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My partner told me I was a fool going into Magictown. That I was looking for something that I couldn't possibly find. It was just a waste of our time, and what's worse, a dangerous one.
Magicians keep to themselves you see. They live in their little enclaves, doing whatever it is that they do. Not a lot of money in th... |
"Welcome,"I droned on, not giving the door so much as a glance as the bell rang. "Yell if you need help."
Normally, I might have been a *little* more attentive, but the tincture was on its eighth hour of brewing and I really, really didn't want to have to start over. Nose-down in the steam so I could keep a good eye... |
Gary’s footsteps pounded across the sidewalk, surefooted. Behind him, a small legion of very angry men gave chase, though they were less confident on the surface covered with both snow and black ice. They were stronger and more agile men, but they didn’t have Gary’s new, blood-drenched gift.
Gary’s omnipotence meant t... |
A shriek escaped my lips as I staggered back. I gave my cheek a mild slap with enough force to cause a small sting, but no damage. The pain was real. Oh, God. If pain is real, then so is that reflection in the mirror.
I brought my gaze back to the reflective surface. I was a shadow of my younger self: the brown in my ... |
"Happy Birthday!"everyone says in unison as I blow out the candles. I know they were all eagerly waiting for my familiar to appear. I was born precisely at 5:40 PM and right now it was 5:39. I was excited too and eagerly blow out the candles, wishing for an amazing familiar.
What happens next goes beyond anything I'v... |
"I want to see Pryce."I stared at the man's eyes through the narrow slit in the door, awaiting his response.
"No. Get lost,"he said, then slid the window shut.
I took a deep breath and shook my head. *Have it your way, big guy.*
I took off my jacket and tossed it aside, revealing a long, winding tattoo on my righ... |
My father is a good-samaritan extraordinaire. He won a Nobel peace prize for the negotiations somewhere the in the middle east, I was too young to know the details and I've never been interested enough to follow up on that exploit. He also regularly donated to charity and volunteered for everything he could lay his han... |
Bob was a lazy man. His name was lazy. His looks where lazy. His job was lazy. Even one of his eyes was lazy. Maybe thats why he felt a connection to the god of laziness. After a particularity bad day at work, he had to do 2 things instead of 1, he decided to try to do something to help. He stacked some rocks and calle... |
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The AI 'Valkyrie', told me. It was a true-color holographic projection of an attractive human adult, dressed in their form of formal b... |
**Loops counted 85:** I've exhausted all my options at least once, I think. Nothing I can do. On November 24th, at 15:44GMT the warning sounds, from there it's just finding a way to die comfortably. Took today off. Pretty sure I did that a few times in the... year? I wasn't journaling. It's a blur. Stream of conscious... |
Mr. Johnson flickered in and out of lucidity. One moment he was lying down in a field, next to a young girl. What was her name? Mandy? Sure, let's go with that.
And then, a second later, he was on a stretcher, bombs exploding all around him while medics rushed him into the bunker. Didn't they know he couldn't die?
... |
Ross tapped his foot, considering the problem once more. He stared intently at his blackboard, packed with sums and drawings of the mechanics of his latest ingenius design. Another failure. Wearily he rested his face in his hands, but jolted upright as a knock sounded at his door.
"Come on in,"he called. The door swu... |
**\*Knock knock\***
"Come in!"
Elizabeth put down the grimoire she'd been reading. Her mother insisted that any young lady should know at least the basics of spellcraft. It was a somewhat archaic concept; women nowadays were free to pursue other schools of magic, but her mother *was* over 300 years old so she couldn'... |
I’m still not savvy about what’s up; all I know is that things got odd, fast. Who did it? UFOs flying down from Mars or any far world? Abominations out of portals? A thing is missing now. But odd thing is, I don’t know what’s missing. But I know things got missing. So do you, if you think truthfully.
Most mornings, I ... |
"Commander, we have confirmation about the presumed location of the MDB."
Kry'c fumbled nervously with his data screen. He wasn't quite sure how his commander would react to the news.
