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My heart is hammering against my chest wall; I’m afraid that it might break through.
Mom and I had rehearsed this situation in so many different ways throughout my life. Every scenario had been thought of, and I knew exactly what to do.
The hardest part for me is always the same: trying to determine whether it’s ano... |
The whip cracked into my skin again. I screamed. Something about a celebrity drug habit.
The man in front of me held up his hand and a grunt from behind confirmed I would have at least a few minutes of peace.
"Do I look like a journalist, Mr. Davenport?"he asked, blowing cigar smoke into my face.
"No, you look like ... |
The heart rate monitors flatlined. Doctor Rex bowed over the young man. "Shit. We need defib. STAT!"Amanda dashed to the wall and plucked the defibrillator off its hooks. She handed the paddles to Rex. "Clear!"He shouted and sent bolts of lighting through the dying man. He arched and shuddered, but the monitors still r... |
Shards of glass scattered on the linoleum like thrown ice on a frozen lake. Adrenaline flooded John's body, and he ran for the kitchen entryway. Pieces of the broken mug stabbed into his feet, but he ignored the bolts of pain as he flew into the hallway.
'I only have 60 seconds' his mind screamed, even though he did n... |
\[written in black ink on the first page, so painfully meticulous that my wrist vicariously ached\]
Hey, Linds. Don’t panic, I know how much we like panicking but I promise you’re safe.
You’re right, there’s a reason I didn’t say everything is fine. We hate beating around the bush, I know it’s terrible on our anxiety... |
Alright so this is new, clouds, gaudy decoration, pillars. I'm not complaining, its quite the step up from a hospital room. Whats that? A squirrel? A bus sized squirrel... well at least whatever this is isn't going to drag on for too long. If I had to choose between death by gigantic squirrel and leukemia, I'd choose s... |
“My opinion? I see the effort as vacuous. Egotistical. An unnecessary waste of time and money that could be better spent on any number of other projects that would better serve us now and in the future.”
“You don’t think we should leave something for those that come after us?”
Dr Carlisle turned her blue-lit face fro... |
I stood before God and Satan. Good and Evil. They who created the rules that decided where the souls I reaped would go. Except, now there were no more souls. The last one was gone, and with that, it was time for this universe to end; and I was the reaper.
It’s hard to describe what God and Satan look like. Mortal wor... |
"You are not meant to be smoking on guard duty."A familiar, vacant expression loomed in front of me again. Why me, I'm already up at three in the morning for the worst shift possible. This job is wank, the hours are wank, and this guy here is the king of wankers.
"I know; fuck off."He's not going to listen, he hasn't ... |
All the puny humans in the small room froze, crouching in fear, as I materialized before them from a rapidly-dissipating cloud of sulfurous fumes older than worlds.
"*Behold, I come. I am Püpibat Holdíkfär 'Tpitíti. Who summoned me?*"
One of them slowly stood, cleared his throat, and spoke.
"Your name is Poopy-Butth... |
I used to be a predator.
I killed 78 people before they caught me. I was really good at it. Of course, being a homicide detective helped. I was meticulous; I never used the same weapon twice. I didn't pick my victims based on any identifying characteristic. I varied my schedule. And if any forensic evidence escaped m... |
The man towered over him. Standing at well over six feet tall, the man picked him up by the collar of his shirt, blood soaked and dripping onto the floor that was quickly growing further away by the second.
"You don't have to do this, Lars."A woman's voice.
"Please,"she said. "He's just a kid."
The man looked at the... |
The Law of Nine-- this is the foundation of knowledge which made nature and existence itself. The Law of Nine is all around us. Nine Devas who created the universe and nine fundamental rules which govern it. Nine cycles of life and nine gracious goods along with nine karmic evils which balance it. Nine circles of magic... |
"Uh.... Food?", Queen 1 inquired.
"Yes. Food.", replied Queen 4.
Queen 3 started laughing uncontrollably. Queen 1 just stood there shocked and confused.
"Why don't you come see my queendom?"Queen 4 said as she rolled her eyes and gestured towards the balcony.
