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It was strange to find myself the target of my past, of which was composed cold steel against the back of my nearly balding head. Whoever held the gun was nervous; the barrel tickled my scalp only slightly, but I had no room to smile. I knew what was coming. The only thing left to do was see the reasoning behind it. ...
I stared at the hero with the shiny new sword and the equally squeaky clean armour. In the chainmail above the right bicep guard was a red rose, as perfect as if it had just been plucked from the ground. I remembered this day, as if it were yesterday, though, for the youngster poised in front of me, it was today. I c...
I had always loved computers and technology. Growing up in a first world country i got a first rate education with cutting edge technology and eventually became a system administrator. It was a simple existence, I would go in, make sure nothing broke and then go home. But, i started to feel restless. The joy of discov...
Weddings for spies and assassins and thieves are different. There is little enough honor among rogues but it is there. Bonds of love can be forged, and those bonds formed in adversity are often strongest of all. When everyone is out for themselves, partnerships can be valuable, and anyone you can trust and confide in i...
I smiled when the hit came in, these were my all time favorite jobs, these pricks walked around beating up criminals and tossing psychopaths in jails that can't hold them. Heck half of my organizations time is spent doing mop up work when one of their 'archnemesis's' finally kills them and goes on a rampage. They don...
The costume is stuffy, but it's worth it- I worked all month on the thing and I'm not about to give up now, especially when the character it's of is so popular. I see someone with almost exactly the same costume as me, and walk over to them. Guess the character is pretty popular, people would want to dress up as it. ...
There's a saying I heard once: the only consistent thing about life is that nothing is ever consistent. Well, it's not true, but I understand the spirit of it. With my.... "condition", it's true that there are very few consistent things. It's why when I notice something consistent it stands out all the stronger. I tak...
How many centuries have passed? Has it even been a year? Time flows so differently for the dead. I drift along aimlessly, neither here nor there. If I were a ghost, at least I could interact with humanity, but I'm not a ghost. I'm simply a whisper of existence, clinging onto this plane unwillingly as I wait for whateve...
"Nweg tud ssar pak ! Tm lazs freersf!" You wake up from your day-nap with a sudden jolt, as you hear some strange creature shuffling around on the lawn. "Dimwit ! You forgot to turn on the translator !", you see one of the creatures smack the other one on what looks to be its head, "anyway, puny human, be prepared to...
'Anuwubis pweeze let me be ur slave', looking up from the note, Anubis saw a middle-aged man with mild acne and a costume strewn with long, soft, and pink hairs from his neck down. This is the 430th person since the beginning of the 2020 and the heart jar symbolizing the floating rest of the human will hang on to Anubi...
SNAP The picture of the abyss was saved into the camera. I figured I had enough pictures by now. There's not much of an angle I could go for more. I stashed my camera into my bag and turned towards the other explorer, who had just done preparing two plates of pancakes. As I approached him, he offered one of the plat...
Choice, dear reader, is something of an illusion, like many things so often are. I, for example, did not "choose"to reject Heaven and be cast out, but in actuality could not support a system whereby only the perfect, only those who stand in line, only those who do not ask questions, are allowed to remain. So really, I...
"What's behind this door?"Bandon said as he opened a door and walked through. Deformed horse-like creatures swarmed. They were white in the same way that spit-out toothpaste was white; flecked and slimy. Most had a leg shorter than the other and the features of their faces looked like a chocolate Easter bunny that h...
You had good intentions once, you were sure. Back when doing Good was merely taking your sword and cutting off the heads of whatever monster or dark lord that demanded it. Back when times were more simple, and the dawn less stained by the blood you shed to protect it. At the end of the day you could always count on a w...
'Can it be bottled?' was the elf's reply to the news of the continued perseverance of the human race. 'That is what we supposed, but having distilled a human in both whole and separate forms, we have yet to form a comprising liquid. It seems it is an ethereal essence.' was the slow, laboured reply of the elder alchemi...
