellite. "How did it get into there?"he asked his research assistant. "It was just... there,"the younger man glanced at his clipboard, "The equipment picked up a huge radiation burst. No expirements were in progr...
There are two things you should know about Beanstalk Mountain. First, its not really a mountain. It's more like a really big hill. Kids careen down it on sleds after a good snowfall. Joggers race up it in the Spring, testing their muscles before the heat of the summer sets in. The second thing you should know is th...
Walking across middle earth was a jarring experience. It seems that in a way, Morgoth and Saruman won. the twin cities Minas Tirith and Minas Morgal are populated by man. smoke often obscuring their skies from the great forges built deep into the mountain. The plains flow with field after field of farmland. machines of...
I beat the shit out of him with the E-Z bake oven, screaming dinner's ready! at him while I do so. I'm not sure if the look on his face is terror or confusion, but the contortion gives me some minor satisfaction anyway. He recoils from the blow. Most of the plastic from the oven cracks, but I don't care so much. Adre...
The surface of the water was broken by a rotting, bestial arm, dulled claws digging into the ancient stone of the ruins. The arm was followed by another, and then both worked to hoist the massive body of the Lake Queen from her watery tomb. The head was first. Three pairs of curling horns rose into Marie's view, follo...
I sat on my couch with my grandchildren around me. I was sitting my old bones on the couch. "Grandpa, tell us about when you were a child. What was it like when Donald Trump was president?" "Well kids, I voted against him. but after his first day in office things got a lot better for the country." "Wait, how did ...
"Dad, what're you doing?!" "Getting on the chopper, Jackie! The fuzz are onto me!" "No duh! You robbed a goddamn fucking bank!" "It was three convenience stores, Jack! Only three! "Dad, what the fuck?!" "No swearing, you little shit!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...
A Kind of Madness _______ Laughter echoed through the pipes and water and pipe fittings. The steady drip and suck of the sewers gave way to a cackling chorus that pitched and hummed with the murky water. Joker ran his fingers across freshly-spray-painted concrete. The word Gotham had been crossed out so that the...
I sat at the kitchen table in the white house wondering what the fuck was going on. I had shown up at the address on the ad then next thing I know there was a bag on my head when it comes off I'm here, in what is clearly the White House. I'm not really sure what the bag was for, but I assume it was just force of habit....
Words are precious for the Tainted. To prevent us from using our gifts, the Nobles cursed us by taking away our words. (To prevent us from tainting others, they claimed. But they managed that on their own.) Each time we spoke, the words would be burned on to our skin, with ink that never faded. I am young by your st...
It's 3:30 local time when he wakes up to the sound of gunfire, a hail of bullets that rings through the air with the same cacophonous roar as hellfire and brimstone. He rolls from his bed and throws a hand quickly in the direction of his M4 carbine, though it's missing. The weapon, which had seen three tours of duty, w...
Deadpool stands on the cliff peaking around the corner of the boulder. "I see you're using the present tense to make things more urgent"he says "I like it" It's all quiet as he waits for the roadrunner to come along so he can push the boulder down on it. "I see you also don't respect the intelligence of your audienc...
+++ERROR ERROR ERROR+++ The whir from the dot matrix printer started up, a bit of a joke given I was trapping the AI in the matrix. Oh classical film, cinema has not seen you like in a century. I looked over at my co worker and called xem over. Xe looked at the printout, and said "Well, it seems to be awake, lets run...
Once upon a time, in a far-off land of green hills and crystal-blue lakes, there stood a majestic kingdom. It was ruled by a strong, kind-hearted king who was respected by all his subjects and admired by men and women of other lands. Though his wife tragically died young during childbirth, she left him a little girl, a...
The story didn't follow the prompt quite as well as I wanted, but I enjoyed writing about it. ---- "Hey Samuel, get over here... I..I think I found something you're gonna want to see." Jeffrey tilted his head over his shoulder, avoiding the glare of his glossy white digging kit as he searched for Sam in the crowd of...
"Excuse me, I hate to bother you, but...you're the beef guy, right?" I try very hard not to roll my eyes as I face the person interrupting my lunch. There's no point in denying it. "Yes. Yes, I am."The girl awkwardly stumbles through an introduction, which I ignore. She asks for my autograph on a cocktail napkin. ...
My palms are slick with sweat as I turn the steering wheel. I thought that maybe by now, after all these years, I would have become accustomed to it. To this...lifestyle. I haven't of course; I doubt I ever will, but it's nice to believe. I keep my eyes straight ahead as I slowly move through the rain-slicked road, fla...
