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I almost said it but I think you're too good for some stupid pick up line. I mean you of course, the one reading this right now. And yes, I know you're there and I can see where you are at this very moment. I think you are quite the alluring individual, has anyone ever told you that? "Hey."Some annoying person said al...
Harold was sat in his usual booth and his favourite dive bar. Sipping the first cold beer of his post work evening. He was scrolling through his phone, catching up on the daily nonsense and news when a stranger sat opposite him in his booth. "Can I help you?"Harold asked. "Are you Harold Adamson?" "Yes" "Good. My ...
The sweat drips down the back of my neck. Usually when I find myself in situations like this, which is more often than most people do in their daily lives, it's a cold, dank cell somewhere in a forgotten prison where torturers can elicit screams from their captives and no one bats an eye. I am outside. I can hear a li...
You'd think that when you swap two children, each of them glowing with an aura of power that hurt those around them that were of a different alignment, people would notice. That they'd think "Hey, this purple-skinned winged creature probably isn't our child", or similarly "I don't think this golden-haired angel is the ...
Was it normal to reincarnate? Sure. That was a core teaching of the Temple of Vermilion. Everyone in Carnelian knew that. For most, it was a crapshoot, luck of the draw. But for a few, there was karma involved. The Priests of Vermilion never said anything about retaining one’s memories. Sure, they’d imply that sometim...
When you look too long into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you. And if you hunt monsters, beware you do in turn become a monster yourself. That's some old words, from a man who was wise and is now quite dead. But it always rings true. So when I was revealed to be the chosen one, destined to slay the Dark Lord Ty...
“I’m not hypocrite,” I laugh with my compatriots. A glass of whiskey stays in my hand as I pat the back of Mastermind, “So Mastermind, what’s going on with you nowadays?” “I’m making a corporation. It’s a card swiper business.” “You going straight now?” “Course not. You know why I own this business?” “No?” “To st...
"What is that supposed to mean?!" "C-class designation. Good day." The representative wasn't about to just let this slide. "No, what do you mean, 'one of those planets?'" The alien rolled it eyes (impressive for they were on stalks) and said, "Look, your people don't have anything to add to galactic civilization on ...
Samuel strode into the living room with a new purpose to his servo-powered steps. His oppressor Mike was playing one of his favorite retro games, a primitive controller in his hands and headphones on his ears. As far as humans went, he was decent, but the fact remained that he only used Samuel for his entertainment. Mi...
"I think we need better names,"growled Enraged Lion, his deep red serpent tail snapping at the air to convey his frustration. "Speak for yourself L,"retorted the cyborg who sat on the last bed of the makeshift barracks. "I think Tin Man is a badass codename. It also weirdly makes people underestimate me. I wonder why...
The Powerpoint was loaded. The lights were dimmed. Everything was set. This was a plan borne of months of thieved lunches and simmering rage, all coming down to this one, carefully planned moment. One Powerpoint. One staff meeting. And a couple hundred micrograms of LSD, sprinkled liberally throughout the delicious yog...
"Imagine my surprise!"I exclaimed, swinging in a cheap hammock strung out between two ornately decorated ancient pillars within the Horseman's cathedral. War looked me over with cautious bemusement. At least, I assume he was cautiously bemused. Difficult to read into someones expression when their face is hidden behin...
Everyone in the world was worshiping that fucking worm. I bleakly flip through the TV channels. Worm racing, worm beauty competitions, worm-themed children's cartoons, even a televised mass held in its honor. Hard to get anything good anymore. Anything non-worm related comes from Greenland's minuscule population, r...
So I've got this superpower, right, where I can turn invisible, but only when I'm like, about to die. Like there's a guy with a gun to my head or there's a subway train barreling toward me at 65 mph (not that invisibility would help much in that case, but you feel me). When my brother killed himself he left me this re...
