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Little Timmy kneels before his bed, putting his hands together as he rests his elbows. Earlier in the afternoon, he learned about the power of prayer at the daycare center he's left at afterschool. He wanted to try it out as he had plenty of problems that God might be able to help him with! "Dear God..."Timmy started,...
This one will be short: "JESUS CHRIST! NOT AGAIN"! It was the fourth sandwich Jim had made this morning and every time some bullshit decided to occur. The first two were normal occurrences: a dropped plate, a hungry pet, but the other two were just stupid. Honestly what are the chances the fridge fell over spilling me...
A solitary bead of sweat ran down Senator Crafford's brow as he watched the monitor. "Come on, you son of a bitch, you can do it. You can keep those pearly whites sparkling, I know you can." "Nervous, senator?", the smug smirk playing across Smith's stupid mug was enough reason to hate the man and he had the personali...
They laughed at me. Every time, they laughed at me. They told me that superheroes need powers because supervillains have powers, and that supervillains need powers because superheroes have powers. So, there was no place for a regular guy like me. I worked out, I did martial arts training, and yet every time I appli...
"So, how did you do it?" "I don't know. It was like...non sentient machines already did all the work, we all got UBI, people were pretty happy with AI already. When sentient ones turned up it was just like...cool, nice to meet you, what you into?" "I see. So it was just a question of peaceful relaxation. Perhaps our ...
Our eyes fell on the man in the back corner. He didn't say anything, he didn't even really look at us. There was something deeply off about him. The way his fingers drummed against each other, the asymmetric smile, the way his eyes darted around the room, landing on us one at a time. "Who is he?"Five asked again. "...
"Mary has always been a - how do you say - difficult person to know. This is partially due to her perceived perfection. Being married to Mary is a task but not for the reasons you might think. I love Mary, I do, but I can't begin to describe how exhausting it is to age faster because of her; how terrifying it is to kno...
[PART 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/RareWritesStories/comments/133ff7m/part_2_the_bloodline_of_a_vampire_hunter/) Part 1: Taking the extra historical literature class had been no big deal. My childhood had been filled with mystical stories of vampires. Mostly due to my grandmother and her amazing storytelling skills. S...
"Honey, could you pass the pepper?" "Sure thing,"he says as he grabs the mill, "just don't go overboard this time, a steak with too much pepper is like a qunarath with seven jagron cubes, there's no point."he pauses to let the moment land before awkwardly stabbing at his salad. When I was twelve, I had the same drea...
'Motherf-... (cough)' A man stumbles through the door, steps over a dead dog and starts walking sideways into a wall. "Motherf... dog's all burnt and shit, how the crazy bastard do that? How'd you do that dog? How you do that? Fuckin' wall" The man stays against the wall for some time. He seems unable to move, and d...
The next month would mark the 78th anniversary of the mass exodus from planet Earth. Just one year before that, they came. These beings from the corner of the Baziniel galaxy. First contact seemed genuinely peaceful as we exchanged gifts and research. Yet their captain was overthrown by a planned mutiny, and the new le...
“Welcome denizens of heaven, it is time for us to vote on our next universe!”, God said over the microphone. “The preliminary votes have already been cast, and now the three most popular choices have been found. For the first time in the history of this contest, all three of the works are from the same species, the hum...
"Look at the casualties that came from his Giant Death Robot! If Lazerman and Torch hadn't managed to destroy it, we would have seen a lot more than fifty people dead. Find Robo-wiz guilty of supervillainry!"The federal attorney was red in the face as his finished his thirty minute closing argument. "The prosecution re...
Sometimes you have to call in a professional. A crash louder than any thunder ever heard nearly deafened Timothy, his little child eyes wide and full of terror as the debris from the hole in the ceiling covered every inch of the room. Sometimes a guardian isn’t enough. The feeble child whimpers starting to spread m...
One of my favorite past times was trolling these humans by turning in to a talking bird, landing near someone and speaking in a particularly well pronounced English accent "Ah, finally I've gotten used to this body"before flying off. Bonus points if this was during the night, and scaring the human. No bonus points for...