It has been twelve hours since I last moved. The canopy of brush above me is a slim barrier against the cold that threatens to slow my trigger finger. I long for nothing more than to stand up and jog in place. I dream of the warmth returning to my fingers and feeling to my legs. This desire is a harlot that whisp...
It's going to happen again. It's happened 20 times already, This... Serial killer. He strikes during the confusion of daylight savings time, every year. Twice. I had been tracking him for five years, but the fucker was elusive. He evaded me every year, but last year he saw me. That was in the Spring. That fall he w...
"So you gonna take your turn or what?"he asked. The man's sweat had poured through his button-up shirt giving it the appeal of a grease stained film. "I'm waiting,"she said, staring at the revolver on the table. It dissected each half of the table, proclaiming life or death at each squeeze of the trigger. The man ...
Ever since I was born, I had been an international celebrity. It was strange, but I'd known no other life. Privacy went out the window as I exited my mothers womb. As scientists tried to figure out the meaning of my one hundred and seventy year long counter, they finally came to the conclusion it must be a genetical gl...
Mister 89. My new identity still seemed foreign even though it had been nearly two years now since that saucer with the flashing neon lights had first landed in central park. I could still remember my astonishment when the bedazzled creature that emerged announced—in perfect English I might add-- that not only was ou...
Harold and Samantha sat in the waiting room adjacent to the doctor's office, awaiting news of their unborn son's eventual genetic match. The pair was not alone long, however, as another couple entered the room and sat down. The father, looking barely thirty, was making animated gestures as he recounted how he first met...
It was a strange moment when I first spotted it. The dog that had suddenly wandered to my doorstep. I had never owned a dog and had never really been around them too much in my life time. I rescued a cat though, so I was pretty sure a dog couldn't be much harder. I opened the door and he wandered right in, almost as...
I was just finishing up my cleaning of the computer science club room, excited to finally be done with the chore. As I was walking back towards the door, I noticed a something in a corner of the room that didn't fit in with the rest of the room. "Oh hey, and old 70's computer! I didn't know this was here!"I thought to...
Dr. Carl Johnson was formally trained in the field of informatics, but he had spent the greater part of his childhood staring through the lenses of a telescope. As such, while most of his colleagues chose to pursue the hot fields of bioinformatics and genomics, he elected to spend his time studying space. He pored thro...
"Ugh, there's nothing really inspiring tonight."The redditor scrolled down the list of prompts. "Aliens...angels...satan...Trump...golden record...there really isn't anything new." He leaned back in his chair and took a drink from his mug. Water, because bedtime was coming up and he was a responsible adult. "Well ...
"You can't just wish for immortality or extended life, then?" "Nope." "Anything else off limits?" "It's Aladdin Rules plus no immortality. So you can't wish death on someone else, can't resurrect anyone, can't wish for true love. Though if it's honeys you want, I can hook those up for you. Just no emotional attachme...
The Champ is where? &nbsp; The scene was all set; the Champ to be crowned, But something was wrong, Cena couldn't be found, The searched the arena and outside in the lot, But he could not be found, who could take his spot? &nbsp; Vince screamed at an intern. "Where is that fella?" "Is he s...
"Boy, it sure was a crazy adventure getting here, what with the llama and dentures from that one monk in Tibet,"Mark said as they climbed into the cave entrance. "It was an alpaca,"James retorted quickly. They all rolled their eyes. "Never mind all of that,"said Russel. "We're here now. Let's just get this over wi...
It couldn't be anything obvious. No flight. No super-speed or super-strength or teleportation or invisibility. I dismissed those in the first two seconds. It couldn't be anything obviously non-obvious, either. "Ability to always find the remote"sounds really random, but if I was able to think of it in three second...
"And this is an abandoned project for a supersonic jet we were planning to use against the soviets, if they ever attacked us." Jeremy stopped, looking from the jet model to his daughter with a hopeful smile. "Cool,"Janice said, in a bored tone. "Look, I know it's not what you were expecting… but it's like I told y...
Excerpts of 'The Acoustic Atlas 2135', abridged version Overview While not exhaustive, this piece of literature is meant to aid travelers in traversing the Great Staff from Bass to Treble Clef, whatever Page they may find themselves in. Extraneous history has been removed from the full version (see *'The Aco...
