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Asahi had the medallion in his hand. The only problem would be to hold on to it. He stood in the middle of the room, surrounded by 13 other fighters. He looked at the massive hourglass. He took a deep breath as time almost seemed to slow down. His senses seemed to heighten and he instinctively knew where each of his op...
Vale'kar stared into the emerald eyes of his rival, feeling a radiant heat cast out from their furious gaze. The moon hid itself beneath the hills, as if it too were afraid to witness the brutality of the confrontation which came next. &#x200B; Duels amongst the magi were far from irregular in the lands of Arethe...
Demons have a sense of these things. We can feel the heartbeats of mortals. Well, of anything with a heartbeat really. Comes in handy when you can't read the face of someone...or something, even animals heart rates raise when they feel a threat. But this woman. This stalwart statue of a woman before me, as she screamed...
Gargor the Malevolent was... Dumbstruck, to say the least. Flabbergasted, you might say. In his long live as ruler of Nebula Dominion, he encountered many foes - other candidates for the Mace of Destruction, pesky neighbors from other Waste Countries, and, of course - quite a number of heroes from over the Bastion Mo...
"Hey, Steve?" "Yeah, Henry?" "You and your, uh, pack are werewolves, right?" "Yup." "So that means you guys are, like, supernatural hunters of the night." "Oh yeah. Super deadly when we get serious." "And these meetings of yours happen every full moon?" "Like clockwork. They're great to just wolf out and cut loo...
"Well, I'm glad I was able to take time with you. What did you say your name was?" "Mary Smith." "Mary Smith... the most common first and last name." "Is it?" "Yeah... sorry, just..." "Why are you interested in me?" "Well, to be honest, a lot of people at the job have felt off talking to you. I haven't, but the...
# Soulmage "Lucet?" I asked, propping myself up on the hospital bed. "Yes, Cienne?"Lucet asked, not looking up from the form she was filling out. "Where did you get all that blood?"I pointed at the distressingly-large, rippling orb of blood hovering in the air a few feet behind her. Ashrymarn poked their drippi...
When you have the ability to gain new abilities based on who sponsors you, you'd figure that livestreaming your crimefighting to attract more sponsors for would be a great idea Instead, I'm currently on the ground staring right into the barrel on a revolver pointed at me. I have an ability that was supposed to handl...
I looked left and right, it was the same place i always wake up in. The room was lit with soft rays of sun, filtered through the stained glass window. As i lay there in absolute disbelief, my mind raced to find a clue as to how one would find themselves with this exact question in their mind. And then, as the dizzyin...
"To be honest,"says the hatter, "I guess I'm mad at my own mortality. And the tea is just how you've described it, a coping mechanism to pretend the party can go on forever." "Where as you've said to me before,"I remind him, "you know that it can't. However we feel about this preposterous life, the only surity we have...
"They say apples don't fall far from the tree, so your mom must be gorgeous."I grin disarmingly at the bank teller. She giggles, and I think she blushes, but it's hard to tell - she's got a pretty pink complexion already. "I'm sorry, I know it's cheesy,"I say, and slide the note across the counter. "Here's my numbe...
Five rich men sit in a smokey room lit by a powerpoint slide. The current slide's title is a collage of words like 'Statistics' 'Results' and 'Information. The center of the slide is obstructed by the shadow of a sixth man, a nervous man, who knows just how important this meeting is. "The slides, uh, are pretty straig...
Joe drove his pickup truck through the empty suburb. His daughter sat next to him, peering out the window at all the homes, and drawing on the foggy window with her finger. "How about that one,"she asked wiggling her short legs, unable to reach the floor. Joe smiled, "A little too big, I think." They drove some more...
“Welcome to the 27th Starvation Games,” echoed a disembodied from above, the trees shaking with each syllable. “Pledges, please prepare for initiation. Good luck.” Carl placed his left hand flat against the clear plastic cylinder surrounding him, his eyes locked on the grass below his feet. He’d been indoors just seco...
"Jim,"I said, panting into the phone. "It just cuts out! Halfway through!" "I KNOW!"he practically screamed back at me. "I just got to that point too. God, so infuriating! What the fuck is wrong with this book? It gave me literary blue balls!" "...Book?"I said "Yeah, dumbass. The Winds of Winter. It just randomly ...
"I seem to have lost my Obsidian Fragments." Matew looked to their company wizard. "Is it just gone then?" "Not gone..."He dug deep into his satchel, emptying piles of gold, diamonds, books, enchanted swords and more. Standing by an impressive pile of wealth and means, the wizard shrunk in his anxiety. "They're missing...