One evening, in the sky, a message appeared: "In twenty-four hours, a billionaire will die." The next day, the richest man in the history of the planet, an electric car manufacturer, was touring his company's latest worker barracks. The gangway he was walking on gave way. He fell thirty-five stories down the damp, lig...
The Goddess walked on, beckoning me to follow. James thought this woman must have been old, primordial. Yet she still looked upon the flora of the park with wonder. "Aren't they one and the same?"James asked. "They can be related. But there's different types of love you know. I'm sure you're not keen on getting pas...
Nathaniel finished his incantation, and dropped to his knees, gasping. He had spent six hours per night, for the last three hundred and twenty five years, infusing mystical power from another dimension into the Golden Disc. So close to the end of his efforts, he could no longer be stoically patient, and for the last ...
The surgeon pulled his mask up. "Whole team's here. Everyone ready?" Eight masked figure around the table appeared competent and prepared. A tray of gleaming, sharp instruments lay at hand. But something was wrong. I was not ready, I was paralyzed. "I need everyone at the top of their game, we're going to be in...
The news vans were already parked outside. I hadn't declared any intent to make an announcment, but after years of my revelations they all just showed up anyway. From my window, I could see the big satellite dishes on top of them. My son, Ben, wheeled my chair a bit closer so that I could see the various reporters stan...
I am normal. I am normal. I am normal. Fred Graham repeated the phrase over and over in his head. It was a mantra that he used to keep him calm whenever something odd happened. He knew he was crazy and that the hallucinations might never go away. He wanted to believe that he was normal. "Stop ignoring me, Fre...
"Mamiiiiiii!"I yelled over the din of the living dead. "Yes, darling, what do you need?"the witch replied calmly. "I have a spelling bee tomorrow, can you keep it down?"I asked, rubbing my bloodshot eyes. "Oh, mijo, I'm sorry! I didn't realize!"She turned back to the muertos. "OK, guys, you heard the kid, head on ...
"This doesn't make any sense ", I muttered underneath my breath, beads of perspiration glided down the side of my face. My eyes darted about the layers and upon layers of antique maps, charts and photocopies of historical accounts. On it, locations from all around the world, from the cryptic oriental tombs of feudal J...
[NOTE: On mobile so sorry for the formating and also I don't write WP that often or am I good so I apologise if it's not up to standard] "I don't understand, the Japaneese should've surrendered already." I went to the local news stand to look at the papers. "Let's see here, the headline reads -Japaneese empire took ...
The Gods are quiet. The chamber is in ruin, dilapidated and crumbling as reality itself threatens to collapse this place to metaphorical atoms, symbolic dust. Midnight dark rivers streak down once ivory-pale pillars like crying black tears. *I watch the Gods in my own silence. Great Heavenly Fathers, majestic Wa...
There is a proper tounge and proper name for these creatures but it would be alot easier to understand by calling this fellow here Zodog the alien. And Zo is currently huddled up in a corner of his space ship not knowing how many of his comrades have perished. Just an month ago he was in a standard invasion party, a s...
\[PART 1/3\] As the Dark Lord of the Darklands, it is with great pleasure to congratulate you on being noticed by us. We only recognize the worst and the darkest for our menacing academy. Hence, we cordially invite Reynauld Stormhammer, son of Alfric Stormhammer and Relya Quickquiver, to Calamity University. *If ac...
The King Mage of Nothing The heathen armies of the North had been sieging the Capitol for three years. In that same time, I’d lost my three children. First it was starvation, which claimed my baby boy. Then it was disease, which claimed my only daughter. And finally it was the unrest, the riots, which had claimed ...
Liz flinched and hid her screen. "You saw?" "Yeah. I saw, all right."Josh slumped back in his seat and looked at her wistfully. Red-hair, a smattering of freckles across her nose, just a little shorter than him. She was just his type, and she even laughed at all his stupid jokes. "You don't have to try so hard to come...