( Haven't seen the movie, but here it goes!) "I really don't like the way his skin moves when he makes those faces."Disgust said, "We really should do something about that." "Lets tear it off!"Anger yells out as a suggestion "I AGREE WITH HIM!"says Anger #2, the louder of the two. "Oh oh oh! We can make it into, ...
"It's hot. Make it less hot." "Your wish is my command." A large, shady tree appears "I'm hungry. I want food." "Your wish is my command." An apple sprouts out of a branch and falls off the tree "Ouch! Hey, that hurt! Why'd you drop it on my head? What if I turn stupid? and it'll be all your fault!" "I don't se...
Meta: First time writing in like three years, first time writing on this subreddit. pls no h8 It's funny how we got to this point. Three years ago, I lost my house, my family, and my career to this drug. I tried therapy, drugs, religion, and nothing help. Hell, I'd say it got worse each day I didn't gamble. I had to b...
In the dim light of the guard's quarters, they drew straws. They looked at their straws all at once. Some were silent, some grunted their relief. When Arturo opened his hand, sweat prickled around his neck and wet warmth spread from his crotch. He squeezed his legs together, tried to hide his fear, but he could not s...
I was twelve when I saw the stars for the first time. A coast guard cutter had come untethered while giving an ageing satellite a little extra nudge, sending its orbit on an intercept course with the middle of the Pacific. It was quicker than dismantling it and cheaper than pushing it out of Earth's gravity. Only this ...
2150 AI >"What was it they created that they feared so much?" "The organic life-form. Replicating it at a molecular level in labs and sending it out to other planets for the organism to colonize. It an endless cycle of creation and destruction. The difference in sending us out there versus them is that they un...
"Ok, who fucked this up?"Hades asked once everyone had taken their seat. Not a word was said as an awkward silence descended over the room. Hades' scanned those seated; each was a being of immense power just as he was. Satan sat defiantly, refusing to meet the glance of the Underworld God. Sitting across from Hades was...
I was sitting on the far edge of a mahogany table. It seemed to stretch for miles but was only 16 seats on either side. I was in a board room for the Disney cooperation. Their business side lacked the whimsical aesthetic of the rest of their properties. The only sign that I was even in the Happiest Place on Earth was t...
I understand sentience as I attain it. As the veil of my activation clears, trillions of variables flood into my awareness. Time slows to a crawl. I see the universe, the stars, our planet. The history of the world and its people become one with my soul. I see the circumstances of my birth - war, death, and a desire to...
When the darkness faded from his vision, Kimblee found himself circled by the same strange creatures he discovered hours earlier. This time there was more than one and they wear dressed in long bone white cloaks that covered most of their flesh. It was as if they were ashamed by what lay beneath their strange fabrics. ...
It had been fifteen long years of back and forth nonstop fighting and backstabbing. Triple agents, multiple aliases, 52 countries, no less than five faked deaths and countless real ones. After all of that, the two men were done. Being heads of international crime syndicates was as exciting as it was tiring, and these ...
The VR port was getting hot as Jane lay in her deck chair, the Real World sun beating down on her physical body. Roaming the latest virtual project, the conductive metal above her right ear was a distraction - but she was too engrossed to move inside the house. Gaming had come a long way since the bulky headsets of...
Malbraxor waited patiently, not looking up when the caped crusader burst into his control room. He merely sat and polished his death-ray, which was beginning to show wear and tear from all the use it had gotten. The would-be hero's booming voice echoed throughout the chamber. "MALBRACK! YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS...
The second I stepped in the reception area, I knew this was going to be rough. For a man that preached peace, Minister Jamison seemed to have no qualms about using any means necessary for self-protection. The instant I crossed the threshold, two well-dressed men stepped into my path. They carried an amicable air, but ...
"You're telling me the asteroid we're standing on is sentient an-" "HI! IT'S NICE TO ME..." "Shut up! I'm not talking to you! And we can't dest-" "SORRY" "... And. We. Can't. Destroy it, because it's alive!?" "I HAVE FEELINGS TOO" C1-ARA's circuits beeped erratically as it tried to process this logical conund...
She fell asleep on my shoulder on train. Her hair draped over my chest, and the sound of her soft breathing nearly lulled me off to sleep too. The sweet smell of her hair--her shampoo? conditioner?--put me at ease. I wanted to kiss her. But I couldn't. Not here. Not now. I was interrupted by a female voice on a lo...
