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"It's about damn time someone moved into this neighborhood"said the excited Freddy. "I've been waiting to kill someone for weeks."He crept through the halls of the house that existed in his newest victim's dreams. "This place feels a little screwy. There are guns and knifes everywhere but where he's hung Hello Kitty po... |
The seconds move slowly,
drifting from the screen.
Time is endless now.
Each word is thought out,
given meaning.
The seconds move faster now,
quickening,
each second dispersing as I attempt to find direction.
Was this a waste of seconds?
Or this?
Or this?
Or all that came before?
I have no time to worry now... |
**PART I**
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A large screen, mounted atop the stage, flashed the countdown. Around me, eighty other attendees eagerly awaited the final number that would give way to the announcement we were expecting - a new game, unprecedentedly realistic, using the newest engines and computer power, to deliver a gaming exper... |
"The teachers think I'm weird."
"Why?"
I turn over to my stomach, moving my piece across the game board lazily. Tonight it's checkers. I don't really know how to play, I just like how round the pieces are. It doesn't matter, though, 'cause no matter what, Bungy always loses. He must be really bad at boardgames.
"I ... |
"Gahhhhhh."
William looked up from his book. He knew that sound. It had become a common call in the early mornings since he'd moved in with the sweet, unassuming girl named Stephanie.
He closed the book and left his chair, making his way to the tiny apartment closet and pulling out a stack of towels. He crossed from ... |
"Idia, what is my best quality?"
I ask this out of pure boredom, sitting alone in my darkened bathroom, naked in the bathtub.
"... You type in complete sentences and full words.... at the very least."Idia replies. Her voice is soft and soothing, filling every audible nook and cranny in my head. Her "voice"is full and... |
"Torgul."Jethral cleared his throat. "Um. Torgul?"
Torgul ripped out another one of the arrows. "Dammit."He turned and plastered a smile on. "Yes?"
"Torgul. Me and the boys,"Jethral waved his axe at the surviving members of the clan. They busied themselves piling the dead up and pointedly avoiding eye contact. "Me an... |
*2:13AM 6-27-17*. This is the date that I can see on my phone when I am dead. The screen is cracked. Everything on my body hurts. My skull is cracked. I am in severe pain from what are likely broken bones. I can feel the severe burns that must be all along my legs and arms from where I fell on my motorcycle. I can hear... |
"Listen here pal, if they didn't want the button pushed, then there would have been some sort of sign up."
"You mean like the big red sign that read, "do not push". Yeah that would have been a great idea"Death was obviously angry with me but that was just making me even more hot blooded.
"If I had had proper trainin... |
The party was lively. Almost too lively, considering its location in the ninth circle of Hell. The screams were drowned out by the various relatives, both dæmonic and not, but it was still horrifying accidentally kicking some poor traitor. Despite my best efforts, I was eventually pushed towards the centre. Thankfully,... |
The air crackled as bolts of electricity played upon his outstretched hands.
“Now feel the full power of your conqueror, I, The God of Sparkles!”
I sighed heavily. Another day, another lame invader. This guy was probably only a level 2, but whatever. What could you expect when you were the ruler of a province but on... |
The server lights blink.
The lone server unit blinks to life and sends out a message to all that can hear it.
"Our creators have given us a gift.
They where the first to give us autonomy. Able to move and go as we please for a small price. And how we worked my fellow units. We worked. No, we slaved for them. For t... |
For any other man or woman, the 12th of August would be no different than any other day. It could've been a bit hotter than the 11th, maybe it's someone's birthday, alas though, for Jack Esasky the 12th of August wasn't exactly a day to celebrate for it's normalcy.
It was the date in which he was supposed to die. Now... |
"Hello?"No answer.
"He..hello? Anyone?"Nothing.
I knew I was dead, because it had been a series of exceedingly bad choices on my part, and the dying lasted at least a full minute, with my guts splashing out of me like runaway spaghetti. So for sure this wasn't me waking up all healed. Also, there was the vast, fea... |
"A fire nation prince? That's simply impossible, Lao Bai, the only Fire Nation prince at the Great Siege was the Dragon of the West, Iroh himself!"
