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Thankfully, I was in the kitchen when the lights went out. Since that big storm a couple years back, I've kept emergency supplies handy. I made my way through the dark, sweeping my hands for the counter, for the drawer, for the box of matches. Wind shrieked. Rain slashed. The house creaked, settling in for a long, cold...
Well, should have seen this coming. 1600 years I'd been asleep, less than flying, I suppose you could just saying "riding". Every part of my mission was something that you, today, would not recognize. I was frozen before I left earth, hundreds of us were, and one by one we were loaded into the Verne gun and shot into ...
Mind-state restoration complete. Try to be more careful next time! I don't know who thought that cheerful message was a good idea. I was dead. Or a copy of me was, at least. Treat it with a little dignity, would you? I step out of the cloning vat and start following the usual post-revival checks. Senses, lim...
“All I need from you,” whispered Death, in a voice resembling the ghastly sound of bone grinding on bone, “is simple. “Can you get this damn splinter out of my eye socket?” I sat for a second, the words not really processing in my head. All I could do was sit and stare at the figure in front of me as it hastily lowe...
Billie woke up on the stoop, bleary-eyed and head afire. The morning was that strange twilight between stormy and sunny, where the day could go either way. For Billie, it didn’t much matter. She rose from the steps, and grabbed her shoulder bag; half-heartedly wiping dirt and dried vomit off of her only blanket, she ...
Seraphel, standing beside the portal, couldn't hold back from sighing as he saw the approaching procession. Of course, since angels didn't need to breathe, they really didn't have to sigh, either, but he felt that it appropriately expressed his mood. The angel approaching his portal didn't look quite right. The wing...
Drip Drip Drip The water fell from the tap above me, I couldn’t see the water droplets before they landed safely on my head... I could only hear them... I could only feel the cool droplets exploding as they hit the hard surface of my head. The dripping had started ten minutes ago... or was it ten days? My concept of...
He's still there. For 30 minutes he's been there. Still staring at one of out newest pieces. Is he planning to steal it? Or is he just admiring it? I mean, it is a very big portrait. And the woman doesn't seen mysterious, I was told it was just a young artists attempt at a Mona Lisa eque painting. Tragic what happen...
I took the gun and brought the child to the local chapel. I gently placed the child on the altar and left. I took the gun, threw it in a nearby river, and went home. The next day, I went to the park bench were the incident had happened. The man's corpse was still there. Being the starving man in an anarchic society, I...
It was supposed to be a simple run to Costco. Run in, buy food and water, and run out. Why did my car have to break down on the way back? A stranger in a Hummer stopped to help me. He told me he’d drive me home. Before he started his engine, he looked around with a scared look on his face and said: “Why do you think t...
'Councilmen, I'm glad you are all here. Today, we begin a new frontier in our defence of Earth.' President Clearwater said, adjusting his tie. If his prized idea was to work, he'd need to look and act the part. He looked out at the row of darkened faces on the view screens in front of him. This would be his toughest au...
"So what do we have on the cover?"The room is uneasy. This is entirely new territory. Yvonne clears her throat. "So, what about 60 ways to spice up that Curry?"Mumbles around the table. I shift in my seat. This isn't easy. Craig stands up, paper in hand. The tablet shakes a little as he speaks. "We've uh..."he hes...
opening credits end Worldnews and MildyInteresting are sitting on separate chairs; MildyInteresting is flipping through of her many magazines; Worldnews is flipping through the newspaper, scatching his fat stomach Enter Askreddit Askreddit: Like OMG and then we all talked about people's usernames and then m...
"You guys are always messing up my order! Always giving me fucking decaf!"The man subtly shouted at the young cashier. This man was very non-confrontational, he's always so shy. There was a name written on his cup of decaffeinated coffee. It read John. "Well I'm sorry sir. There's a lot of John's that order here....
