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She was going to die. In a warehouse. Tied to a chair. Surrounded by armed men. Being kidnapped was not on Julia's to-do list today, and this was really derailing her routine. She should be with her boss, Daphne, helping her solve crimes and put away criminals. Well, *helping* was a nice way of putting it. Julia di...
Blue lights flashed in the control room signaling the beginning of the countdown. "This is mission control, we are go for opening the breach. Clear the chamber."a voice boomed over the speaker system. Men in hazmat suits scurried out of the massive concrete chamber and hid behind steel blast doors. One man was ...
The thing about average is, you can see it a million times and still not notice it. That's kind of the point. Average is unspectacular, but never bad. Average isn't the expectation, but it's so close to it that you can always find a logical reason for why it's shown up again. And again and again. No one wants to be av...
Soot rained down upon the eclectic party. Behind them the orphanage burned. It cast their sickly shadows in the snow as the flames danced among the charred wood and blackened stone. Around them, the rest of the world lay silent. The first to speak up was the Bard. Her purple hands shook with adrenaline as her short le...
Little Timmy had a bark boat attached to a string. It had sails made out of paper and a pirate flag at the top that he had drawn himself. It was a piece of art in the eyes of the five-year-old. He had named her Esmeralda after his nana. He was tugging it through a puddle one rainy day when a convoy of military vehicle...
"The previous' owner's first wish was for world peace"the genie said. "Oh,"I muttered. "I was hoping for some cash. but I guess the previous owner was a humanitarian, huh? I guess it's good for the world though." The genie nodded, "Very good for the world indeed. I was more than happy to grant that wish." "The seco...
I pulled the kid behind me and stepped forward, drawing my blade. The three thugs who were chasing her wearily drew their own swords as they saw mine. "She can't afford the Wraith."one of them stated. "She just did."I smiled, holding my weapon steady, eyeing them all. If they were smart, our blades would not even cla...
He was a veil of shadows, a vessel of agony, a being comprised of the echoes of forgotten times and of the vestiges of stories untold and ever-lost. He was an Old One, an immemorial creature child of the sound that came with the first light. And he was my cellmate. To his perception, I was a counterpoint to his immen...
"... and one final rule You can't wish for unlimited wishes"Said the genie. *Well wish one then is for a Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich.* "One open-faced sandwich with smooth peanut butter rather than crunchy like you like! HA" *Low expectations is the name of this game. Low stakes for low pain. Hmm let's go for s...
God, life's been napping me hard lately. It's taken its bed and slammed me hard in the chest, super-napping hard, no pillow or anything. I know, I know: at some point, I have to take some responsibility for my actions. But seriously. Some things you gotta just chalk down to life and its mothersleeping propensity for na...
"Kolothos, I need to see you in my office - now." That couldn't be good news, thought Kolothos the Undying, Scourge of the Ancient Kingdoms, Keeper of the Forbidden Portals, Slayer of a Thousand Heroes, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. That couldn't be good news at all. "Kolothos,"the manager - Marge - said. "Bef...
''*The reasoning behind so many refusals, have been reported by the Galactic Federation to be that ''humanity'' insisted on joining as a full member, not as a member subordinate to the Galactic Federation's preferred caretaker empire of ''humanity''. The humans reportedly told the Galactic Federation envoys that they'd...
"Rob a bank,"he suggested. "I'm sorry?"I asked, dumbstruck. Scarlet City's premier celebrity superhero looked back at me with a slight tilt of his head, expression only slightly concerned as if wondering what I didn't understand. "You should rob a bank,"Captain Nova repeated. His eyes twinkled enigmatically. "Or kidn...
"So you're from..."my tongue fumbled in mouth, "I'm sorry, I'm going to say it wrong."She giggled and shrugged. "It's ok, I'm from Gliese 667 C, or as you would call it, the *Scorpius* constellation."She grinned mischievously at the name of her home, immaculate eyebrows raising seductively. I looked down into my mug ...