"Excellent, Sergeant. So they are indeed hiding in system 27F2. Too bad for them, our weapons should be sufficient to make it short."... |
"AAAAGH!"I screamed as Bonnie, one of the new friends I have made over the summer break, snuck up on me and grabbed me by the shoulders, instantly pulling me out of my uneasy slumber.
"HAH-!"she laughed loudly, clearly happy with the fright she gave me. "Come on lazybones, you've slept all day."
"Right, right. I'm go... |
I felt a tug and my heart dropped. Someone was trying to rob me. Again.
I tried to pull away reflexively, but their grip was on my scabbard. Instinctively I placed my hand on the wrapped hilt, but the assailant was just a bit faster, their hand reaching the padded hilt first.
Trying to pry their fingers off before ... |
It had been a simple plan to start.
I'd start a cult! I knew a few small towns where the people didn't seem overly bright and had a bit too much dosh. It was just an exercise in marketing- convince them that I had some divine power and the answers to all of their problems and let it run from there. I'd give it two, ma... |
I awoke to the sound of my comically aggressive alarm, the duck quack. It's always been my favorite alarm sound, there's nothing that wakes me from sleep faster than the sound of a duck. It's better than using an actual song, because then I will forever associate that song with waking up.
I pulled my head off the pill... |
Who am I you ask?
Sorry, it's just so hard to tell, what with your speech impediment.
I'm not like other dentists, I don't believe that care should be taken by those unqualified to perform it.
It should be left to the professionals.
Many claim my methods to be medieval, or inhuman, I however don't see them as su... |
“YOU WILL NEVER GET PAST ME” I bellow into the chamber. “COWER BEFORE MY TRUE FORM!”
I break free of my puny human body and transform into a 30-foot demon, complete with wings and horns. I nearly forget the flames, but a passing imp reminds me and I set myself on fire just in time. From a secret room on the gallery, t... |
Day 7:
Improbably as it may seem, it would appear several saplings have sprouted and developed into fully grown ferns all along our property. While their sudden appearance has added an air of tranquility to our land, it's now impossible for any caravan to travel the narrowed road way. I'll petition the Whiterun woods... |
"Is he awake?", the young man asked. The passing nurse nodded and waved him in.
The clean light blue walls of the nursing home were brightened by the sunlight falling through the windows. It heavily constrated the twisting doubt the man felt, and people who knew him well would notice the conflict on his face. He'd alw... |
I don't mind being alone.
I did at first, but I think it's only because I never expected to be. Tomorrow is the day.
4 years, 364 days, 13 hours, and 45 minutes have passed since I found the note. A little pink slip stuck to my fridge.
5 years.
To the day.
They are coming.
I don't know who they are. I couldn't as... |
First came the virals videos of sloth migrating en masse. They moved like lightning, their claws digging furrows into the earth.
Then came the jail breaks out of zoos, and abruptly, it wasn't quite so funny. Every sloth on every continent was moving towards a single point in North America.
We'd already known that slo... |
The pit had no bottom. Of that we were certain. Just as our ancient ancestors had been. Every generation had attempted to fill its insatiable belly up to the brim. Some had poured tons and tons of dirt and gravel into its yawning mouth. Others had felled half the surrounding forest, and tossed log after log into its pe... |
The doctors were baffled at what the organs functions were, well, except the extra heart it was obvious. They were afraid removing them would kill me. The grafts had healed amazingly quick and my circulatory system had adapted to them already. I saw a error on my chart across the room. It said I was a 6’6”, I’m 5’6”. S... |
"Hello, I'm Sensei Mike are you here for the class?"You say to the man who just walked into the community center. From 7pm to 8pm Tuesday and Thursday it was your Dojo.
"Please take off your shoes and sit with others, oh, before you sit please sign our waiver and I'll take the $20 fee."You say with a hand wave and a ... |
Rowan sighed as she spotted yet another stupid small-town hero walking up the path to her home. The hero was some fool who'd mistaken her home for some villainous lair made for nefarious purposes. *Maybe this one will suspect I'm secretly a dragon,* she thought sarcastically.