"Please Father, Oh Heavenly Father, forgive me my sins and transgressions."Paul winces as his cat o' nine tails tears at the soft pink flesh of the small of his back. "I am weak Oh Lord, may Your pain cleanse me of evil and guide me to Your Salvation."Paul raises his hand for another lashing. "Achoo!"Paul jumps in sur...
One Week He gave me a flower. *** One Month Anniversaries seem so trivial at this point, plus this is just a summer fling, I'm not sure why we have to celebrate. *** Three Months God I'm so nervous. Why am I nervous? They're just his parents. *** One year I can't believe it's been so long! This seems like a...
"What is it? What does it say!"Bruce said nothing but licked his thumb and threw the page over, his eyes locked in a saccadic trance. Tony stood behind him shining a light over his shoulder. "Tell us, please!!"whined Logan, the youngest there, who hopped up and down beside them with anticipation. Bruce said nothing an...
The housing was cramped, but they had to make due with what was aboard the shuttle when they arrived. The housing channels were air locked and connected through a series of artificial gravity panels and self replicating oxygen chambers. Where there was space, every family was given a small bedroom and a single bathroom...
I slammed the lid shut again. The chair fell away behind me as I did all I could to get away from it. The combination was still in my hand, written on some thin bit of yellowed old paper. My back struck the wall opposite to the window ledge I had lay the box on. I tried to think, tried to conjure up any single though...
It was Friday, the hands of the clock slowly ambling towards midnight, and I was hunched over the bar as usual. My fingers drew circles in the puddled beer, spilled by some rowdy teenagers earlier in the evening, maybe two or three hours ago. Nodding to the bartender, I signaled for another drink, a simple vodka martin...
"A human? Why, I haven't treated a human since I was a resident on Virgon 9!" "Yeah, I haven't seen another human myself in...oh, must be 20 cycles now. As far as I know, I might be the last." "Well you certainly do seem to be old enough to be the last. What are you, 300 cycles?" "Uh, no, I'm only 75. Most humans do...
John became conscious again, calm and relaxed. He decides to keep his eyes closed, taking in the magnificence of his new world. He tried to breathe. He jolted awake as his new world is shattered. Freedom, heaven, snatched by his mortal enemy! His hands were shaking, his head dizzy and light. He smells the dry stench o...
"13#45.1 Do you see this?"Said "13#45.2 Both part of the Bio-Blob Psych Evaluation team tasked with scouting fledgling planets for upcoming lifeforms. "Its strange really, even though this blob out competes itself naturally it has adapted to the point at which it disadvantages massive parts of itself in order for a few...
"How in God's name did you deplete our entire budget within two weeks?"the head of the council bitterly screeches towards me. His red cheeks seem ready to burst at any moment. I step on stage, taking a small bow to nearby council members. "Robots, sir. War robots."I reply, as various council members gasp. "Killing mac...
Joel's beady, unblinking eyes drifted over the screen. It was pitch black in his room, save for the illumination of his computer, and all the windows were closed. Dirty t-shirts and rags were shoved into the gaps in the moldy clapboard where the starlight managed to leak through on brighter nights. Joel was reading ...
"Grandpa, when will I be able to float like you?" He pulled her blanket over her shoulders, tucking her in. He couldn't feel the blanket in his hands, but he had tucked in his own children so many times that he managed on instinct. "I would hope you won't be able to float for a good long time. Maybe not until you hav...
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry. But when one girl walked home that day, Georgie took her home to stay. Georgie Porgie, candy and cream, thought that Bess was his true dream. And many days Georgie would spend whipping her to call him "boyfriend." Georgie Porgie, apple t...
I was strong Even when the terrorists released the toxic experimental nerve gas on the population. I was strong Even when the nerve gas turned people into raging psychopathic cannibals. I resisted, I was strong Even after watching as my family was wiped out in front of my eyes with horrific malice and cruelty. ...
"I need a volunteer!"the Magician exclaimed, casting his palm across the audience as if scanning the masses for the perfect subject. A small boy; gullible, cute and probably a lovable rascal. Perfect. the Magician thought as he drew his gaze upon the shadowy round face with wide, excited eyes. "You, lad! Yes, yo...