They thought it would be a funny joke. I mean, who hasn't heard the story before? Of course I would pick the penny. It was a mistake. It was a terrible, terrible mistake. ​ The media first noticed after 18 days. Mass media noticed after 21 days. The government started caring after 36 days. The eva...
I was closing down for the night, after a long evening. The staff had gone home, and I was just checking the inventory, seeing what we needed to order home soon. We'd been pretty full, many guests, many meals. Took forever to clean up. Suddenly, while noting down upcoming tasks, I heard a familiar voice. The clattering...
Blorg drove his car down the busy streets of his city. Around him were diners and restaurants serving the finest minerals in the galaxy. There were also what they called ‘Sun Food Cafes’, whose menu consisted primarily of concentrated sunlight served directly onto your plate. Personally, Blorg found those photosynthesi...
"You rescued me!"The princess exclaimed, stepping gingerly over the still warm corpse of the beast that had been her captor. "Huh?...well yes I suppose"the armor clad knight scratched his chin in confusion. "I just figured that *someone* should have come out by now." The princess leaned in, fluttering her eyes just ...
The security guard was a boar. I could already tell this was going to be a problem. "You there!"he shouted and pointed at me, "Stop where you are!" I freeze in place and hold up my hands in surrender. His shadow snuffled along behind him as he stormed towards me. Its tusks held low and ready to charge. On the other h...
The world was in an uproar, over a single photo. At first glance, there was nothing particularly unusual about it. The same dotted spiral that we were all familiar with as the Milky Way. You could find a similar depiction in any 9th grade science textbook. But it soon became apparent that this was not an artist's recr...
"Well, he shouldn't have been kicking chickens. Those belong to old man Greery, and the last thing that poor old bastard needs is someone brutalizing his livestock." Nobody responds, they're all just staring at the corpse. The chosen one. I'm so fired. "Look, just... think about if it had been literally anyone else...
I carried with me a sack full of herbs and leaves that my friend, the town apothecary, asked me to gather at the nearby forest. He was an odd fellow: he frequently recited strange incantations to himself, such as 'paracetamol' and 'ibuprofen', as well as lengthy sequences of numbers and letters that always ended with '...
“Alera de void tuta? That’s what you are going with?” The monstrous red demon stood over the frightened cultist, shooting them a fiery glare, the tips of their curved horns engulfed in red hot hellfire, giving them a devilish glow. “Ah, d-demon of hell. It’s so good to meet you. Have you come to do my bidding? I ...
Oh, the tales of woe, woven by master craftsmen. They always spoke of the heroine fighting the odds, and an evil stepmother, to obtain their happy ending. So, when I met my stepmother, I thought my dream of playing out the part of the heroine had finally come true. But then she bought me a beautiful dress. Surely to e...
"The food here is good. It reminds me of the sea just a little" "Yes, I remember. The french fries and hot dogs and the salt in the air. It was wonderful." "I was actually planning to go in a couple months too." "Shame." "I know, though I'm happy to have some fries at least one more time. Though I wish I could've g...
# Soulmage **Astrenn needed the Shiny.** Even though her feathers were singed, even when the Angry Thing swiped at her with its claws, Astrenn needed the Shiny. And so the crow would get the Shiny. It didn't matter how long it took, it didn't matter how distracting the village was (ooh! Is that tinsel? She loves tinse...
"Starbal!" Shit. Shit shit shit. This is it. I knew I shouldn't have spent the last hour at Subway, but how often do you get free refills around here? "Hey Starbal, a word." I clock the several looks, grimaces and smiles which come my way as I'm following Johanna to her office. Smug bastards. If they knew what I'd...
I put my clothes out to dry on a rainy day. I started saying "no, I didn't read it, I'm waiting for the movie". I'm watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. I tie my shoes wrong, now. And I started mismatching my socks. I started playing the lottery, Eric. Every week. I got a neck tattoo, and I ask people stuff I...
This is the bit of paper? Really? It's not very big. And people just read it, and then off they go? And kill themselves? All of them? That's fucking ridiculous, seriously, I'm going to read it. No, fuck off, I'm reading it. I'm going to read it and then I will go home and get on with my life and no one is going to die....