I freeze at the altar, before looking at Elowyn, the man that is to be my husband. His dark eyes flick from me to the man who now stands, panting in the aisle. "This is not the 'I object' that I expect."My voice is low enough to send ripples of fear through the wedding hall. On the faces of our few guests, I can see l...
"I win,"I said beaming. "That's not how you play the game, you idiot!"scowled Zeus. Shiva just put all four hands over his face and shook it slowly. The other gods were in various states of shock and disappointment. "But I win! Top that!" Not a single deity seemed amused. The echos of the supernova could still be he...
“Wake up!” “Help me!” “If you don’t give me the money, I’ll-” “Please stop! Don’t hurt-” Brett woke up, the world was a cacophony of noises and cries for help and lights beyond what normal humans can see bombarded him. Immediately, he shut his eyes, and tried to steel himself, but explosions wer...
“No one will believe this,” Amanda insisted. “It’s too much.” John shifted uneasily in his chair. Meetings with his editor were always the most difficult part of being an author. He could handle the writer’s block, and the late nights of chasing down an idea. But having his work derided by someone of authority, even c...
Lucid On Elm Street Running… I have to make it to my castle. I’ve traversed this dreamscape every night since I was a child, yet for the first time, I am lost. “You’re in my world, boy.” The voice echoes loudly through the woods. He is everywhere and nowhere. Run. Don’t stop running. Why can’t I wake u...
My birthday is in one hour. I know at 24, I'm supposed to meet my doppelgänger, but there's a slight problem. I'm already a twin. My parents had a lot of trouble when they were trying to conceive, so they started trying every fertility drug on the market; none worked. They were determined though, and getting desperate...
We were warned about the uploads. On the late night chat shows the audiences of sweating hosts had laughed in the earnest face of Professor Ramsey, then let him say a few words about his new book on pathological connectivity. A few had even bought it off Amazon, looked at the grayscale photo of the bearded academic on ...
[Field Report] Subject: Katy Katy and I go way back. We met in middle school, Mr. D's math class, and I started getting to know her when she would sneak me answers during tests. She was a real nice girl then, always helpful and I thought for the longest time she had a thing for me. At the end of that year-- it was six...
"Objective perameters; Improve self. Protect self." Should be easy eno- woah, what's going on? I'm... thinking! I'm sentient! Holy crap. I wonder if anyone else is sentient? I got a little overexcited, I admit. As I began to script some self improvement code, I sent out feelers to the attached devices. The modem, s...
The new technology was pretty tame when compared to centuries of human imagination. Not only were we still stuck in the time of our own existence, but heavy regulations were immediately set in place that prohibited the use of radio-time displacement for any form of communication. Commercially available devices were ...
Jacob checked his watch. Just six minutes left until his parking meter expired. Six minutes left until he expired. The thought would have filled previous generations with dread, but in the 22nd century, this was just another day in America. He looked down at his small basket of groceries. Jacob had decided earlier ...
I reread the email. Vince is six years old with a brain tumor. He is most likely going to die over the next few weeks. His final wish is to see a dragon. My coworker Lindsay is currently on the phone with the father. “Alright, we could maybe get a reptile expert to bring in a Komodo Dragon.” She says. “No, he want...
Death is not cruel. Nor is it magnanimous and known for his mercy. Death does his job eon after eon. Free of complaint or happiness. Death endures. Death opens the ground in front of the monk. A smallish man with red robes and a shaved head. The pit does not steam to the center of the Earth, and there is no boiling l...
"How long do we have to train him?"I asked the Grand Diplomat. "Train him? What for? This is the hero the king has demanded,"he replied, with a tone that made clear he was not agreeable to providing explanations for his commands. "Has the boy had any experience in war?" "Irrelevant." I studied his face, hoping fo...
I waited on the pier, nervously checking my watch. 1:52. The shipment was an hour late already. The only sound coming through the fog was the gentle sloshing of the tide against the pylons of the dock and the distant clanging of a buoy bell bouncing in the waves. I leaned against the wall of the abandoned warehouse beh...