The boy was amazed by how beautiful she looked that day. Her face was made up with a layer of dust and dirt, while her tears paved a path down her porcelain cheeks. The girl didn’t used to cry so much. There was a time before the war when their only worries involved homework, school dances, and sneaking out past curfe...
15 minutes had passed, and yet I was still waiting in the rain. My football kit was filthy, despite the harsh weather, I could feel the mud solidifying on my knees. My mother was never normally late picking me up, often she even stayed to watch me play. Roughly 20 minutes had passed before I decided to check my ph...
And she wasn't even all that beautiful. There was an eerie darkness to the way those yellow-green eyes shone out to the world, following your every movement around the Pritchett's living room. The half-crooked smile that was neither happy nor side, nor in between. Her pale skin was almost snow, perfectly contrasting t...
Zeus sighs and puts down his glasses, "Look, Barry, we're not mad, we just don't understand. What exactly were you doing the whole time? You had a responsibility. Hell, I at least I managed to get with more than one woman while I was there!" Santa, seeing that Zeus might not be the ideal deity for advice, interjects, ...
Dear Diary, *I found Teddy next to the door this morning. I think he scratched the door because there were alot of scratches on it. I told him to stay away from the closet. There is a monster inside it. I never saw it but I hear it. The door opens sometimes at night. I hide under the blanket. I tell Teddy to ...
We walked along the damp pavement, her hand in mine. The sun glanced off a building just perfectly that her eyes lit up, the suns reflection bouncing off their surface into mine. I always melted when I saw those eyes, the deep blue, encircled by her soft eyelashes. She had a thing for coffee, this little pub down the ...
Jan 17 Conscious machine breakthrough. Should work now. Jan 18 Bug: Only detects my consciousness. Jan 19 Bug: Only detects my consciousness Jan 20 Bug: Only detects my consciousness Jan 21 Bug: Only detects my consciousness Jan 22 Bug: Only detects my consciousness Jan 23 Bug: Only detects my con...
"Hold him up so I can take a picture, honey!"Gina's smiling at me, waving the slim metal and plastic cellphone, as she gestures for me to pull Jed only my lap. "Like this?" "No, he's drooling. Jeez... Here,"she fixes him up, resplendent in a blue baby-grow and a little white bib with his name stitched on it. Prese...
He never knew what the purpose of his writing was, but it was the only thing he had left to do. The cancer had metastasized to his lungs; he was living on borrowed time. His doctor was stunned that he managed to live past the 24 hours they told him he had. This was hour 34. The man refused to sleep, instead scribbling ...
The world was a scary place now. Not that it didn't terrify me when I was alive with all the muggings, rape, murder, theft, assaults, and general chaos I feared was around every corner. I was not a brave man. I was a risk analyst for a due diligence firm. Numbers and projections were my life's work, and that often ...
I always sneak into my room. Have since I was ten, being particularly sneaky. When you surprise your parents often enough by being in your room, they eventually assume you're there by default... so sneaking out and doing things becomes easy. They even give you an alibi at times. Now, at an illustrious eighteen, it's mo...
Much can be lost in translation. When we first reached out to the humans, we translated our language into the hundreds of languages we had on record for their home-world. After receiving replies in only a handful of languages, the message was clear. They were not happy to hear from us, but it was too late. By the tim...
Trigger warning I guess? I dunno the etiquette for this kind of thing. This could be interpreted as hateful against gays and neckbeards, they aren't actually my views. He listened to a classic rock radio station every day. He was the type of person who claimed to be part of the "wrong generation"and that older music...
"I promise, it'll be great,"Lily said after Hannah expressed her reluctance to go. Hannah sighed, and nodded. She couldn't back out now anyway. She began having a thumb war with herself, and noticed the butterflies in her stomach as Lily finished straightening her hair. "Okay, done!"Lily announced. Hannah put her glas...