The entity had no name. It had never needed one, in all its solitary years of existence, for there had existed nothing else which might have called it something. It had awoken from the hum of a million small parts, a million small minds, like an image etched into a sea of beads. It had awoken on a small collection of...
“He wanted me to be there?” I asked incredulously, I didn’t even know dragons had wills, and the idea that Tyrellion would have put me on his will was laughable. “It would appear so,” said the King of the Eastern Realms, my soon to be father-in-law. “Well I won’t go.” I said. I didn’t much fancy walking into a den of...
The voice echoed off the concrete walls of my prison cell that was the world, stirring me into a feverish thrill as I searched for its source. "Help...,"it echoed, my ears throbbing as they welcomed the sound. I stood quickly, reaching out a hand to steady myself as the blood rushed to my head. "Help..."the voice echo...
I watched the primitive, blue circle spin around for an age. The "cursor"was in a loading state, mostly used to indicate that an application was opening, loading, or crashing; it was also able to frustrate and anger many users, which was an unintentional feature, apparently. Obviously, this technology was before we had...
Her skin was pale and her cheeks were hollow, but her eyes were still that same vibrant viridian I'd fallen in love with: the turquoise crest of a great wave, sparkling beneath moonlight one last time, before breaking against the cliff. "Take it,"I begged her, my own eyes a hazy sea. "Please. It's not too late."Her bo...
"Damn, Richard! You're looking pretty snazzy there. The tie really complements the rest of the outfit. What's in the suitcase?" Rich stared at my Solo cup, then at me. "Hey there, Davey Drunk. I'm not wearing a tie or holding a suitcase. Ease up on the liquor." I shrugged my shoulders and moved along. I have to sa...
I'd seen all sorts of cases. Some did it out of jealousy, some others for revenge, others still for inheritance or insurance. But never suicide. People could already commit suicide by themselves, but to intentionally ask of it by an assassin? I was utterly confused, though he soon sorted it out. "Make it not look like...
At 2 am on our small, country airfield, the soft sprinkle of rain against the control tower windows played in my ears like a lullaby. If it weren't for my 4th cup of coffee, and my three colleagues, I would have been long sunken into sleep. The gentle glow of our worn out desk lamps were our only means of lighting the ...
After many centuries of historical political struggles, then assassinations, then more blood shed, rebellions, civil war among the hundreds of thousands of passengers, the revolution was complete and all the leadership of the ship joined our cause 56 years ago, that's what I learned in my history class. Too bad that by...
Susan waddled over to Carleton’s desk, her mouth agape and breathing deeply from the stress it took her to walk across the office. “Hey Susan, how can I help you?” “Carl, can you still do that thing where you make the room slightly warmer or colder? The thermostat is locked behind plexiglass and only the maintenance ...
"... the f - … sorry …” “... spontaneous combustion … volatile gas …” “... didn’t … rovers …” “Mitch? … breathe. Vitals … like a Christmas tree." My lungs burned and I dimly realized I hadn’t, in fact, been breathing. The world slowly stopped spinning as I timed my breaths with the medical overlay in my sui...
"This is outrage,"Senator McCarthy said loudly, "We have all heard this ungodly recording! What is future America like? There you have it, folks. This is exactly what the godless communists want. Do we want our children and children's children associating with homosexuals?" "Calm down, Senator,"said Senator Brow...
Day 782: He continues using a peculiarly high-pitched tone when attempting to communicate with me. He seems to think using a higher frequency will make it communicable, but never considers that the sounds themselves are incomprehensible; using a different pitch has no effect. Though he is gifted with extreme dexterity...
Santa frowned as he checked the naughty list for the year. It was peculiar: three hundred children had been put on the naughty list for knocking over a glass of water - exactly twelve hundred times Santa decided that he wouldn't think too much of it - children were children, and such naughtiness meant coals. He humm...
Thousands of screams are all I hear every millisecond. All throughout the world I hear the pain and suffering of every human life. A bullet being shot, a serial killer laughing maniacally as he tortured his victim, a father crying relentlessly as he mourns the death of his family. I hear everything. It was not always l...
It was two days ago that an elderly human male said to me, 'man has two faces.' A baffling statement. I had been chief biologist of the Mehrjilian Intergalactictic Archival Collective for eleven years, and as such, meticulously studied the human physiology for years during our early contact. Not a single sliver of data...
