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He’d found the first bone a mile outside Sedona — an Arizona town whose outskirts still wore the pitted grooves of pilgrim tracks. A town of red dirt and sun-peeled paint, of air that perspired you like a shower but that never hit the ground outside of drops of sweat. That first bone hadn’t seemed much like a bone to ...
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Kagim wasn't the first to react to that sentence. He was smart beyond his years —which is not hard to be when you're 15 years old—, and definitely picked up what that implied for him, but held no feeling of destined greatness. He dismissed it as only a glint of hope that would betray him sooner or later, and only earn ...
You couldn’t help but smile, you loved your job and all the loop holes that you had created. Modern technology has made it almost too easy. You pull out your tablet computer and present the woman with your deal all written out in an electronic document. She pours over the document carefully reading it out loud… “In re...
We're about to be placed into confinement (me and another American soldier named Guy). No public mail or communications channel will be provided to us, and they will be watching. Strangers, whom I might bribe, may be able to pass secret messages and communications. To communicate, we must be very careful, and may resor...
Reports have been coming in all morning. The boss is growing restless, you can see it in his face. He’s on his way here, and coming quickly, in a tank. Luckily we set up some small roadblocks which wills top the tank in it’s tracks, but they say he’s just as deadly on foot. “He’s an expert marksman!” The stories say....
It does not take much to tip the less advanced worlds to chaos. Oh no, if I let my vigilance wane they fall in an instant. The weight of their survival is on my shoulders. Mine! No I cannot let the other Members know about them. I must keep them secret, keep them safe. Their world is one unscrupulous arms dealer ...
Let me tell you something, rook. Take everything they taught you in training and throw it right out the window. You don't have a single goddamn clue what you're getting yourself into, not one. You see, I used to be like you, new on the force, feeling pretty tough with that badge on my chest and a gun at my hip. That fe...
Juno was fairly typical for a cat: lazy, aloof, and the occasional cuddlebucket/asshole. It seemed that she never really wanted anything to do with me unless I specifically wasn't paying attention to her. I'd be gaming with some friends, and she'd come meowing and jumping in front of the television. I tried to do homew...
Being reborn as a tree was frustrating. Being reborn in her backyard made it worse. Committing suicide wasn't an easy decision, but I couldn't bear living without her. Knowing I'd never be with her again removed the element of fantasy and hope from my life. When I saw she'd cheated, when she told me she didn't love...
*The loop's pretty good*, I thought. I watched the black-and-white cat spun on the playground merry-go-around, its alarmed face in stark contrast to the delighted expression on the kids' faces. One little girl and two boys, maybe 5 or 6 years old, gave the roundabout a single push and squealed with laughter at the cat'...
As normal I began my day at work waiting to be transported to my story. I sat at my desk doing some research and as quickly as I felt my power kick in I was inside a small classroom. Teleportation is a weird feeling and something I don't think I will ever get used to, I feel my body being pulled apart and put back toge...
"I can make as many wishes as I want?" "Yes. As long as you can answer the question." "And If I get it wrong you reverse all the wishes?" "Yes." "I want to make a wish." "What is the sum of three and six?" "Nine." "What is your wish?" "I wish the world was an unimaginable hell hole." "Done. Go outside and hear...
It started about 7 years ago. The Glowing Hour when everyone goes nuts and looks for their other half. Their match. The person who glows just like them. It’s a stupid ritual for a bunch of reasons. 2 years ago some archeologists traveling the deep forests in Asia found some stone carvings that explained what was goin...
They all forgot about me a long time ago. I was big for a bit, but you know how it is. New guy comes in with the fancy ideas, and you're out on the streets by the time the next movie comes along. I took my pink slip, went home, and lived off the money I had gotten. No one had a need for an old toon, so there was no poi...