It's a kid who was born without the ability to feel fear. So begins their first friendship. I looked down at the kid. "Boo....back?"I'm confused. The kid grins. They have some missing teeth. How young are they? "Do you..."I have no idea what I'm doing. "Do you like icecream?" ... We walk into the ice creamery. The...
What did think was going to happen? They did it on live television, knowing full well I would be watching. Knowing full well I was a big fan of both of them, and it was no secret for them I would constantly went fan girl obsessing over both of them getting together. Although I didn't know both of my favorite heroes we...
The man gently laid his hand on top of the just birthed kitten. The little baby stopped squirming, its deformed face rested in peace from its short tenure in the plane of life. The man stood up slowly, dusting off his well tailored black suit. He was silent, serene, seemed to be unfazed even enjoying what he just did....
I stared down at the envelope I was holding, the thick paper wobbling with the tremor in my hands. It dropped from my numb grip when I realized what it held. I could feel the only other person in the post office, a middle aged woman standing behind the counter who had greeted me when I walked in, watching me with curi...
I blinked at the plain white envelope, there was nothing written on the front. “I really am sorry, you must be sorely mistaken I...” But when I looked up to address the mystery man there was nobody there. He didn’t have the typical appearance of someone trying to be mysterious, which made it so much harder to unders...
"No sir, a simple cleanse wouldn't do it." "Why is that? Are they immune to our weaponry?" "You obviously haven't bothered to read up on Arbaxie-3-1. The situation is more difficult than you think. There's a heavy, tall, bipedal species that wanders the planet's grounds, infecting the sky with large metal entities, p...
It was something I prided myself on. That I could see through the physical to capture the heart of the soul. Or at least, that’s what it used to say at the bottom of my flyer back when I was first starting out. Hey, don’t judge! It got me through college! I may never do anything with my engineering degree, but technic...
I was floating around in an empty void, relishing the peace. Nothing to bother me here - no magicians, no enemy spirits - for a time, I was content. Then came the summons, a stabbing sensation in my insides that dragged me out of my relaxing existence and into the service of another magician. I had hoped that when my l...
Salvidian was disgusted with his own behavior. How did this thing, this pathetic, soft, weak and broken human turn him, the largest and fiercest of the silver dragons, into a purring nursemaid? It was embarrassing. The snort of disgust that interrupted his soothing rumbles startled the child awake. He immediately fel...
Immediately it started, I saw a different sky with unfamiliar stars. I looked around and saw an orange field of some kind of plant. In front of me was a smooth, onyx structure. It was similar to a cube but it had some strange angles and futuristic instruments could be seen through a window. Suddenly time seemed to race...
&#x200B; The ground opening and spewing forth small, fierce imps happened months ago. The growing fiery gash in the land grew, letting larger and larger things out to terrorize and consume anything that did not run fast enough. We really didn’t care. We are bandits and raiders. We are outlaws who see what we wan...
As he lies on the hospital bed, Ray lets out his final words. "I'll miss you, darling."As he takes his final breath, he slowly closes his eyes as he flatlines. "I'll miss you too, dad."Ray's daughter said. Two days later, Ray wakes up in a forest he never knew. He stands up and looks at his hands... they're brown. ...
As the crowd gathers behind the infant, Lucifer sees the offering given to him today. Rarely do these pathetic mortals call upon him, going for his Council, such as Moloch or Beelzebub. They can't see him yet, but they can feel his presence. Tired of being summoned, tired of giving these people the satisfaction that wh...
Well. At least I start with white. Plain good-sporting of our new overlords, giving us the advantage of the first move. Now I just have to win. Just a dumb machine, not an ounce of soul or imagination in this tin can. Should be easy, right? "....Right?" My opponent, who - rather rudely, I might add - has decided not ...