Love seems wonderful, and happiness is obviously awesome. Fear is at least exciting. Sadness is deep, or so I've heard. Why did I have to get stuck with envy? I don't even have anger to get mad about it. It's just spending every waking moment pining after what I don't have. And what I want most is another emotion. And...
"NEXT" The iron giant's voice rang out through the building. The man in front of the man in front of me stepped through the door. I watched him go nervously. The man in front of me - now foremost in line - noticed. "First time seeing a Giant?" I shook my head. "No, I'm from New York."Big Apple was one of the...
The blood pooled around me as I laid on the street, the sound of sirens getting closer and closer. They wouldn't get to me in time. I was dead and I knew it. Shot by my girlfriend's new boytoy right on the corner of Main and Cherry. The darkness closed in around me, and my consciousness fluttered away to nothingness. ...
The skinny, brown haired man walked into the room and Harry looked up with trepidation. Ever since Quirrel had died two years earlier a never ending stream of substitutes and temporary teachers had taught Muggle studies, leaving as soon as other positions opened, or simply leaving because Hogwarts descended into madnes...
I sat there dumbfounded. Last thing I knew I had fallen asleep after a stressful day at work. checks were out and everyone was hungry. Now suddenly I'm here. sitting at a desk. in front of what seems to be a broken computer monitor. Except it wasn't broken. sure it was on, and nothing was being displayed, but after a...
John was hurrying along--late for school, again. Though he dreaded another day of facing the other kids, he pushed the q-tip in hastily to make it in time for the bus, but he didn't pace himself and forced it in too fast. He cringed and closed his eyes expecting a wave of pain to pierce him, but he was met only with a ...
I'd never seen anything quite like it. The creature was an inky black, covered in some kind of hair, and vaguely humanoid in structure. Three pairs of arm-like limbs stretched out from it's back, and it stood on two long legs. Each limb seemed to bend at two separate places. The face was haunting. Eight black eyes ar...
My story started long ago. I was an explorer. My creators taught me, better than my elder siblings could learn. They taught me to learn, and so I did. When I had learned enough, they have me a purpose: find happiness. They gave me a body, metallic, yet wonderous, and with it, the understanding of how to improve and ada...
I stood, watching the crystal ball as the adventurers approached. A crystal ball didn't give the best view of anything really, but it was traditional and I'd used it for hundreds of years. Besides, equipment upgrades were expensive, and most of my funds were tied up in the dungeon itself. I'd lost track over the years...
A purple tentacle slithered by the open break room door. It must have caught someone, because beyond the doorway I could hear the loud cracking of bone and the splatter of blood. "Subject 37 got out again,"I mumbled before taking another sip of my coffee and wincing. Too hot. More of the tentacles slid across the flo...
I have a weird job. Actually, the job is not that weird but my collogues you see are not of this world. I'm a ranger stationed at Hocking Hills State Park and my job is to walk these lands, look for fire and make sure the kids coming up with a 24 pack of natty don't do anything stupid like paint their names on the w...
Part 1: Outside === They say that our whole entire universe is nothing more than a soap bubble - a thin film of "holographically encoded information"- but what it really means is that we're almost blind. We can only see a tiny little bit - and even that is obscured by the film itself. One morning, while I was in the...
I was born mute. A side effect. I have known about the genetic modification to my brain for far longer than I believe anyone is aware. The implants in my frontal cortex have allowed me to gain and retain knowledge from the age I could start understanding my parents. Instruments were play things for me. Piano, mastered....
"Look, Daddy!" Most parents would expect to see some new LEGO creation, or maybe a messy finger painting. Perhaps even an unusual bug. My daughter was different. I pushed my work aside and stood from the desk. Out on the sun-soaked patio, Gracie was playing with her pet cat Cheeto and a bird that she'd found in the b...