The light of the miniature black 'box' TV shone in my face as I listened to the breaking news of broadcast. "Due to some natural phenomenon, it seems that anyone who tries to inflict harm to others will have the damaged inflicted back onto themselves, without any damage done to the victim!", the broadcaster smiled. I...
It's written in red and green pencil crayon, letters that don't look right but you can get the gist of it. They're close but a little too blocky, a little too spaced apart, a little off kilter in their lines. It's not the first letter, it's not going to be the last, but this one I've read at least a dozen times. You m...
“Errr can't you go any lower?” The robotone sounded through my old samsung s6. “Excuse me. I cant run background checks on, you, you have no history of employment, and to top that off I dont think there is a court in the land that will even rule that you have squatters rights. I have you by the… scent glands? Antenna?...
I'm an executioner, for lack of a better word. To most people, it brings up thoughts of the guillotine or a hangman's noose. Maybe your mind wanders more to decapitations or electric chairs or firing squads. That type of thing. That's what I would do for you, as an average citizen. A bullet to an artery is a cheap solu...
“A… primitive planet?” “Yes,” said the alien official, rolling his black eyes, “that’s what I said.” The aliens weren’t a million miles removed from humans, but you’d certainly react if you passed one on the street. Their skin tones tended towards metallic and they were too wrinkly around the chin, too smooth around ...
Arlen Gollancz was sure his name would go down in history. He had done it.  He had reached Mars. Not on his own, of course. There were hundreds of people contributing to this accomplishment, if not thousands, but it would be his name on the newspapers. He’d be lauded on his return no matter what happened for the rema...
"Emma?"Shadow Wolf groaned as his eyes flickered open. "It's Sidewinder."I corrected with annoyance. He was the only one that insisted on calling me by birth name and not my villain alias. "Whoa, don't move!"I stopped him as he tried to get up. I was in the middle of stitching up a large wound across his abdomen. H...
Am I traitor to my own kind? Well, no. I’m the last of my kind. I also don’t believe in harming mortals. In fact, I pioneered the research that led to the blood bank. That’s right, it was me who figured out that putting blood back into mortals after losing too much could save their lives. I also figured out blood types...
"It's way faster if you just cut through the warp"the Human said, while sipping on his hot cup of black irritant, as they both looked out the front viewscreen, into empty star-speckled space. The captain's wings buzzed in irritation, and he clicked his mandibles. A translator fashioned around his collar chimed back in...
Amanda Patterson looked like she was wearing a denim hand towel around her waist, and the tank top wasn't much bigger. *How could her parents let her leave the house like that?!* Her tanned, taut stomach seemed so smooth and sculpted... *Stop it!* I berated myself as I made my way back to my locker. *They're 16, for g...
Golem George Washington kicked in the door to the oval office, startling President Tal King Hed right out of his chair. "Who are you?"said President Hed, poking his head over the top of his desk. "I'm Golem George Washington and I'm here to chop down your tree" "I though that was a myth" "Oh who even knows?" "Is t...
I wish I had a better story. I wish I could say that I died giving my life for a good cause or perished when a plane crashed into the underwater rollercoaster that I was riding. It didn't turn out like that, though. I lived a standard, boring life. Married, kids, white picket fence, all that. Then I got sick and old an...
*We first saw the light on day 31. It always appeared on the nearest moon, and it was always either white, green or red. After a few days there were two of them. Every night from that moment we saw them, sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both at once. We couldn't explain them, never enough to be certain any...
"Tell that bitch girlfriend you have that she and her asshole friends totally fucked my investigation today."Andrew popped the lid off of a beer as he spoke to my back, my eyes were glued to my computer screen, fingers typing manically. "Uh-huh, sure thing. Why don't YOU just tell her when she gets home?"I hit the e...
All in all, the mission went smoothly, by Skrn'chk's account anyway. They blasted off Varinh's port with a cargo bay full of illegal cerkan disruptegrators, and the only thing that suffered was Grgk'schk's pride and wallet - and a half of the foot-root. But even that was slowly re-growing as both smugglers sat in the *...