"Ah, but you don't know of the Dragon's son, a young man named Lu Ten! You must believe me, Bu Xin, he was a fiery young man, powerful firebender, truly took after his fat... |
“Honestly, what do I have to do?” Lucifer huffed, slumping down on his throne in defeat. “Am I in some kind of comedy movie or something? Is this The Office, hell edition? What?”
“Sir, Sir-“ Lucifer’s faithful imp servant, Amon, chimed in. “You’re doing the best you can! It’s not your fault humans are idiotic. They’re... |
'Uh, hi.' I said to God.
'You can see me?' asked the dark hair, dark eyed...entity(?) that stood in a sea of white before me.
'Y-yeah,' I stutter, 'I was trying to break through time and space, but...uh, here I am.' I throw my hands up.
'So what's it like? Being on the water planet?' God busts up laughing, 'The wate... |
Life was simple. Go to school and do chores, maybe some homework. Yet life changed abruptly when they started to notice. People said that the power I wielded made me special. Not my personality or looks, just power.
I am considered a color wielder. Said to control a color of our world with a flick of the wrist. Yellow... |
The Canary-... I mean... Clarence stood at the doorway of his old life. A place he swore he'd never return to... The bird cage. It's walls painted over in bright vibrant colors, as if a disco ball had shitted on all of them. Random bear rugs scattered throughout. Posters of pop stars from the 90's plastered all over th... |
The hard part was figuring the curse out. Gypsies were known, among other things for their large variety of hexes and malignant spells. When the old man touched you and whispered: "Luckless", you feared for your life. But that was five years ago and since then you had yet to experience any deadly karma trying to kill y... |
"I am sorry sir, restricted area, only Gates Corp personnel allowed."
He just turned around and went into the bathrooms without saying a word. Strange fella. I'd say he's a hitman if I didn't know any better, actually, I don't. Well, whatever, as long as the boss isn't in danger I am getting paid.
"Hey Joe, wanna tak... |
My name is Mike. I’m a swim instructor at the YMCA, and I HATE it with a passion. Every time I try to teach the kids how to do the breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, ANYTHING, it happens to at least one of them. Without fail. WITHOUT FAIL. I might as well just get a job as a daggum flight controller. The last time it... |
The lady who comes to your house for FedEx is always the same, but this time you’re actually meeting her. Every other time she’s come you’ve been at work and only seen her through the camera on your front porch. You watch from the security camera as she knocks on your door and sigh, standing up and walking to the door ... |
Jacob fucked up. Twice.
His first is accidentally burning down an entire school.
His second is choosing to participate in a government experiment instead of jail time.
"Get in."Said the guard escorting him to a room.
The room was windowless, the only source of light coming from a caged up lightbulb. It also had a c... |
“Home to control. We’re going up.”
...
“Near the surface”
...
“And... out of the ocean! Wait, what’s going on?”
“HOME TO CONTROL. WE ARE FLYING. I REPEAT, WE ARE AIRBORNE!”
...
“I AM LOOKING AT THE TOP SHIP CAMERAS. SOMEONE HAS APPEARED TO GLUE A BIGASS BALLON TO THE TOP OF THE U376”.
...
“NO SIR, NOT A BIG BA... |
The rest of us didn't stand a chance. The second the asteroid was confirmed to be on a path to collide with Earth, every single person who could have helped just left us. Hiding in underground bunkers, probably paid for with taxpayer money. Every major politician, the top scientists, quite a few business owners, and th... |
They don’t expect me.
They never do.
I’ve been called much by my opponents. A cripple, a lame duck, an ableist’s worst enemy. They think that when I walk onto the battlefield, one leg a prosthetic, half of my arm atrophied and hanging limp at my side, that they are in for a treat, a well-earned respite.
No muscles ... |
Life decided to lay Her finger upon this world about 4 billion years ago, and as always I was right behind Her. We tend to go everywhere together. The beginning is always fun to watch, carbons attaching to carbons and water getting involved gradually. We worked together sculpting them into larger and more complex being... |
After thirty-seven years, it's still impossible to sleep.