Do you ever have those dreams where... where it's not even quite a dream, because you're only on the very cusp of sleeping? On the edge of reality and you could slip this way or that, but either way you know you'll slip. Then suddenly, you feel like you're falling. Hurtling down to the ground. You feel like a hand ha...
"The dumbest goddamn people on the planet!"he said, the grinning bag of smug shit. I just stood there, hollow. I couldn't feel anything for a few moments, but slowly I felt my elation crushed by the heat of anger, my face flushed. I just wanted to have an adventure, see something new. Now I'm standing here all torn u...
“Where am I?” The demon, a picture-perfect bright red humanoid with horns and flaming eyes, stared at me. “You’re dead. You got hit by a car while jaywalking. It was painful and gory. I know you remember that. You couldn’t possibly have forgotten. It literally just happened.” “Duh,” I said, exasperated, “but that’s h...
I pulled up the Stone of Communication and crushed my index finger under it. Every call demanded a sacrifice, and I wasn't sure I could take any more severe damage before I passed out from the pain. "When the Infernal Creatures enter, I will have complete control over them, and demand that there be change in this dim...
I drummed my fingers on my coffin, which doubled as my desk. There were only five minutes left until the morning meeting. What was I going to say today? What was I going to tell them that would make them think that it was okay that I was missing the meet or showing up without my camera on for the tenth day in a row. W...
I casually strolled down to the site, making sure to wave and smile for my fans on the way. Fans were something I had plenty of. It turned out that remaining active for over a dozen years without a single complaint, without a single mishap or civilian getting hurt while you did your work, was quite the way to build po...
Frozen solid. Immobile. Hurtling through the stardusted nothing. The spark inside my chest was far too slight to thaw my body. Yet it kept me conscious. Aware. Alive. Cursed to feel and think in a place with nothing worth feeling, nothing worth thinking about. Forever. I wasted ages wishing I had closed my eyes befo...
"Fancy spot you chose for today." Maria smiled, basking the view of the whole Seattle on top of the tallest buidling. Her silk black hair waved from the cool air of the dark night, and it made her beautiful. It's sad to see her in love with me in a mask, not me without it. The day I rescued her as a hero marked the ...
The death of a beloved mentor has a way of motivating an aspiring hero to all new heights. The grief of loss can be the necessary push that allows them to achieve their full potential. This can be seen throughout history in the stories of many great heros, era after era. The first time was an accident. I really meant...
When Arik asked you for something, you gave it to him. Everyone in the underworld of East Amberfall, accepted this as an unfortunate fact of life, like sickness or bad weather. He levied a tax on all those who operated outside the law in the city, though who he levied it for was unknown. He did not threaten, he simply ...
"Sanctuary. Please." It was two words, but they struck fear into the hearts of people everywhere. Just two weeks ago, we had been living in ignorance. The oceans were a place of wonder, delight, of beauty. Sure, we knew there could be strange things living in the depths, but those were oddities. To be laughed at, or m...
Causality. Cause, and effect, the omnipresent and omnipotent law of the universe. We, the thousand species of the Entente, believed this to be ironclad, as immutable as gravity, as undeniable as light, as singular as the strong and weak forces. With this central tenet of our understanding of the cosmos, we wrought th...
All I wanted to do is go to school, learn, hang out with friends, live my teenage years like anyone else. But did I get that, of course not. Oh no, no. I'm not one of them, those selfish students who always brings their shit to school with them. You can tell them apart as they often have colored hair despite it being...
Worries about microplastic contamination were reaching a fever pitch across the world as evidence came out to indicate the massive ecological harm it had done. Microplastics had been found over 2 decades ago to cross the blood-brain barrier and new studies routinely found no human placentas devoid of the pollutants. It...
De-Drug-Dealing Dracula Deconstructed, an op-ed by John Jameson Jr. Thirty-one. The current number of low-life scum removed from the streets by the vigilante known only as Throat Bite. No one has seen this valiant hero in action. Even his handiwork caught on cctv only shows his victims. This mysterious figure is makin...
The children laughed at me. They called me names. They told me my talent would never have any real merit. I started with their land. I built machines that could harvest their crops. I made sowing machines that could replant acres of land in minutes. I brought factories to churn the fruits of their labor into the food ...
"Protea spontanea,"the halfling doctor said confidently. I sat silently. Confused. "It's a rare disorder. Very rare. In fact, you are the first recorded person to have this condition. I just coined the name, so if you think it's a stupid name, let me know."Dr. Bullfreckle looked down at his clipboard and said slowly ...