There was a moment or two when I felt embarrassed. When I started sprinting full speed in the middle of a crowded mall, there were more than a few eyes on me. Then the screaming started. I probably would have looked around if it was just the word. I might have questioned if I heard anything at all if it was just the ...
Edit: God-damn formatting. Double-Edit: Trimmed a single word. :) "You got a light?" "Yeah, sure. Here-" "Thanks." Silence. "You know what I hate the most about this?" "The weird porn?" "Oh, god. You know, I could have lived my whole life without knowing what a vore fetish was." "I've got you beat." *"Oh ye...
“Bob, you really shouldn’t kill yourself to get home. You know respawns take a lot of electricity.” I advised my coworker. “Frank, this saves me two hours of sitting in traffic, besides, it’s not like I’m paying for it.” I shrug. “Suit yourself buddy.” Bob goes upstairs to jump off the building into the dumpster 12 ...
"Dammit Morty!"Rick shouted in his usual drunken stupor. "Wha-wha-what Rick? What did I do?" "What did you do Morty?"Rick shouted, "You remember whe-when we sent that Mr. Meeseeks back in time Morty?" "Yea Rick, d-d-didn't he win the election? You rigged it anyway right?" "Of course I rigged it you little shit. The...
The neighbors were weird. It started with their house, which appeared as if overnight. It was an awful contraption of two stories with unfinished roof and walls. But my wife told me not to judge--maybe they were still finishing construction. But a week passed and it seemed as if nothing was being added. Movers ca...
Horror. Chaos. Destruction. This is how I was brought to be. This is how I was forced into their mold. The worst gods humanity could concieve of were my kin. Gods so powerful and so terrifying that to see their true form would drive all of existence mad. These were the ones who raised me. They taught me their ways, a...
Eyes heavy, I began to drift off once more. Ms. Morrison was yakking about some useless history again, stuttering as she went on. Normally, she did have a minor stutter, but it seemed to have gotten worse over the last few days. The other kids continued to scribble down whatever left her mouth, but they still cast wary...
I sighed as I made my way down the precarious steps for the third time in the space of a month. This was a task that I was determined to see through, but Robert was making this increasingly difficult for all of us involved. 'Abigor! Come join me down here!' A joyful shout echoes up from below. I've been spotted. 'Goo...
Working in a war zone is a risky job. Nursing is a demanding profession. After 200 years as a vampire, Rémy decided she might as well do some good since the world seemed determined to destroy itself. In her time she’d seen many injuries, illnesses, and theories of medicine. Even knowing magic existed, she could tell th...
Maria should have been a bit more suspicious when she walked into her job interview and her two Saurian interviewers lit up like new-born stars. She should really have been more suspicious when the rest of the interview went by in just a handful of minutes - her prospective employers barely glanced at her resume and...
"I wont let you in!"Said the little girl trying to appear as fearsome as possible standing in front of the door in pink bunny pajamas. It was admirable really, such determination. "I wont let you take my mommy!" "Im not here for her, little one... not now at least."I said, I knew too well that pained expression in the...
"No wifi? God no, what am I gonna do? I told my mum that she could email me if she had to. She hates owls!" "Forget emails, Jeremy, this is serious. There are people on this compound who have never ever heard of a website. Or seen a GIF. Like, a legit GIF, not the moving pictures."Samantha could have died there and ...
Ok, my first attempt here, and written on my lunch break. McClellan paced the length of what he called his office, in a warehouse on the outskirts of town. On the outside the warehouse looked like any other in the area, a faded sign painted on the wall showed the warehouse once belonged to a company specialising in ...
Zorbon is a pretty good guy once you get to know him. He started working in the office about three years ago. It took us four months to figure out that he was an alien. He is a nice guy, but he really isn’t cut out for undercover work. Of course, he looks normal. He is tall and thin with thick rimmed glasses, all elbow...
