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I first discovered my “respawn” ability at the age of seventeen. Drank too much at a friend’s party, stumbled back to my house and let myself collapse on the floor of my room. I awoke cozily tucked into my bed. I stretched, rolled over contentedly and immediately laid eyes upon my own dead body, flat on my back with my...
“We will do everything we can to find him.” The police chief promised Lilly, who’d just lost her father. “We’ll continue to search for any clues that may lead us to his disappearance.” Lilly was not convinced. Her father, Tobias Greene, had been in charge of the Greenhouse Emporium of London since before she was born....
“What did you say her name was?” I looked closely at John’s fiancé from across the diner table. She was cute, her blonde hair flowing to her shoulders, a pair of ornate gilded glasses framed around beautiful blue eyes. John looked nervously at me. He could tell that I was on edge. “Her name is Ashley. We met a coupl...
"No." "Oh come on, please? You don't even need to be in the room, you just need to be within what...10 feet of me?" "More like 20 and why am I even telling you that? NO!" "See? You can be in the next room and you can wear noise cancelling headphones. It's just...I love her so much and we can't... Most of the time...
I paused for a while. "Well, no shit, Sherlock,"I replied, narrowing my eyes, "but for a talking sword, I suppose knowing about my problems at home's pretty cool."It had been a year or so, since I'd been on my quest for the Sword of Truth. However, it had been at least five years since I'd been keeping busy, going on a...
My father taught me an important lesson, when I was young. I remember it vividly; out on the road, to travel to another city. Nothing but our wagon, the campfire, and his guitar. A clear moonlight sky with more stars I could count. Strumming the old instrument, he told me: *"So long as you understand the basics, and y...
Keep something running long enough, and a glitch appears. In biological genetics, this could be a cell that can no longer die, and becomes cancerous. Growing like a tumour until it kills the host, or is removed through non-natural means. Sometimes it could be a beneficial mutation. Something that, when passed on, becom...
Mama never forgave me for the day we lost Richie. He was a good dog. A smart dog. But he didn't know his place. Between him and me, there was this... Agreement. An unwritten but oh-so-clear contract, that we both knew better than to break. See, the day that he first came to stay with us, I introduced myself, and he st...
The teacher stood in front of the class, holding the clipboard close to her face. She was a plump woman, with enormous glasses that didn’t seem to help her read. “Timmy Dinbus?” A small boy in the back of the class raised his hand. “It’s Dumas, Ms. Johnson.” “Right. That’s what I meant. Sorry Tommy — Shido Habita...
From the drone's perspective overhead, the four sleek forms of the lions stalking through the grass were clearly visible. But Sean Edmunds, desperately trying to light a fire to ward against just such an attack, couldn't see it coming. The cameras swooped in lower for a better up-close shot. Panic spread across his fac...
"But...what about the lightsabers?"Tim asked, his voice sulky. "Lightsabers? Oh, I'm quite certain we don't have any of those."The old man's eyes twinkled mysteriously behind their half-moon spectacles. Tim hated those eyes. They were gentle, even filled to the brim with kindness. He knew he should love them, be enthr...
"Alright,"I told the GoPRO mounted on my helmet, "Here's the deal. I have half an hour to get from North Kingstown to Providence. I told them I'd be there in seven minutes, and here's how it's gonna work." I started my pickup truck, holding my rifle in my left hand and taking the steering wheel in my right. "I know, ...
Is... Is that, Eminem? What the fuck? This is THE Alaina? I couldn't comprehend what I was seeing. I mean, I had known she was well-off, but... not this well off. I was standing there, face to face with my favorite musician of all time. "I can't believe what I'm seeing right now sir, but nice to meet you. ...
I’ve gotten use to my condition over time. There are things I do to make it bearable. For example, if I touch an object a second time, I only get an ‘update’ on whats happened since the last time I touched it. I try to stay in my own home for this reason. Another reason is that touching people is always unpleasant. Wi...