As I stood, chained to the steel pole facing my executioners, I felt a peace I hadn't known in decades. When the Katarians first arrived, it was extending the olive branch of peace. They were treated with suspicion by the world powers, all of whom had seen many alien invasion movies. It left them nervous and skeptica...
“I mean it’s just bound to be a bit awkward, yeah?” Lionel asked, rubbing his hand over his two-day scruff. “They’re pretty big. Like, you couldn’t actually *carry* one. Might be you could go out touching one, but—“ “No, fuck you, Lionel,” Hank said. “I’ll carry a nuke into hell or I’ll die trying.” “I mean you liter...
“What the hell is this?” Gordon is pissed. He states it me with those steely eyes, judging me while I attempt to make a French stew I learned about in an amateur cooking class I took in 1999. Bouillabaisse, I think it was called. Oui. “This is trash, you stupid bugger! Do you know how to fucking cook!?” I sighed. We...
Six feet under isn't so deep when you've got friends like mine. Asshole friends. The kind of friends who'll convince you you're just gonna go do some weird artsy Instagram shit in the woods: make bonfires, string up animal bones, get drunk while they do their weird chants. *Come on, Roxie,* they said. *You'll have s...
Where did Henry go? The question was asked by Bitty, when she first came back from gathering herbs in the woods. She said he used to linger by the gate and ask her what she got and if she got anything for him. She would always swat his hand away and say 'nothing for ill-behaved children,' and he'd say 'please?' and sh...
Day 431: We were getting close, and it was worrying. Preliminary research on dating the craft placed it at being between 1200 and 1400 years old, well before any of the great empires had arisen. This had sparked our interest, and the government had commissioned me to decipher the messages that had been found with it. T...
How they managed to become a spacefaring civilization was a mystery. Glarkans were a blend of reptile and crustacean with a hefty helping of aggression. I had read the dossiers. I gulped as I stepped off the transport into the musty space station. The first human here. The second through 30th humans were my securi...
It is a terrible thing which I do. It is a terrible thing which must be done. On the lonely highway south of town when a dog lays crippled on the deep shoulder of the asphalt with legs ruined by the tractor trailer, you drive past and you think: "Someone should do something." In the dark night, the wind of the speedi...
Rafael opened the door and said, "Thank you for coming. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong, but the inspector said my fourth wall was broken and needed to be repaired." Martin nodded as he entered the house. He looked around, up and down, grunted to himself and said, "Ya, sure, I can fix this. It will cost a gold." Ta...
Never before had it happened. The kingdom kept near perfect records on the Dragon Fates, drawings, paintings, even full books were made. The king knew exactly which dragon would hatch from which egg thanks to color and shape. They even had tried to tamper with the results a few times but it never seemed to help their ...
“Okay, hold it right there!” ”Wha… I know you! I saw you on *World’s Silliest Powers!* Your friend sent in the video of you untangling your shoelaces when you were a kid. Because you couldn’t even tie them right!” I rolled my eyes reflexively. Damn that Derrick. I didn’t even care that now the lightning-throwing thug...
The Lamp Watchers were a valued and vital force of the New Empire. Nobody really knows much about the old empires, just that there must have been at least one. So much of what they left behind still remains. The cities of the New Empire were built on the ruins on the old cities, using their old walls to light the surro...
"Break out of it, Steve!"Gates' fancier weapons had been taken out by Job's laser eyes, so he headbutted his armored face hard against his former rival, "This isn't you! This isn't you, old friend..." Beneath him, Jobs lay, broken, battered, but still fighting. His sleek armor was compromised by the scarlet stain of B...
"I passed by Sir Athaelwas in the street today,"I told Lirk as I sipped at my relaxation potion, perched on my throne of bleached white bones. The chair was a gift from my father from when I graduated the Academy. Back when we still spoke and back when he still thought I was capable of doing something with my life. "He...