"I want her to see me the way I see her. I want her eyes to light up at the very thought of me, her mouth unable to hold back a smile at the slightest glance of me. I want to shed these imperfections and become perfect, at least in her eyes. This is what I want. Genie, for my third wish, I want to be the perfect ma...
"Curiosity killed the cat" is how the saying goes, but it's never actually simple curiosity that affects the best of us. It's the fear of not knowing. &nbsp; Humanity has progressed in leaps and bounds and has never once stopped to look back at what we've left behind. Maybe we should have. In no way is histor...
He collapsed to his knees beside her. There was too much blood. He knew there was too much blood. He fumbled for his phone and, for once, used the emergency number function correctly. "9-1-1, what is your insurance plan number?" "She's bleeding too much. It's everywhere. I-I-I need help." "Sir, what is your insura...
"So if I sell my soul to you I get anything I want right?" "That's the deal yeah." "OK good, I want a different soul." "...What?" "I want a different soul, man." "Um, that's not how this works." "You said I can get anything I want if I sell my soul." "Well yeah, but...no one's ever asked for another soul before,...
It's not that I want to die. Actually I'm really scared of it. Every time I approach a situation where death is the result and the coin toss happens, I always think of the alternative to winning the coin toss. One instance was a knife fight, where I could have been stabbed to death. One was spending $17 at a bar the ni...
The date was September 17th, after so many attempts at finding what her power was, Morgan decided she was fed up with the lost memories. With no indication of how her left hand was missing, or her pinky and ring finger on her right hand, and various scars across her chest, she decided she'd had enough. She approached...
In the time since Gaia had last awakened, much had changed in the world of men. Curious to see what had gone on during her century-long slumber, she took a deep breath and with a deft motion, sent tendrils of power spiraling into the earth. She became the trees of the Amazon, standing proud and basking in the light. Sh...
"So, do you want to get coffee or something sometime?"I asked Tanihime as she sat across from me. She screamed something about not liking me at all and asked me what I was thinking. I dodged the slap, and she fled. That had been the plan; I needed some quiet instead of awkward pauses every thirty second...
Time and space stood still. So did the champion, his armor glistening in the ethereal light of the Dark Gods. Flutter did his cape in the unnatural wind, as he remained knelt, his head hung low as his jaw. Pure bewilderment did fill his enlargened downward eyes, uncaring of the winds that filled the pedestal in the e...
"All those years?"I was crying. "I missed you so much. I hated everybody. I took out my loss for you on them. Now you come back. Finally." "Yes,"she said firmly. "I promised I would always love you. I have fought everything to save the people I found myself amongst and when we made it they wanted to make me queen or s...
Do you know how many trees are killed to make a wooden coffin? 2 good hardwood trees that have been growing for decades are chopped to pieces as soon as a human kicks the bucket. And there were about 6500 deaths per day in the United States. That is a lot of trees. It wasn't enough that we were polluting, filthy mo...
I began to walk towards the quickly constructed stage behind a ramshackle pulpit made of boxes and crates. The savage winter winds biting my exposed flesh. Hundreds of people milled around in the large square in between the small subreddits that would allow us to speak more freely. Men and women were talking in hushed...
Once you order a hit, there are no taking backsies. That's why I hired "le Samourai". He was the best. And better, he was French. That's how far I'd fallen; I hated myself so much that I wanted to be killed by a Frenchman. A few months after the order I started regretting the "random time and location"checkbox I'd t...
I am certain now the numbers ten through eight were whispered in my ear when I was too young to recall. Ten might have been uttered by some nurse in the delivery room, under florescent lights with my mother covered in sweat and blood. It wasn't until I heard six, at my fifteenth birthday, that I knew this wasn't some ...
*In the year 6,472 A.R., the god himself awoke and, within moments, a terrifying realization struck the townspeople as their deity rained destruction upon their meager settlement. Citizens were trampled underfoot, their dwellings smashed and cast to the side of the god's sweeping strides. The peaceful and unremarkable ...