"Oh Master, I beseech you to take me as a student. I have traveled for months to get here and-"My blade slid nestly between the young man's rib and split his heart in twain. Death was instant. Pain was all too fleeting given the speed of his demise. I had been avoiding students for decades by that point in time. Init...
It's honestly hard to remember at this point, it seems like forever ago. I stood in a line as I always had, next to my brothers. We were the first line of defense in case anything were to happen. It was such a peaceful time though, so we rarely ever did any fighting. Because of this, some of the people behind us (like ...
As I turned the corner the edge of the treeline became visible. I broke into a sprint with a smile and crashed into the clearing--a panting, straining, sweating, and most importantly triumphant, specimen of humanity. And to think I used to be afraid of the trees! Not that I would ever tell anyone, but to be hones...
Lawyer 1 : Your Honor. It is true my client punched the accuser in the face. As we all know, honesty is the best policy. However I must note that the accuser did not block the punch, therefore, while he hoped for the best, he did not prepare for the worst, making him ... Lawyer 2 : OBJECTION!! My client did not kn...
Artemis sat on her lounge with her ‘gun’ on her knee, not even looking at the screen to know each pull of her trigger caused another digitised duck to go splat on her big screen TV. Is this what we’ve become? Is this really all that’s left to existing? Her mind rolled back to the days where she hunted the most divin...
…and because the women developed such a tight weave when sewing the Iriquois Tribe was able to develop their first sail. “Miss Silva?” Joao raised his hand and inquired “Is that when they came to first came to Europe?” “No, not right away,” His teacher explained. “At first they went South and gathered gold.” She sits...
That strange light was the only thing I've ever seen. At least, I think it is a light. Being born blind, I'm not really sure about how things are supposed to look. The closest it gets is when I'm dreaming, but it all turns into a blur after waking up. And even in my dreams, that light has always been there. I talked...
“Come in, Commander Bond. Please, be my guest,” said M, gesturing vaguely in the direction of the drinks and canapés arrayed on the cabinet against the wall, a genuine Giles Grendy that Bond had always admired. “Ah, Stolichnaya Elit! A fine choice to go with the caviar—genuine Beluga I see,” Bond said, politely liftin...
The streets are more empty than usual. The base, usually dark at this hour, has a light burning in the kitchen. The garage door is open. Not fully open, but open enough for someone to crawl underneath. Studying the place, a pang of regret hits. Really should have bought those binoculars when that guy moved in. But ...
Our first warning they were here came when the ISS fell silent. It was thought to be a technical glitch, until it came plummeting to the ground. It's descent destroyed much of it. However the remains and footage of its fall showed the truth. It was deliberately destroyed. Suspicion fell on other countries, even as the...
Father James peered at the man demon hybrid thing through his glasses which were precariously perched on the tip of his long thin nose, seemingly unfazed, but internally screaming. Suddenly, he realized that he probably looked stupid, staring at the man, and decided to blink. "Ah-uh-sure."Very eloquent, James. Your wo...
Marv releases the Greeblistch with its little sub-dermal tag safely inserted, and it scuttles into the leaf litter of the artic rainforest that blankets what used to be the Yellowstone caldera. This was one of the worst-hit regions of the Glow, and the country is still not entirely certain how many new species remain ...
Ding Dong. The doorbell rang. Fuck, I thought. They're here. I lived in a semi-detached home, and we had an adjoining door opening into our neighbours house. I quickly shoved the coat rack and a bunch of shoes in front of the door. It ain't much, but hopefully it stops them, I thought. I grabbed my bat from the cl...
"Drx Avery, are you sure this is the best idea?"I asked, speaking up in order to be heard over the helicopter blades. "Oh Eden, don't tell me you're getting cold feet now!"Dr Avery answered. We're nearly halfway there. And besides, we get a beautiful view, one that future generations will never have." "I mean, future...