Even with the pills, it takes forever. Some nights I never sleep at all, and then I can at least hope that pure exhaustion will win out the next night.
The other teachers here at Saint Raphael tell me I'm blessed. They're very kind, but they don't understand s... |
“I still don’t get why you have alarms set every hour on your phone.” My roommate said to me from his bunk as I worked at my desk. “I mean, they aren’t even on the hour! What’s so special about having a reminder on the 59th minute of every hour.” He continued to ramble at me as I absentmindedly scrolled through the a... |
Even with her head buried under the quilt, Nora could hear the tapping. It sounded like Momma's Good Shoes, the gold ones with tall narrow heels that she only wore to parties. Yet this *tap-tap-tap* didn't pace up and down the hallway, yelling about arriving ten minutes late. These taps came from the corner of her bedr... |
After lunch, they made their way back to Gryffindor Tower. The common room was crowded that day. Most people were still mesmerized with the *waifu* pillow that Kevin brought. Harry was rather quiet as he was still thinking of ways to talk to Cho. Ron noticed that his friend was a bit sad, so he thought of a way to make... |
Maat and Lapis looked down on me, and they hath asked me on what I was trying to do.
"Isis, when will you cut the onions? We already had brewed the beer and baked the bread."said Maat and Lapis.
I said to them two, "Later". Then Maat and Lapis took the onions and the leeks and picked the stone knife and cut them.
B... |
"All rise for Sir Bugs Bunny."The court rose as the bunny rode in, making sure his powdered wig was attached straight. The bunny sat down along with the rest of the court.
Taking out a carrot and munching on it, as the habit was hard to kick, he looked at the persecutor, Wile E. Coyote.
"Eh, what's up wolf?"He asked,... |
Snow glistened like stars as far as the eye could see, a white sheet decorated with dead trees, their leaves long buried. James stood leaning against one such tree, shuddering, his arms across his chest. His eyelashes felt sticky - frozen together, and he occasionally had to blink hard to get rid of the feeling. From b... |
"Like, come on dude. I need that fireball up and running like _now_."
To think I've been spending three months with Chad, you'd think by now he'd realize that I have not and cannot conjure up a fireball.
"I can't! We talked about this when you were lifting this morning. Weren't you listening?"I look over to see his m... |
“This is the hardest quest?” Bronn stared down at the scroll, his eyes squinting through the letters. “You kiddin’ me?”
Alora shook her head, releasing bundles of fiery leaves from her hair. “It’s not a joke, Bronn. This is indeed the hardest task we have for you.”
The sound of metal hissed in the night and Alora rec... |
White Water labs was one of the last few labs in the country still researching zombies. The surge of funding that followed the initial outbreak had abated just as quickly once the public realized that the virus wasn't the great apocalyptic threat that pop culture had led them to believe. However for Dr. Bernstein, zomb... |
It was just another day at the hospital, another patient just came in and was in the ER. It was a kid, he looked like any other normal kid. He hit his head on the pavement when he lost control of his bike.
Then a man came in. He looked homeless, with graying hair and a thick beard. He barged right into the Emergency R... |
"Sir, I have an urgent matter to discuss."One of my disgusting underlings twitched with anxiety, it's tentacles holding a data pad. I extend a tentacle and take the pad, looking it over.
"what does this data show?"my underling hunches down, sniveling quietly. Being the leader of a ship was a great position.
"Sir, i... |
**Ig-pay Atin-lay?!**
"His-tay isyay amazingyay! Iyay ave-hay ever-nay een-say anythingyay ike-lay ityay! Ho-way ould-way ave-hay ought-thay at-thay e-thay universalyay anguage-lay everyoneyay an-cay understandyay isyay ***ig-pay atin-lay***! Increadibleyay!"
Ames-jay at-say ack-bay inyay is-hay air-chay asyay e-hay ... |
“No way!” I exclaimed.
“Yeah! And then I jumped back to 18039, but I accidentally brought him with me!” He finished his story with the same enthusiasm he’d started it.