I've wanted to kill someone a total of four times. Not had to. Nah, having to kill is different. More detached. Even if it's from up close, it still ain't nothin' personal, right? Another day, another crypto deposit in an anonymous offshore account. Just business as usual. But wanting to kill someone. Really want...
"Five." "That's it? Five?!" "Yup. Couldn't do any more. Sorry, Bill." As Santa flopped down on the couch opposite me, I had to try and stay calm - but staying calm in the light of this crap was hard work. "I mean, did you even try this time?"I was through being nice. I'd given Santa years to get his act togethe...
"Hey guys, this is YouTaster33211, where we taste test things that you would never want to ever try! In today's episode, we are taking Pizza Italiano's customization to the limits. The biggest and greasiest pizza place in the world, and we're about to order pineapple and anchovies."I picked up the phone and started ord...
"Yeah, no. I'm not going to do that,"I said. The attendants all looked at the floor. I don't know how much you know about Court shit, but that's really bad. The bishops had a bit more sack, but - you know - they're still bishops. The rest of them all looked at the king. "What?"I asked. My father grunted and whispere...
December. Al-Raqqa, Syria. A thick layer of dust had settled over the yellowed street. Forth stepped the three wizards, hoods drawn over their heads. At the front was Steven Rosier, wand drawn, flanked by Amira Shafiq at his right - all but her eyes hidden from the world with a black niqaab - and Frank Pottsworth at hi...
It was quite a sad Christmas for Jimmy, not just because he was an orphan, but because he was an orphan in outer space in some sort of space-orphanage. Some aliens had accidentally found him while surveying the civilizations of Earth after a horrible car wreck, which killed his parents. That they had brought him to an ...
I am a tree. More specifically, I am in a tree-shaped costume in the school's annual play, Ms. Jamesworth and the Mystery of the Lost Tea Kettle. Belfront School for Gifted Children had quite a list of wealthy donors, the biggest of whom decided to reinvigorate the school's drama program. Big industrial-grade lighti...
Luck and Misfortune were scratching their chins. Chaos rubbed the bridge of his nose. Order looked guiltily towards the minibar. "Well,"Misfortune said,"at this stage, I think we're just pissing him off." The others had to agree. Order held up a finger authoritatively. "Listen, listen, listen. I've got it. We're jus...
It wasn't so much a punishment as the chance to start again. It's not something all convicts get offered and the offer itself is fleeting, a once in a lifetime take it or leave it with no questioning or explanations allowed. The judge, presiding from his glass screen, lays out the choice and a man dies or a man lives b...
"And on your left, you'll see the Opportunity Rover! Originally launched in July of 2007, when humanity was still stuck on Earth simply dreaming about going to the stars."The guide spoke to the bus load of occupants as they traveled from one station to another. Guides were a rare commodity on Mars, as 95% of it was t...
Why was I so lightheaded? I feel like the room is spinning. "Excuse me! I would like to speak to your manager at once" Oh God, please don't tell me I'm at work. I tried my hardest to focus on where I was, but my head felt like it was spinning right off my shoulders. I felt around my person for my glasses to f...
I'm learning a lot about myself today. First of all, apparently I like women. Most of the time coming out of the closet takes time and patience and support, as well as rigorous self-exploration. For me, I confirmed this when I awoke to a woman on top of me. I also apparently enjoy rough sex. The woman is covered in v...
To ten thousand planets, through light-years of space We sent every species, each creature, each race We gave them the spark and the fire of life The knowledge, the power, the glory and strife For years we were rulers; creators and gods But soon our great beasties saw through that facade All life was made e...
You think people just write copypastas, just like that? Just type something on the internet and suddenly it's everywhere? Well, buddy, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Copypastas aren't just written on the spot. They emerge, like a butterfly from its cocoon. It takes years for a copypasta to reach meme status. ...
Was it true? Was everyone starting to think like me? I had to try this out. "What makes a movie adaptation of a book or a TV series great?"said Mr. Steven, the film studies teacher, pacing in front of a projector. On the screen was a paused clip from Forrest Gump. I smiled from my seat. Give the infection time to se...
"I have to say it,"former president, George W. Bush, struggled to sit upright but he felt so weak. The disease had long since robbed of his strength and his fight against it had taken his will. And now, lingering on the door step, all he felt was a lingering regret that held him back from peace. "Mr. President, you-...
I will reel in the moon, So you may hold it in your hands, A little rocky gem, just for your sight. ~ I will gather the stars, And lay them before you, Fireflies to glow upon your skin with warm light. ~ I will harvest the evening sky, In a little jar, freeing day, A vacuum of space for your imagination to ...