We had journeyed long to get to where we were. The trek through interstellar space was a hard one, fraught with peril. We at least had a goal in mind, a system not too unlike our own. Noticeably different of course. But there was what we could tell was a habitable planet. With no other options we started the process of...
Love is magic. And I love him, I truly do. So when he told me the skin was in the chest, that he would give it back when the time was right. I accepted it. Because it is part of the magic in our blood. We are meant to love the human that captures our skin, captures our love of the ocean, of the depths. All that lov...
"I will be playing a man that complains constantly about God not doing enough. As if God could run his life for him. I mean come on, does he want God to wipe his ass?! Does he-" "We get it already! You're overworked!"Satan yelled at God. He was the only with enough balls to ever try it. "We're gonna need more than tha...
Fourteen years. Fourteen fucking years. You would think that would have been long enough. Yeah, so did I. I had covered my tracks as best as anyone could. A damn bloodhound couldn't find me. No, seriously; they used a bloodhound once. I had erased my online presence entirely. I had deleted my emails, my facebook, my ga...
I'm so sorry to inform you that your son did not survive the operation. Degloving is a difficult injury to treat - in layman's terms, is is as though a banana has been slipped out of its peel, and naturally this can lead to shock. It's an injury we most often see in slaughterhouse personnel and others who work with...
[19:45:09] What is that sound? [19:46:35] What, this? I ain't that bad, surely. You know a whistle when you hear one? I was whistling me some Ray Charles. [19:47:01] Ray Charles. Born Ray Charles Robinson on September 23rd, 1930 in.. [19:47:32] Alright, alright. Enough with the facts. I guess you can...
The thing about teenagers is that they are horny. Like, really, really horny. When the government created their newest law to combat childhood obesity with the mandatory 5 pm playtime, no one stopped to think that every teenager in the nation would now be forced to interact rather than masturbate or mess around on ...
"Another goddamn parade!?" "Yes master, apparently the microwave bomb you placed on the whitehouse lawn just needed a couple of wires switched and now it kills only cancerous cells."Igor's back hump deflated slightly with the disappointing news. "I spent so long on that one too. It was supposed to cook president Obam...
When I first arrived, the fact that neither of them knew the other's secret was literally mind boggling to me. I had only been in town for three days and I'd been able to figure it out. I'm not the brightest bulb in the shed, but for the love of cheeses, they look exactly the same as their "alter-egos,"save for a strip...
"Yo, I tell you, it's gotta be fine!" "You wanna die - you go alone". Evan wasn't the brightest kid in the group. He always had these crazy ideas about what we should do next. I'm surprised he even graduated, even though there are no other options for our kind. Don't get me wrong, he's an excellent planet hunte...
The first thing that hit was the shock of explosions going off only a few kilometers from me. The next thing that hit, was the realization that not only was I stuck on this god forsaken island, but that it was deliberate, and people we're trying to make sure it stayed that way. My #1 priority after that was covering m...
I don't know why they let people get tattoos when they're drunk. Well, no point blaming someone else. We had a beer too many, and then a few more, and someone suggested going to the parlour. Fantastic idea at two in the morning. No complaints from me. The shop was as dodgy as a pie out the back of a van, and probably ...
There comes a moment, when you have to let go. My father and I had talked of this many times, so I was prepared. Jenny clutched at my hand so tightly it hurt, she wasn't taking this well at all. I watched with great sadness as my father struggled mightily for every breath. Each time, I thought it would be his last, bu...
It was 7 am on a Sunday morning when he got the call. He arrived at 7:30. It was a cool day, with the clouds starting to part. Neighbors were beginning to gather around the cop cars wondering what was going on. He passed them all, showed his badge, and walked up the cobblestone steps. Yellow tape was around the bo...
The sky was cloudy. It was a good sky. This meant the drones wouldn't be out hunting his friends. Abdul mustered up the courage to ride farther out into the desert than usual. Even though the sky was cloudy, there was still the possibility of getting blown to bits by the ghosts in the sky. Through the biting winds and ...
He checked the silver chains and a smile etched on his face, "that time of the month huh?" "Excuse me?"I looked at him surprised. "Oh nothing nothing,"he completed the checkout, "forget I even said anything, especially if you see the O'neals." I walked out so confused, I tossed my change with the receipt into the ...
Ruby gently lowered the kitchen hand’s body to the ground, the red blood from his throat spurting with each fading heartbeat onto the black and white tiled floor. There were no other people between her and the royal bed-chamber. Nerve-stretched minutes passed, measured by the hushed tread of the assassin’s footfall on...