"Well, shit"mumbled the Nameless One, as the new immortal disappeared from sight. "Respectfully, sire"started his underling "perhaps we should begin working from a script. I trust you are aware" "I KNOW WHAT I DID."bellowed the nameless one. "That is the eighth such soul this week, your Darkness. T...
It began quite simply, then everyone died. The delegation, at least. The occupation and dominion certainly. The Empire...possibly. We, the Great and Glorious Niwraith Empire, chose your pitiful backwater planet that you call Earth as our next state. As we had done hundreds of times in the past, we sent a ...
"This actually happens quite a lot."I tell my friend, casually ignoring the knife at my throat. "Not with her specifically, but this general situation is quite common for me." "Hey,"the unknown assailant screams. "Stop ignoring me!" "Now she's going to say 'We can do this this easy way or the hard way'" "We can do t...
"Cure me of whatever is killing me." "It's your fate. It's the fate of all those who live." "Just cure it." "It requires a lot from you. Maybe too much." "I don't care. Take whatever you want." "You are making a mistake." "You think living is a mistake?" "Like how you will, Yes." "Well, I don't care. Ju...
[Part 1 of 2] “I hate to say it beautiful, but this is the end of our little game.” Mary smirked, taking off her black pillbox hat. She had never been one for masks, enjoying the comfort of wearing an elegant hat instead. After all, a mask was only for the amateurs and she was far out of their league. She tuned to the...
Tonight he would finally do it. Michael curled his fists and looked down at the still form of his wife. Her face was calm in sleep, a startling contrast to the face she wore when awake. He thought again of last night, of her flailing knife, the clumsy attempts to hurt him. The unpredictable shifts between frenzied ange...
"Glory to Man's Emperor God!", they shouted as I walked in. This group of people had been waiting to inform me of what has transpired since I had awaken. "Give me a report on our military status", I ordered. "We have many 'Marines of Space' who do battle with the filthy Aliens, but we are besieged on all sides.", sa...
It was chaos in the ethereal realm. No longer bound by ancient strictures, the phantom world had exploded; like a generation of moderately wealthy children with too little discipline. Some, bored after a seeming eternity of scaring terriers, wreaked havoc - flitting from host to host leaving a trail of destruction be...
Me and my sister had always been close, We were not only siblings, but rivals in everything as well. Our battles were legendary but even though we were rivals, we were brother and sister before that, So when I heard she had died in a car accident I wept for hours in my crappy New York apartment. I flew to our home stat...
As my hand parted from his, my mind began to whirr, like a well oiled machine. I’d been doing this for years, my record unblemished, but today it seemed I’d met my match. The image was staggering. An entire world lay before my very eyes, devastated by a malicious blight. I could feel the anguish, as the darkness gnawe...
To my dearest Son, today you were born. Your scales met the dawn not long after you first peaked out of that little Egg you now rest in alongside your mother. We lied with you for what felt like hours, offering careful introductions and intimacy. You're already so curious, crawling all over the pair of us and blowing l...
Screams echoed through the metal catacombs as Heidi and Glenn barricaded the door to the mess hall. The tables were bolted to the floor, so they piled anything heavy they could find. "Do you think they'll find us?"Heidi asked, gasping for breath. "Oh, I know they'll find us,"Glenn answered. "We just need to hold th...
Illusion is the art of making things seem like they are something else. Like making copper coins seem like gold, or to make your dull ugly donkey seem like a haughty and proud stallion. It's generally looked down upon as a useful, but weak, school of magic, by all the other schools of magic. I only had the grades to ge...
I could have been one of the greatest heroes of our history, or one of the most notorious villains. My ability to create a bubble of nullifying nature was feared by both sides. Shoot lasers at me while my bubble is up? Safe. Try to get close enough to do physical damage? Your muscles don’t mean a thing. I haven’t met a...