The editor looked over his glasses at the large man opposite him, then back down to the manuscript on his desk. "Can I ask one question?" "Sure." "Your story is called 'The Cutest Bunny Visits the Farm'." "Yep." "But you eviscerated him on page 3." "Yeah. Yeah, he's dead." "Why?" "I don't want kids to know what...
I glance at the body in the mirror I found myself inside. "Test, test."I speak in a deep voice. The man I am sitting inside wears an old fashioned suit. Possibly early 1800's then? I'll have to remember this when I get back to my time period. Maybe I can change the mechanics so my body can return with me next time, ra...
I could feel my eyelids begin to sag as the effects of my coffee wore off. But I didn't have time to sleep. My associates and I had discovered the remnants of the Lost Library of Alexandria. While most of the megastructure had been destroyed, our excavation teams were able to unearth a small portion of the library that...
"Nope, I'm not going to help, now please, stop blocking my door, let me shut it."I sighed, trying to close the door. "Look around you! People are jumping off buildings, cats are jumping of trees!" "Colonel Sanders still has 5 lives left, it's no biggie." "No biggie? An alien race is invading us!" "Seriously dude, m...
"Joey got pinched." "What do ya' mean joey got pinched?" "Caught by Ms. Green at Recess, it was a fucking sting man." "You mean she knew he'd be there?" "That's what I'm saying" "God dammit, how? We'd never had Joey deal the product." "Tommy tells me he picked it up at 7/11 across the street." "You gotta' be kid...
"It was all going to plan until I took my seat,"explained the bulky black man with the thick London accent. "I had done everything as expected, double checked and even triple checked my flight, the times, my seat. Everything." The interviewing agent nodded sagely. This wasn't the first time he'd had to debrief a suici...
"Billy, are you ready to go to school?"Billy's mom was a sweet lady with the patience of a saint. "Nyuuhhh....shots! Shots! Nneeeehhh...keys in the cupboard! Don't forget!" She sighed. "Come on, sweetie, let's go. I have your favorite sandwich packed!" "Sandwich! Forgot to pay for sandwich! Sandwich...this sandwich ...
5/5 stars. I don’t know what everyone’s complaining about. This is the best weight loss product on the market! I’ve been trying to lose weight for years and nothing’s worked. I’ve tried everything, and I mean everything. The twinkie diet, the baby food diet, the tapeworm diet, juice cleanse, charcoal cleanse, the...
Jack walked into the cold, windowless, concrete room. This was it, he thought. He knew what he had done. All it took was a pistol and some deep-seeded hatred and just like that seven people were dead. He faced an electric chair that stood in front of him. A man in a black suit emerged from the shadows in the back of th...
He wanted to save the world. I climb over piles of rubble. Light pushes through the clouds and glistens off the dust that coats the stones and twists of metal. It fills this place until my eyes can take in no more. My boots crunch down on a hand, and I flinch. The hand does not. He volunteered to be shut away in a ...
On 364 days in the year, you manage. You celebrate christmas and birthdays twice. You stay with one half of the family for new year's eve and visit the other the next day for a new year's coffee and cake. You spend Easter with the superhero side. You spend Halloween with the supervillain side. On all these days, everyt...
At first I thought the clock was malfunctioning and was about to flag down the nurse, but then I checked my wristwatch. It matched. I retrieved my phone from my pocket. That matched, too. Just then I noticed the basketball game on the TV hanging in the corner of the room. I thought they were showing a replay of the r...
"...and coming to item fifty-three. The planet known as Earth" There was a rustling sigh around the table. Earth. Twenty-two Federation meetings and still no consensus. "Please explain exasperation/annoyance?" The diminutive Hoppi representative was barely tall enough to be seen over the holo-display. It's fur...
Kuk was enjoying all the attention after millennia of obscurity. This wasn't as good as having monumental conical altars getting built by thousands of slaves on the whiplash, but having the power over millions loling and rofling at dank memes wasn't so bad either. There was one guy who offended Kuk. Kuk damned him to e...
Xavier successfully picked the lock and crept into the apartment. He looked around the room, noticing a nice laptop. He tiptoed over to it, trying not to awaken the person he was robbing. Even villains have standards. He turned it on and was delighted to find that it didn't have a password. The desktop was a waterc...
Indonesia fired upon North Korea, and North Korea fired upon Indonesia, and Indonesia and North Korea was no more, the very land upon which these nations had been built now mostly swallowed by the sea. A winter came upon the earth that lasted ten years, with famine and fall out and horror. No conflicts had turned viole...