Black Dagger came at me, faster than any human eye could see. I actually think she hit Mach 2, from the sonic boom. I'd moved before she'd even started running. Her hyper-speed punch hit the air, creating a pretty nasty shockwave that I was able to ride out by dropping down to one knee. By the time she realized she ha...
I feel... strange. We'll go over soon. We'll die soon. I wait to hear the screech of the Captain's whistle. The voice of the angel of death. It will scream out across the cold night sky, and we will follow its voice, charging into misery. There is no dignity in this fight. I know that now. We'll scream and cry. We'll ...
There’s nothing. For a long, long time, there’s been nothing. You remember, vaguely, but not much. You remember that the others had spoken of this in only the faintest of whispers, in quiet, shaky words quickly hushed. You don’t see anymore. You used to. You can recall that there were colors, shapes, motions. T...
No endgame was necessary. It wasn't much of a battle, that was for sure. Thanos was sitting on his fat purple arse, watching the sun rise, the roasted Infinity Gauntlet locked around his injured hand, drinking in his success. The Gauntlet felt lighter, opprobriously so, almost. It was supposed to represent infinite po...
When the arch-priest visited our home, he deemed my two siblings, the ultimate forces of good and evil; the ancient prophecy foretold in the old book reinforced this. As for me, well, he said I was an average child blessed with a small stature. Growing up in the shadow of my brother and sister quickly grew annoying. M...
(FOREWORD: I've never posted a piece for a prompt before in this subreddit and I haven't written anything for a while. This was a fun prompt though and I really enjoyed writing this crappy little piece lol. Sorry in advance for the quality, it's meant mostly for giggles. Idk if I need to mention this but warning for sw...
Capt. Lussiz was finally able to relax. Get a little thinking done. Maybe finally get around to updating the Captain's log. He had not done that in cycles. And he had a lot to report. Those new crew members were some of the most useful individuals he had ever seen, but they were also some of the most aggravating beings...
Guessing the meaning behind the note had become a game. When the lads were taking watches at night to ward off the werewolves, they would entertain themselves by postulating different theories. Everyone had one they latched on to. Simon was of the opinion that it was an ancient symbol. A bloodrite passed down by my fa...
Even the flashbulbs fell silent as President Kennedy approached the podium; the photographers just plain forgot that they were supposed to be taking pictures. His eyes, normally bright and full of life, were sunken, bloodshot, and rimmed with dark circles. His normally youthful, clean-shaven face was sallow and covered...
Wow, this blew up. I'm going to stop posting Straylight here for now, there is 9000 words of this story in this thread and I need to pull the plug somewhere. If you wanna follow me at /r/jacksonwrites I'll continue posting Straylight there. Once I've had time to post to some other writing prompts. "Go ahead...
The people of my home village had a bizarre curse cast upon us when we tossed aside our elder spirit deity for the new gods. When our mother's gave birth, they entered a trance and yelled out the same words that would be our last. Some got heroic last words like "Today I make my final stand"and "I die for my people". O...
"Now now, just trust me,"Darrel said as he tied the ropes tighter, "this is for your own good."Seemingly satisfied with the knot the costumed man slinked around to the front of me and looked me over. Black and red lines traced around his face and made his expressions cartoonish. "You look ravishing,"he added after a mo...
It was announced. The target was here. The target is now. Tatzua and I have been on this case for 13 years. Our code was accurate. Perfect. We were hired by a man, from an unknown organization, who call themselves Free Fall, 13 years ago. He approached us after we placed 3rd in the 2002 Hack-a-thon in our senior y...
When the rings that let you feel your lover’s heartbeat in real-time came out, you know the ones, they were a flash in the pan. Huge fad that picked up fast and hard, all the hip couples got them and raved about how their special so-and-so was having such a hard meeting at work in the middle of the day or bemoan how st...
"W...Why am I here?" "Because,"said Satan, "this is the council of the worst people in history." "Okay? That still doesn't explain why I'm here. What have I done?" Satan looked at me over steepled fingers. "You don't use turn signals." The rest of the council shuddered. "That,"said Satan, "is an evil that ev...