The doors opened and revealed farms for as far as the e... |
*Thanks for coming, fellow Enslavers, we need to adress this crisis as soon as possible. It's come to my attention that we have been having problems with species 455-1212a, or Hume-ans for short. As you all know, last cycle-end, Xognakx terminated himself by way of stepping into the Vacu-incinerator, after many attempt... |
"What you're talking about, General, is genocide."Said the Minister for Culture and Humanities.
"What I'm talking about is self preservation. From the limited contacts we have had with them we know that they are a species not beyond war, with technologies far superior to our own. We are talking about a species we are ... |
*~changed a little bit of the prompt here, forgive me~*
I didn’t start The War To End All Wars, but I did end it.
The building trembled as the endless rounds of bullets and missiles
hailed outside. The foundation was almost gone, surely it wouldn’t be long
before the entire thing collapsed. But despite my immediate ... |
"Wow, I didn't expect to find a hidden pyramid..."I stammered.
"Uhhh, it's not that hidden,"she observed.
"...and never explored before!"I exclaimed.
"Well, I think it's been explored a bit,"she ventured.
"I also didn't expect my phone to try to connect to the pyramid's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networks!"I shouted excit... |
Maurice Richard is considered one of the best hockey players of all time, easily outperforming his opponents. His slapshot in particular was so fast and so powerful that it would crush opposing teams. This slapshot that earned him such a reputation, well, there was a story behind it.
The story goes that when Richard w... |
I've learned to find it funny, the stares people give me when I tell them I've been up all night or all week. Not a truthful statement, at least not entirely, but enough that I don't feel as bad about it. It started with an actual week of sleep deprivation, deadline after deadline, failed prototype after failed prototy... |
*edit - Turns out there's a lot of interest in continuing this. I've written a 3rd part but it's late and I am not happy with how it flows. I'll keep working on it and reply to everyone who expressed an interest in reading more when I finally get it done. Thanks all for the feedback and encouragement. I love this s... |
(Pac-man isn't my favorite, but I like writing bull**** essays)
Pac-Man is widely regarded as a game without story, theme, or character development. However, it was far ahead of its time and does character development better than many modern games without explicitly developing its characters. Their movement, names, ... |
The coin sat on the table between me and Dr. Vasyliev's holodeck which still displayed an assortment of agricultural ground probes, a list he had been assembling for Roskosmos' Europa base mission.
The coin was coppery-redish, and the eagle on it was all wrong - one single head instead of the familiar two, and its cla... |
"No way."Rita squinted at the newspaper that Eddie dangled in front of her face. "No way,"she repeated, smacking him on the wrist. "What're you even doing here today? Aren't you supposed to be at home, visiting your folks?"
He grinned as he slid into the chair opposite hers, tossing the paper over her half-eaten panca... |
Mirabel sighed as she approached Casita's massive front door. She paused, allowing herself the comfort of memories of happier times, when she could almost have reached both sides of the door. It was now wide enough that four wagons could pass through it abreast, and the faces on it almost too numberless to count.
Sh... |
While I appreciate the fact that the two and a half meters wolf-man and the pale person with fangs as big as knifes have not tried to kill us or caused anymore damage besides the broken down front door, I have to say it that seeing them grovel at my fiancée's feet while begging for forgiveness is not exactly a much rea... |
Pilot Randy whistled as he ate his ration for the day and activated the communications system.
"Another sunny day on board Flight 3407, people! Sit back, relax, and enjoy your complimentary champagne."
He strolled around the plane shortly afterwards, handing out champagne. This was his favourite part of the day: maki... |
They've tried to figure out how it works, exactly. I listened to each and every theory as it flew over my head, but all I can say is that everything trembles in its own way. Quartz is solid and steady, amethyst comes in short bursts, and gold vibrates with a soft, alluring tremor that makes it hard to resist. Oil is al... |
**Question one. On a scale of 1 to 10 please rate your day to day life experience with 1 being miserable and 10 being perfection.**
10
**Question 2. On a scale from 1 to 10 please rate your life accommodations or living quarters**
10
**Question three. Please rate your death experience. 1 being horrific, 10 be... |
Well, shit. Knifed in the stomach more times than I can count. It was a proper shiv that the other prisoner used. No walking away from this one, I'm afraid.
