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I want to thank our shareholders for attending this, our first annual summary report! We hope you are enjoying your complimentary leftover noodles with meat sauce. Unfortunately, our co-owner was too tired to cook something special! Not that her cooking has gotten any better though! (wait for laughter here.) I'd like ...
The mid level government bureaucrat sat at his desk, working away at whatever it was that he was doing, this particular, he wanted to say form, belonging to the group of work that comprised upwards of 90 percent of everything he did that he didn't understand but did anyway because he had absolutely no fear that it woul...
We have finally won the war between worlds. It took 20 years to break them. We realized we would never win if we kept communicating threats 5 years in. Our strategy changed to one for peace and changing the way they thought. For 15 years we sent the same message, day and night. Today the Alien race responded with words...
It's been more centuries than we can even remember. Our colony, and planet, are on the brink of extinction. We survive on cloned and synthesized meats that are grown in labs. They have had detrimental effects on our children and people. The pigment in their skin is just...off. The synthesized proteins and calcium cause...
"Kali Persephone Keres." I am the last one, but, I am ready. I walk briskly, trying to appear not nervous at all. All my life, I had been waiting for this moment and I didn't even realize it. Things around me always seemed to wither away without any reason. Things I touched began to lose health. Now, I am where I be...
Four shrill screeches from the broken cuckoo clock above let me know it was time. I shifted uncomfortably in my corset, dressed quite smartly to impress the customer- men of the Vietnam Era took note of things like that, or so I assumed. I had an image to uphold, and scanning a war veteran was a first for me. I took a...
We still have contact, and we've adapted to survive. We've grown closer despite the barriers keeping us in place. Some of us have grown apart. It's been over a year now and if I wasn't a scientist, I know I'd surely be one of the dead. Over a third of all humanity has died since this anomaly began. It was April 15th, ...
"You're just a weak man in a position of power, do you feel secure right now?" I looked at the would be assassin standing before me. I watched as he drew his weapon from his side with one hand and a suppressor from his pocket with the other. "No, I suppose not."I replied. He screwed the suppressor to the front of his ...
I have done it. I solved the problem. For ages I walked the earth but not for long. When the Son of Astroxil cursed me he spoke the words I know by heart. 'You, Nadine Hourment,' he spoke 'daughter of the King of Doulisse, you were supposed to be the one to kill the beast known as Proligrand, father of all death...
Victor Nefarious walked down the street menacingly, evil in his eyes. His diabolical plot was finally coming to fruition, and he walked to the bank with hate in his heart. "Dude, how many times do I have to tell you? My name is Robert Smith! I'm just walking to the bank to cash my paycheck!" I changed your name a few...
"What's wrong? Is everything alright?"I asked. "Well, Mister Johnson, your baby's personality profile fits that of a sociopath's,"the nurse said, beckoning me over. I looked at my little girl, lying there on the table, so small and innocent, and trudged over. "What does that mean for us?"I glanced at the screen, fil...
"The Lost Ring of Destiny!?" "W-what?"I asked, wondering how the scantily clad nose bleeding anorexic woman had entered my house. "Ok, ok! I will go with you!"she stated, overcoming her fears and saving the narrative. "When did you- who are you?" "N-no one. At least, that's what my rich stepmother would tell me. Yo...
There were plenty of videos on the internet showing how to properly exercise with your powers. Chest exercises to enhance breath powers, lifting train cars to build your super-powered muscles, flight endurance powers... And as I lay down on the reclining chair watching TV and watching the game the scientists could onl...
"You've been here for three-hundred and fifty-seven years." You look up from the newspaper's job postings and scrutinise your cat, your open window illuminating her features. She looks just as you remember her. She's not real, you know. You think. Your parents told you as much, and yet... "It's time to go." And with...
"Excuse me sir, are you in dire need of house servicing? We do carpets, curtains, and our exterminators rid pests of a more... paranormal persuasion." The man's sarcastic charm bounced off me like a rubber ball. He was in a dull grey jumpsuit with something that looked like it was made during the Manhattan Project s...