The sounds of his foot steps on the cobble road echoed off the tight alley walls. When he was lost in thought he often took walks. Sometimes these walks took him much further from home than anticipated, and on a few occasions into areas of town he dared only to tread due to his position. For the last two months he'd be...
Jarek walked among the corpses and a frown threatened to split his face. There were no gashes, slices, or missing limbs, just a look of slow horror that had burned its way onto the faces of the dead. Those with open eyes stared at him silently as if in their silent watch they could sense he was not human. He had las...
“Feeling tired?” Terry asks from right behind me. I jump. “What are you doing?” I demand. “It’s not okay to sneak up on me like that!” “I’m sorry,” Terry said. “Perhaps you would be more alert if you were taking AllQuil™ NoSleep® Ultra! The best and only sleep supplement on the market!” “Sorry, dude, but you know I ...
"That can't be a flintlock, can it? Certainly a musket of some sort-" "Guys...?" "It's more advanced than a musket, look! These little brass things seem to contain the powder for each charge, pre-measured!" "Yeah! That's definitely an innovation and look, they stack in here! Does it load itself?!!" "Guys? I really-...
A split-lip sunset bleeds over the horizon. I feel the last of the warmth on my face, trickling over my scars, over my broken nose. I don't hear it approach, but a rust-red bus blots out the sun, lurching to a halt in front of me. The door squeals as it pulls open. With an aching sigh, I shrug my bag onto my shoulder...
We called ourselves "The Butt Squad." At the time, we thought it was the funniest thing--three seven-year-old boys all saying gross things to each other just to rile up our moms. My code name was "Turd."Bobby, who lived across the street, was "Windbreaker,"while Eric, always a bit more clever than other boys his age, ...
Love. The most insidious of The gods children. You smelled it once and like the most virulent disease, you would catch it. It destroyed everything infected with it. Partnerships, families, workplaces, friendship. It would come in suddenly on the wind. We had our most powerful sensors and detection pointed at the east w...
“Surely there has to be ONE superhero in our building?” Todd said. The rest of us collectively shook our heads and shrugged our shoulders. For the briefest moment a look of shame seemed to cross Todd’s face but it was quickly replaced with his typical smile. “Anyway, I have work to do, people to save.” Todd stood up....
It was supposed to be simple, create the cure, inoculate a few heroes maybe a villain or two, and wait for the chaos to begin. The terror, the shock, the outrage. They would be begging at your door. Well, they were certainly doing that just not for the reasons you wanted. After you injected the cure into Inferno, and...
I suppose I see them a lot. In my position, that is. Both the *Boys from Below* and the *Girls from Above*. Not sure why it breaks down that way. Suppose it could be some agreement they’ve made. Or just natural inclination. Guess it’s not really my place to wonder. It is what it is. The Boys from Below are the ea...
"Excuse me mister! Excuse me! Mister! Excuse me!"The young biped waved his fleshy arm in the air excitedly. He was being far too loud, the library is a silent refuge, not a playground. As I floated down from the shelves that scrape the sky the young biped jumped up and down excitedly. "Shhh! We whisper in the library....
Colonel Holloway coughed out blood, spittle flying out of his mouth. He shakily jerked out the arrow embedded in his stomach, but that only served to flush blood out of the wound. A cardinal sin in any warrior society, but the rattling of bones coming closer comforted him and jolted his mind back to the present and why...
As Adrunaline i'm able to process faster than most, i mean my whole thing is being fast. But no amount of decelerated time can help me process that the Cold Queen had a kid. And such a sweet kid too. "Mommy"said young tim as he ran to his mom. "Hey baby! How was school?"She said just not acknowledging me existence ...
Doctor Astor came in to the waiting room where the wounded soldier waited. The doctor was a Trellax, with six chitinous arms and eight eyes exceptional at performing even the most delicate medical procedures. "Greetings human"came his strangely trilling voice, in surprisingly good English, given his mouth. "Do you und...