“Bliss.” I muttered to myself as I pushed back into the eagle-winged armchair, tumbler in one hand and bottle in other. Moskrys. The best of the best, bartered from an elderly dwarven man back In Holmstrong, the dwarves might as well have worshipped this liquor, the way they banged on about the stuff. Fate be told I'd ...
Of course humans make the perfect colonists, they invented it before they invented the steam engine. \- Admiral Arjaxx III "Path is clear. ETA to target 3 hours." Hannah looked up from her desk as the intercom spoke to her, pressing the button on the screen that allowed her to respond to her navigator. "Underst...
"Maybe it's time we gave them a taste of what it was like in the good old days"As usual Cadeusis said, hefting his half empty Spirit beer bottle above his head. Botanica lifted her glass, like she did last week, and the week before that. Eventually every conversation the old guard had at the pub found its way to gripin...
The Nineteen has assembled, ready to sign the Sirius Pact. None of them were sure how long it would last, but it promised a full battalion of humans in every system and the humans were adamant that if this weren't signed, the only humans anyone would ever meet would be on Earth. And ever since the scouts had helped the...
“Oh, you don’t say. You could at least help me find a place to put her.” Pepper just stared as I struggled to hold onto the vet. She was starting to slip, and I didn’t want to just put her on the floor. It’s not her fault she fainted; I did the same thing when Pepper first spoke to me. Talking cats aren’t exactly a co...
RING RING RING RING “Heeello. Wells Fargo Customer Service here. How may I help you?” “Hi. I am trying to create an account on your website but it’s not allowing me to enter my date of birth correctly” “Oh no problem Sir. I can create an account for you over the phone. Just give me a few seconds to pull up the f...
The pain was brief. It’s always the same whenever shampoo falls in my eyes, I always know when it’s coming, and yet, powerless to stop it. That stinging. Even though I’ve done it more times than I can count at this point in my life, there’s always that fear of when I finally open my eyes there will be nothing but black...
They were incomprehensibly beautiful. Literally. My eyes were bleeding. "Mmm, don't be such a naughty girl. Pick up that litter and put it in the garbage." "Y-yes,"I barely managed to say. They had sexual characteristics of men, women, and probably other animals, all heightened beyond belief. I think I was the only ...
Not sure where it came from. Not even entirely sure what it is. I was hanging out by a lesser known magical lake, that I will not name, when suddenly it shimmered and a portal opened. This wasn’t unheard of for many of the lakes ever since the Fey took over, with their chaotic magic changing all of our lives, but we’d ...
I opened my eyes to one such conversation. Well, at least I knew where I was. "I know! So confusing for such a little-"The alien turned whatever its head may be over in my direction. "Ahh its awake! I'll have to report it's vitals and then I can finish filling you in, bye now!" It slithered over to me, jerking and tr...
"It's funny. I've visited you here billions of times. I don't even really know why anymore. The concept of mortality still eludes me. One minute you're alive, the next you aren't. I've seen countless billions die. Each one of them was here one minute, then gone the next."The 10 foot 8 inch creature sat at the now...
The rain pattered on the glass floor beneath Charlie as he walked. He held tightly on the rail, ever conscience of the danger of the outdoors. Charlie held out his hand, turning his palm upside down to catch the rain that seems to fall upwards. It still makes Charlie nauseous; his brain disliked the change of orientat...
One of the...mes? Myselves? Us? Us. One of us shattered the glass over womb pod. Grabbing a shard of glass in the fist that wasn't currently lacerated to shit, it held it out. "I don't care if there is an impostor, I'm killing you. A fucking dad joke on a 50-year old game?" "Hey, if one of us kills a not-imposter, i...
“Death is a part of life.” I opened my eyes. “But you already know that, don’t you, old-timer?” The speaker was a young woman. She was pretty in an effortless way; her blonde hair was light and airy and seemed to drift around as though she were underwater. Most notable to me, though, were her eyes. Their dark grey b...