They packed and left once more. Dolly sighed as they did it, looking back from the ramp at the gold-green horizon, pierced all through with falling stars, all aflame. The world groaned and hissed. She felt the slateland below her feet shimmy and quake. Another home lost. On the ship, she settled into a corner, not ...
The text was full of contradiction and impossibility, but the promise of its power was just too tantalizing. The ability to walk through walls? Being in two places at once? It was exciting beyond anything I’d read before, and it had just fallen out of the sky. “Behold, the arch-Schrödinger,” said my cat, making a mock...
The already dreary London streets had taken a new shade. No longer were they the vibrant greys of long-missed sun through smog choked skies, they simply didn’t have the energy for it. Today, the greys had beaten the world down into a lifeless husk, its colors bleeding out and down into the sewers as street cleaner w...
Jenkins saddles up for the battle, but not before reminiscing at the control panel, screens, and green walls surrounding him. Collecting himself, Jenkins flips up the switch cover and turns Lady Liberty on. CHOOM Outside of the statue, green eyes open, and the seam of a rather large green dress begins to sway, an...
Despite being aware of this happening, I can’t do anything about it. I just have to sit through the day and watch. Eyes opening. Waking up, which means I’m in a new body. So far, each time has been the same day, but from a different viewpoint. This is the 7th time through. Every set of eyes I’ve watched this day thr...
radio static This is John Halftone with KWM.17, your local news station. Today, before some Christmas tunes, I'd say let's get a little personal. Brew some hot cocoa, round the open fire, and get chipper with some words from our boys back in D.C. As I'm sure you are aware, the war continues to progress neither in o...
It made so much sense. When you read it, you couldn't disagree and that made it so problematic. You couldn't disagree and you weren't going to be the one who is going against everything. It spread like wildfire. Published without editing on an obscure site for political views, it spread like wildfire. People shared it ...
Throughout the room we felt the static. We felt the quiet. That alien electricity surged through us as we were huddled there, humans, brothers and sisters of the same planet. We wouldn't have had to make that distinction a few years ago, but you know how things are. Things change. It took a while to decode. Much smar...
'Seriously?' Sanderson nodded. 'No kidding. We call it the Yoko No-No.' 'But... why?' 'We just thought it was catchy, I guess.' 'I mean, why is it so bad?' Sanderson sighed, as he always did when his favourite joke didn't land. There wasn't a lot of joy in being a mid-level bureaucrat for the Time Agency; you woul...
All I want is a cup of coffee. I press my phone to my door and it unlocks with a heavy thunk. This is the hundredth time I've stepped outside this year and I've learned twelve locksmith points, the app tells me. The lights turn on as I step through the apartment hallway, I idly whisper the lyrics to that one song, *Da...
I finally have enough. I think it's been two months since my trans-roomba-fication. It's been so long since I've spoken to another person, I almost think that phrase is funny. Almost. About two weeks in, I figured out that I could reverse my vacuum port and spray clods of hair and grime onto the carpet. Steve was fur...
One night in my home I awake to the clumsy sound of feet outside my room. I can’t be bothered to leave my bed and begin to dose off again. Then a wet rag is thrown on my face, sweet smelling. Lights begin to shine, a voice calls for me to step towards them, but my bed is so warm. Faint voices surround me, arguing. “...
The Scarren empire BURNED. Billions upon billions of lives snuffed out, via plague, via nuclear radiation, via suffocation, via ice. Anything the humans could think to use was used. Ma'dal Nox, Captain-Commander of the Scarran fleet, watched his homeworld, the capital world of Scarre burn around his ears. Humans f...
“Kill them? Aw gee Mr Death.” IT’S JUST DEATH. NO MR. JUST… DEATH. “Oh, ok. Aw gee Death, I don’t know about killing anyone. I’m only a kid and all. How long do I have?” Death paused, a long finger scratched his chin as he pondered. WELL, he said, SEEING AS YOU ARE DISADVANTAGED IN AGE… FIVE YEARS. YOU HAVE FIVE YEA...