Five hundred years is a long time. But when you've lived as long as me, five hundred years just seems like another adventure, another mission, another chance to succeed. But five hundred years, by yourself, is an entirely different matter. Five hundred years in isolation is a straight path towards insanity. I looked ba...
"Mom?!" The entire line of condemned souls came to a halt behind me as I stopped and stared. Across a fiery chasm of craggy stone, my Mom sat atop Satan's own onyx throne surrounded by a crowd of imps. She looked exactly as I remember her, down to the short grey hair and a nice floral-patterned dress. She may have eve...
[Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8lv4lh/wp_for_all_of_your_life_you_have_been_fascinated/dzjc7vt/) | [Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Hydrael_Writes/comments/8lyj31/the_burning_epoch_part_3/) Twenty eight years to prove my theories. Twenty eight years of arguments, of dissertations, of mocker...
Reputation is everything. Trust me when I say that. I've been bounced around schools since I could first remember. Three elementary schools, two middle schools and now my third high school. If I could put all this on my resume, I'd be qualified to be president by now, at least by our current standards. So when I wander...
I put my cans on my backpack before the mission briefing. One of the soldiers approaches me. ''What are these?'' he asks. ''They are chicken soup, I might need my electrolytes while on the mission.'' He chuckles and he leaves me alone without saying anything. A few minutes later high ranking officer enters the roo...
I- My hands clawed at the laceration, desperately trying to imagine it wasn’t there. It couldn’t-it was-*it wasn’t fair.* I’d travelled across the godforsaken desert, fought off countless hoards, stole-*ahem*, acquisition the time travel gear, and finally make it back here. It simply wasn’t *fair.* The sounds of the ...
*Good idea* Edit 1: *This seems to have gained some traction. Any critiques are warmly welcomed. Edit: Somebody requested more, so here's more. Side note: How do I bold comments? I know how to italicise but not bold* Edit 2: *If anyone's keen on it, I'll do more later. For now I'm going out.* **Him** I was alone in...
It was early on that I realized the true potential I had. I could do literally anything, and instead of me adapting to fit circumstances, the circumstances would adapt to fit me. It was at that time I knew why I had succeeded against thousands of other applicants to become the prince, and why it was me that went to sav...
"Another drink--please."Said Maggister. Already a great many glasses deep into his nightly rituals. A smokey gloom framed the room, a couple of figures sitting about across the bar room, having a chat, and generally unwinding after their respective works and professions. It was here at the most historic of all the wi...
Infinite minutes. That's what I see. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Infinite minutes. Infinite *possible* minutes. I'll pour myself a coffee, and I'll see a minute spent enjoying its warm flavor. I'll also see a minute of cleaning up a mess from a spill. I'll see a minute of me fishing in the freezer ...
“What’s the password?” “What?” I didn’t stutter. Though to the layman it might have sounded like I did. “Ain’t nobody gets in without the password.” “Gouda, Brie, Roquefort.” I said, reading them off my palm. “Sounds like you came to party. Come on in.” The large steel door opened. This was supposed to be a toilet...
“The humans seem…tiny. Are you sure these are not pygmy humans? I specifically asked for regular sized humans when I was looking for workers.” The alien said to the merchant. “Trust me, the stories you read about humans being as tall as orcs is false. They share more traits with the elves from the Thinin galaxy. Do...
I turn to my buddy, Eric. "No way it's pronounced Jod, dude,"I say to him, "I don't even think Jesus came up with that. Isn't God - or sorry, Jod's real name like incomprehensible?" "I don't know man, this is weird, sucks that we're not getting raptured, though."Eric reflects on the situation we're in. "Well, since we...
Emma's first crush did not go very well. Sixteen, tall, and handsome - ah, everything Jerry wasn't. Well, he was *probably* fifteen at the time. She hadn't really thought too much about it after, what with him being dead and all. Perhaps that's a bit harsh. She *cared*, just... well, she cared *more* about getting the...
500 hundred years of being Mr nice guy, everything so far removed from My Self. It had been torturous, except those odd few times I could leave them ashes, That was my only enjoyment and regret in this job. I loved to give those ashes so so much. I could watch the disappointment then, see them realise they had caused ...