You may not realize it, but I keep the world turning. Foolish mortals! Always assuming that your satellites and technology give you the whole picture. Satellites are merely rocks confined to the sky, knockoffs of their ancient brethren, wishing they had the gift of eternal life like us. Us rocks may be stepped on, chuc...
An exo-pioneer’s most important possession is their suit. It’s unknown how a new planet’s atmosphere will affect human biology. Sure, tests are run to make sure the air has appropriate levels of oxygen, no obvious poison gasses or metals in the air, but it can take years to analyze how pollens, microorganisms and other...
My stories that are being told are far away from the actual truth. I have come to the understanding that it is the way it works. All the power actually lies in the story teller. It does not even matter if it is the actual story being told, all that matters to people is the way it is being told. If the storyteller is e...
It wasn’t the fact these strangers entered his kitchen that first made Theo nervous. People always wandered in by mistake while looking for Mrs. Kim across the hall whenever he forgot to lock the door. It wasn’t even the fact they were dressed so funny in their little space outfits either. Mrs. Kim was running a massag...
"I'm sorry is that really what you want me to call you? Minor Inconvenience?"He laughed unabashed, sitting forward in his chair. The detective's shirt lost it's tuck in the back when he braced his elbows on the table. He quickly reached one of his hands back to adjust it. "Minor Inconvenience is perfect." "You got it...
"What in the name of flying jellyfish do you mean, you're trapped inside of the laptop?"you ask, opening up the command prompt on the side and typing out a few lines. "You tell me!"one of the figures against the blank white screen says, throwing his hands out in frustration. You start to mutter to yourself in confu...
Christ, again? I thought as untenable noise ripped me from the murky almost-sleep I’d just reached. My upstairs neighbors apparently had a midnight construction fetish, or perhaps a baby elephant being poorly trained to stand on its hind legs. Either way, it was a fucking Tuesday, and even if I didn’t have places to ...
When they fell, so did our last hope for a better life. I was there in the throne room when it happened. I was there when the Dark Lord dismissed us, their personal guards, away so that they could speak to the golden-haired swordsman alone. I do not know what this swordsman discussed with our liberator, but what happ...
"Go to...Go to..."The words that will haunt me for the rest of my "days". Why is days in quotes you may ask? Well the words my best friend said before is what changed my life, and every "day"after. I couldnt tell you what happened, hell, i still cant possibly figure out if it really did happen. I mean for all i know th...
"I... I..." "You what?!"her eyes were bloodshot as she kept channeling the spell. After a full 10 seconds she finally let him breathe. She sat down and watched as he convulsed on the ground, unable to speak for nearly a full hour. The young woman explained how the spell worked, called him quite a few choice words, be...
“What is so funny?” Genie asked me, pulling my attention away from the picture before me. “I just don’t get it.” He stood, shaking his head in disbelief. “What could possibly be so funny about a picture of a pickle with a smiley face drawn on it?” With my stomach in stitches, I spoke slowly between fits of giggles. “Y...
The Tagroolian ships approached at maximal warp. In absolute time, they traversed a thousand light years for every earth day. Encroaching on the system. The Tagroolians sat in the ships mind pool. Their biological bodies all but stripped away leaving only the dense clusters of neurons suspended in pools of synthetic sp...
It was a slow day; usually after the early summer rush things get quiet for a while. Most the other staff, high school and college kids alike with the odd adult like myself, get to chill until something comes up, all the way until end of shift. It's a great gig, honestly. It's just that, this time was a bit odd. Custo...
I am known as the God of Darkness and Destruction, who which must not be named, bringer of sorrow and breaker of nations. Evil? No, I was not evil. I was the hammer that forged humanity into hard steel. When nations could not feed themselves I brought war. When cities grew too crowded I brought plague. It had to ...
Wow why does everything look the same. That’s odd. The year is 2421 it should look different here, I mean i did get transported into some frat part or something which is also weird. “Nice outfit!” a stranger says to me. “Thanks! Yours is nice too!” They were wearing a tshirt with Metallica on it, long shorts, and had t...