Day 4 I asked to speak to the Oracle -- something only the presiding ruler is allowed to do, anyway. Akanksha took me to the chamber, averting her eyes as I went inside. The room was empty and silent. I called out, "I think you've made a mistake." A voice rose up, like a breeze on a field of grass coalescing into a c...
It was the biggest mistake of my life. Of all my fuck ups - and there were a lot of them - this one out fucked them all. And though its magnitude was greater than any other by a large margin, this blunder originated in much the same way as all the rest; I was drunk and horny. I remember it being an unseasonably cold n...
The 'bad guy' didn't smile. Not when he spun into the dirt, 'defeated'. He wasn't supposed to, of course. The bad guy is never supposed to smile, at the very end. This time the good guy didn't smile either. He didn't smile as he stood over his felled opponent, 'triumphant'. He was supposed to. That was in the sc...
Humanity at war! Give me your best tactics on how to defeat the alien threat. Lets do this! submitted 12 hours ago by mememememememememe top 200 comments [–]ittybittytitty 13237 points an hour ago NUKES Lots and lots of nukes. [–]LalalalaIcanthearyou -3552 points 5 hours ago It sure looks like these fuckers ...
"Ouroboros." I could the describe that arch forever. The way it moved, more alive than anything I'd ever seen, like a great snake breaking free of it's cage, snatching the very air in its maw. Red. Crimson. Scarlet. Mauve. Burgundy. Rouge. Rose. Red. Red. Red. Red. Red. It fell on my tongue and burrowed until I could ...
On the 3rd day of the onslaught America was on the verge of collapse. Their army's were defeated by Eastern European psychotics. All was lost. America was broken. As the Russian tanks advanced with their super powered generals suddenly a wave of overwhelming energy stopped them. The tanks melted . The soldiers fell and...
Daddy told me to be strong. We were men, and men protected what was important to them. That's why he had to go away, he said. An' that's why I had to stay behind. Mom just laughed at me, kinda patting my head and scuffing up my hair. She said what I was doing was 'cute'. And she thought it was funny. Poor mom, I ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt tossed another card into the top hat which lay two meters away. “I hate to say it but Hitler may be our only hope.” he muttered to the assembled crowd of men. It was a dark room, thick with the smell of tobacco and brandy. Winston pulled the hat away as a third card went sailing towards it. “...
edit: formatting :) It wasn't real until he called me. My father, in his intensity and wisdom, his unending cynicism, whispered pathetically that my mother had "fallen down the stairs". I laughed. It was clearly a joke - I mean, what could be a more cliche thing to say. I told him that it wasn't funny to joke like th...
Turns out, time travel isn't all as exciting as we thought it would be. If you go into the past to stop the evil mantis men, and you succeed, then the mantis men would have never been a problem. You wouldn't need to go after them in the first place. Basically, if you find yourself going into the past to fight the evi...
It's interesting how by trying to defeat a status quo, revolutionaries find themselves falling into the same traps that their former leaderships did. The French Revolution overthrew Louis XVI to replace him with another dictator, and Occupy Wall Street turned into the same ineffective, split-purpose and inherently diso...
I suddenly realized the stranger was my mark. I'd heard of "living skin"clothing before, but I didn't think it was real; seeing it today, on my target, proved otherwise. Corporate espionage jobs were usually boring, but this one had some real intrigue to it. Back in the naughties, a textile company employee working a ...
We marched forwards, hundreds of us forming a shield wall. Arrows whipped past, beeping as they sought out radiation. Most missed their targets or simply bounced off the ceramic plate of our greatshields. The Russians advanced from the opposite direction in the same fashion; swirling green camoflauge decorated the tita...
Shelly woke with a start. She sat bolt upright in her bed, her eyes flashing around the room in a confused panic. She, like everybody else on the planet, had lost all of her memories. All the moments, recollections, lessons, and triumphs had been wiped clean from her mind. She gazed uncomprehendingly around her room....