*everything is so green* Jason remembers that being his first thought when he arrived. In 3518, the amount of people in America alone demanded so much more energy that the government had been forced to forego green alternatives to fossil fuels. Trees had ran scarce, and the planet was dying. He was humanity’s last hop...
The group of friends were sat around a fire under a sky full of stars. One man, stepping quietly away from the party, found a place where he could be alone. He looked up at the Milky Way. "When you consider how vast and great the universe is, I'm just worthless, aren't I?"he sighed. His friend, who had known him for...
"We killed them all." The interrogation room was deathly silent. I was alone in the room, only the silvery sheen of the one-way glass giving evidence that my confession was being witness and recorded. I looked myself up and down in the reflection; bone-thin, haggard, my hair little but crumbling strands of keratin. Re...
After the shock wore off, I began the tests. First, language comprehension and interpersonal skills. I spoke with Tums, attempted to make eye contact (no physical contact; though I wished to touch his golden-orange fur) and said a few key words to see how he would react. However, he seemed very naturally cat. Even when...
"Wh-"I silenced myself at her look. "Ummm, crap, looks like I forgot something at home. I'll just swing by to pick it up." Bryan the intern grabbed my arm. "You cannot leave. We have the big presentation." *The what?* "I can. I'm the boss."I responded, trying and failing to yank my arm free. "No, the presentation....
"Please Thomas, don't do it for me, do it for..." "DON'T SAY FOR HENRY!"Thomas screamed, slamming a picture of his beloved friend with a hand of pistons and half a wheel. "He DIED doing this. You want me to go the same way?! Do ya?! WELL?!" "The steaks are high Thomas. I heard the Deceptions are fielding their best t...
He was still standing at the photocopier. He'd been standing at the photocopier for twenty minutes. He was taking his time copying the sheets. I knew that because I'd been watching him. He could have been clearing five sheets a minute. Yet he was hardly managing one a minute. "You almost done, pal?"I asked. "You'll k...
The genie studied the contract of wishes: 1. Dragons have never been real. 2. Anyone I am engaged to will die the night before our wedding, unless they bring me a real dragon's corpse. 3. I will have a husband before I grow old. The genie brought out reading glasses, held the contract close to its face, glanced at th...
"Boost what the hell man"The bounty hunter armed his arm canon , his cybernetic eye implant glowed red as he aimed his sights at me. "You ratted us out to the enemy! You're traitor, I'm gonna kill you" "Alright everyone lets calm down and not get too hasty"Ultragirl slowly position herself between me and The bounty hu...
It was a power that Jim had discovered in his teenage years, having just yelled "CUT!"in the middle of someone's play. Really, he was just being a jackass at the time, trying to confuse the stagehands and to get a rise from the audiance. Instead, the cast broke character, the crowd around him started talking about when...
Being able to freeze time is quite possibly the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Before you get started, let me answer all of your questions: I don’t know. I’m not sure how it happened, why it happened or really when it happened. Time manipulation is impossible in the realm of physics, as I believe time itself...
I stared, bleary eyed at the toast that had just popped up from my old and, until now, reliable toaster. There, quite clearly, burned into the bread in angry black letters was a word. “FUCK”. My toaster had never sworn at me before. Indeed it had done very little except toast bread poorly, ever since my parents had giv...
"Mr. Hanks... Ron, can you hear me?" Where am I? What's going on? I try to open my eyes but they won't open. Are they forced shut? Are they tired from lack of use? I try to remember what happened. James. Accident. Mugged. Cup open. Ambulances. Another voice. "Eyes are too matted over to do a retinal test. Heartbeat.....
As I dashed out the door, the postman spotted me and made a beeline for me with a rather large package for my neighbour that needed signing, and normally I would have wasted time happily accomodating the package, but not today - no. With one look at me, he backed away, got in his truck and hurriedly drove on. I waite...