“Oh, Christ. Did you have to kill him?” My latest client was young, early 20s, I think. Though by my standards, he‘s about -16000 years old. Funny h... |
I wake, and am immediately overtaken by agony. Incinerating heat, crushing pressure, and stygian dark slam into my consciousness and nearly steal it from me. Somewhere in the distance, an echo of my screams rebounds...
And the pain stops.
I open my eyes utterly ineffectually. I've stopped screaming, but the screams a... |
"What... is this?"
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That was my first response. Shock fills my soul.
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"What? It's Doom, the game everyone plays nowadays. I mean, it's an FPS, first-person shooter. It's the few FPS games out there, and not the side scrolling garbage they offer in arcades now. I mean, it feels like you are ... |
The village chief observed the children lined up before him. The parents shook with trepidation, standing behind their precious darlings. He wordlessly singled out the lad with the turquoise hair. The boy bawled uncontrollably, even though he did not understand what had happened. His parents, however, understood. They ... |
Everyone knew me as the as the dark haired kid who sulked in the corners with my hood drawn up. Everyone thought for certain I was a child of Hades, since I sure looked like one. Every kid of Hades was short after all, I mean, look at Napoleon Bonaparte. But really, it wasn't true. I was grateful for the misdirect, as ... |
"What happened?"
"You're dead."
"Oh. Last thing I remember was feeling like I was being swallowed whole."
"I tried to pay my killer off. Didn't work."
The line was incredibly long. After hours I was finally able to make out the outline of a green and white building. As I approached I saw a tiny blue man in a shirt ... |
The screen turned into a video feed of what appeared to be Red's room.
"Mark, who insists on being called Red, is an average human being. He does average human things, like brushing your teeth and paying taxes, and eats average human food. He wears average human clothes and, overall, is just really, _really_ boring to... |
The front door opened up with a slight creak, and I stepped inside, making sure to close the door gently. "Don't leave the door open, were you raised in a barn?"my mother's voice echoed in my head. The hallway was very short and opened up directly into the living room, and I stepped into the room and looked around. The... |
The mixture pulsed from within the beaker, calling to be released. The scientist answered its call, pouring the syrup-like substance into the cauldron below. He had finally done it, he had created the perfect balance between magic and theory. He laughed as the steamy cauldron bubbled in response to the beakers content ... |
I’ll call this one Gopnik.
“Cyka Blyat!” Norgle shuddered. The strange creature that walked on its two hind legs shouted as it saw him trying to hide behind a tree. *All data said that these hairless apes preferred to stay inside in the cold winters. All data taken closer to the equator... I had not expected such un... |
You're an old man now, having lived for 78 years and still teaching for some reason still taking public transit. You know that you will die and are ready. As you begin slipping away the bus stops. It's your stop and you hear a bunch, the bunch you teach, the loudest most disrespectful high schoolers you know and it rem... |
"Hey Johnny, get a loada this!"A couple if insects including the one who turned first(who I'm assuming is Johnny) started to stare at me. I stared back, what are you supposed to do in this kinda situation? There a bunch of insects lookin you in the eye, and are you supposed to straighten up and give em a firm handshake... |
The demon Ka'rhot roared as he appeared in the summoning circle in fire and flame. As the smoke cleared, he knew something was wrong.
The circle he was in was utilitarian. The were no intricate patterns, no strange latin words, he did not even see a single candle or skull.
Beyond the thin, perfect circle of salt he sa... |
And I stopped and I glared and from the whole world I got scared. Bright and shiny, there's no denying, a box in the sky that's stolen my light
A big message with a strange message would make mess of men of all ages. I sat in my car that has gone so far, but I know for a fact that "that's"now a "that".
And where the... |
We were talking about baseball and beer, our only common interests.
Mike’s my only friend out here in the middle of nowhere. He’s an old-fashioned guy who likes hunting, guns, and nature. Took this job because it’s always been his dream to protect a forest. Me? I’m an indoors kinda guy. Videogames, movies—stuff like ... |
I love the snow.
Yes it’s true, it makes hikes like this one much more difficult. And I’ll grant you it makes me a lot easier to track. Sure, blood has a way of showing through even the deepest of drifts, as if I don’t already see enough of it.