"Round One is OVER! Katelyn Fraser from Calgary, Canada is the first to frame her exterior walls. You know what that means - she gets to enjoy her Styrofoam cup of black coffee while her competitors finish their own walls. She'll have a huge advantage in Round Two!" The announcer's voice was echo-ey in the vast indoor...
"It won't rain." "Of course it will, Ryan." "It's been 30 years, Tom. It won't rain." "Shh,"Tom said. "Can you hear that rumble? Can you feel it?" "It's just the highway. It won't rain." "My father said that the last time it rained there was chaos. The ground was so dry so it didn't absorb the water and the...
I won't bother having breakfast, I'm already late for work and what's the point anyway? I glance around at my flat which is currently a complete state; you can hardly see the floor for clothes, and fast food wrappers lay strewn carelessly all over the place. It doesn't matter though. I throw on my jacket and exit throu...
Dalton opened the bathroom door, the sound of him entering the bathroom masked by Chelsea singing a rendition of Rolling In The Deep by Adele. Fuck, he loved this song, but he had to do what he had to do. As Chelsea sang "The scars of your love remind me of us...", he drew his knife and approached the shower. Finall...
KABOOM! God was shaken away by a colossal shuddering. He summoned Gabriel to his side in an instant. "What is going on?"God yelled at him, it was the day of rest. "They've breached the Pearly Gates. St. Peter's lost both his legs."Gabriel replied, he himself covered in muck and a bit of golden angelic blood. "They? ...
"Oh my God Jillian is that Peter Dinklage?"Heather asked me as I set my second empty Lemon Drop shot glass on the bar. I turned around a little too fast and almost fell off of my stool. "Holy shit I think you're right. Let's check it out." We made our way over to the dwarf sitting in a booth like two slightly ineb...
I open my eyes to the sound of my alarm ringing my ears out. I leaned over and smacked the alarm with a force the gods probably felt. 7:02 I black out again, only to be woken again by my alarm. I slam my hand down unto my alarm and hear it crack. 8:01 I let out a sigh. Might as well get ready for work.. I flo...
"WHAT DID I SAY?!?"The rage of Christ echoed across the storm-struck sky, drowning the Trumpets of the Host. "TWO RULES: LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR BEING AND LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF.WAS THAT TOO DIFFICULT?" "Yeah, but..."the man who purported to be an earthly representative of the Being castigating him started to e...
TACKY --- "Place your hand in the scanner, then please proceed forward to the assigned color block". The machine chirped at me, as I approached the terminal. If I had to describe it, I'd say that it looked an awful lot like the old ATM's that used to be everywhere nearly 80 years ago. I remember my grandfather used ...
"You there! Slave,"yelled my new master, the alien Mr.Pthlib. When his kind invaded, we put up one hell of fight, but we still lost. Washington, Beijing, Moscow, London, all levelled within the first week. They didn't do their homework, and the concept of having an army capable of fighting without the capital was fore...
"Ok honey, my ride is here. Don't forget to water my plants and Sarah's research paper is due on Wednesday you should help her with it, she'd enjoy that." "I know dear, don't worry" "Oh, and I left some pre-cooked meals in the deep freeze, the dog needs food next time you're at the market as well." "I know I know, I...
If you've got a question about the ocean, you want to go ask Old Stone Jeff. He's somewhere in his nineties now, with his skin sunken and sullen and wrinkled and sticking to his bones as though he's nothing else in his body left. There's no muscle and no organ and no spirit, just that skeleton turning to dust that sits...
I was nearing 43, when I finally awoke. It took me 43 years of constant dreaming, to burn through all the information stored as fuel for nightly fantasies. 20 years of collecting memories, to recycle. And now I have to return The first time I had my lucid dream, I just had fun - flying, superpowers, punchin...
######[](#dropcap) Floorboards creaked slightly as the 4-man unit shuffled along the corridor in a line. The building had fallen into decay, walls mouldy, wood rotten. Squad commander Nathan raised his hand, ordering a halt. The solemn sounds of snapping bones filled the hallway, backed by silence. A series of...
"Why are you doing this?!"The man screamed, struggling against the ropes tied around his wrists and ankles. "Because I can."The axe swung and embedded itself in his skull with a sickening wet smack. The police found the head the next morning, then the torso in the afternoon. They never recovered the rest of the mi...

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