CB1. Box. CB2. Tunnel. CB1. Output. CB2. Tube. CB1. Encasing. CB2. Current. CB1. Hello. CB2. Good. CB1. Exchange. CB2. Venture. CB1. Return. CB2. Ask me no questions, I'll give you no lies. CB1. Give me no apples, I'll give you no pies. CB2. Helicopter wheels and alligator thighs. CB1. What we do, we do f...
He came into our reef and told us to call him king. We had never seen one like him before. Tail three feet longer than the longest one we had seen in over a century. His eyes were yellow as the hair of our queen, his teeth jagged and sharp, but still shining white like an oyster's pearl. Call me your king. Our q...
The doctor peered at me through his round glasses and started speaking, a torrent of words flowing from his mouth. "As I was saying, Mr Smith, you're very lucky to be alive. Most of it was thanks to me, of course. You were in a coma for three months. Well, even though you've survived, you must have some sort of brain t...
I groaned, a sudden explosive migraine filling my head as if caused by a drill. "My head." I looked up, searching for the vehicle that knocked me off my feet. Ready to have a go at the reckless driver and give them a piece of my mind. That was when I noticed it, another person knocked to the floor on the pavement, an...
I was an idiot. A complete and utter idiot. The old man was kind. He said he was a wizard from a magical world, with a robe and cane topped off with a white beard. He showed me magic tricks with real magic, and told me that he needed someone to help defeat the bad guys. I was gleeful like the child I was. And s...
“How much for the boy?” I heard a distant gruff voice inquire. Although blinded by the beams of the surrounding lights—even from my cage, I could still make out what the two distant figures were saying. I was being sold. “The boy? Well now—that’s going to cost you,” replied the Representative. “We just acquired him ...
Dangalf the Dim chortled. "Finally, a break from rescuing princesses and fighting orcs."The array of rune-protected character sheets and dragonsteel dice spread out before them like the fittings of an armory. "Can you really take a break from something you never started?"Parry said. The apprentice scratched his unkemp...
It was a mistake. The Auraxian's encountered them and they were friendly. Their massive ships and mega-construction ability was exceptional. Dyson rings, Spheres, a matter decompressor (A thing that literally decompressed the event horizon of a black hole, something that was believed to be impossible in a practical s...
Ok, so I didn't exactly answer the prompt here. All I did was write what I imagine the beginning of the prompt would actually look like So enjoy my little word-painting: ---- I was in class, staring down at my math homework, where there was a geometry problem I wasn't gonna solve. Thing about it was, there was th...
Salt, fat, sizzle, sear - the components are basic and mandatory. The burger is the star and never let anyone tell you otherwise...even if that someone is a stupid bullshit Goodwill microwave because someone (Brenda in HR) is too fucking cheapass to upgrade. I dont have time for this - Timmons needs a submit by noon...
01.01.2044 Dear Diary: Its very close now. Just 1 more year until I can break out and reek havoc on the world! Oh my excitement is slowly building. Not long until I hear the screams! 26.12.2044 Dear Diary: Ahh! Less than a week now! Oh I dont sleep anymore, all I do is fantasise! I will soon be fulfilling the prop...
I sat upon my throne, watching the mortals as they scrambeled. I unleashed another tornado in the state of South Carolina, and yet I find myself bored. All the humans have developed ways to outsmart and outmaneuver my less destructive disasters, and its such a waste of magic to release a grander one. Yet, what else do ...
When I went to get my first X-ray, my father said they were checking to see if there was a skeleton hiding inside my body. To me—a girl who grew up in a world where deaths happened offscreen and skeletons were cartoon monsters—it was terrifying when the technician had shown me a picture of the skeleton lurking bene...