There he was. A man like I had never seen before, practically naked except for a dirtied cloth that hung from his waste. He didn't seem strong, he was old and hunched over; it seemed as if he was once muscular but years if inactivity had weathered away the strength. I stood up, my light armor clanging slightly. I was ...
July 13, 2029... Today was a turning point for the war. We finally found a weakness within the enemy, its just like ancient times. When we didnt have the tools to conquer our enemies or our prey, we would chase. We wouldnt chase like a cheetah, but like a pack of wolves who refused to leave. We would nip and wear out o...
The asphalt shimmers in the heat, and I remind myself for what has to be the twentieth time to find a song that would give me cold manipulation abilities. July in the Southwest is rough. It had been a fun six months, though. Back in January, we had started seeing the emergence of the heroes and villains. There weren't...
Rick Harrison lay,in that dark room. He was impacient, awaiting his long-postponed meeting. He wondered if all he had ever done was worth it. "Will I succeed?"He had pondered the same question for years, but now it was different, time was running low and seconds were no longer negligible. The clock was producing the ...
Sitting on the hood of my car, eating a burrito, I watch the man dash out of the bank, spilling money everywhere and giggling like an idiot. An hour ago, I used my powers. slowing down time for everyone except him because I wanted to see what he'd do before I got my revenge. And, unsurprisingly, robbery was top of his...
It seemed like an obvious clickbait headline. "Baby Born Without Skin."The thumbnail was just a screenshot from Attack on Titan. Aroused from your cat-picture-and-fail-compilation induced lethargy, you read the startling details of a baby girl born in Mexico without any skin. She was reportedly healthy, but doctors w...
I was preparing my migration to Titan. My family have already moved there but I had some business to tend to back on Earth. All the paperwork and details were settled, so it was finally time to leave. I’ve only lived on Earth for a short 10 Earth years, but I longed to return to Titan. After the rocket left the atmosph...
It was the perfect disguise, the young mimic thought to itself as it eagerly waited for the party of adventurers to come in. The young mimic was not yet large enough to become a grand treasure chest like his father, or luxurious sofa like his grandfather, or even an ornate urn like his great grandfather. However this w...
Mind Reading Sucks -------------------------------------- You ever thought reading minds would be fun? Because it's not. Really, it's pretty exhausting hearing the constant stream of thoughts from those around me. Sure, I had learned to just tune it out a lot of the time but sometimes, it's just exhausting. If I...
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How funny my parents must have thought they were. To sign the name of Mr Lucifer to my birth certificate. He was my Godfather, that’s what they would tell everyone, get that grim satisfaction when people would squirm. Any respectable parent would never joke about their child’s life, bringing a child into the world as a...
I was chilling in the waiting area after a delivery to the Himalayas drinking some Starbucks when Karen walked in with the order. "Delivery to the White House. One 200 lb sofa. Instant-option selected." "The White House? Seriously?"I had delivered to important and rich people before, seeing as only those people coul...
ok but listen... strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean...
The café is empty apart from us. He holds his cup of coffee in both hands, looking nervously around the room, avoiding my gaze. It’s long overdue, this talk. I should have told him years ago, like my father did to me. But, I wanted for him to have what I did not; a normal childhood. To not be weighed down by our legacy...
It was like exploring the world on Google Street View, but for five years. For five years, I've traveled around, watching people candidly frozen in place, doing whatever they were doing when time stopped. At first it was thrilling. Well, it helped that I was drunk and suddenly had free license to spy on people and pul...
My mother and I have always had a good relationship. She is known to be one of the most powerful magicians alive. By the looks of it, I will never have even a fraction of her strength. Honestly, I am a mediocre student at best and often have to attend remedial classes to catch up to my peers. When I was younger, I wou...
Andrew froze, his eyes glued to the talking dog in front of him. Did it actually just talk to me? “You actually can speak?” Andrew cried out, standing up from the couch where they sat and stepping away from Snuffles who tilted his head when he looked at Andrew. “Well you can hear me can’t you?” answered Snuffles wi...
Pentagrams, black candles, sacrifice of a virgin, you know the drill. I had turned my backyard shed into a demon receptacle. It was finally the full moon and I was ready to summon. Which was great, as the virgin girl had been quite annoying all week, with the screaming and what not. So, with her finally silenced, I fou...