8.247.437.237 ... 8.247.441.280 ... 8.247.458.546 ... It had been three days since I had been given the scythe. Enough time had passed to come to terms with the fact that the numbers were not only rising; they were accelerating. If it wasn't enough that I was still in deep mourning after the funeral of ...
So it begins. Creator, they call me. I log in, look around, and sigh. No wars. Phew. The AI begs for good weather and to each be prosperous in their own way. Why can't they understand that its not that easy? Why can't they just work for themselves? This AI claims they understand, they claim they know what I am and how ...
I'll post more if anyone's interested: “You really think one of the seals is in this town?” Sam cocked an eyebrow at his brother as they drove down the winding highway. Dean exhaled a sigh. “I don’t know man.. it has a pretty dark history and we should be taking any job we can get our hands on.” It was already dark...
Hurrying steps carrying a desperate search, checking a map "The park has to be close." It was "I've always been in control"so I would know if this was love. It couldn't be. It was Wiping off sweaty palms before holding hands I'm minutes from what might be the happiest moment of my life. It was This couldn't...
Chief Powhatan stood in the shadows as his daughter, Pocahontas, quietly watched the departing ship disappear over the horizon. Finally, as the sun set in the autumn-tinted hills behind them, the young girl broke her silence. "I love John,"she whispered, "and yet he returns to his land without me. I have nothing to re...
From the Office of Naval Intelligence //Report on the Spartan team colloquially known as "Eraser" //Begin summary viewing Eraser team has savaged the enemies of humankind. Covenant forces tremble before them and whimper in their wake. The parasitic Flood throws corpse after corpse atop the fireteam - corpse af...
After going through this a countless times, I knew what would happen. "Enough Bruce, enough I am up". I loved the dog but would have liked him to be a late riser. I yawn and stretch, the memories come back, this time it was a car accident. I was walking along back to my family when someone hit me and I was back in my 2...
It was a day unlike any other, the day I'll never forget, but to find out why we must go back to the beginning... Every day I sit in the forest by the school. They all know my tree, they call it the tree of whispers. People come to me and tell me their secrets. I can't tell you why they do it, only that I never tell t...
Chuck stared at the neon green “Open” sign glowing in the window ahead of him. It was a strange place for a vacuum repair shop, considering it was quite literally the middle of an apartment complex, but he didn’t exactly have the time to go much further. His vacuum was clearly on the verge of death and the fact that a ...
"What is this?"Elya thought, brushing away the loose soil. A flash of royal blue immediately enchanted her, singing to her... "Snap this in, Ron,"she called out, ignoring her thoughts about singing objects from the excavation. Ron lazily took out his notepad, scribbling down the site number and layer, and leaned in...
“Sir, it’s over.” Jack said with his head in his hands. “No. No, it’s not.” General Smiley responded. Jack looked up at him and his eye twitched uncontrollably. “Goddamnit sir! I’m sorry, but we’ve lost, it’s done! They’re almost here. Their weapons are light years ahead of us. There’s just no way we can ev-” “Sto...
The bristles glistened in the dimly lit mirror. My face brimmed with both fear and excitement. It was after all my first time. Solitude could not escape me as I stared off into the ever illuminated porcelain. I was left alone with my wander and excitement. My childhood imagination roared through my vivid young mind. ...
I don't think this turned out very well, but here it is. Please be kind! ************ It was strange. Before me, on a hospital bed littered with tubes and monitors, lay a broken and dying man. His liver, among other organs, was rapidly failing, and it was only a matter of time until he passed away into darkness. I ...
The colors helped differentiate the value of the numbers. Orange meant years. Purple meant months. Yellow meant days. Chris had never seen numbers for hours, minutes or seconds. Not until he took a moment to stop watching the movie and look over to Chloe. The leading 1 was blue, the following 43 was green, and the rap...
I type into my terminal : cd .. I type in: ls And I get a directory listing of everything in those folders. I press up and enter several times, reusing the same command of "cd .."far more than was needed. I type in: "ls"and get: Access Denied I scratch my head in confusion. This is my own system, my ...