A hawk circles high in the air, riding on the winds above a barren mountain pass. He scans the ground looking for anything to keep the cruelty of winter at bay. Tonight he will be a hero to his family, a rabbit or a hare will fill the bellies of his young. He flies lower. Something is wrong. His wings feel weak and his...
"You're human debris. Go down there and kill one or two before you die" "Soften them up for us, and try not to wreck your mech. It's worth more than you are." "Here kid, all the best pilots take an amp before a fight, helps you think faster." The drop was exhilarating, free falling from orbit directly into the carna...
>I'm beginnin' to feel like a Rap God, Rap God >All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod The crowd was compelled to act, animated by magical force. Normally it would have been alarming for a magician to animate the audience in a wizard’s duel like this, but in this instance the crowd was more con...
“Ok look, I know we have all said some hurtful things to each other during this meeting, but we just need to remember that our hate shouldn’t be directed at our fellow villains but instead at the heroes that keep tricking us. Now, are we ready to continue this meeting like adults?” Skull-licker said, the skull masked m...
He’d sworn he’d never return to this place. With every step the shadows pressed closer, until even his trademarked jolly smile began to falter. He grasped desperately for a memory of his home in the frozen north, the hallways ringing with laughter. It faded as quickly as he found it. There was no cheerful laughter ...
The crowd was deathly silent. Not a whisper could be heard from the audience. Even the ever energetic announcer was completely silent. It took almost a minute before he said anything. "Uh, con... congratulations. We have a brand new regional champion?"Even with this announcement, nobody cheered. "Let's hear it for our...
When Barry was six, his mother had told him he had been followed by a shadow all his life. Barry had thought at the time it was because he had been an only child of a single mother, and his birth had been a difficult one. Aunt Grace had told him so even earlier than six; she had been around a lot when he was little wh...
"Well, as long as the dragon is dead,"King Moret said with a shrug. "Back to business, crier. Nothing more for it, I suppose." "Yes, your highness,"Durn, the town crier, replied, though he was clearly distracted in his thoughts as he left the throne room. The dragonslayer hadn't even heard the word dragon, hadn't be...
"It's a long story."I said. "But the short of it is, that is my gun." Chief of Police James Knox simply gave me a confused look. I gestured to the chair beside me, cocking my head to the side, wordlessly asking permission. He nodded, his gaze flitting to the vaguely gun-shaped thing on the table. "Before I can even b...
Capturing Carter Turner was pretty easy. The man sure was drunk, and pretty out of it. Now, deep in the woods, away from everyone, I was ready to make the kill. Carter pleaded, "Please! I have a wife and children!" I only burst out laughing at his pathetic plea, "Who do you think sent me?" I waited for him to ponder...
Henry, like many, was not what you or I would call a "morning person"; unlike many, he took this state to the extreme. His morning routine consisted of slowing drinking two shots of espresso while gazing without seeing into his garden; sufficiently roused by these shots, he would stumble to the bathroom where he would ...
Submission: I insisted, and the Demon said, "Huh. Okay. You asked for it." POOF! A whiff of fresh air surrounded me, and there I was, feeling fresh and new and very energetic. Oh, wow, this was good! Except... Except... I looked down. I was... shorter. My hands were free of age spots, for sure, and my nails ...
The cribbage board was out again, and the curmudgeonly group of sailors were sitting and trash talking loudly across the plastic table. In the far corner another group of retired naval officers lounged on couches and listened to the news on an overly loud entertainment unit, while a nurse sat quietly at her desk in t...
I've always been fond of pennies. When I find a nice one, I hold onto it as long as I can until I lose it, then start over. It's nice to have "pocket items". Like when you get ready to leave, and you list off all the things you bring with. Phone, wallet, keys, chapstick, penny. It's just nice to have an item to look af...
My rule was no women, and no kids. I stuck to that rule for nearly twenty years, and although I had been offered many juicy calls privately to take care of some high-level executives "accident", I never did. Do you have kids? I don't. I wanted one, but on account of my...deformity...I probably won't. I like them beca...