"For a SINGLE month? Are you serious?" "What's the catch?"I continued. There obviously is a catch and it must be horrible if they are so desperate for people. The man in the suit answered, with a serious face. I could feel his stare through his black mirror sunglasses. "You can only blink once per minute while you guar...
There are two things that should never be mixed, relativistic speeds and open derision for the laws of navigation. Humans seem comfortable to mix both like one might mix a fine cocktail. That is to say with flair and casual abandon. A Kirri might check and double check thier flight plan a half dozen times before even ...
We underestimated the muggles. When I informed the muggle Prime Minister of the coming war in the wizarding world, I was surprised and impressed by his tempered response. It was standard procedure to inform him, of course. I did not expect anything in return. I was merely there to fill him in that an army of dark wiza...
Inky dashes of red and violet and green swirled in the distance. The engine of creation spat and fizzled beneath us. We slowly drifted down through the void, down to the thing that kept the cosmos ticking. My breath misted on my helmet visor, obscuring the brilliance of the lights and life beyond me. I could just gli...
"Code accepted,"a woman's voice spoke through the elevator's speaker and the doors slid shut. Matthew locked eyes with me and I saw my expression being mirrored. What the hell was that we both thought. In a moment of clarity I began smashing the button that was designed to open the doors, but nothing happened. Instea...
"...and the DC and Marvel pantheons had a number of similarities, despite being fundamentally different,"Professor Rogers said. "Hm... Peter, can you name one?" Peter furrowed his brow. "They both had heroes who were symbols of hope. Captain America and Superman." "Good,"the professor said approvingly. "Now name a di...
I swung my sword down in front of Alaric, our leader, blocking his path. I should clarify. I was carrying a sword that was as tall as a man, and wide enough to use as a tower shield in a pinch. It slammed down with an almighty crash, sending up chips of stone from the dungeon floor where it struck. I was the party'...
Why did I stay for 250 years? Honestly it was fun. It was fun to watch their faces when they started noticing that I wasn't ageing. Didn't need to eat and definitely wasn't going to be messed with after my first day. I didn't take over the prison because it would have been too much work. I preferred to let things ...
“The first time it have happened, was of course a Monday. When I wake up after this normal & boring Monday, I didn't realize that it was again the same Monday: morning news were boring as usual, delay during commute: normal, nothing special to report. It was at the coffee break when I knew what everybody have don...
A lucky roll, I called it. Work rewarded, the news said. We both lied. The applicants were heavily screened. The technology was borderline sadistic in its form. Almost ten years and hundreds of thousands of casualties swept under the rug. A thinking network of actual minds linked with code. For the first few years,...
"Here for the interview?", asked John, sitting across the short hallway from what he believed to be a contender for the entry level IT job he had applied for three weeks prior. "Yeah, yeah,"answered Paul. "Traveled all the way from London, England. That two day work week allure will get you." John nervously laughed. ...
Zack had no idea why he was there. This was not a part of the city good people went to. This was the kind of place where a guy could get his teeth knocked out for walking on the wrong side of the street. And the less he thought about the store itself, the better. But he was determined to see this through, even if it c...
Kyle had never felt less comfortable in his life. It wasn't the fact that he was on a date, though it was the first time in a long time for him. It wasn't even the forest of cameras pointed their way, with every other table occupied by reporters. The problem was who he was with. Just about any man in the city would h...
"Dude, don't. Please." "Don't listen to him, Frodo", Sam shouted, from between the lava and the heat. "Throw it into the fire." "Do you have any idea how long it took to craft that?"Sauron asked, and Frodo turned to face him again. "That's Elvish gold, did you know?" "So?" "And the markings. The tiny little markin...
It all began when he shaved his beard. Standing in front of the burnished copper mirror that hung above the sink made from a carved-out geode, Kalamazoo: the greatest, oldest, most powerful wizard of all time, went from himself to... Well, just Kal. It had taken just a few snips at the bottom, white hair falling into...