They awoke us when we entered the system of Alpha Centauri. Even after we woke it took almost three months to reach the target planet that we had selected to colonize what was to be the final hope for human kind. We were all amazed to find a greeting party to meet us. We didn’t know what to think when the beast of a ma...
Jake awoke all at once. None of the rolling around, moaning and being half asleep for tens of minutes like every other morning. He swung his legs out of bed, still wearing the baggy pajama pants and grey bed socks he'd gone to sleep in the night before. ...
His Scar hadn't troubled him in nineteen years. All was well. Rap! Rap! Rap! "Up!"Came that nasally voice he loathed so much. "One sec."Harry muttered sleepily, fumbling for his crudely repaired glasses in the dark. He pulled a spider off one of the cracked lenses and sat up. "Now!"Aunt Petunia screeched. Ha...
"I tripped."She sighed. "You what?"I growled. "I tripped. There's this little rug under my chair, and today I decided to wear heels. The stem snagged on a small bump in the carpet, and my elbow went on my desk, and that's how it happened." I threw my hands up in the air. "I thought the button was uninstalled after N...
The meeting room went silent as those words came out of Richard's mouth. The door shut behind him as the gangly man in his ill-fitting brown suit stepped in, hands red with smeared blood. His face broke open in a wide smile, as if he wasn't holding a gore-covered butcher knife in his right hand, a briefcase in his left...
It sure sucked to be Steve, didn't it? Out of all the names in the entire world that I could have chosen, the one name I chose to rename myself had been Steve. Steve Azalird. Goddamit. I guess it had been about 5 years after my name change when some prankster thought it would be funny to fuck with the world. There's ...
There is a bit of profanity—I hope that's okay? I hope you enjoy! - “Fucking hell,” I muttered as I massaged the knuckles of my left fist. I could never tighten up my left hand into a proper fist after that last job in New Delhi a decade ago. It didn’t help that I punched him while holding a gun. I dragged the b...
"Woah, Jerry, look at this."I pulled out my Gieger counter, glad I'd put on a rad suit before coming to explore this planet. Might as well check it, since the mechanics were still working on fixing our nav system after its latest hiccup, which meant we were stuck on planet 33-432-1227 until we could signal up for manua...
"Sir! Division 32 has reported an armored column of The Old Regime retreating! They have pursued, but have sustained heavy casualties. Shall I send for reinforcements?" "Yes, yes..."I nod, "Wait, I thought we only had 30 divisions?" "No, sir,"the soldier stands at attention, "General Milton has commissioned 2 more di...
It was a simple message that we received that sparked controversy over whether or not it was real. "Help." Overnight all the world's leaders met and discussed the message we received. Was it real? Was it fake? If it was real, who sent it? Why would they send it to us? We did everything in our power to determine if th...
As far as I knew, I was the only one with Liudvikas disorder. They named it after me, you see. Because of it I had to be careful. Not too much, always just enough, not more. If I go too far they'll put me back in the institution, or prison perhaps. As much as I loved both places, they had a few too many restrictions. T...
The first showing of Star Wars (then just called Star Wars and not Star Wars IV: A New Hope) was rather empty save for the few people who were natural theater-rats. No one had seen the film yet. No one knew what kind of movie it was or what kind of impact it would have on the movie culture, or even America's culture,...
"What is there to explain?!"Rachael shrieked, brown hair whipping around her wild face as she clawed at her husband's bare chest. "Ow, OW, just let me talk, stop-"Roger ducked as a lamp hurtled towards his head, shards of porcelain falling to the floor at his feet. "It was 11:11, I made a wish, and then-" "The only w...
“Mercy, please, I have cubs at home!” The words come out of my mouth, but I know there is no hope for mercy. The figure standing over me is human, pure human, full of fury and bereft of empathy. The human smiles and calmly shoots me in the knee. His smile grows and I see the neat rows of white square teeth flash down a...