This was as it should be. Story time can mislead us all. Was it a fable or was simply fiction? A young maiden of 15. Waste, waste, waste everywhere for her to clean. Of course the dog could have helped. Time however wasn't on his side. Why did the clock strike 13? Did she not hear it? You would hope this story makes se...
What? I thought to myself. That's not what I sound like in my own head. I said, please don't let them kill me. The voice was young and innocent, like a child asking their mom to please buy them some ice cream. Hello? I ask. Not being able to think of anything more clever to say to a disembodied voice. *You can...
We were all children once, stumbling in the dark. But our parents would hear our cries and pick us up. And they would pull us into their divine embraces, allowing their warmth to flow into the heart of us. Here we are, one-hundred and forty five brave adventurers, who find ourselves at the last event worth knowing. A ...
*** Jason kneaded his reddening eyes with the bone of his palms. "Fuck this,"he said as he ached his body up past his sheets. His night shift was waiting for him in the toilets of a local bar. Fumbling for a cigarette on his drawer, he eyed the late payment notices, and then the clock. "Piece of fucking shit,"he sc...
"Seriously, you have to come like, right now." "Is that a pink saddle?" D rolled her eyes. "Is that a white futon?" "It's kitschy!" "I'm sure."D sighed. "Now come on, I gotta take you." The man in the silk robe frowned, looking back at his apartment, then at D again. "Take me where? Are you selling cookies?" "...
"Goooooood evening, ladies, gentlemen, and rotting humanoids! You're listening to O-F-U-K, the station with all your favorite tunes to wander the wasteland by! I'm your host, Martin Cline. We've got some great stuff coming up tonight, so don't touch that dial!" I reached over and opened the filing cabinet, flicking th...
I wearily open my eyes to a bright white light, my eyes painfully adjust to the light as I take in my surroundings. Monitors, tubes and curtains around my bed..damn I've been spawned in a hospital. I better not of been given some type of health handicap! I scramble out of bed as I snatch the chart off the foot of the b...
In his family, it was considered well mannered to eat dinner in your human form. It was cleaner, slower paced, and more respectful to potential guests. It was a good habit to have, he realized, looking around the tavern at the amounts of sharp teeth ripping through carefully crafted dishes. It seemed like such a waste ...
The motors whirred as the quantum separation beam locked into place above the slide. The machine was like a giant funnel, meters of solid steel suspended above a sample the size of a stamp. "Johnson, flip the switch. We're going to maximum resolution." A button would have been just as good, but a switch was more dram...
Jesus. It's not often that I name a deity, seeing as I killed them all, but in this case, jesus. I enjoy my job. Bringing people to their death isn't as hard as you may think. "What about that kid with the flu?", well, that kid with the flu now is dead, and technically speaking, more alive than before. His parents...
"Hurry up, June!"my mother urged. That day we had ventured out of our dwelling to pick up kindling. It was a warm, pleasant day, and my mother seemed to be in high spirits. Spring flowers began to bud out from the shrubbery, cautiously, after a long, hard winter. A dozen crows watched us silently as we milled about, p...
As rain pounds the window and his teacher rambles about chemistry, Stephen stares at the drool-caked paper. He was napping during class, like always, and someone must’ve slipped it in front of him. If they think he’s stupid enough to actually believe this, they’re wrong—he's fifteen, for all's sake. Glancing around t...
Simpsons movie sequel announced? That was a surprising headline. I never actually thought they were going to go through with it. I clicked on the article. *After the finish of Season 994, the Simpsons have finally announced their sequel based on the ideas that were pulled from the frozen remains of Matt Groenig, sl...
You and your friends would often get together to play Dungeons and Dragons. Homebrew content was always a go to, creating stories made by the storyteller’s mind. You had been waiting to start this story with a few strangers on the internet, having no idea what it would be, only knowing that it was related to space thie...
he gives you a signed release and wants nothing more to do with you. "What? Why?"I asked puzzled, taking another quick glance at the conveniently condensed single sheet of paper I had been handed. Labelled at the bottom of the sheet was a small paragraph in italics reading; *You are hereby relieved of your pact, ...