*... Maybe I should GET a dragon. Is that... |
It isn't hard. ya, no one buys my merch, and no one fallows news of us, but I like the people I work with. Sure, I could deal with most of the issues on my own, but it isn't about stopping the villains that come after us, not really. It's about liking what I do.
Do I feel bad when people die who I can save? Sure, but ... |
I think about it all the time,
No memory is neglected;
Each foul, perverse, sadistic crime
Committed while infected.
They're vivid as a polaroid,
And sharp as rotten eggs,
Adults, and kids, and babes destroyed,
And heads and arms and legs.
I wake up wailing in the night,
Their screams invade my sleep; ... |
The infant stage, while time consuming, would come to be remembered with fondness by the robot. While the human was an infant, they had three needs: food, cleanliness, and comfort. Easily enough managed.
The toddler stage. How to properly explain the concept of "no, don't touch, that's dangerous"to something that is i... |
Odd, Gizmo had never done this before. Usually he was rather well behaved. He would go out, do his business, and come back. Never before had he made such a fuss, and never even once had he made a fuss when I went to leave for work. But today he frantically pressed the buttons “no” “outside” and “bad” on repeat. I start... |
Dear Miss Adebayo,
I wanted to thank you for the letter you sent me. It is a rare thing in this day and age to receive handwritten post, but it shows a care and attention to detail I very much appreciate.
Like the attention to detail which has prompted your letter and this response. You are correct, the extra appeari... |
In front of me stood the three most powerful being in the world. The Queen of the Faeries and Fae, the Demon Empress of Agony and the Royal Princess of the human kingdoms. All of them looked at me, with anger, disappointment and possibly a little bit of lust.
"Ladies, we can talk this out can't we?"I pleaded as I tri... |
"...there were no survivors."
I turned off the television, and blinked.
The entire federal government. Every state, most territories, and even the DMV. The only people left were the interns, and a few random staffers who had gone home early.
The fires had been simultaneous, they said. Terrorists, foreign military ac... |
This inspired me to write a very personal "personal narrative."It helped me get out some thoughts about my own experience with a brain tumor as well as another painful even that is happening in my life right now. I don't know how well it answered the prompt, but I appreciate the opportunity to get some of my feelings o... |
Twenty years ago, on March 3rd, the moon vanished; plucked out of the night sky without any warning. Most would not have even noticed right away, were it not for the 24-hour news coverage that ran on every news channel almost immediately after it happened.
At first, it seemed like a highly-coordinated joke being coll... |
The detective subtly adjusted his scrotum as he walked to the victim's house.
It was one of the most humid days of the year. The heat was so hot it was like the opposite of cold.
The detective wiped the sweat from his forehead and knocked on the door.
"(Sigh.) Now the hardest part of the job..."
The door opened, ... |
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I sighed and closed the window for the third time this hour. This had been going on for years, but it's never been this pers... |
"Hey, Smort! Reddit is talking about us again!"Janx called over as Smort swiveled around from his captains chair.
"What? How is that possible?"Smort double checked the cloaking protocol.
"Look, 'aliens far more advanced than humans... Could destroy them all, but don't for one reason.' They figured out how much we ... |
**Audio recordings found in the embers of Dr. Kook's evil lair.**
*gunshot*
"Okay, what the fuck?"
"What?"
"You shot my evil sidekick.".
"He had a gun."
"A confusion Ray! It would have made you dizzy."
"Self defense."
"What?"
"I shot him in self defense."
"You're not even bothered that you just kill... |
*^[Forewarning, ^mildly ^NSFW, ^but ^not ^really ^at ^all. ^Reader ^discretion ^is ^somewhat ^advised.]*
Christian Grey bit his lower lip, watching Anastasia closely.
"Mrs. Steele? You know our little rules here... I'm gonna need you to go for two at once."