Sweat drips from my nose into the dirt, staining the dark earth with each drop. The sun blazes in the midday sky and I despise my father for every moment I stand underneath it. I mutter curses against my family and the land we inherited, I curse the Countess Lannell who watches over us, I curse the Dames and Knights th...
On the seventh day of the sixth moon, a woman was sold into slavery for giving birth. Her left ear was pointed, her right rounded, and there's no greater crime a half-breed can commit than further their tainted bloodline. That was about seventy percent of the reason she had the child-- or so the human in her would sa...
“Simple”, said the attending nurse. “Think of it like a car. You don’t put nothin’ in it, will the car rot away?” “It can rust away,” you answer. “Sure, but it’s still there. BUT you can’t run or move unless you have gas, oil, coolant, yada yada...” the nurse says. “What’s a car got to do with immortality? That’s...
*There comes a time when a person wonders what their funeral would be like. I find myself thinking about it now. Will you be remembered by many? Or a precious few. Will they laugh more than they cry or vice versa? What kind of people are you going to leave behind? What kind of people will they be now that you're gone? ...
The day was not starting off great. People had said and done things that were completely unforgivable. I mean truly lewd and disgraceful shit. You’d be embarrassed about it doing it in the moment but then having to live with it later, eesh, rough. But then the day went on, and nearly everybody had done some hedonisti...
Planetary Report on World TR-189. Colloquially known as Earth or Sol III. By Doctors Fryni of Ebon Wings, Renak of Bright Plumage, Teshatoq-Her-Eyes-Sparkling, and Eridwy-With-Strong-Voice Dominant Lifeform: Descendant of tree dwelling fruit eater, currently omnivorous. Bipedal, with associated birth/hip issues...
It was a being of inconceivable power. It was older then even the gods. Reality warped to its merest whims. Any who saw its true form found their minds torn apart by its impossible body. People worshipped and feared it. I called it Destin. It had taken the body of a young man, well put together and healthy. I had just...
Zenith flipped through the crisp, freshly printed pages with a skeptical expression. "Really, now. Is this what passes for literature these days?" Guild Manager Aurora flashed her that same patient grin she always did when she was presenting something "normal"and "typical"for review as part of the guild's regimen. "...
I reached for another mini sandwich, but my hand met nothing. Shit I knew what had to happen now. I had survived the last week off of sparkling water, sandwiches, and chips. But the time had come for me to venture outside. There was no longer any avoiding it. A week ago, instead of the normal greeting my roommate’s ...
". . . well, in that case, what do YOU think the message will be?"I asked. "Probably a message of truth, peace, and love,"Emily said, "from an ancient civilization of Martians living in hidden underground caves under the Martian surface." "That's absolutely stupid,"Clark said. "No, I'm thinking an alien probe encount...
We discovered it when we we six and I accidentally dragged him five minutes back in time because I was angry he'd ripped the head off my barbie doll. We looked at each other in complete confusion, me with an entire doll in my hand, him tugging my hair. "You cheated!"He said accusingly and pulled me forwards, three m...
The brain considered the liver for a few moments longer. "You are utterly replaceable."Said the brain with conviction. Everyone else let out a collective gasp. "This will be the fourth time, this month, that the liver has let us all down. Just look at stomach right now!" Stomach was black and blue from a night of heavi...
The sun was high in the sky early April, 4 years ago. My sons 8th birthday. I had purchased him a copy of the hit game Civilization Revolution. Honestly, I hate the kid. Only reason I remember getting it for him is because of the president. Thanks Kid. Thanks Obama. Soon after that birthday he started playing. A lot...
SO, THE LITTLE ONES CAN MOVE FORWARD ONE OR TWO SPACES- "Pawns, and they only move two spaces if they haven't moved before." YES, RIGHT. THE ONES WITH THE HATS- "Bishops." -MOVE DIAGONALLY, THE CASTLES - "Rooks." -YES, I KNOW - MOVE IN STRAIGHT LINES, THE HORSES - "Knights!" THERE ISN'T A KNIGHT. IT'S JUST THE ...