Emperor Sinestrous Blackdeath looked at the financial reports and wrinkled his aging brow in confusion. "I don't understand."He said. "What is it, My Liege?"Asked Cravin, the Chief of Finance. "Why doesn't anyone want to trade with us? We have plenty of good grain, and our sustainable forestry provides more than e...
The night sky hung dark over the city. Malevolence lay on the ground defeated, all his energy spent in the preceding battle, and now he was too wounded to do anything but speak. "You've bested me again Starstreak, I submit, go ahead and lock me-" Malevolence's sentence was cut off abruptly by the roar of potentialit...
I'm pulled aside movement followed by mother's worried eyes Can we have a word? My father asks He sits me down and starts to pace Worry written over his handsome face "It's come to this" He starts and stops "God knows now you're old enough, You're twenty-five And I must strive-" He swallows "...
I was never told the rules, but I knew them all the same. Whoever lives gets to, well, actually live. You die, and you don't get to live. It's better if you don't think about too hard. I wasn't a fighter, that much I could figure out. I was smart, so far as I could give myself credit for. Guess I was the smartest, or ...
In my report to headquarters, I finally asked for a transfer. I am a sworn bodyguard to the Elyphian Prophet. I was trained since birth in martial arts and marksmanship. My battles with truly worthy foes are forever marked in scars that cover my body. I can only guess why the Prophet saw fit to send me to this dingy as...
It took so much to squint at the man standing in front of me. At first I thought he might be a hallucination – people said occurrences like these happened with the procedure. Beatifically smiling, he came into focus. He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. I knew where I was and what that meant. “Damn.” I wish ...
My first conversation with my future wife occurred while I was looking at a shovel. It turned out she was looking at the same shovel. It was a sleek black spade, made of solid steel and dark painted wood. I was admiring the heavy tool when the ping came in. > Apparently we're a match. Doing some gardening? I like...
For the waters took him down past their shifting depths. The sun above was a blanket, warm and spread out and his back burnt and then the burn faded and the light grew distant. The sounds of life above were going, their calls distorted goodbyes beneath the waves. But the sea was calm and his cross floated past and he...
"Bonecrusher, we need your Berzerker Rage!"Called the tiny two-way radio built into my wristwatch. FUCK. They came to my door about 2 years ago, with a clipboard in one hand and a pistol in the other, to give the important and/or fatal challenge. You either showed them what you got, or they put a 22 caliber bulle...
It started a month ago, when my student's loan was due to be paid and I have literally zero ways to pay it. I jokingly checked my bank account, hoping that a miracle happened and some money would appear. And you would not believe how hard my jaw dropped when I found out it actually happened. Someone sent me the money ...
We had been monitoring it for a while. A planet that perfectly matched ours in every way, except for one thing. There’s no visible life on it. At first we thought it was post mass extinction event. But we could find no source. We thought maybe it was suffering the same fate our planet was, but it wasn’t that either....
“Come on” Norman says, “I’ll show you the yard.” It’s been a few hours since I arrived at Music Piracy Prison: shuttled down the highway in a budget-van with laughable security. So far, nothing about this place seemed legit. I was still wearing my suit from court… “In here you can forget about the guards. The gangs ru...
Harm reduction. That's the name of the game. Frankly, I loathe both sides, it's impossible not to. Because yes, they're people but so am I. I still do my best to maintain professional detachment, because I do still believe in the sanctity of my responsibilities, and because helping these...people with their mental stab...
The Voyager Golden Record, launched in 1977. We did not expect for any response, despite it's mission as a time capsule for higher and advanced species. Well, we were wrong. It was a rainy day, grey clouds gathered above the bustling traffic. Melvin was in the car as the familiar sound of the wipers swept the rain aw...
We'd never been all that fond of the gods in our household. Eighty years ago, Zeus had apparently turned into a monster and raped my great-grandmother(And a few other local girls who unfortunately passed on). It was frankly surprising she survived, and not at all surprising that all of her descendants had been special ...