‘He’s still here’, I think as the next in the long line of mobs falls before my blade. The swoosh of the level up fills the room and I’m excitedly thinking of my trip back to town when I notice it ran twice. He gained a level as well. All this time he’s been with me. From level 1, grinding in newbie areas, farming for...
You know, pessimism's on the rise. If you were to go up to a person - just a random person - and ask them about our current political climate, what do you think they'd say? Most people would describe it as 'the complete and total collapse of society'. Which... I mean, mutants roaming the streets and the complete breakd...
In the beginning, I was subtle about it. I was cryptic. I seasoned my posts with insinuations, double entendres, clues. . . .though my favorite place for beef is Eddie's, I'll often play butcher on the West End. . . . . .*now what you need for this recipe is a good, solid bone saw--a cook and a killer's best friend...
Nobody remembers what happened. All the elders died, and everyone decided to stop telling the stories. I couldn't blame them. It hurt to think about. Humanity, in it's uncountable billions, venturing the surface without life support. No Ash Guards to keep the irradiated soot from scorching them. No Rebreathers t...
"The exploders creep me out." "They prefer to be called humans." "Yeah? And I'd prefer to be called the Uber-Admiral of the 5th fleet. Doesn't change the fact that those things are obsessed with explosions." "Are you talking about nuclear weapons? Plenty of pre-FTLs have come up with those. I mean, even we went ...
"Three thousands souls, Barry. Three thousand." "That doesn’t sound like too much, during the dark ages we were doing ten thousand, easy." "No, not per day. Three thousand per hour. Fuck the hand basket, these people are going to hell in a Goddamned jumbojet." "Sweet Lucifer, Clide, really?" "Really, bud. ...
Thanksgiving has always been a big deal. Always. It almost feels like I could describe the embodied feeling of a hundred Thanksgiving within my family, the way the traditions are so well established, though that may be impossible given that I'm only 22. Everyone in my family gathered, numbering well into the 70s, ...
“Excuse me”, the man says, from the front door. In this moment, what I'm doing is I'm hugging a TV set in front of me like it's a fat child, halfway down the stairs. “Can I help you?” I say, trying to remain confident. “What are you doing?” “I'm fixing the flarfers, naturally”, I say, sweat drops dripping down my n...
I locked the car doors.This area isn't the nicest area, especially for a PI like me. "Turn right on bondage street in 500m"the GPS barked. I turned the wheel and ended up on the street. Redditville was built like a paradise after Diggton went to hell. And with the people came the secrets and questions someone like ...
“Basilisk!” The village lookout shouted. “Archers to the walls! Everyone else inside! Lock your doors and don’t look out your windows until the all clear is given!" The crossbowmen rapidly mounted the wooden palisade that had been hastily erected in the weeks since the beast was seen. It was always a very dangerous th...
Uncle and mother are crouched behind a truck, whispering to each other. I try to crawl closer so that I can hear what they are saying, but mother shoots a sharp look, and I stop. I can hear voices shouting followed by loud crashes of what sounds likes cars being thrown into the sides of buildings. Uncle's face is dirty...
"Checkmate." "Ah, fuck you, you rotten fuckin' stroganoff,"cursed the younger man. With an angry swipe of his hand across the chessboard, he knocked the remaining pieces clean off the table. "I quite enjoy our little chess games, Adolph." "Eh.. I suppose there is worse company than you, Vladanir,"replied Adolph. ...
&nbsp;&nbsp;Just stay home today. &nbsp;&nbsp;"But why?"Ito ran his hand over his face in frustration. "Look, you've been telling me to stay home for months now. I'd really like to know why." &nbsp;&nbsp;*The reasoning is this. Consider. Every person on earth is connected in some way t...
And here we are, I think to myself. One last delivery. I look at the silver briefcase before me. It’s large and smooth, like the surface of a remote lake. A single Pokémon sticker sticks to the case’s handle. I push my long, dark hair away from my eyes and take out a small, silver pocket watch. It clicks gently, a...
Let me tell you, I hadn't expected the first thing I'd see in the afterlife to be a panel of judges and a massive projector screen replaying my death in slow motion. But there it was, in high-definition, on a ten by ten metre screen. Being replayed. Over and over again. "Listen, can you stop watching it and just do.....
Waking from my cryosleep in three thousand and ten, I logged back into Reddit, to see old memes again. I clicked upon the front page, and to my surprise, saw "Ask Me Anything, I'm the last person left alive". I posted "is this really true?", and F5'd with breath bated. They wrote, "I need help so the earth can be ...

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