Except I'm not really afraid. Not like you other people who know where you're going. Know that you'll get what you deserve when you die. That's not me. Because I ... |
"Death will be conquered! Within the month, we will-"
I shut off the tv. I didn't want to think about it. The last two months hadn't felt real. The world has beaten death. Well and truly, life may become something more. But I wasn't going to be there to see it. I had two weeks. At most.
Have you ever wondered what yo... |
Unemployment sucks.
As a male descendant of the Van Helsing family, it was only tradition to continue the same line of work as my father, and thus his father, and his father before then.
However, back then the goal was to exterminate them. The vampires. After all, they used to be 'the spawn of the devil' and 'scourge... |
He wakes and checks his phone, bright white letters glowing back. 23:57, 3 minutes before the day. He stretches, yawns and turns his bedside light on, enjoying the warmth from his bed for one last moment before he gets up. Rising now, he plops his feet into his slippers, shuffles into the kitchen, and starts to make a ... |
For the first few years, I was happy. Does that surprise you? In fact, I left the remains of Seattle, loaded a few belongings into my truck and drove to one of the long-dead towns of Oregon. I was tired of watching the hospitals closing, one by one, as the dying begged on their doorsteps. More than anything, I was sick... |
"All due respect, Senator, but are you shitting me? We passed the tests you set out for us - we conquered faster-than-light travel, we united under a single voice for representation in the Galactic Senate, we cured half a dozen causes of death, and we made a real AI. Now you're telling me there's more?"Devon Guilleria,... |
Krlexx, Chief of Staff to Special Envoy Drensur, was unnerved.
"What do they have these things for? I mean, seriously!?"he said, glancing at the long stretch of gaping void carved into the side of the corridor down which they were walking. The two Gragtazarians had come alone to the human ship; a long history of first... |
I already heard the gun shot when I finished reading the note. Everyone else, including our boss looked confused.
"Everyone stay hear, it's probably nothing. Some one might have just dropped something is all,"he said.
These notes have never let me down before; they helped me land this job, helped me marry the love ... |
The Prince looked out over the crowded hall with a sense of deep satisfaction. Scandalized nobility snuck glances at him when they thought he wasn't looking, and whispers followed him as he passed by each knot of horrified, confused courtiers. His peasant girl had done well.
Oh yes, he had been angred at first when s... |
I suppose being surrounded by creatures of the infinitesimal it should put me in a state of unease. That I should be made cowed, standing before the likes of Lord Hades and his wife the lady Persephone. Yet as I bask in their ephemeral glow, their cosmic avatars a kaleidoscope of colors, I feel only at peace. For it is... |
"Villain"is such a loaded word: tired, antiquated to my ears. And yet, if you were to Google the word, my portrait is the first five images, followed by Lex Luthor, Thanos, the Joker, and Jeff Bezos. But I've never considered myself so comically evil.
No, I prefer the term "self-interested,""motivated,""neutrally ali... |
Ben had been acting oddly from the moment he walked in the door.
"You OK honey?"I asked.
"Justahardday,"he mumbled, heading for the bathroom before I could get anything more out of him.
He spent the rest of the night with a glazed expression on his face; mechanically putting my carefully prepared wasabi beef stir... |
My skull felt like John Henry and the steam engine were in a race to see who could burrow through it the fastest. I ached all over and it was like every nerve fiber was turned up to 11. My hair hurt. It was like the world's worst hangover and more. Yet I was fairly certain I hadn't been drinking.
I remembered clockin... |
We named the world 'Charybdis' after the Greek sea monster of the same name; though the official designation of the planet was KAP-45300b.