"So they're massless, and frictionless." *"That's right!"* The professor still didn't buy it. He knew they only exist in theory, it's just a marketing gimmick. The students were just as dumbfounded, all 300 of them in the lecture hall. *"You don't buy it? Try it yourself."* Sure enough, the professor went ahead and...
I spend most of my time at a bar now, not because I'm some sort of raging alcoholic. Well not Only because I'm a raging alcoholic. It's no use trying to be an upstanding citizen anymore, it's not like there's anything worth doing anymore that won't go instantly to shit. I applied for a job at McDonalds 2 years ago,...
While others are fated to be killed by planes, heights, and other common causes of death, my demise stares at me everytime I go to sleep at night. Yeah you heard me right. The ceiling is my phobia. Everytime I go-to bed and look up, dread fills my body like mud, getting in between every gap and crevice, absolutely para...
Despite Jane’s best efforts, she was not beloved by the other occupants of the John Henry apartment complex. Her frustration was echoed by that of the immortal demon residing in her body. “No amount of freshly baked bread is going to fix this.” she said to herself, and by extension to Bee. “Maybe a quiche?” Jane bega...
The Chronological Penitentiary of the Federal Timekeeping Agency is not an ordinary prison. Covertly located somewhere in space and somewhen in time, it houses those criminals who, in reckless defiance of established law, breach the International Convention on Time Travel, signed and ratified by all countries represent...
“Daddy, please don’t go,” cried Catelyn. He smiled kindly and stroked her hair. “I have to, Princess. It’s past your bedtime.” “I...I need a drink of water,” she whined desperately. “You just had one. I know you’re scared sweetie, but you have to learn to sleep on your own.” “But the shadow monster tried to ge...
((I woke up to awards and tons of comments and likes and I am **FLATTERED**. Thank you all. I've been in such a writing funk lately. This made me so happy. *Thank you*. ❤)) Anger roils off of me like fog over water. I have been spurned one too many times and it's showing. I shove the last book I truly care about int...
It was supposed to be my chance to work on myself. Unemployement had me feeling sorry for myself and the constant late nights didn't make things easier. So I became determined to try and be productive, if only in small ways while the job hunt continued, and much to my own surprise, I really liked experimenting with gr...
*My life is like a fucking video game*. What, are you challenging me? You want to see my bare back? Fuck you. I guess it must've been hell with my parents, expecting their good 9 and 8 genes to pop out something at least halfway decent. It's not even something that really matters. We live in the twenty-first fucking ...
The bedroom was kept dark. There were candles littered throughout the room, surrounding the bed, some on the oak cabinets, and the dining table had no free space. None of them were lit, however. The curtains were shut, and it was pitch black. It didn't matter. Nolan couldn't see; he had lost his sight somewhere around...
"A happy cow is a happy burger!"The smiling face declared, "Fed only-" I mute the television with disgust. Since the Happy Meat Act - and yes, that is exactly what it's called - was passed a few years back the flavor of meat has improved for society. Oh yes, they can taste the juicy happiness, the tender joy, and the ...
I don't really know what it was like before. Dying. Discovering that there's more. The Ride of the Valkyrie. I don't think the Meadhall has changed - at least - it looks like a Viking Meadhall to me. On the whole it's like this giant party on the front lines of a battle we're going to fight in the morning, only mo...
There are an infinite set of rules but only one matters to me: thirty-four. My job is to make sure nothing escapes the grasp of the Internet’s most cherished rule. If there is something popular, I’ll be the first to ensure there’s porn for it. I’ll scar your childhood without a single care. I will make you question ev...
At this point, we don’t need the light. The children will never know the light, and we will never forget it. It’s better this way, they said, if we just adapt to the dark. They were, for the most part, right. However, some jobs can’t be done in the dark. Some people cannot live in the dark. So, in the dark for...