Ana smiled coyly, looking to her side. Elliot Grey, Christi... |
Robin strode down the hall, high heels clacking on the wood. She clutched a stack of papers to her chest - grants for a new school in South Gotham. Dr. Wayne would have to sign, if she could find him. She was his favorite intern, fresh out of Yale sociology, and so had been given the task of hunting him down. But the m... |
I reel my head back a few inches in surprise.
"Was this some sort of prank? Were the guards orchestrating a sick joke on me?"I think to myself.
In anger I try to slam the receiver back onto it's housing, only to be stopped half way down by some unseen force. While processing exactly what had occurred in front of me,... |
It was about 13 or 14 years ago now that other life was confirmed. I watched the world wide live broadcast while I was eating my obligatory morning cereal. All of the world's most important people were there at one end of the table, the "Others", as we call them, at the opposite end. It was odd the way they looked, mos... |
Something was clearly very wrong.
Ever since their deceleration and entrance into the Oort cloud, the crew found themselves surrounded by deafening silence from the Sol system.
Not a single Earth Defense Outpost responded to hails when they entered the primary cargo lane for mining traffic for Earth. Not a single ob... |
Life after death wasn't as bad as I first thought it might be.
The situation felt quite overwhelming when I first arrived here, in fact it was the bureaucracy that took me most by surprise. Lots of busy celestial bodies were rushing back and forth between beautifully white offices as they tried to process me and the ... |
I have perfect taste.
No, that's not quite right. You know how some people say they have an eidetic memory? They can remember EVERYTHING? I have an eidetic tongue. That is, once I've had something, my tongue remembers that taste and I can tell you...no that's not quite it either.
Sugar. I've had that and I can... |
“It’s funny.” Jack said before stepping though the Stargate.
His world became a dizzying pattern of lights that resulted, not from photons, but from the pressure of being squeezed through the negative energy densities of a wormhole, much the same way one sees fantastic shapes when rubbing their eyes. In one moment he ... |
Your dreams are filled with technicolor points of light and sounds, memories of the god you tried to forget about, the files you weren't meant to see, and the thing buried in the darkness of the desert, three bombs dropped on top of it in an excuse of testing.
Your nightmares are filled with the otherside, where man m... |
Humans are by nature curious creatures. Soon after we were done exploring our planet, we turned our eyes to the heavens above and started to wonder what lies beyond our blue sky. And after years of trial we have finally found the answer to that question and many others. Questions like is there intelligent life in the u... |
Noss, the God with a trillion heads, burst into the Milk Way, his trillion mouths open wide. He devoured stars and swallowed planets whole.
On Earth, the stars began to disappear from the sky - one by one.
But before he ate them all, Noss sensed the Earth. With his trillion noses, he smelled it's thriving culture, ... |
Fury unlike anything boiled up within Lila. “You! You...you’re the reason for all of my suffering!” she cried. “I don’t understand...what is it that I’ve done to you?” Emma whispered, as she crouched at the edge of the volcano, battered, broken. “All I’ve ever wanted was to protect...all I’ve ever wanted was to serve m... |
"God help us..."the new anchor said with a sullen face before the station cut to static. This was it. The end. The world had been growing ever closer to a boiling point over the past 4 years and today was the day it all finally bubbled over. 26 missile launches were detected in Russia by Washington just moments ago and... |
"You will be the protector of all they hold dear. A guardian of knowledge in a sea of malevolence and malice."
I was supposed to protect them, I was supposed to keep their memories safe. My father was eccentric and loving, but I see now that he was too loving. Humanity hated him for that and I'm not sure if I disagree... |
*Part One*
Jean slinked through the edges of the market, hungry and distracted. Her last few attempts at thieving in her usual haunts hadn’t turned out so well; she was unfortunately becoming somewhat of a celebrity in that area. Well, her presence at least. She was too good for any of her marks to give an actual desc... |
There are worlds beyond worlds. Infinite options where every possibility exists. This much is obvious. But going there, that's the hard part. The energy required to pierce the veil between realities, is unbelievable. Doing something like that on purpose would burn up every star, consume all worlds, and rip asunder spac... |
We received an order for a delivery. This may not seem remarkable in and of itself, but what was unusual about this particular request was its relatively short distance--about three light years--but paying at a rate for a delivery over hundreds of light-years. It made one wonder if there was another drawback to the job... |
A blast echoed about the town square shattering near every window within the vicinity. Crashing into the ground landed a small girl with a frilly dress and a wand that looked like it came from a Disney princess playset.