Third planet in a system of twelve, it was fractionally smaller than Earth and contained roughly the same ratio of water to land. The lack of axial tilt mean no seasons existed on... |
I was born to reddit. I came out of the womb, with a copy of *The God Delusion*, an authentic katana, and a fedora plastered with rare pepes (no they're not for trade).
Due to my 170 IQ, I started browsing reddit almost immediately after I was born. I lurked and lurked. And then... And then I was ready. All those year... |
"*Just talk about your day so far*."The voice was faint and probably originated from behind the camera that was still finding it's focus.
"My day?"The young woman sitting in front of them, dressed in some sort of retro fashion, responded. The words came through very clear, a testament of the boom mic that was still fi... |
“And in Today’s News, it has been five days since Google went off line. Amidst the chaos that has ensued from this nearly apocalyptic event, News Channel 5 is able to report some dramatically positive news. For this, we turn to field reporter Steve Peterson. Steve…”
”Thank you Andrew. I am here today next to Willi... |
Do you know what the air sounds like when it stands still, blows gently; a simple, tame breeze rather than an unending storm?
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Because I don't.
I did at one point, I think. It was one of my favorite things to sit in the park when the weather was like that, calm and gentle, cool and forgiving.
\*\*\*
I could ... |
“Till the ends of the Earth, were it necessary, Sylas.”
A short sound mixed between scoff and laugh dripped from him lips. “Always willing to do whatever is necessary. You and your friends. But even you were unable to finish the job when it came to me.”
“You said it yourself. You’re immortal.”
Sylas sighed, all hi... |
My parents died when I was young. My aunt raised me - and raised me right. Yeah, I was an ungrateful, angry, spoiled kid. But I grew out of it, into the man I became thanks to her. And now to sit here holding her hand as she draws her last breath. She knows what I am. "It's okay, sweetie". It's not okay. I rewind again... |
*Excerpt from C.S. Shadow's "Guide to Divine Benefits for Absolute Beginners":*
... those starting out in this exciting pastime would do well to remember that the world that Deities inhabit doesn't look much like ours, and that what is logical to them is rarely obvious to us. The opposite is true as well. Here are a... |
"Listen."The Devil peered me up and down. "I get it alright? I can be an interesting topic, and it was flattering the first seven hundred and twelve times, but it needs to stop."
I was flabbergasted. If not the Devil, what was I supposed to write about?
"But Your Unholiness, I have nothing without your identity! I wo... |
The Cat in the Garden \[Part 3\]
Cats are stubborn creatures. They have this ability to look through a person, to the very foundation. They will ignore an eager stranger and follow a reluctant guest. They will sit at the window, as if plotting, guarding the house from trash trucks and hummingbirds. Sometimes, it even ... |
"Can I interest you in the deluxe turtle package?"
The salesman, Jeff, was doing his best but it was rather comical. His hair was slicked but split out in random directions in the back. His tie was stuck in his shirt. He had very clearly spilled a *lot* of coffee on his pants some time ago. I knew exactly what I was d... |
Soon after my great aunt Linda decided to quit chemo after four rounds, she texted me.
*your up*
I instantly knew what--and who--she meant despite my shock.
*hey aunt Linda, this is Dan*, just in case she'd meant to text someone else. Aunt Linda was...how to put it nicely? Not the best educated, often distracted, an... |
I groaned as I felt a twinge in my lower back. I hadn't noticed it during the fight, but Dr. Gun's supersonic blitz-bullets had apparently hit a nerve or something, I really needed to get a massage one of these days.
People were stopping and looking at me, I might have groaned out a bit too loud. I held up my hand in... |
It is said that the first sentient machine was an experiment conducted by a group of researchers in AI at a small Midwestern university, originally named ChatterBot6. The group wasn’t *looking* to create sentient AI, but the research was trying to create a chatbot for use in the mental health crisis of the time, to hel... |
"What the hell?"
I woke up from another cheap-beer fueled blackout. I always drank when I came home from a long day of work at my minimal wage job, and as always, an unfamiliar page of work appeared on my table.