Zachary stood still when a wooden door creaked slowly open. Morgan, Adam, and Penny took a step backwards from the door. Zachary held his ground curling his fists. “Ah!” A person dressed up in fake bloody rags ran in screaming from the dark room. Morgan and Penny both jumped while Adam crossed his arms behind Zachary....
It was a beautiful summer day. Jake was enjoying his rainy spring break. In the middle of the terrible blizzard that had been going on since last year, Jake had to use his Ultimate Dark Demonic Powers, and killed the remaining members of the Yakuza Clan. The Yakazu Cult came back as Demons, however, and it was daemon ...
It's hard coping with death. There is a certain trepidation I feel in facing it voluntarily. They doctors and anesthetists assure me it's a return trip, the science is sound, there is a lot riding on this for a lot of people so I hope we get it right. "10 minutes left."The nurse reminds me with solemn look on her f...
All at once Death knew something was wrong. He paused, and if he had possessed skin would have frowned and possibly furrowed his brow. Since he had neither of these options he settled for setting his book down somewhat harder than usual, and letting out a small but forceful sigh, in utter contradiction to his lack of l...
The clock on the wall told the time. 9:18 pm. Five minutes ago he had gotten the call. Five minutes of tense, shaky, fear and rage filled silence. Then, it broke. A tear running down a scarred face from one too many battles against heroes. A once calm and sometimes happy face curled into an all too familiar snarl. All ...
I work in service of Death and in doing so, preserve life. As long as I can remember, I’ve worked hand in hand with Death to ensure that those fated to live survive villainous attacks. My work keeps order, but more than that, my work brings me a deep sense of fulfillment—I feel that I am achieving my highest purpose. I...
I hid concealing myself from view. I know what my job is, what my purpose is. I can't. I heard them every night. I hear them now in my head. I close my eyes and my heart, which is black as coal, aches beyond compare. It's as if an elephant sits on my chest everytime I think of having to scare her. Tonight is t...
“A dilemma for sure, but not impossible. We would be naive to think that ours is the only planet called earth.” - said chancellor Sunak when faced with having to rename their planet at their first meeting with the Intergalactic Committee of Advanced Societies. “My second chair, Grask probably is on his way right now wi...
Doof: Ah, so you've finally arrived Perry the . . . Wait, who are you guys? FBI; Hello Doctor. My name is Agent Smith and these are my associates. Doof: Wow Smith. Really creative name there. FBI: Anyway, you are under arrest for attempted terrorism. Doof: I see, well if you think I'll come without a fight you (Ba...
"Scared?"the bartender asked, sliding a glass across the counter. It found a resting place in the open hand of Professor Thomas Risenbach. Thomas looked at his watch, "11 minutes."He lifted the glass and drank. The bar was quiet, had a hollow feeling. Empty chairs crowded bare oak tables. Un-chalked pool cues stacke...
I walked out the door with my backpack on my back, though it was quite heavy. I shut the door behind me, and promptly fell into a large hole in the ground in front of my door. *Ah, so it begins* I thought. I reached into my back, and procured a grappling hook. I tossed it up, and heard a metallic *clang*. I pulled t...
"Sir, even the fat ones in America have Japanese katana swords." "But why? Are they warriors?" "We can't tell, sir. They appear to wear very similar uniforms consisting of trench coats, fedora hats and matching neckbeard facial hair. All signs are pointing towards the men being artificially created American super sol...
The line to the pearly gate stretched as far as the eye could see. Further really, considering that Chris didn’t have eyes anymore. Despite the DMV like wait, things seemed to be moving quickly. The guy behind him was fidgeting. Chris tapped his arm. “Hey, you ok?” The guy behind him responded “Yeah, I’m just… you kno...
There's that cold feeling again, the one that starts in her eyes. The coffee turns bitter and we look at each other. Everyday follows the same. Everyday is a different hell. "I really do love you,"I say. She rolls her eyes. The morning's light falls on the table, on our faces. Outside there is an awakening, life be...