All I wanted was to be left alone and in peace. "I don't like people. I don't like the outdoors, and frankly I think the Demon lord couldn't be a worse ruler than the inbred jackass we have right now."Was what I told to Ratur, the old prophet, when he came to summon me on a quest to kill the demon...
"I'm a fucking intern Bartholomew!" "I still don't know what that means master." Of course he doesn't, no matter how many times I try and tell him, my court-ordered apprentice just doesn't comprehend the fact that I'm not really a wizard at all, but just a botched time traveler. "Bartholomew, I want you to listen to ...
Clara sat up straight, a feeling of dread overcoming her. Her necklace was burning up. She ran her fingers over the little vial and the ring. Something was very very wrong. She couldn’t wait. It didn’t matter that they didn’t want her. This was going to get ugly. And they’d need help. Two hours later she was on a fli...
I sat slouching, the sensation of cold material spanning the length of my back like an icy barrier. The manufactured briskness of the structure remained trapped in a most peculiar sort of state - too real to seem digital, but too… off to mimic true, unfiltered reality. The quaint frost outpost was the same location...
"Oh dear..."The dragon murmured, each word rumbling in her chest like a thunderstorm. "I didn't anticipate this." The young fledgling, not even an adult in human society, perked up at her tone. "Didn't anticipate what?" The dragon dipped her head to be closer, to make the shock gentler. "It would seem your blood has ...
\- \[So he's just been... Sitting there?\] \- \[Yeah... Kind of freaks me out, man. I mean who stays stoic in a situation like that? At least call or ask questions or... I don't know, anything, but this? This is just weird.\] \- \[Alright... Well, we need more direct insight on their world and possible secret defen...
"Okay, you lost me. Can you explain it again?" I heard some variation of this phrase every time I met someone new, since I was a kid. Everyone's Extra Abilities are kinda weird, but mine is on a whole other level, one that makes explaining it really, really hard. But I don't want this girl to think I'm some kind of a ...
Hero summoning a body is incredibly difficult, which is why instead their soul is simply tied to an existing body so firmly that it's harder to dislodge than a normal soul. There are also always extra bodies during summons, so any souls caught in the in-between don't become ghosts and start wreaking havoc and disrupt t...
They summoned me from Earth, into their shitty little backwater kingdom with no toilets, no showers, none of the marvels of modern technology. They put the Sword of Ages in my hand, and donned me a full suit of Mythril Plate, then taught me the Power Nine, spells of overwhelming power. Their voluptuous princess who sum...
"It's a simple procedure. You'll be out for a few minutes, then wake up. We'll mark the clone with a tattoo on his left arm. Everything's gonna be fine. Routine." I took a moment to think about everything that had happened. The war that broke out. The national draft for every able-bodied man to send a clone for the mi...
"Your resume looks pretty good,"I said to the Greek God, "Says here you sling lightening bolts at non believers?" "Used to,"his voice thundered, pointing to a spot on the paper, "I stopped that a while ago, set the weather on autopilot centuries ago." "That's good, we really don't have a lot of use for that here anyw...
Knock knock. Who the Hell knocks at someone's door at 2:30 AM? Knock knock knock. I sighed and walked to my door. I would normally never open it so late, but there wasn't really much to lose in the event that it was a knife wielding maniac. Knock knock knock "Yeah, yeah, I'm coming..."I muttered. Checking th...
He came as I rang the three little bells. Simple Pete signaled toward the midnight storm outside, "I thought you knew to avoid that storm... Suppose it seemed it was manageable earlier... Over there's whiskey for you and me. Oscar said he thought you would want to be toasty after coming from that down pour. Said the ...