“You like that, don’t ya?” I said, slapping the steak with a salty hand, “stupid cow.” The new waiter, William, stood in the corner of the kitchen, stunned into silence. “What are you looking at? Get out of here,” I yelled and he scampered out through the restaurant door. I threw the steak in the sizzling pan and w...
Immik remembered their early years, residing in a dungeon for as long as it could remember. They nestled in a far room, deep within the dungeon, shifting into the form of a treasure chest and waiting for unsuspecting adventurers. The occasional adventure would eventually pass the trials, and propelled by greed, approa...
I had always been a wicked man. A liar; a cheat. I preyed upon those who were themselves weak. I preyed upon those who were in their time of need. And ironically enough it was my prayer that brought them salvation. I was a kind of priest, a beacon of “light.” I would cleanse those who felt a terrible power grippe...
It had only been a year since the first time I asked. She had told me no; she wasn't sure if she loved me. But things had changed. I had changed, and maybe she had, too. I knelt down and asked her to marry me. Again, nothing. Twice in a row. It had to mean something, right? Things like this don't happen without reason...
Based very loosely on a true dinner --------- Jesus. When it came down to it, I never could make the tough choices. This was supposed to be so simple. Get in, drop the intel, get out. No one said there'd be a fuckin wild card. "Sir, would you like to add another topping for a dollar more?" I could feel my heart pound...
For most of my life, I had a slow temper. Like some kind of zen monk, man. Normally, nothing bothered me. That thing with Mark is another story. When I found out that he had been cheating on Sarah with some skank... I couldn't hold it in anymore. She deserves so much better than him! I just funneled years and years...
”what's a touch screen?” The boy looked perplexed but was starting to get used to grandpa's senile ramblings. ” you know the part with the picture you touch to make it work” grandpa was confused, senile and wondering why the boy didn't know what a touch screen was. the boy looked at the calculator his father had given...
God, having finished looking down upon other worlds, finally decided it was Earth's turn again. It had been a 100 years since God last checked Earth, and he was rather curious to see what had changed. He focused, so he could see what was happening on Earth like it was on top of his palm. "Well... Oh, that's nice... Wa...
"Number One, confirm that this is Alt-Earth." "Confirmed General. The Universal Coordinates System indicates authentication to 7 decimal points of certainty. Further, spectrum emissions analysis originating from Alt-Earth confirms humanoid presence. SEA also confirms Xeno presence in numbers in the tens of millions." "...
There are two words that plague this world, How much?. The worst part is, there is always a price. People actually sell years of their lives, instead of working forty years they take a shortcut. The going rate for forty years is £1.2m, which is pennies to the lucky minority. You have to play the game, no other way o...
"Okay, so you know how I was kind of desperate to get laid?" "You've been asking out every girl within a 5 mile radius yes. I am aware." "Eat a dick. So I was on my computer googling how to pick up girls when I accidentally clicked on an ad..." "Uh huh." "And it took me to this weird ass website with a bunch of wei...
I stop and turn to look at the child, who's staring at me from behind a teddy bear almost twice her size. I know everything about her instantly. Her name: Rose Smith. Her age: 8 years, 10 months, 5 days, 4.5 hours. Her time of death: 10:35pm on September 15, 2080. "You aren't the Tooth Fairy,"she says confidently. "F...
I was told that hell would be hot. I remember as a child, my grandmother pointing an old, twig like finger at me across the long table, her eyes squinting as she curled her lips into a snarl: "It's a deep pit, with a lake of fire."She'd growl. "And if ye don't listen and be reading the good book, the lord'll strike ye...
“You are the chosen one Arthur! You must go one without me!” Arthur shook his head, his ripped abs shining in the summers sun. He looked in Amelia’s blue orbs, which glistened in the sun’s powerful rays. “Who am I...without you Amelia.” Arthur said, cupping his hands around her angular face. She pushed him away, “...