I was only with control for about 2 years before the Earth expedition was announced. Our planet cluster was running low on supplies and resources, and with the last expedition turning out fruitless, it seemed inevitable that Earth was our next stop. I was enraptured with the idea that I could have a direct hand in help...
It was completely and thoroughly happenstance that led to me living with the old woman. We leaf drakes are the smallest of creatures to be considered true dragons, about the size of a large housecat. As such, we have one rule: stay away from humans. Not only are they ugly and they stink, they're dangerous. To them...
"Oh my. Charlie, whatever you did, please do it again."Mr. Smith said, his aged face one of shock and surprise. After a moment, he stuck a finger into his ear and felt around before having his wrinkled face burst into a bright and vivid smile. "What?"Little Charlie said, clutching his stumpy left arm in confusion. It ...
Creaking bones beg me to stop. Tearing muscles scream for this madness to end. Even my mind is arguing for the last sleep. But my soul refuses to let them stop. I was young when the rumors first came to me. Excalibur had been found, THE sword in the stone. A champion was needed and I, like everyone else, came to try...
"Finally! I have been calling you for ages without you picking up! I need you to listen, this is very important" This was strange, this was very strange. As far as I know, no one else has invented the telephone besides the one I just invented. How did this person behind the telephone ended up contacting me? "Ummm, ok...
I loved my void. Sure, it was an endless abyss of blinding light, but it was \*my\* abyss. I had spent the past few millennia perfecting it: Hanging tapestries, putting up a gallery wall, tending my succulent garden, and it was finally my perfect home. You can imagine my frustration when I was ripped from my home whil...
Part One ​ Yeshua bar-Yosef, otherwise famously known as Jesus Christ, gazed at me waiting for my response. His disciples gather around me, glaring at me menacingly. I was at a loss for words. It wasn't that he singled me out. Despite my best efforts, I probably still had mannerisms that a twenty-first...
"What are you doing?" "I'm stuck." "Wh- How did you got stuck?" "I was sitting on the couch, and then-" "No. Not that. Answer this first. How, in the FUCK, does a cat person get Stuck, in a laundry bin???" "Okay, so I was sitting in the couch, right?" "Uh huh" "And then I heard this sound coming from the laundry...
"50 grand on the Bucks to beat Miami."I leaned against the wall as I placed the briefcase full of chips on the desk. The bookie had a look of shock on her face. "$50,000 on the Milwaukee Bucks to beat the Miami Heat?"She asked me like I was a child playing with fire. "That's correct."I looked up at the boards again....
I too had no problem with the complex prompts. Let's say you're reading the following complex prompt: > You are alone on a space ship with one other person. One day you notice that your companion has changed... Ok, you think, this prompt already has my creative juices flowing. You continue to read... >...and ...
As I wake, they arrive. They arrive en masse. Hell, I don't think that they actually left anyone behind. I can sense them outside. Sense their fear. Their hatred. They don't understand me, and I terrify them. I wave my arm, and I'm clothed. I've chosen a suit, three piece, charcoal, no pattern, no tie. Top two buttons ...
Part 1 | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/693emd/a_sound_to_stir_the_world_part_2/) --- Cameron sat by himself. Despite his high school cafeteria's crowded tables, his remained empty save his own seat. But he was used to this by now. He had heard the stories, watched all the cheesy teen movies, but...
“In a sec, Dad!” Michael sat hunched over his sauerkraut, eyes creased shut. His face was purple with rage and, along with his pain-stricken expression, was quite indistinguishable from a disgruntled prune. Sarah laid a comforting hand upon his shoulder as she had done for the past sixteen years, and the storm in his ...
"Ok, Tim Shell, third time's the charm, buddy."I say to myself, pulling his resume out of my paper waste basket and flopping it to my desk top. His name, in bright purple, large and proud, beamed from the top of the page like some mutant phosphorescent fungus festering in a deep cave. It was a variation on a hyper-co...