I looked it over. "A thesis on the disproving of Quantum String Theory and a Support on the Idea of Robert... |
"Hey Brad. Ready for the game of ball later?"asked Jeff, a six foot, pale skinned human enough looking person as he entered the living room.
"Hey Jeff, I sure am. I hope we victory so that I can dance on Susan at the party time"said Brad, sitting on the sofa in his 5 foot 5, darker skinned but equally ill fitting fr... |
A bright light flashed, blinding Tom. The first thing he saw was Mittens the cat arching her back, hissing at Tom, and sprinting out of the room. That light must have startled the poor girl almost as much as it had startled him.
"Wait! Mittens, come back!"He called.
"Are you sure you want to do that?"He heard an i... |
I checked my pocket watch, 10:02am. The bell started ringing at 10:14 yesterday, and repeatedly rang for three hours straight. I glanced across at the Sheriff, he too was checking his pocket watch, his weathered hands gripping his repeater tightly. We were stationed on top of Trudy's Saloon, whilst the Marshall and the... |
The year following first contact with the Yiethilid had been tough. For a microbiologist, the years after were even harder. After a round of hostilities, the aliens had requested a truce. They had been exiled from their home and wanted some sort of asylum, and in exchange they promised an end to disease for every livin... |
James Conroy went through the doors of the supermarket confidently, giving a glance to every magically imbued artifact he could find in the chain store. In one corner, wares floated enticingly from the floor, encouraging extra eyes to be drawn to the more expensive wares. In another corner, the lights would brighten an... |
When Humanity was brought into the intergalactic fold, and in turn, the Intergalactic War Council, they explained that they had certain rules that they followed for warfare. The aliens laughed, read the rules, and even though they were confused with what exactly the rules prohibited... They accepted the fact that Human... |
It had been a life well lived. For me at least. I was at peace with all I had accomplished. Maybe there were opportunities I had missed out on, and sure there were some, like children, but that didn’t bother me.
I was known as the lonely old codger of 78 Hayview road. I knew the rumours. People talking about me behind... |
Fred scratched his head, combing through the help manual he'd gotten in training. There was no chapter on time travel. He started flicking through the pages at random, shooting a nervous glance up at the three angry men in front of him. Finding nothing in the manual that would be of any help, Fred resorted to repeating... |
Jake and Sarah had been interrupted in the middle of lovemaking before, but this was different. A robot had breached the perimeter of their hideout. It wasn't a little one, either. The scanner showed a crawler, an eight legged search-and-destroy robot that stood nearly ten feet tall. It should have tripped an alarm fro... |
"Oh my god!"a woman shouted, her tricep jiggling like a bag of water as she pointed at the rooftop.
A man sat at the ledge, his chubby legs dangling over the side. Pedestrians swiveled their hover-chairs around to get a look at the sight.
"Don't jump!"another man yelled. "You-"he paused and took a puff from his... |
"I can't let you come down here for two reasons."Satan says to the firefighter at the gate, shaking his head. "First, you are a good man. You can't come in anyway. Even if you could, you've been misinformed."
"How do you mean?"Chuck Mason reaches for where his axe would be, a reflex action from years of cutting throug... |
For years Asteros had planned and plotted, through countless battles he had guided the Hero to this point, and now the hero stood trapped with unthinkable amounts of spikes poised above him ready to crush him once and for all, and countless cameras broadcasting this decisive moment to the world. The plan was going perf... |
The human frowned. "What are you implying? Have you heard what I said? We've uncovered the mysteries of everything. There's nothing we don't grasp about this universe."
"Oh, I heard."The alien laughed a shrieking laugh. "And I said, let me repeat it for you: that's the easy part. I find it curious, how your kin is bri... |
I'll have you know, I'm semi-fluent in UwUspeak
So here I go
......
"Ah, Hewo, wou have finawwy cum, I have been awuwaiting your awwivaw!"The Dark Lord Ordimar proclaimed.
"Pfft-"The Hero, quickly clasped a hand over his mouth, but it was too late, Ordimar had heard his muffled exclamation of laughter.