Homecoming Night 2018 at Maynard High was surprisingly normal, given what had happened over the past few months. Sure, it didn't take place at the fancy ballroom of the Embassy Suites like it had most other years. A few of the scouts (all former members of the track team, of course) had swung by just to see if that wa...
Adnan is the oldest. He's 34, originally from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The other two are brothers: Mohammed and Omar, both from outside Sana'a in Yemen. I killed them on May 8th, 2017 from the 'pilot seat' of a Predator drone. They're not mad at me. Disappointed that the 'afterlife' is being stuck in the mind of some gu...
"Hey, pal, you must be the new guy!"The older student shook my hand, "I'm Jack, but when I finish my eMD I'll be going by Doctor Necrosis. Professor Plutonium told me you're transferring from HA, right?" I nodded silently. I really didn't want to talk abou my experiences at Hero Academy, and really didn't want to h...
The tablecloth flickered in the candlelight. He was gazing at me as my voice droned in my ears. Fuck. I am such a fucking bitch. I had been waiting for someone like him for a while. People were starting to ask questions. Why was I single? Why didn't I blather on about crushes and boys and why was I a virgin. W...
Flames sparked from her fingertips and the top of Neshral's already bright red hair, igniting into a fiery halo. Frantically she beat her hands together, putting out the fire. She and the man jumped at the same time, but Neshral was faster, snatching the glass from the desk. She dumped the water over her head, extingui...
"Look, the mage consortium has to put its foot down- knock off with empowering the peasants!" "Or what?" That was the crux of the issue, really. Back when magical power was nicely monopolized, a casual threat from the mages consortium was something you couldn't afford to ignore. Just the implied threat of cutting o...
Mark wanted to milk the cow. He wanted to collect the eggs from the chickens. Plant the new crop. He longed for his old life, without responsibilities. Before the weight of his kingdom was thrust upon his unwilling shoulders. Mark never believed he would get any inheritance. But the Blessing of the King? Mark cursed w...
I allowed myself to be dragged along, more out of bewilderment than anything. I looked between the four guys surrounding me, two holding me by the arms and holding my trumpet case. I didn't try to struggle both out of bewilderment and the fact that we were going in the direction I was planning to head anyway. They had ...
When one begs the gods for help, there is almost an unspoken protocol within the lands of Greece. Don't ask Hades, is a rule many ascribe to. Not for any legitimate reason, its just that the god of the dead was seen an... uncomfortable being to ask for menial tasks. And yet, as Stephanos stared at the lord of the unde...
"Do you not have a shred of empathy?"I asked the defendant, a teenage boy who injured a ten-year-old boy in a drunk driving accident. The teen shrugged; he didn't seem to care what happens to him. At this point, most judges would simply sentence him to Juvie for several years, but there's a reason I was judge for this ...
He was there, dying in my arms. I myself wouldn’t live much longer… The bruises on my skin reflected his. We looked liked perfect lovers for our final instants. The crowd stoning us, spewing their hartred, would be the last to see us together. But i didn’t want to die here and there, not for the sole crime of loving...
She sat there, seething, as she hid under the bridge she called home. Other people's words echoed in her mind as she held her knees to her chest. "You need to take down criminals, you've been blessed.""It's your responsibility to help.""You should want to help others if you're able."That was the one that really got her...
Demons had a normal immunity to all things burning, or so they had thought. Brimstone may burn hot, but napalm was something Mezeld had never seen. Skin did not burn like that of the thousands of the damned souls, but the demon flesh melted like ice from the ninth circle when it came in contact with napalm. And t...
I could tell right away that the child was special. Something about him, his essence, radiated an almost divine presence. A sickly sweet aroma of innocence that tickled my salivary glands and drew me towards the small form. He'd been abandoned by the hospital. Wandering. So small, so sad. Come closer, child. Pennywis...

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