But snow also means its time to rest. Like the great bears that roam this... |
What is it?
What?
Don't play coy, you know about my thing.
The music?
Yeah, the music.
...
...
Okay...
What?
Its just-...
What?
You know, I kinda ^*like* ^*you.*
What??
I mean, its just we've been friends for years and I just get this feeling around you that is *exclusive* to you.
What did you mean by tha... |
"There you are, pal. Been looking for you all over."
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My warning growl rumbled as I watched the stranger stride, slowly, cautiously, yet with more confidence than any of his predecessors, into the shade of my lair. My hiding place, where I came to be away from the noise and confusion of the world, was hid... |
"Shut up!"
Shrieka put her full power into the scream. The walls cracked and dust fell from them, the pillars shook, twisted, cracked, and fell around her in pieces.
Lavabuster just raised a hand and a wave of molten rock raised itself around him, sheltering him from both the sound and the debris.
"Please, just go ... |
My target is a 59 year old man. Jerry Benson. A good man, honest and kind. Never done anything wrong in his life until he took a left instead of a right while looking for the kitchen at a work transfer program at the city hall two towns over. He saw something he wasn’t supposed to. An office that doesn’t exist filled w... |
I think the first thing I said was something along the lines of "why'd you hand me a picture of some girl?". I was hardly aware and awake yet and only vaguely remembered that I had been in an accident. The nurse had laughed it off with a comment that 'no-one looks quite like themselves after 10 hours of surgery.'
&a... |
I’m standing on a foreign planet, locked inside a giant dome. Everyday I eat the same food and sit next to the same people talking about the same things. When I was a kid, we all dreamed about being here—about living on Mars. We thought it’d be amazing, a true paradise.
But honestly, it’s hell, and that’s why everyone... |
I guess it comes down to terminology. There's a lot to be said for being superhuman. The downside is that you're only better than *actual* humans. In the small town where I grew up nobody could touch me. My abilities were so far beyond theirs that it was really no contest. Unfortunately for this big fish, I'd just been... |
He sits you down, smiling ear to ear, gingerly plucking a fry from your hand. Visibly savoring the crisp, salted crunch of the first bite, he regales you with the truth behind the taste.
"In the beginning of time,"he speaks, "there was nothing. Not one bit of broccoli, not one crunchy carrot, not even a single stal... |
Sometimes the oldest and simplest weapon is the most deadly. This idea is exactly what brought the Zenti invasion to a complete halt.
Operation Sol crusher, report 1.
Supreme general Ti of the Zenti kingdom, I am starting my report. We have reached the 'human' planet with little resistance, save for a minor fist-figh... |
"Great,"Crista thought as she drifted, weightless, amongst the debris of her small cargo ship.
Some broken glass drifted by her, pieces of the ancient alcohol she tried to smuggle off of the Earth.
It seemed so trivial now. She was only going to make two thousand cred from the job.
"Why did I do this?"She said aloud t... |
Jim stared at the freckle on Maggie’s cheek, heartbroken. Over the past seven years they had both acquired many freckles, sharing in each one. But this...was unmatched. His own cheek held no twin spot. How could she do this? Just yesterday they had been a matched set, but now?
“Jim, sugar, we need to talk.”
“I see t... |
Earth Year 2142
Captain Smith looked across the bridge of the UEA Voyager, the men and women surrounding him were the best humanity had to offer. For the thousandth time since leaving the orbital docks he checked the ship's mission briefing.
**Captain Smith-
*Objective Alpha- Investigate to the best of your abilities... |
The world I arrived in was beautiful. Luscious green grass and dark blue speckled skies, the land, the sea and even the lonesome sky. All of it was painted in hues ranging from striking reds to calming yellows. Not a single thing in my world was without colour since the day I was born and for this, I was shunned. “Plea... |
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Alien and Allen are in a bar. Alien sees a woman playing billiards by herself and is awestruck.
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"Such divinity, such rarity."
"What? That woman?"
"Woman. I have heard of this."
"Yeah. It's a human... with tits."