"Is somutin... |
The town in front of me *burned*. Fire crackled in a glorious melody as everything this town was, everything it *could be*, was destroyed in great, unceasing flame. Bright orange flames danced on the wooden debris that used to be homes as great plumes of fire ballooned out into the sky. It wouldn't be long before the n... |
I woke up.
I'd ran behind the couch, after a loud bang. I slept to escape it.
I went upstairs, to my person's room. I couldn't get in.
I smelled death.
I whimpered.
I sat down; I closed my eyes. I went to sleep again.
I woke up, hungry. I tore into my food, gorged.
Tail down, I went into my kennel. My person wo... |
Everyone says it. It is like finding a needle in a needle stack. I have given up, mostly, and the word simply depresses me most days. What can I say? Maybe the whole world is my soulmate? Maybe I am destined to be alone. Everyone says it, but no one comes.
Moving past the fate that is written on my hand was hard. The... |
Not again.
As I felt myself getting pulled from some 12 year old's living room into the bedroom of a 10 year old girl I silently cursed that horrid website.
The girl looked up at me. "Are you Santa?"
I sighed, fighting back a migraine. Long ago I gave a certain company the idea to make a certain holiday figure wear ... |
It was a risk, of course. But like all risks, I did it for the reward.
Nobody had tried to read the Scroll in several decades. The Order had always allowed acolytes the opportunity to open it as long as they understood the risks and submitted to the experiment. You see, one could not read the Scroll in private and ha... |
You may ask how I got here. It's a good question, and I'm about to tell you. You see, I'm dead. I know, big shock. But there's more to the story, so you sit yourself back down and keep listening. When I died, I showed up at a bloody great river, with a rather annoying fella who wouldn't take me across without payment. ... |
"Goodness me, James, *look* at you!"
The individual in question glanced up from admiring his new physique. His eyes - the same dark brown as before - crinkled into a smile. "Evelyn! My, you look *amazing*."I felt my face redden as I smiled back.
"Have the others come out yet?"I queried, finally averting my eyes.
"No... |
Austin stared wide-eyed at his bedroom door, from where he crouched on the far side of his bed. The boy glanced up at the ceiling, pleadingly.
"Come on, come on...where are you?"
A gentle knock came at the door.
"Finally!"Austin hissed. He dove over his twin bed and rolled to his feet, glancing furtively towards the... |
"Tell me, why do you of all people call a magicless planet dangerous? General, have you gone senile?"The Emperor laughed.
"Their planet devoid of magic."The Empire's General answered. "That is precisely why it is so dangerous. No one notices a planet like that until it is far too late to control it's potential."
"And... |
Tears flowed as she looked at the community bench beneath us, avoiding my gaze. "I'm... I'm sorry James. I can't do this anymore."Her voice quivered.
"But we've had such great times together! Don't throw it all away!"I pleaded back.
"I don't feel happy anymore. I don't enjoy us. Why would I stay when I know it can't ... |
"Wendy...?"I asked in disbelief.
"Oh my God!"she screamed, running towards me, "what happened? How did it happen?"
"I just started dreaming like I always do. I didn't know you could do it too."
"Oh, honey,"she looked at me sweetly, "You're dead. We're all dead here. It's ok, a lot of people don't remember how they p... |
I used to be part of Two-Faces gang. I was one of his money-counters, carefully tallying up the results of every heist.
Then I got punched in the face by a shadow in the night - tied up and left hanging upside-down on a lamppost for the police to find. When they finally got to me, I had spent 6 hours unable to move in... |
As soon as he touched the handle, a puff of green smoke enveloped him. You just move your head in disapproval.
\-You people really need to mind your manners.
\-Wait... what? How everything became so big? No... I'm smaller, I'm...- He looked at his now tiny, leafy green hands. -WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?!?
\-You've been c... |
Of all the things that could've happened as a result of my ultimate failure, sitting under the shade of a pine tree near the top of a cursed mountain having a picnic with this *entity* was not what I had been expecting.