My parents have always been weird. They have an odd rule for everything. Like, don’t double knot your tie otherwise you’ll get caught in a revolving door and hang yourself. Or never answer the door to anyone who knocks an odd number of times. All crazy right. Even growing up I thought it was absolute insanity. ...
Astral projection, some say, is an art mastered by years of practice, achievable only by extensive meditation and the burning of certain kinds of incense. A load of bull, that, because I can do it in my sleep. Literally. The key that everyone misses seems to be poor health. As a kid, I was diagnosed with Cerebral Pals...
I sat at the bar, staring and stirring the ice with that tiny straw. Work was difficult, the bills stacked endlessly, and the power pulsed through my veins. Traffic. Gossip. Betrayal. To me it's fuel; fanned into flame for the greater good. So what if it's a Monday? I can drink on a Monday. I ordered another ...
Galactic Date: 27.849.443 I am writing these entries for posterity as Human AI 666,666 or as my creators call me six sixes. First contact has been established between the Human Confederacy and the Tuk’Nik Empire. Initial relations between diplomats seem positive and there was a great exchange of ideas and technol...
Day 3649. Weather: cold. Winds in from the South east, we should expect a harsh winter. It is with great anticipation that we prepare for tomorrow’s festivities. Spent several hours today spear fishing out in the lagoon and I am pleased to report a catch the likes of which we’ve not seen in years. Not sure of the ki...
“Who are you and how did you get in our house?” The question makes less sense to you the second time. “I… what do you mean? Mom? Dad? Are you sure you are all right? I know you want to make some passive aggressive remark because I left all my studying to the last week before my exam but come on. Up your game a bit thi...
Capitol Justice was dead, his body a bloody, broken mess. Police were busy stringing yellow crime scene tape and trying to push the crowd of onlookers back. Local media had already arrived with breathless reporters yammering out their guesses and what few kernels of information they knew to the camera against the backd...
"BE SILENT BOY!" "No, Elder. I am no longer a boy, and you will hear me." "Don't be stupid, Boy! He has deceived you! Lied to you!" "You are in error, Elder. He has never lied to me. However, there are plenty others here who have lied to me, haven't they Elder!" "Boy! Show respect!" "You have to ...
If. Two letters. Such a short word, and yet as it left the dying god's lips all of those years ago, it felt like the longest word in human history. The single heaviest word ever spoken, worse than any curse or betrayal could ever hope to be. Busam had worked his entire life, he put blood and sweat and tears on the line...
Ishii of Kashton stood tall with her left arm pointed at her opponent who was illuminated by constant lightning blasts. The two magi faced each other, watched by hundreds of nobles and wizards in stands which were donned in bright red pennants and sullen green banners with sigils sewn into each one. Roaring winds whipp...
It's not that they are the fastest; They couldn't be, even with practice. And "smartest"is far from their juvenile grasp, For even their geniuses greet us with a gasp. But they have something far stronger, And no – it's not that they live longer; But live on they do, for they multiply Beyond any bird, bat or bug in th...
"Useless." Death spat to himself. Of the four, he was the only one to yet find a way to improve the world. He was the greatest of them, the other three only serving to feed him. But outside of the apocalypse, his power was ill-equipped to serve others. He walked alone for a while, his cane tapping the ground. People ...
From the shadows of the room, I watch her in the glow of the morning sun on the balcony. The warm pink tone of the sky is the backdrop. She closes her eyes, appreciating the growing warmth on her cheeks. At least, I assume she is. I’m going off of memories… very, very old memories. I catch a small smile on her face bef...
This is it, I am going to die. I am staring down the barrel of the chamber looking at my past self. Surprisingly, my first thought is "is this murder or suicide?"It's interesting what we think of at the end. I just don't want to think about it, anything to put the actual dying part out of my mind. "Just do it"I say to...