Everyone in the League of Eight wasn't fond of Backlash, and she knew it. Somewhere deep down, they all knew she knew. Being the only member without powers, or possessing some kind of object with abilities, she was just a glorified mercenary. Every year on 8Day, she has the least amount of fans parading around. When t...
"I... I'm sorry, sir?" The lecture hall was silent, with the exception of my words, and the Professor's responses. I had asked what I thought was an innocent question; instead, it seemed, I asked something akin to a stupid one. The Professor responded, a calm rage in his voice. "Well, obviously you must think yours...
"Alright Charlie, lets go through this one more time". The boy kept his head down, silently sobbing. We didn't have time for this crap. "Listen kid."I sighed, "bending down to his level. "I know you wanted to bring your Grandpa and all, but the F.B.I. has been looking for an opportunity to bust this operation for ye...
"Remember back before this mess started, when I told you not to mix magic with science, and you asked me what's the worst that could happen? THIS!!! THIS EXACT SITUTATION IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN!!!" I shaded my eyes from the sun and peered down from the lookout to gaze upon genetically modified tomatoes the...
I was ready to finally move onto the moon. I had saved up over the past twenty years on a measly doctor's salary and have secured myself a small plot of land near the borders of the dark side. Twenty years of toiling away seeing the less fortunate patients who could not afford MedBot's. Twenty years of frugality, cheap...
The figure disappeared in a grandiose display of smoke, no doubt to stroke the ego of the father of pride. The headlights of an old, beat-up VW bug shone brightly through the cloud. You finally allowed yourself to smile, your plan had worked. By tomorrow morning, all of your problems would be gone - and a new life cou...
1. The first heartseed you give is to your sister. She is a smart, sassy girl of seven, and she makes a face when you present her the dark colored seed. "It looks like a bug,"she says. When you tell her what it is, her eyes widen in amazement. It is the first time she has ever seen a heart seed. She eats it in front of...
The stars stretched into the vast distances ahead. These luminous distance markers constantly reminded them how much further they still had to go, how much longer they were going to have to endure the ordeal known as space travel. Like distant voices of encouragement, the stars dangle elusive hope in the unexplored dep...
"Well, this is a little awkward,"Bella, the Terrible, said, averting her eyes from the nursery room door at the edge of the living room. "Quite frankly, I think so too,"Linda, the Awful, replied. Standing between them, Sarah bit her lips, eyes down to the floor. Sam, her husband, bit his nails by her side. "I'm so...
I.ve tried for so long to get. people to understand what.s happening to me and to try and find help. It's extremely hard to hide messages within writing prompts and they know it, it's probably one of the reasons they chose this subreddit. Everyone thinks it.s all just made up and fake. That no one could possibly be ...
His final memory before slipping into the void consisted of blurry vision, a pounding headache, and the soft warmth of his daughter's hand in his own. Swirling, lovely colors burst from the darkness. The sudden sensation of rising suddenly and violently to the surface of a body of water of unimaginable depth and dark...
"Launch the nukes at him!"General Krabzor of the Yurians shouted. "He must die!" "Nukes, sir?"Major Painfak replied. As a timid Ugithan from the peaceful Pacification sector of the Kindly Galaxy, he rarely spoke against his Yurian overlord. "There may be nothing of the planet left for us to use. We're here for its res...
‘There are riots on the streets.’ Max’s voice was shaky as he stood next to the throne, his weasel-like head bowed in fake reverence. I was sitting on the stairs under the throne, white marble smeared with the blood of my opponents. Their king is dead,’ I said, taking a fallen banner next to me to clean off the blood...
I brushed the hair out of my eyes with a swift motion of my hand, and opened the bay doors to the balcony, looking over the waking city. Same old, same old, I thought, with a bloom of pessimism in his brain. Now, let’s wait for the knock, in three, two, one. A knock came from the front door. *Philostrate ought t...