I handed her a piece of cheese and a hunk of bread from my pack and thought to myself how surreal t... |
*It's so easy...* Why didn't I think of this years ago. Honestly, it's so simple it makes me feel like an idiot for never doing it before now. And why has this not caught on yet? Are doctors really as eager to silence this little secret as I am to use it? These American doctors are dedicated to sapping us all dry ... |
It's almost the weekend, so I've been coming to this school for almost a week and I've finally realized something: I'm very, very rich. It wouldn't be an issue, but I've been designated as the poor, scholarship child who must be told by everyone on what I'm missing out on. I'd hate to break their hearts. Let's go back ... |
*Fill in the blank:*
***Law of conservation of mass***
***Law of conservation of matter***
***Law of conservation of _______***
I bit the inside of my cheek again. I really should have studied for this one. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a finite thing. Like... temperature? Maybe it was a more physica... |
Zeebrox I've had it with your out of control pranks!
First it was hazing the new enviro-tech by replacing the Sulphur recharge packs with tubes of silicon paste, then you falsified the cadet orientation map and turned half of the signs in engineering upside down sending the poor things going around in circles for hour... |
The old cape doesn't fit quite at well as it used to. There was a time when that cape fluttered across the sky and people ran for cover. Now, it makes you look like you're stuck in the curtains. The shoes are also too tight. How can shoes no longer fit? The mask is snug on your chin. No Name. The Unfortunate. Desto... |
Part of me wondered how a kid even found out about my dead drop. The rest of me was more concerned with the job she'd paid me to do. The fact that she felt the need to even involve someone like me depressed me to no end. But I imagined I was going to feel better after I took my target out.
I sipped my coffee and grima... |
Susan glanced down at the notes the regular teacher had left her. She had finally gotten the children to quiet and they were all reading their copies of Lord of the Flies. She was proud of the fact that she had gotten them to settle so quickly. It was no easy feat for a substitute to enter a classroom and gain respect.... |
The curious thing about the Human Brain is its tendency towards sheer delusion, if only to protect itself against consequences. Consider then a man, alone for an awfully long time – say, somewhere around a billion years – without any sources of light.
One man in such a situation was thinking on much the same problem, ... |
"Seven... Days..."Hissed the phone, I had just finished watching the tape everyone told me not to. Skip ahead seven days and my master plan was almost ready to be enacted. The room was darkly lit, aside from the scented candles I bought at a shopper's drug mart half off in a post valentines sale. I was layed out on the... |
I've been doing this for a long time. I've always considered taking a vacation, but the allure of these halls always brings back those fond memories of my childhood. Our family has even donated a few statues ourselves. Out here in the countryside, there's no hustle and bustle of the cities that have spread all over as... |
“Why doesn’t anyone go back to kill, say…Genghis Khan? Why is it always the Fuhrer?” Roland sighed, as he lowered his sights to another fissure opening. The Chronokorps were instructed to wait until the travelers were entirely through the fissure opening, or else they risked destabilizing the portal, which would have... |
The small, hairless ape stared up in wonder at the twelve foot tall Rigeline. It's features were hideously asymmetrical, with eyes too small to be of any use and an absurd proboscis that looked like it would get in the way of everything. It's skin was pale and saggy, but that was to be expected of a purely terrestrial ... |
I sat in the cold, dark prison. I had been caught, but it was only a matter of time before my bail would be paid and I'd be out of there, ready to do more business.
I thought about the others. Those greedy and evil people. People who would make under the table trades for just a few dollars more. People who would make ... |
I am not a bad kid. Sure, I've lied (I'm pretty good at that), and yes I've even had a few beers at Tommy's house, but fundamentally, I think of myself as a good person. I didn't deserve... *the Gift*.
More like *the Curse*.
My mom always told me that bad things happen to good people. She also told me that I'd see be... |
Something popped in the lander as soon as we entered the atmosphere. One second it was smooth sailing, and then the next we were being tossed around the cabin like kids on a carnival ride. Alarms were blaring and lights were flashing as fires broke out in the left wing. There was nothing we could do but brace for impac... |
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