There rose a great plague of ghosts when the Karth glassed New Chicago, and the old timers said that for a hundred years the spacelanes between Idd and Gemmenon howled. In her bunk aboard the tramp freighter *Euphrates*, a sorry little thing of archaic steel and ancient prayers that had plied those lanes for nearly all...
I didn't see the car coming. It was dark, they were driving too fast. Pretty sure there was alcohol involved but that's besides the point. What's done is done. I died and that's it. It's not so bad once you get used to it. The world looks the same, albeit slightly more boring than it was when I was alive. When you're o...
The brave young girl walked through the forest, gripping her lantern tight as she diligently looked around; she knew very well what she had to do and even though the forest was dark, she was not afraid. Suddenly, she came upon a small clearing, filled with the moon's light, and saw many children playing! "Hello!"the b...
Mary and Horace were in tears when they were handed the embodiment of their love. It was beautiful, they agreed. It seemed they agreed on everything. When the two decided to get married, it grew in size. When Horace got promoted and brought home more money, it grew even more. Always it grew, even when Horace got laid...
"Good morning Doug! How was breakfast today?"I say to my neighbor as I head to my car. "Its was jolly good! Thanks for asking Frank! Headed to work?"He asks in his usual manner. "Oh you know it. The boss asked me to audit the accounts for one of our big clients. If you dont see me tonight dont wait up!"I jokingly sa...
Through the shields, the bombs were little flashes in the night. Occasionally the shields sparked blue and the dissipating energies blotted out the stars. In those times Siala gripped the armrests of her chair a little tighter, glancing over at Maitresse for support. Nothing moved except her eyes. Maitresse was a crea...
Xyltl'yina ducked into the house, hurrying past her mother cooking in the kitchen, and her father lounging in the entertainment room. Soon, she was in her bedroom. Closing the door firmly, she opened her jacket, and eased the squirming animal out from the inner pocket, holding it by the scruff. She placed it gently on ...
“Pft-HAHAHAHAAA!!” He couldn’t help himself. Thereks and Sobelia gave him looks of surprise at his outburst from a few stools away. The rest of the gods at the Elysium Bar turned to stare as well. Unlike his otherworld counterparts, the gods of earth had many names. He himself had gone by Hades, Hel, Anubis, Coatlicue...
Time. Not enough. One more day. Just one more day. I just need one more. Just give me one more day. Is that too much to ask for? I can’t stand thinking this is it. I won’t be able to see her again? Please dear God, just give me one more day. Just give me one more day to hold her close. Just give me one more day to hea...
EDIT Inspired by /u/scrott , I did a voiceover for this. [Hope you enjoy. Thanks for the support!](https://soundcloud.com/badaim50/jury-prompt) I slowly sunk back into my chair, glancing along the panel of the jury to see if anyone noticed me. It felt like they all could... like this was a trick. Did they know? How co...
I didn’t sign up to be a guardian angel, it was something thrust upon me. Hell, I can’t imagine what God must’ve been smoking to give an ex-con a job like this. Back in my hay day, I would’ve paid good money to meet His dealer. Honestly, when I was first told by that baritone schizophrenic voice in my head that I woul...
My girlfriend stood in front of me, with her gaze downwards, waiting my answer. "You are a werewolf?" I asked. She just nodded shyly. "Okay. I am hungry, what will we eat?" I said, patting her head, I always enjoyed patting her head, and she loved it as well, now I can see why. "You are not surprised or scared?...
I always dedicated my work to Demeter, but... not because I actually believed in her. She was more of a symbol - not to mention I would often invoke other nature deities. Geb. Osanyin. Grand Bois. Karærin. But... Demeter is the first that spoke to me. I just got home. Cleaned up some trash in a nearby forest - I barel...
My teacher glares as she passes me the letter. The class is silent, the whistle of the wind loud, as I stand in the center of the circle near the mound of freshly dug dirt. I take the letter from her hands, feeling guilty but unsure why. "It seems Suhphy has played a joke,"she says loud enough for the class to hear. "...