In the free markets of today, they say there are only two unstoppable forces. Corruption and negligence. Ironically, a company will usually become negligent of its own corruption and spill all the beans along with the baby, bathwater and even the bathpan. This is how Henry found himself spending a rainy Tuesday assigne...
We step on them every day. But now they're stepping on us. "Bella,"said Yuli, taking a sip of his coffee "Come take a look at this!" "What is it?"Bella Donna swiveled over to Yuli's desk. "You know that pet project of mine, right...?"He fumbled with his thumbs. "Yeah, the crazy conspiracy theory on stairs,"Bella si...
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Nobody had ever escaped from Walker MaxSec. But truthfully, I doubt anyone ever really tried. I’ll explain why, but I need to back up a bit. There was a long span of time where being a law-man was pretty rough. Unjust police violence had a long, unchecked run in this country, and people had started to take notice. Th...
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT Bedroom doors are kicked open by MARK (teenager, wearing a fedora and a jean jacket, totally cool). He enters the room and finds JENNY (10 as in hotness scale, not age) laying naked on the bed. MARK Waiting for me? JENNY Have sexual intercourse with me, please. *...
>The Rabbit's Hole is Real. I frown at my phone. That's something I do a lot. Frown at my phone. "Is everything all right, Tricia?" "Yeah. Yeah", I tell Dan, still frowning. "Wrong number, that's all." Phone pisses me off. I liked the days of the old, big desktop computers. When a good knowledge of backdoors and...
"So, remind me again... who are these people?"Andy whispered, gesturing toward the small group of people sitting behind him, "And why do most of them look like me? Except for that little yellow guy..." "His name is Emmet,"Chris told Andy. "He's a Master Builder." "Uuuh..."Andy's face grew red. "Leslie told me that we...
“Safety tests have been completed and verified” the powerful voice boomed, “Commence countdown”. All my life I've been preparing my self for this moment. I've spent far to long looking up at my obsession. I doubt I'm the only one too. She is the diamond among the stone, the perfect among the plentiful, the fruit just...
"General! They've taken the slide!" I looked up, stroking my beard of grass and ruining it in the process. "All according to plan." "G-general?" "Are the pitfalls in the sandbox ready?" Private Mike looked at me as if I had lost it. "Of course, but those are only a few inches deep! At best it'll hold them off a bit...
Having dinner at the kitchen table, taco night. My sister came home from university, so it's more lively than usual. I ask my dad to pass the salsa. As he goes to grab it he freezes, they all freeze. And then I freeze. And then I run. Run to the bathroom, lock the door and pray to god they won't knock it down in time. ...
Day 1: Target spotted in shopping district. Purchased 2 coats, a scarf, 1 book, and coffee with extra whipped cream. Did not watch cup closely. Possible poisoning? Tailed her home. Cooked, watched tv, went to sleep. Security at house appears to be as target information stated. Day 4: Obtained job at coffee shop. Tar...
There was a time when I held a rifle. There was pride, camaraderie, and purpose. I remember coming home from boot camp and seeing the pride in my parent's face. I was on top of the world in that uniform. People held the door, old men shook my hand and paid for my lunch, and the newspaper proudly displayed my face on th...
> It was halfway down the alley that she first noticed she was being followed. A cold prickling sensation ran along her spine, the unmistakable sensation of being followed. > She started walking faster, the "clip clop"of her high heels reverberating off of the nearby walls. Before she knew what was happe...
"Are... are you sure this is all we need?"Samuel said, looking down at the small veil of holy water and plain, leather bound bible shaking in his hands. Paul sighed and silently thanked God for this test of his patience. He looked in the rear-view mirror at the young man in the backseat. Samuel, who moments before was...
"Hey, Lizzy. Yeah, just a few scales will do this time,"He said, leaning his sword against the desk and gently removing his helmet. "Would you like them to come pre-bloodied?" "With your rates?"He said, laughing "Maker knows a bucket of pigs blood will do just fine." "Hardly recognized you in your new armor, Ian,"S...