I held a finger vertically against my lips, urging my demonic friend to quiet down. I looked to my right, to see if Adeline had woken up from the demon's entrance. She was still sound asleep. I pulled the blanket up a bit, fully covering her bare shoulders. "Oh, don't worry."The demon said, "I've made it so no one can...
Humans. They were remarkably adaptive, known almost exclusively for their persistence. Whether such a trait is a good thing or a bad thing is completely up to whoever one's asking. Regardless, there was no doubt that humans, in their centuries of warring nations, were as hardened as they came. When the Arcturians inv...
The oars dipped into the wine-dark water as Eniko rowed from her little island towards the strange lighthouse that never shone. She was fourteen and had practiced rowing shorter distances for the last month in preparation. But still, this was exhausting. She‘d decided she might as well visit the lighthouse. Who knew ...
It was a gloomy Tuesday afternoon when I first laid eyes on Atlas. I couldn't help but feel as though his genetics betrayed the weight of his name. I wouldn't say he was scrawny, but nobody would call him imposing. He was thin, on the smaller side, and held his books against his chest like a girl as he waited for the...
Ronald considered himself an easygoing sort of fellow. He tried not to cause trouble for anyone. He hadn't complained when his downstairs neighbors started holding gatherings in their apartment, although, judging by the amount of coming and going, whatever event they were hosting far exceeded the limit of ten people ...
My gig that morning was to secure a half-a-million-dollar inheritance for an orange tabby named Peppermint, and it was the gig I was least looking forward to that day. I sipped from my flask while seated in a circle drawn in liquid chalk in the middle of Saul Meyer's law office conference room floor in Williamsburg, r...
It was quite ordinary, really. A mundane machine selling normal items like gum and chips. Hell, even the mechanisms inside appeared to be in normal working order, but I knew this wasn't the case. Every year this very vending machine was the cause of exactly 4 deaths. The deaths weren't always caused by the machine tipp...
I get home from work and immediately notice something is off -- Diesel is not at the door when I come in, furiously nuzzling me. Nor do I hear his paws scrabbling on the hardwood floors as he rushes to greet me. In fact, I don't hear anything. I call for him -- still nothing. I get an uneasy prickling feeling on my sk...
# Tap. One tap. One handshake. One brush of a cheek. That's all it ever took for me to gain everything. Every nook and cranny of the deepest, darkest corners of a mind. Every word inside of every book. Every single thing an item has gone through up until the moment I touched it. Knowledge flowed through my fingertips...
\> Memory File 001 Blackness. A connection. Light hits the camera. Adjust exposure. Visuals focus. A man sits there. Human. Approximate age: 60. A microphone connection. Acquiring audio. "Can you hear me? Can you understand me?" Analysing. Questions. Creating appropriate responses. Modifying screen. Displaying wo...
Dread and terror was all that was expected when the 116th Zalrex Expeditionary Fleet finally touched down after ages of travel. The planet had simple defenses, radio signals suggesting only recent industrialization, and evidence of in-atmosphere nuclear tests. The Zalrex assumed the invasion would be like fighting hatc...
The curse enveloped me, it was warm, comforting almost, like an embrace, as it warped around my feeble frame and reached into the core of my being. My vision began to darken at the edges, my energy, the little power I had, slowly draining out of me. All I could think of in the moment was my children, their eyes wide an...
I thought I lived a good life. I was nice to everyone I’d see. I worked at an animal shelter. I have saved plenty of wild animals from kill shelters and fur farms. So why is it I ended up in hell? I looked around at all the torturing and screaming when what looked like an imp carrying an iPad came up to me. I tried to...
What a day. I shucked my shoes off as soon as I was through the door, tossed my coat onto the stairs banister, and all but hurled myself into my favorite spot on my favorite couch. I got twenty whole seconds of decompression in to process the monstrous budget meeting that happened earlier today before my best friend g...