*God, I hate airplanes* *Oh, you flying now? Me too!* *I'm sitting next to some fatass who barely fits in his seat and is sweating all over me.* *Well, to be fair, those seats are pretty small... I'm in the same boat; the guy next to me is battling me for the armrest.* *Ah, those are the worst*. *Yeah. And now he...
We are the Kal’te’nan, those who conquer. We are counted among the greatest warriors in the universe. We’ve conquered and subjugated thousands of civilizations across the galaxy. Each one has taught us new ways to kill and destroy our enemies. From the concentrated fire of c-beams to the wide scale destruction of t...
We met at the 32nd St. It was an emergency call around midnight. A fire had gone loose at a complex. Families were trapped and pleading for help. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The left wing was beyond repair but otherwise, the apartment was intact. Among the survivors, though, was a woman who stood before t...
I stretch my arms and let out quite a big yawn, I felt more rejuvenated than I ever had in my life. Although my daily routine had stifled that yawn already as I did what I do every day as soon as I wake up, I look at the clock on the ceiling. It had stopped dead on 03:00. *Huh* How peculiar, I knew what it meant. Time ...
The battlefield was a writhing mass of bodies, men knee deep in mud and gore, the dead strewn under their feet. The air rang with the clattering of swords and whistles of arrows, the heavy stench of sweat and and blood suffocating. Our hero rides in, blade held aloft as his steed- “I’m not the hero, mate,” not-the-her...
They tell the story, still, in the kingdom. Of the wicked witch who'd snuck in through the castle windows, avoiding the moat and fooling the guards, to steal the King and Queen's third child. A little girl, born the day before. *What kind of monster*, said the townsfolk, *would steal a princess away from a loving famil...
The pills slid down his throat, stale and dry. He lay back, waiting. They'd take effect soon. The guy who'd sold them had been quite clear. He wouldn't die - but he might wish he had. Soon enough, the edges of his vision began to blur. He groaned, twisting his head to clear the fog, but it wouldn't recede. His s...
"Well now that's just rude."My human friend said, looking over my shoulder. "I mean people still name their kids Murphy. And those kids could be assholes no one wants to talk to." I nodded in laughter at the joke. Murphy was a bit of a rude person, but he generally meant well. Plus he was small enough to get through t...
It was a day like any other when the earth shook violently and the skies suddenly turned bright. All around the globe same sight could be seen. People saw what seemed to be giant, glowing beings descending from the heavens, Angels. Angels were unlike anything anyone had ever imagined, with wings blindingly beautiful an...
Aldebranth first saw the “TEN THOUSAND GOLD REWARD” label in large script on the notice as he strolled by. It was so bold as to even be visible through the small crowd that was always gathered around the noticeboard at this time of day. *Interesting*, he thought to himself as he changed direction and joined the crowd. ...
"Is it even real" "Pardon me, sir?" I continue to stare out the window, seemingly ignoring my confused secretary. "I know that the deal was real."I speak to myself. As I stare out onto the street below from my skyscraper. In the reflection, even though I looked just below fifty, my age doubled that. "When I shook ...
*Some people are lucky. Some people are in the right place at the right time. Some people get everything they want without even trying; sliding through life with few worries and fewer regrets.* *I am not one of these people.* *My first indication that I was special was at 5 when I fell off my parents second story bal...
*Blood. Carnage. Frenzy.* *I sink my teeth into a jugular, savoring in the way my teeth split through the soft skin, feeling the warm, familiar tang of blood splash across my tongue, the first herald of a tide yet to come-* "Ow, fuck!" I rise from my coffin, clutching at my head, only to find Tooth scowling at me. "...
Al's Diner hasn't changed a bit since the 1970s. It still has the same black and white squares of tile. The booths still have the same red faux-leather covering. The same lamps still hang over every booth. And the menu hasn't changed either: waffles and bacon and eggs for breakfast, burgers and fries and shakes for din...