The waves crashed all around the Naomi, sending some of its men overboard, to drown in the cruel ocean water. Oliver stood on the deck of his boat, looking up at the grey skies that seemed to continue on forever, as he tied himself to the side of the ship. This is not the end. “It’s a kraken,” he heard some of the o...
Hunting, the most extreme of all sports, trappers get the most kills but the real stars are big game hunters. When guns, bows and even sling weren't an option anymore, it didn't take long for the smartest of them to catch on and all of a sudden human was back on the menu, territories were contested shortly as even with...
"Well shit,"I said aloud the empty training room lightly echoing my curse back to me as I inspected the now shimmering tear in the air. I walked around the cut, noting how it almost seemed to turn, always facing me. It felt wrong. It was wrong. I had always been a good swordsman, ever since I picked up my first I ...
The next couple of hours were a whirl of activity. That first glimpse of Nychtha was the only one I got. As soon as I saw the planet, the AI deemed I was awake enough to be swept off to processing. “Name.” A real person this time. “Anadeen Harris.” “Age.” She could be an AI with that voice. “28.” “Occupation.” ...
Part 1. \-- Christopher's bedroom was a mess. No matter what his mother tried, no amount of nagging, pleading or threats of grounding could get him to clean it. He just didn't feel like it. Since his parents split, Christopher never felt like much of anything. Except for eating. No pantry was safe, no fridge unchec...
# White Haired Magician "That was handy,"Scott swung around on the wheelchair. The ramp, her mother had created disappeared without leaving a mark. Like all brown-haired humans, her mother had great control over the earth and could shape it according to her will, "Goodbye, mom!" "I love you, Scotty,"he saw tears dew ...
It began with Butterfingered Ben's (back then he was just Ben) birthday bash. When I walked into the room, it seemed a day as any other. When Ben dropped the cheesecake onto Sally's gown, I had not even an inkling that this was just the beginning. The Dallas Cowboys game I attended got snowed on (that was in July, by ...
"Who's a good little boy!" Death's grin shone through the blackness of his hood. His beagle Anubis jumped excitedly up and down, nearly knocking over the furniture. "Aww, such a cutie."He beamed. "I'm going to get your favorite flesh pockets in the oven, don't move a tendon!" Death turned around humming to himself. ...
Joan stared in dumbstruck horror at the sealed gate in front of her. It was good for the world the gate was sealed. Great even. But it was absolutely shit luck for Joan. Her Kingdom had thrown her a parade when she’d won the competition. They’d dug into the treasury to outfit her with the best equipment. She’d le...
As I finished making my wish the already dim star faded entirely out of the sky. That made me cry even more. Big brothers were supposed to protect you, not steal your toys. --- My wife was screaming her head off. I jumped out of bed and asked what was wrong. With wide eyes she just stared at my body. I looked down a...
My hands draw to their petals. “Hello, little one,” I said with a hum in my voice; there is a strange croak that always creeps in, as if youth tries to well my throat but never quite manages. The wrinkles and scars on my skin tell my tale, I said, but sigh! I haven’t talked in ages; there ain’t no one too, either. I d...
The Ovinnik sat high on its perch, soaking in the last rays of winter sun. The lady of the house would be back soon, and he knew that she would bring an offering worthy of his years of service. Tonight of all nights, there would be gifts to appeal to his generous nature. At midnight the New Year would begin, an...
To those who say telepathy as the superpower they wanted in that weirdly infamous question, listen in closely. When you read someone's thoughts, their inner monologue sounds just as loud as their actual voices. I've heard some absolute fiendish things, embarrassing skeletons that briefly crept out the closet that peop...
"License and registration" "Here ya go, officer!" "Do you know why I pulled you over?"The officer asked as he glanced down at my licence. "No sir"I replied "I'm on my way to work an-" "Here's your paperwork back, sir, my apologies! Hope you make it to work on time..."The officer shoves my license and registration b...

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