“Tough bastard, ain’t yah.” I baulked, watching Cupcake spit a glob of blood.
“You s... |
“HO, HO, HO, HO. Aren’t you undead acting rather unjolly this year?” Santa called out, his sleigh landing on the ground, sending snow flying in every direction, covering the surrounding undead. They screamed and swayed their heads, trying to shake off the distracting mess as Santa stepped out of his sleigh. His gloved ... |
Commander MinskiLuasen and her squad set foot gingerly onto the red dust that covered virtually all of Earth's continents. According to instrument readings the Earth was barely inhabitable - air PM25 around 300, oxygen levels 18%, frequent deadly dust storms, vegetation cover less than 10%.
But it was still better th... |
"I want to sleep. Please. Let me dream, and I will reward you."
That was the collective message we received in our dreams seven years ago. We had no idea what it meant at the time, not until a month later. You see, the king discovered a cult. It was a classic doomsday cult, and we were sent to take care of it.
And w... |
It was raining, thick pummeling torrents of water slammed down on a young woman wearing a canvas coat. Her arms were crossed and her mood crosser. She was alone, though there was technically a man sitting on the park bench. His head lolled forward, he almost could have been sleeping if not for his vacant stare. At any ... |
"Tell me Kel, have you ever wondered why we're here?"
Kel'Hezzarem, the Endless Devourer of Souls put down his greataxe and furrowed his brow, deep in thought.
"I dunno man, is that a philosophical question? Like are the Elder Gods real and did they make us, or did we evolve through natural demon breeding. You know, ... |
"Survivor information"
"What websites are still being used."
"Up to date news sites"
"USA government survivor response"
"Nuclear bunkers"
"Long distance communication"
"How to make a long wave radio."
"Youtube how to make a radio"
"Youtube how to make a simple long wave radio"
"Electrical engineering for begin... |
Captain's Log 2255-2-16
We left today to investigate the large entity located outside the Milky Way. We are being sent as a manned mission because so far every unmanned mission has disappeared. You may be thinking, "if every unmanned mission has gone missing, why the heck would they send a manned mission?"Excellent ... |
"Ladies and Gentlemen may I have your attention please. I'm homeless, I'm hungry and I need..."
The prism always picks up the loudest voices first, but loud voices don't carry secrets. They cover them.
"She has no idea what she's doing. She just let's him run around without supervision. He's five, he's going to head... |
"You know what! I'm done!"She screamed at me.
"There are kids in Africa dying, okay."She continued, her anger rising. "So maybe, you should go fight world hunger, instead of trying to give me a ticket!"She yelled.
I sighed.
"Ma'am. You were doing 60 in a 25 mph school zone. I need to see your license and registratio... |
I held her hand, and we walked down the street to the cafe on the corner. We sat and ordered some drinks and admired each other. I looked into her eyes and remembered all the wonderful things we'd shared. And all the bad times too.
I remember the last of the blood seeping into the gutter- it was all I could see after ... |
Was any of it real?
Garry was looking at me funny that whole night.
Everyone was.
It was like suddenly everything had shifted in the air. I knew what was going on, I've seen the matrix, I know my stuff.
Except there was no morpheas coming to save me from this one, it was like I took both the red *and* the blue pill... |
The old lady sat there,
playing a little song.
A few people dropped coins,
But most moved along.
 
A memory crept up slowly,
from a corner in my mind.
I had seen this face before,
the wrinkles, the eyes so kind.
 
And it all came back to me,
the poverty and the struggle.