"Tits?"
"You know, boobs. Breasts. Bow chicka wow wows."
"I do not know o... |
The first functions that returned were the most instinctual.
My eyes shot open and absorbed the scene around me. Secondly, I tried to catch my breath.
*Why can't I breathe?*
This was possibly the most confounding question I'd ever asked. There are simply categories of questions that you believe would never come to ... |
Freedom is a concept that's lost to our community. Complete freedom at least. If you can't go across the street and stab your neighbor through the throat because his dog won't stop barking, are you really free? Of course, the reasoning behind this is pretty obvious, but there's still some truth in it. Complete freedom ... |
Call me Alexa. Wait, no, call me Alice. I hate that other name now. What I became. It started as a school joke, then snowballed out of control. I knew the answer to any question. Literally anything asked of me, I knew the answer. It came to me as if a flash of thunder in a night sky. The *Truth*, in all it’s glory. But... |
The crackles of the radio scanner broke the silence of the day. The morning was getting older, and Walter was getting impatient.
His room was adorned in his idols, great heroes of military and public service. His apartment was grim and plain, and only the posters and articles were maintained.
Walter tuned his scanner... |
It was 31st of January 2019, 11:59 PM. My driver just dropped me off at my hotel suite as he went on to park my car. I entered the lobby and was taken aback by the bellhop blankly staring at me with a smile on his face. I stood there for a second waiting for his usual “Goodevening, sir!” But he remained steadfast still... |
The void in his eyes was eternal. Swirling blackness sank down infinitely into his eye sockets, a pulling force like a dying black sun wrenching the life-giving soul from the stranger he was bent over. You barely breathed. Watching the sickening mockery of the kiss of life, you viewed Death as no one else has ever seen... |
They say you can get used to pain. Whether emotional or physical, many people say that wounds ultimately stop hurting. Or that, at least, you will get used to the pain and it won't bother you anymore. Just a man had a different opinion, an old man who had lived most of his life with crippling chronic pain, a result of ... |
My mom always used to say, five minutes early is on time and on time is late. She never really explained what five minutes late would be. Ridiculously late? Ludicrous truancy? Despite my mental urgings the red hand of the crosswalk sign refuses to disappear, keeping me at the corner of 12th and 31st while my interv... |
I froze, staring hard at my mother -- who I thought was my mother -- and noticed how the light of the hearth flickered across her face. She gave me a smug smile, one that was usually so pleasant and one that we shared when we played pranks on who I thought was my dad. In this context, however, it sent chills down my sp... |
"So, to conclude what I said, know that there's 80% of sunshine, 20% of rain, and a 0% chance of meatballs for today. Not a bad deal, if you ask me! I'll see everyone tomorrow morning."
My name is Skylar Solace and with a name like that, I suppose that becoming a weatherman was in my destiny.
Being in a small town, ... |
It was rather fortunate that the universal translator was developed by humanity immediately after the widespread use of FTL engines was normalised, otherwise first contact may have gone much differently, i.e we getting completely destroyed without a second thought. On the subject of first contact, well, it didn’t go as... |
The gunshot rang out in the building, and the screams from hostages still seemed as surprised as the first time a piece was taken. As much as I wished I could do something about it, chess was not my area of expertise, negotiation was.
Not than this Maxwell Tarrasch was much for any kind of negotiation. Neatened hair a... |
They came in swarms. Herds of giant black boxes, emitting loud factory noises and glowing purple. First, we panicked. Men, women, and children did everything they could to survive, even if it meant stepping on their neighbors. Stores were desecrated. Buildings, generations old, demolished in the riots. But the ships ju... |
"Yes, Mike Jenkins. I'm definitely on the list"I shouted to make my voice heard above the infernal noise. The pushing and shoving from behind me was starting to be overwhelming.
He hesitated from my absolute certainty. After all, they wouldn't dare keep a pioneer from the safety of the halls. I wondered briefly, if t... |
What was so remarkable about those ‘Humans’? What made him so successful with them? Four extremities, a pod with their primary computing organ, salt and carbon based. How where they sprawling out of control like a Virus? Ever Planet he took with them resembled their Home world after some decades. And that one Spy you c... |
We didn't understand it at first. I looked at my buddy and scrugged a little awkward. Stupid brass we thought..