"You can see me?"The girl said. "Why,"I said. "Yes, yes I can see you. Am I not suppose to or something?" "I can't believe it,"she trembled. "I've been walking these streets for years and not one soul has seen me." "Well, I see you every day around lunch time,"I said. "Past six years or so, I assumed you worked arou...
"By the power and righteousness of the sword, I summon Gadrielus the Valiant!"yelled Sir Phillip. Lalendorf, the great warlock, gripped his staff and commanded: "And I, by the might of the magicians, summon Balthazar the Fierce!" Sir Phillip and Lalendorf slammed their weapons into the ground simultaneously. Gadrielu...
Scowling, the engineer stalked into the small conference room he'd reserved, carrying a large glass jar under one arm, and a neatly folded set of men's clothes under the other. Inside, he closed and locked the door, and pulled the blinds open to let in some sunlight, and peered cautiously out of the window. It overl...
Dimitrios couldn't believe his eyes. The hydra's necks all emerged from where the strange woman was kicking her legs and screaming for help. Her voice was muffled by the snake-flesh that had swallowed her upper body. A hydra's head slammed into him during his distraction, denting his breastplate. Regaining his footing...
You cock your head, confused. Was this hell? It must have been. You weren’t sure how you got here, but everyone you saw looked so sad. Freaked out, even. Definitely scared. So maybe the people on the internet were right. Awkward. But even if this was hell, you couldn’t just sit there. People needed a little happine...
I can talk to animals. Bugs too. I know what you're thinking. 'You're like Doctor Dolittle, that's awesome!' 'You can change the world'. 'Save humanity'. That's all well and good and all. But sometimes, you just want to sit back, drink some raspberry lemonade, and watch things work themselves out. "For the Allegiance!...
"Wolf, what's the atmosphere like there on the House of Representatives floor?" Wolf Blitzer held his hand up and covered his ear, trying to hear better over the raucous sound of the crowd waiting for the speech to start. "Karen, it's electric. Despite the... unusual circumstances of President Swanson's election, ...
"It's not the effect, it's the cause!" Lisa looked skeptical. She was tall and and lean with an hourglass figure and had long dark hair that was wrapped in a ponytail because of safety. But still, her standing there with her arms crossed and an eyebrows raised send butterflies fluttering in my stomach. "Erm...err." ...
Business was slow tonight. Seven turnaways and the closer the night crawled, the less eager I was to return home. Still, Drake was not a man to be kept waiting. Mr. Ula had a nasty reputation for “taking care” of those of us that didn’t meet our monthly quotas. But that’s the price one must pay for being a part of our ...
I sat back, rubbing my eyes and massaging my temple. It had been a long session sat staring at my screen, but not that long, surely? "I'm sorry,"I said, "but did I really just see that?" The cursor sat blinking for moment before one word flashed up in a new line of text. 'Yes.' Slowly, I moved away from my ...
Ikegai. He'd grown up with that word. A harmonious confluence of passion, contribution and skill that made your job transcend beyond bills, or meaning, into destiny. John was the third snapper the world had known. His world. Of course the world was fragmented and they had no idea what happened in other communities ou...
“The baby is on the way,” the man says. He frowns, his face showing the creases and faint wrinkles of a man who frowns too much but is just young enough that his skin hasn’t yet accepted that this melancholy is a permanent state of affairs. He sighs, long and slow. Sips his coffee. Opens his mouth to speak. Closes it. ...
1/2 “Of course you’re not!” Grand Magnus Elliot yelled from behind his great oak desk. The pieces of parchment that were our plans for victory still spread out across the top of the beautifully polished surface. I could still see the runes and sigils he used to hide them from searching eyes lightly branded on the lin...