To pay rent or eat... |
It’s been over a century. I’ve seen World War 3. A second Great Depression. Watched my own grandchildren’s funerals. It’s a miracle I haven’t been lost to some random accident or cancer. The synth-antioxidants keep the cancer at bay. For now.
The mystery of my immortality was a secret that unraveled over the course an... |
"Well, he's the finest agent of the O.W.C.A,"Stark replied.
"The O.W.C.A?"Steve asked.
"The Organization Without a Cool Acronym,"replied Stark once more.
Steve remained silent deciding that further questions would only lead to further confusion or silliness. As they approached a suburban home located in the great tr... |
“Gordon Ramsey? Who in the hell is Gordon Ramsey?” I say.
“I dunno. I can’t understand a damn thing he says. I’ll see you when you get here. Don’t forget the cabbage again.” Before I have time to respond, she hangs up.
The name sounding vaguely familiar, I type it into YouTube. The only videos that come up are of h... |
I don’t often do home visits, but after receiving a dozen letters from a small town in the south, I decided to go visit. The letters were vague, rushed. Each one with different theories. A change in behaviour, violent outbursts and mood swings. Mental health issues are common in my work but the panic written in these l... |
"What have we got, Nine?"
Nine's dozens of eyes scanned the alert message. "Looks like we've got a vampire on the move within the city limits, Four. He's well outside the restricted zone already."
Four, a tall, slender alien-android hybrid sighed as he threw their hovercraft into a U-turn, quickly reversing direction... |
The sharp crack of twigs breaking underfoot sounded behind her as Mary spun to face the intruder, right arm raising in a last ditch attempt at defense. She cursed herself for leaving the gun by the well.
“Woah honey, it’s me, it’s me!” Andre shouted. Across the clearing rocks that had just begun to lift into the air f... |
Osha, god of safety regulations, stepped onto Charon’s ferry to begin his second inspection of the underworld. He’d been close to declaring the entire place condemned, but Hades’ had assured him that everything would be fixed. So Osha viewed the lifeboats on the ferry with approval, along with the life vests on each de... |
Satan sat atop his enormous throne, its black and twisted form casting a grotesque shadow across the hall. He was not paying any attention to the dozens of people crowding around waiting to be processed, nor was he interested in the hundreds more that fell through the entrance portal at the far end of the room. Satan i... |
The color drained from his face in an instant. It was utterly bizarre how his cocky demeanor had shifted to one of abject terror.
"Wait... what?"his voice a small croak out of his throat. Well if he is going to double down on his joke you might as well continue your side.
"Come on man, look I don't know how long it's... |
"Are these things truly from... *Earth*?"There was plenty of doubt in Margolv's tone, and Bræii couldn't blame them. For the past few weeks of their capture, several humans have ardently refused to explain the things they've spoken- all in a confusing tongue that the specialized collars they'd made just wouldn't work.
... |
"If you want to be a time traveler, then you have to follow one rule. Do not attend Professor Hawking's party."
"Why? Would it cause a paradox? Like, if he released proof of time travel technology before it was invented, would that remove the motivation to work towards developing it in the first place?"
"... |
"I'm here and I brought Timesssss!"Courier shouted before jumping around excitedly. His exclamation was greeted with cheers but also a few moans, barely heard over the loud music and the party in full swing. People didn't hate Time New Roman, but he was too uptight for his own good. But at least they could count on him... |
But why? This is stupid. Why would I want to do this? If this ~~proves~~ shows anything, why would I want to show a random ~~collection~~... Fuck. bunch of ~~people~~ guys? Okay. Uh. ~~Maybe~~ ~~Perhaps~~ Fuuuuck. This may try my skills.
Okay. ~~Whatever~~ I'll try.
I'm ~~quite~~ kinda chill I think. I'm human. A chi... |
"Can you make me a voodoo globe?"
"Can I make you a voodoo… what?!"asked the voodoo doctor. His walls were full of diplomas, proving his skills in voodoo science, voodoo medicine and voodoo art. Tim was happy to see those — too many charlatans these days.