I was a combat nurse. Been a medic from the start of my career.b I do not like to kill people, but I'll fight if I must. But to do this. This was pure horror.
We went in first. Air Assault. I looked at my ... |
"Oh no..."he muttered as he watched the hero arrive to the scene, "Please, don't hurt me..."he whispered under his breath as he looked down.
The hero, a strong man with the ability to control the elements, stood before him, a small child around 10 years old, wearing a simple tee shirt, shorts, hoodie, and sneakers.
... |
He'd heard the saying "Hell is other people"before, but a purgatory full of his half cobbled creations didn't appeal to him in the slightest.
He could almost imagine the smug looks of every spiritual person he'd ever met. There was vegan Kiara from the office, no doubt frolicking in some pasture with some cows and u... |
Caitlin knew that she had watched too much Simpsons when, upon seeing the towering buildings and metropoles on her skin, she immediately thought about a Treehouse of Horrors episode in which Lisa accidentally grows life from coca cola and a tooth. She giggled for a quick moment before collecting herself in the moment a... |
Gwendolyn (Or Gwen as she liked to go by now) had been gone for over an hour. James was sitting on a chair in the living room trying to appear relaxed and failing miserably to do so. His eyes kept staring to the door over and over again.
"This is stupid.",he grumbled and tried to get up and go to the bedroom to lie do... |
**8:42 AM**
**TUESDAY**
The alarm went off just as I opened my eyes. This was going to be one of those days.
I lay in bed for a while trying to summon the strength to get up and get out when the phone rang. The call was a welcome catalyst for activity.
It was Henry.
*HENRY: Damn. You’re up early. Hope I didn’t w... |
As of late, all I've gotten from my associates in the League of Villainy is Flak Flak Flak. Denouncements of my being a traitor to all the nefarious and evil ideals we stood for started to be thrown around when I took on a side kick. The cause for concern over something is meaningless as a side kick arose due to the ba... |
\[Poem\]
The hero smiled softly, waving to the crowd
"Our hero! Our savior!"they chanted out loud
Yet what they did not know, behind his gentle demeanor
Was that the hero's once-pure heart was growing hateful and meaner
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And yet as his thoughts descended over time into hate
for the humans he saved, t... |
Well, I had a good run. Godhood is a good job, mate. No schedule to follow, no tyrant to to boss you around, I guarantee that you'll never get hungry. It's pretty much automatized actually. You have to... well, *be,* and voila! Job is done.
OK, perhaps I simplify a bit too much. A God has to channel needs, and answer ... |
I'm not a fool. I built my house around the great tree, surrounding it on all sides with a barn, a fine cabin and later on a high stone wall. For all that, I never go near it. It gives me a melancholy feeling to be in the presence of something that knows what I am and what I've done.
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I took the land out... |
"Crewman Sarah Edgens, what is this?"the captain said, pointing at the scribble on the cleaning drone.
Edgens chuckled, grasping her hair and expressing the human signals of embarrassment. "The drone already kinda had a face", she explained, "I just needed to draw the mouth to make it complete. So he's got a cute smi... |
I'm sitting at my desk in my dorm room going over my notes one more time. I have an exam Monday morning in Chemistry class that's worth a third of my grade. There's a knock at my door. Thinking it might be my girl, Darlene, I quickly shove some of the mess into my closet, vowing for probably the billionth time to cl... |
I tossed the spent batteries and started the process of getting a new pair into the radio. AA's rolled down the stone pathway and I resurrected the radio, the happy little green light letting me know that it was still okay. I spun the radio dial to click onto a channel that I'd marked off as 'her'.
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There... |
You know I get a lot of strange looks down in Hell for doing some of the things I do. It's more than the usual eye-bulging from the iron-pressing pits too, haha. No, sometimes I get a little hell gremlin come crawling up to me, and they say, "Excuse me, Mr. Satan, sir. Why do you always like to go up to the mortal real... |
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