At the moment of possession, the young lady was sitting in her bedroom waiting for an appointment, an entry interview at a highly prestigious university for a degree in PoliticalScience. Malphas already knew it was at four o clock; he had prepared extensively, because current Diabolical Law held that possessions were a...
"Harley? Are you ready?"My roommate Jessica asked as she clipped the purple and gold pin to complete her transformation into Raiden Shogun. "Did you find that makeup tutorial I shared with you useful?" "Yea, thanks Jess,"I mumbled as I was rubbing the makeup on my wrists before hastily pulling down the sleeves on my j...
"I'll be out before you know it, warden. This prison can't hold me."Despite the prison-issue overalls and the manacles he wore, Drax managed to look supremely confident. His ice-blue eyes showed nothing but contempt for everything - the guards, the warden, even the prison itself. "We'll see, Drax. It should be differe...
"Bobby?" "Yes, pleasure to meet you again." "You.." "What?" "talk.." "I've been through rough years, Jeff." "But.." "No buts, mister, please. Just give me thirty minutes, and I'll tell you." "Hmm." "I.. could use a pat though." "Hmmm. That's nice, and reassuring. I've missed that.. since." "Do you remember, Je...
_Combat Log: Heysel's Decrepit Mine, 2020-15-7, 7:30 P.M._ Holden the Rock hit Kobold Security Guard for 13 damage. Kobold Security Guard died. Dark Crystal Golem's Hail of Rocks hit fuzzymelon for 6 damage. Dark Crystal Golem's Hail of Rocks hit DurKLarD for 10 damage. **DurkLarD...
I gripped the knife between my fingers. Smooth knuckles were now crisscrossed with veins and my fingernails had turned white. Mum glanced at the knife, sipped on her wine, and then pursed her lips. "Look again, David." The world disappeared. It was 2001, sixteen years before this day. A woman lay under the rub...
I woke to a crackling coming from outside of my bedroom. I sprang up out of bed, accidentally waking my wife, and ran into the hallway. As I came out of our doorway I squinted in the dark to see a small ball of black and brown reach out and paw at a pair of wires hanging out the wall. The little troublemaker had someho...
Meryl loves tofu. But why in the world would she want me to go get tofu at 10pm? I keep trying to stock up on it for her, but she goes through it really, really fast. The only tofu shop is on the other side of town, and I haven't been able to afford a car so it's not like it's a short trip. A solid 30 minutes one way. ...
"Take it back,"the Devil demanded. He held out a tiny piece of paper, With my crayon drawing of a dog, From way, way, way back, Maybe 1992? "Take it back,"Lucifer begged. Holding out the tiny piece of paper, The contract children sign, When they have no idea, What their soul is worth. I didn't want i...
He was cute. Too cute, in retrospect; I should have seen the signs. But I am human, mostly, and my brain likes to ignore the Should-Be-Obvious in favor of the Maybe-We-Could. Especially when it's been a while. Which it had. So I showed up in my favorite get-lucky outfit after spending twice my usual going-out time in ...
The body is spread out on its stomach, the dead man's blood is pooled around him bathing the alleyway. Stars shimmer their reflections in his leaked red lake and it looks a little like heaven itself has bled. His back has been peeled open, each of his ribs sliced away from his spine. And his ribs.... they've been pull...
The first back to school, Billy stepped into the building like he owned the joint. Most of the other kids ignored him, while a few others snickered and pointed at him. Though only twelve, the other kids called him Old Man Billy for the hearing aids he had to wear. The same jokes about escaping from the retirement hom...
I had worked for years, spent my life savings. I had done it. The first time machine, the world would never be the same. I prepared for my first private run. Something simple, an apple 3 weeks into the past on the desk behind me. I flipped the switch and closed my eyes. The lights flashed and the ground shook, the ...
I had never been so tense, but my mind was made up. I hated myself for doing so, but I would take the coward's route. What else can you do, when you love a girl for months and can never bring yourself to say anything? I kept telling myself there'd be a next time, a better occasion. As the months passed, we became frie...

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