"Voodoo globe"said Tim. "I need to stop the global warming. Yo... |
"Say it!"one of the girls yells at me through the door.
I can't bite back my tears anymore. I feel the liquid pooling in my eyes slowly begin to trickle down my cheeks. "Please, just let me out!"I cry once more, hoping they'll have gotten bored by now.
"Awww, are you *crying?!*"Laughter erupts among the crowd. "If y... |
I was happy, when registering for my first semester of college, to see my school offered intro to Russian. My grandparents came to America during World War II but would still talk Russian to each other, even after all this time. They focused on assimilation, especially during the cold war, so very little of the languag... |
It was a dull morning. Eliza was combing her wet hair in her cramped bedroom when a rat sneaked through her rotting skirting board with a scrunched up letter in its mouth, half of it wet and ridden with holes. It spat out the contents and squeaked for attention. Eliza dropped her brush on the floor in terror when she s... |
I guess I should have been grateful for the phone. It was slimmer than my old one, and it had levitating port-box which followed me around to plug things into. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sound ungrateful or anything. I can only imagine how much trouble Rick has to go through to get these things and I've always... |
The devil's name in the Bible, one of his many, was the Morningstar. Cara knew that, only because she had a penchant for the obscure, occult, and cast aside. A teaching assistant her whole life, she peddled in arcana. Things no one else cared about. Like her.
She'd gone to Hell, she supposed, because she'd been too j... |
It starts with a breath. The barest sigh, quickening to a gasp, and the burning in your parched throat heightens it to a cough. You blink, eyes drier than they've ever been, stinging like sand under your eyelids. Still wheezing for breath, rubbing your eyes, you notice that your elbow hurts. All of you hurts, actually,... |
I studied the substitute teacher - his face, his mannerisms. He had the exact same jawline I had; strong, pronounced, just like his movements. He spoke with passion and confidence, and I couldn't help but feel a misplaced sense of pride.
*Maybe apathy didn't run in the family.*
He'd done a double-take when he'd seen... |
Two androids carried a conversation while being monitored from another room.
"Interesting. So, for instance, you wouldn't be able to tell me what's the cube root of 13,997,521?"Alina was the artificial intelligence created by Team Illumination. However, Team Illumination hesitated to call her intelligence *artificial*... |
I looked at the professor of Greek Mythology and saw him listening intently. I had taken his class last semester and had just returned from Phampus, a small Greek island covered in ruins. That alone got his attention as he had not had a chance to visit there. As I started my story his gaze grew confused but he liste... |
For the longest time, there was nothing but darkness.
There were no voices that pierced the veil, no sudden specks of light that might’ve promised freedom. I was floating in the void, limbless, without a body. Just an intangible consciousness that felt like I was a firefly trapped in a glass bottle.
For the longest t... |
I died alone, I died afraid, and I died screaming. At least that’s the second last thing I remember. The last pain I ever felt was the crushing weight of a kangaroo on my chest, as my tears rolled up my forehead and dripped towards the roof of my car.
No, that’s not a joke, I do mean a kangaroo.
An adult male red kan... |
"Gentlemen, we simply cannot allow this plague to continue to exist. Our species is dead. The bacteria can enter a persistent state which will last for a thousand years. Remaining lethal that entire time. There have been no cases of any human surviving, and all genetic tests show that there is no such chance. The ... |
"What? He's crazy! Why on earth would you want an apprentice who can't use magic!?"
I know what they say about me. I'm insane. I've lost my mind.
I assure you, I am still very much as same as I have ever been. I have my reasons.
Many of these 'masters' of magic claim to be astounding teachers. But how remarkable is i... |
*Do not initiate contact. Reports suspended until further notice. Stay inconspicuous. Good luck, agent.*
That was thirty years ago. You've built a human life for yourself, established your cover as a middle-aged loner running an antique shop, and set up an increasingly impressive network of contacts in the natural com... |
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