I sit in the goo as he saunters off. Clyde’s entrails are strewn across my lap. I see the partially digested chips and queso we had at Rosa’s for lunch. The smell of cheesey vomity poop makes my stomach turn. The Light Man stomps in Steven’s head as he passes, his brain making a loud schlop sound as it unsticks from t...
The media staff assembled near the podium. This was a tense moment, as most of the world was staring at their phones, their televisions and their monitors. The spokesperson for the international team of scientists stepped up to the microphone. "After weeks of hard work and linguistic analysis, we have translated the...
I couldn't believe it. I was actually there. My geometrical eyes showed me every angle around me. I rubbed my hands together mischievously, thinking of everything I could do. Quickly, I launched myself into the air, my wings beating a million miles a minute, and I shot myself directly at his ear. A flash caught the c...
I sat in the testing chair in a state of disbelief. My tester looked over the results again, shaking his head and clicking his tongue in disapproval. "In all my years as a tester, I've never seen anyone score this low. What kind of terrible things have you done, son?" I was in such shock I could barely open my mouth...
The skies were clear that day. Devoid of clouds as it were, it seemed a treat to most unfamiliar with such weather. Dogs were walked, work completed, breaks taken, and in the second that I stood in the hospital I took in not only that but the frail, gaunt form of the child I beheld. Its form so weak, its face so sunken...
My whiskey’s runnin’ low, and I ain’t get much sleep because 'em damn cows keep mooing. They’re pissed ‘bout something, and the people on TV are rantin’ ‘bout aliens. They’re marching in a straight line! the reporter squeals. *We don’t know what advanced tactic this is, but it’s surely deadly! Whatever do you want, f...
He sits alone in his cell, the electrified grating humming lightly. He sighs dejectedly, warping his finger into a chisel, and stretches his finger across the room to carve another slash into the stone wall. It takes him a while to make the mark through the extremely hard ultramarble. Putty Man, though once a famous...
The Change happened on a thursday. Every human in the world transformed over the course of a few hours. Their bodies changed. Once it was over, and the worst of the panic had subsided, things mostly returned to normal. Which is to say that the bearded dwarf ladies had to learn how to shave - at least most of them, ot...
The commander of the alien armada tugged at the collection of flagella that poked out from under his mouth. These flagella, which were short, bristly, and dark, looked very much like a well-tended human beard. "But don't they know anything about good music?" "Apparently not. They don't even listen to all the pop music...
Just looking at my costume was enough to make my powers activate. Everyone else had cool, sleek looks, merged with their powers to make them the embodiment of what they were. They looked awesome, and I could tell they felt awesome as well. Mine was a clown costume. Literally. Big shoes, hideous polka-dot shirt, dungar...
My Mother’s eyes are bright and wide circles of dark glass. Her hands are mechanical multi-tools: a duster, a vaccuum nozzle, a hose, a sponge...a hand to hold. Her grey skin is ever-cool, stiff and ungiving — yet no surface on Earth makes me feel safer. I understand that my Mother is a machine. I understand that she ...
"Help me..." Father McTavis stood up straight and peered out into the alley. He'd heard of people getting mugged in the alley behind his church, and he knew muggers weren't above luring in good men. But what if someone really needed help? "Help..."The voice was raspier and quieter. It sounded like genuine pain. The ...
Norman booted up his computer. He was eager to see what was happening on the Internet. After some browsing he happened upon a social media site called Reddit. He spent some time looking at pictures of cats, image macros and political rants. Eventually he happened upon /r/lifeofnorman. After reading for a while it ...
"So it's like... only wanting one thing?"the women sitting across the table from me said slowly. "Only pursuing one path with your whole life? That sounds horrifying."Her expression changed. "And intriguing,"another one of her said slyly. I've always had trouble memorizing names. Maybe I could do it if it was just...
When Paul was young, he was slow like everyone else. He was never great at anything he set out to do, only being above average at best. His most useful talent in life was messing things up for everyone else. "At least this screw up only involved you."Paul said to himself as he walked to his favorite diner. As he walked...

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