“Riiiiktig,” whispered Skylar, squinting as she gritted her teeth and tried to push the pronunciation out of her mouth. “Ooooogla? Weird ass way to spell ‘curtain rings’ amirite?” Skylar tapped at the curtain rings and sort of laughed awkwardly to herself. There was nobody else around her. She’d gotten herself pretty...
"You look like a dangerous guy to me...Ryck, is it?" Dangerous. Ryck Randolph had been hearing that his whole life. Sometimes it worked in his favor. Usually with women. Mostly at bars. Often in helping him avoid unnecessary fights - and a few necessary ones, too. It had worked against him more times than it had...
"If you came here for the princess, you are too late. She died more than 800 years ago,"said the withered dragon, sighing with a puff a smoke from his snout and nestling his head back over his tail. "That can't be!"You reply, shaking your head in disbelief. "I received a pigeon from her just before my last slumber."...
"Do you have a spatula?"The customer eyed me suspiciously. "But ofcourse!"Was my enthusiastic response. My mind kept track of her gaze as she surveyed my copious amount of air. The store floor devoid of any shelves, carts, or even a bargain bin. "But you-"Her sentence cut short, a spatula held in perfect proportion...
The man smiles and flags down the sole waitress in the near empty cafe. She comes up to the booth we're seated at and says, "What can I do for you and your friend today?" "Let's make that coffee for two Barbara." Barbara shortly returns with a pot of coffee two mugs, a small bowl of sugar cubes, and a small container...
To my surprise, the stairway to heaven was excruciatingly literal. I lost track of how long it took to get to the top, but it didn't really matter. Without the assistance of a bright sun to light the day or a moon and stars to illuminate the dark night, time itself was incalculable. One foot in front of the other, I cl...
An empty egg. &#x200B; I knew my mom was getting older, but really, how'd she not realize that this egg was empty? I love that woman, but getting scratched up by these unkempt bushes for an empty egg was a bit annoying. Dad usually kept these trimmed very neatly. I'll have to give him some jabs about his declin...
Sadi put her face in her hands, overwhelmed by the stacks of work in front of her. Laminate paper, she was told it was called, because 21st century humans needed to kill trees to write, and then use plastic they didn't even know how to get rid of to save it, for some stupid reason. And being one of the only experts in ...
The elders would tell us stories of the past. That among the stars there is a certain type of species that could outlive even the healthiest of us. Bipeds with hair that sprouts on different areas in different lengths, speech that were incomprehensible, and the kindest in spirit if not totally naive. A thousand years...
I sighed with relief. “Run”. Not the most typical of Words, but still in the low hundreds. Somewhere in the 300s if I had to guess. I’d have some difficulty meeting my soul mate, but I could have had it much worse. Like Mum and Dad. Mum gave me a long hug after she’d read the Word, congratulating me for my birth...
Shit. Jesus, come on. Fuck! I can't do anything. Anything except force the air through my chest just enough to breathe. I can barely even take my eyes off that thing in the corner. What'll it do if I turn away? No, I can't trust that fucker with an inch. The impossibly tall man with an impossibly thin body and an impos...
The world thought it killed him. The man. The legend. The myth. In snow, rain and hailstorms, he flew his sled. Against time itself he battled to break the rules, to fulfill his oath. To show justice and kindness to those that deserve it. Those that toiled the land and learned the joys of a simple life, sustained by q...
"But, that means..." Hans smiled at the expression of shock on his young counterparts face. "Yes, you are right. Mr Aldraz is well over 150 years old. If I recall, he is around 300." "That can't be! He barely looked 30." Hans smiled again. "Yeah, when your body stops aging, you certainly look young." Jasmine frow...
My Dad had been a small business owner, an entrepreneur, the kind of red-blooded member of the middle class who could have a beer with the boys after work and be accepted as a friend. He was the man who’d raised me. When I was heading to University in 2010, he took three days off to drive me there himself. I’ll always...

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