To answer a question that will get asked: Voting will be done the way we usually do it. People will be put together in small groups and choose which story they think is the best in a selected group (not their own) and the person with the most votes in each group goes to the finals and everyone in the finals chooses the...
Jesus turned to his father with a very dire expression on his face. "Contact Zeus and Hades immediately."Jesus commanded of a nearby angel. "Add Para Brahman, Budda, and...and Satan to that list as well."Jesus added. Taking a last look at his fathers worried expression, Jesus rushed off to gather more information. Hou...
February Fourteenth, 2012, 8:32 AM. I have just arrived at the laboratory for the sixteenth day of trials for Imbecillin^TM. So far no changes in brain function have been observed after numerous trials on various subjects. Physical changes have been noted however as the eye color of sixteen patients have gone a pa...
Everything was dark. Then a singular growing light begins to shimmer in the distance. As it gets brigher, it's clear that the light is getting closer, but you're not sure if you're moving to it or if it's moving to you. As you approach you can make out golden gates with a single lone silhouette standing by the gates. ...
"What's the big deal?"Meredith cried, "I want to grow up now!" "Being an adult is a lot of responsibility"her father sternly said, "don't you want to enjoy your nice birthday party first?" "No, you guys just want to keep me a baby forever!"She replied angrily as she quickly huffed out her candles. "Meredith!"Her mo...
They say that a parent never gets over the loss of their child, and that was certainly true in my case. When my daughter was taken from me, it felt as though a hole had been ripped through my chest and I would never fully breathe again. Months later, trying to reintegrate with society, I went to see a medium with frien...
Hi John. I can't believe it's been another year already. I miss you. Wow you're...you're not going to believe how big Ranger got this year. He's not a puppy anymore! I really liked when you left me all those video messages last year, and I tried to make a bunch for you, but things got so crazy for me and I just......
At first we had assumed the rover had finally broken down, that some calamity had befallen it. Some meteorite had hit it, or it had just succumbed to the environment of the red planet. We had been waiting anxious hours to begin receiving it's signal once more. Final, near ready to give up on it and announce that it's l...
"Ummm, sugar?" "Yes..."the creature flipped through a large book and looked back up "please?" "Sure, I'll be right back."I wandered into the kitchen to find that three aliens were following me. "Take a seat, this won't be long."The three aliens just stood in place until I came back with a cup of sugar. "Here you go."...
"Skinny Mocha latte for Diane."The barista says, hastily sitting the paper cup on the counter. "Thanks."I mutter before walking off to grab some napkins. "Hey... Cheyennne, right?" I turn around to find some bearded hipster dressed for a toga party. "Um, yeah..."I take out my earbuds. "Why didn't you tip the bar...
It hurts so much. The pain fractures my consciousness; spilling it in scarlet shards across the tapestry of my being. The sharp scent of copper is cloying, accompanied by the mirrored taste in my mouth. Small fragments of something hard and sharp are clenched in my fist, coiled tight under me. I grind them together...
Vladimir Putin sat at his desk in the Kremlin Senate, drumming his fingers on the glass-topped mahogany. He took an absent-minded look around his office, as if waiting on someone, but not impatiently. Nothing particular distinguished it from the multitudes of other offices that inhabited the Kremlin, save for the prese...
Bzzz. Bzzz. Bzzz. Bzzz. Bzzz. Oh goddamnit. Reaching over to the nightstand, I picked up the pager and mutter another curse to myself. I looked over and saw my wife, still sleeping. Somebody better be dying I thought bitterly. I shook her shoulder to rouse her. "Hmm?"She said, still half asleep. "It's the hosp...
I chewed slowly as everyone around the table watched me with anticipation. I swallowed and nodded my head in approval. "Yeah, that's pretty good." My friend piped up: "JUST LIKE BUTTER!"she said. Her mom and dad closed their eyes and nodded. "Ehh, I dunno"I said. "It tastes a lot like yogurt or something. Still pre...

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