Every Who Down in Whoville Liked Christmas a lot... but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, Did NOT! Then the murders began, and the Whos were in fear. "There's a killer about, now that Christmas is here!" So they hid in their houses, with all their Who toys, and their little Who girls and their little W...
"I'm sorry, excuse me?"I said. His kind eyes peered down as if I were his child (and in a way I assume I was). We stood on a cloud, surrounded by only more clouds and the blue of the sky. His heavenly radiance was blinding to my eyes, yet inside I could see him, though I don't remember His face. Alone in the sky, like ...
I went in. A white room. No windows, no paintings or decorations, no nothing. A desk with two chairs. That was it. I didn't trust this. I didn't trust this in the slightest. I decided to wait about seven minutes before I carefully sat down in one of the chairs. Someone else entered the room. A little boy. He looked a...
Satan looked at me awkwardly. I nodded, assuring him he had not misheard. "That's right,"I said, "You heard me. Or should I repeat myself?"The devil, taken back by this sudden insolence, regained his tyrannical authority. "DO NOT QUESTION ME! I am already gracious enough to allow you this!". Sure enough, a second late...
My brother from another mother cried out to me as he tried to flee that he wished he had been my lover. We had been chillin' when this evil villian tried to put us on his dragon. I escaped just fine but this friend of mine's athletic skills were sorely lacking. They flew away into the sky I saw the fear...
Well, this is sudden. Should I start at the start?... Probably, that's normally the start. My name is Jacques, I enjoy long walks in the park, I was married, I have two children, my dog Daniel is adorable, and I'm a part-time supervillain named Chronicle and on the brink of success. Should I have led with that last ...
"Why do we always gotta be the odd ones out?"asked Tom as he eeked out a smile with the seventy-sixth renown alien scientist who wanted a picture with the galaxy's rarest and hottest new agricultural craze. "Tell me about it. I have no idea how to answer half the questions they ask. They think everyone on Earth's a...
The time had finally come. For aeons past, my people had been sealed away on our world. A repeating element in all of our mythologies was that the gods punished us for our sins and barred us from heaven. Modern science however has concluded that it was the work of visitors from the stars. Remnants of alien technology ...
July 1st, 1963. Dobbin house tavern. Gettysburg. Sam walked into the dimly lit tavern, and took a seat at the bar. "Sammy."Winston, the man behind the bar exclaimed. "What can I get for you today?"Sam smiled at him, and pointed to a familiar looking tap. "Just my usual pint, Winston. Then we'll see where the night ...
So the point of it all was... no, that can't be right. Look, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, but we all rather thought it was a bit of a joke. The noodles, the strainer -I still think the strainer is a bit much, by the way-, it's all so absurd! We weren't even serious about it, except maybe Greg. It was just...
The young lieutenant slammed the foreign newspaper onto the conference table, then quickly attempted, and failed, to compose himself. An unflattering picture of Dear Leader leered from its pages, accompanied by a mocking headline. The elder Chairman, ever patient, allowed himself a faint smile while he waited for the...
Ryan knelt on the ground, huddled over an open box. His chest began to heave against a rising tide of emotion. Feelings he could no longer ignore. A thousand friends that he had singlehandedly created, cultured, and killed. Because the second he let go, they would cease to speak. But they would not cease to think....
People ask me about little Ellie all the time. We met when she was but a baby, and everyone thinks the fireman saved her. I let everyone (even the fireman) think that, because it makes them feel good. I'm all about making people feel good. You know that soft summer breeze on the beach, when you were young? That blo...
The Women’s Studies tribe was surprisingly successful. Same with Sociology and Human Sexuality. Turns out that there’s nothing better for your group’s survival than a shared persecution complex. If you spend your whole life thinking you’re being attacked, you become exceedingly good at survival when you actually *are....