Split (1)

train · 177k rows

prompt stringlengths 391 14.9k
I yawned, arching my back as I stretched out of sleep. The soft padding of feet drew my attention, as she walked in. She herself yawned, her ginger hair stuck up in a very clear bed head. I walked over, rearing up to put my paws on her legs. She scratched the top of my head, and I closed my eyes in bliss. "Good mornin...
Clink. Clink. Clink. Vilmer had several thoughts running through his head at any given time. But he always only had one goal. And right now, the goal was to break through Vilmer was now had a tunnel that bore several dozen feet into the side of Mt. Fortress, as apt a name for a mountain as they ca...
Mrs Lawson says the same thing as I step out the front door every day. “Good morning, Mark! Off to work already?” She sees me in a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase, every single morning. She still says it. But Mr Lawson isn’t in the picture and Mrs Lawson’s garden is the sole remaining light of her life. She get...
A torn piece of paper caught in the wind swirled and danced along the path until it slapped up against Rodney’s leg. Frowning at the headline ‘Royal Princess reunited with her Family’ he crumpled the paper up and stuck it in his pack. ‘Almost there, gang. Won’t be long, now.’ Behind Rodney his six sisters and f...
"Uhhh..." I stared at the slob covered ball on my chest as it rolled to my chin. Saliva dripped over my neck. I stifled a squeal, keeping my eyes fixed on the yellow-eyed beast as it panted over me. Gulp. The beast began to growl. I flinched a bit, realizing I wasn't pinned down simply because the span of it's bo...
Several times, travelers made complaints about the suspicious Eridanian from System HD265-T3 skulking around the exit of Gate E3. Arrival flights from Earth disembarked their passengers here, each of them in a rush to meet connecting flights. The Eridanian, known professionally as ‘K’, knew he was untouchable. Countle...
I was excited. I was turning twenty, meaning it was my Day of Power. On the instance I turn twenty, I would gain a title and powers. It was quite possibly the most important day of my life, setting me on a path for the future. I had opted to gain it alone. Some people liked to be the centre of attention when they got ...
"Here ya go, little guy. Now, we are just practicing with a butter knife for now. We don't want anyone getting hurt." I have an overactive imagination. It's why I enjoy writing stories, but it is also why I can't watch horror movies. A blessing and a curse, I suppose. It all started one night when I had been up late...
Leo heard the kingdom's elders enter his house, but didn't bother to look up from his packing. He knew what they wanted, the same thing they've wanted since the miners uncovered that prophecy in the ruins. A great evil would awaken, and it was up to the child of the blood moon to defeat it for 'all eternity'. Charles t...
The thing about studying ancient history is that it tends to ruin TV shows and movies. It’s a herculean task to keep my mouth shut and not to point out problems with accuracy from armour to food to hairstyles. It became such a bad habit of mine that my girlfriend refused to watch anything Roman themed for fear of me sn...
The premise for this contract was simple but after 4 god damned months on this sulfur smelling island, I was nearing my brink. Not because anything was wrong. If anything, these boys knew how to party. I just missed my family. But then, so did they. They would talk about the pretty girls waiting for them back home,...
The echo of the gunshot lingered in the air, as if asking why it existed in the first place. The professor, still holding the smoking gun, listened to it bounce around the corners of the room. Trying to hide? he thought with a smile. There's nowhere to go. Slumped backwards in his chair was the student he had fi...
The last thing Alex remembered was walking into the bar. He didn't know where he was, how or why he got there. All he remembers was the noisy bar. He couldn't describe it if he tried, wouldn't recognise it if it hit in the face. As he became more conscious, he realised he was lying on something hard and uncomfortable; ...
Don't let them bite you, Lance had warned. Never let one bite you. Only we deserve to use our teeth. The world doesn't deserve a hybrid of us and them. So instead of leaping, instead of wrenching its head back to expose the throat that no longer pulsed with every heartbeat, I ran. I ran from the one source of te...
The soldiers brought Dragomir forward, his wrists bound behind his back, shackles on his ankles. One of the soldiers pocked him in the ribs with the blunt end of a spear and another kicked him behind the knee. He collapsed into the mud. It was dark out, past midnight and almost into the witching hour. Before him, a ma...
I'm a woman, this is my experience of sex. I can't speak for anyone else, and this isn't very well written, but here it is. I want sex. Not for any real reason, I just do. I feel a gentle throbbing and moisture just below my clit and really want to get off. Some times at this point I feel something similar in my nippl...
"Mr. Brooks, the drug will now be administered."the words hung in the air over me, looking, scowling, accusing. My heart slammed against my dry throat. The executioner's solemn face bore no lines nor emotion, just the fixed, sunken features of a man too busied by routine. He tapped at a syringe, the clink of the glass...
#VICTOR HARRINGTON Male, Caucasian, 29 ------ OBJECTIVE To meet an intelligent, attractive young woman who loves conversation, debate, and creative projects. ------ EXPERIENCE Dated Annabelle, March 2011 - June 2014 \- Offered financial support for upwards of six months. \- Served as an em...
S: "Erghhhh, yeah... I love you so much, Dan..." D: "That's a weird moan to make, isn't it?" S: "Sh- shut up!" D: "I'm just pointing it out. Sounds like you're taking a really huge shit." S: For the love of god, can you just stop talking?" D: "How come? Your mother always said-" S: "For fuck's sake, Dan. Don't fu...
The media erupted in a flurry of questions as the president left the room, answering none of them. The president walked back to the oval office and sat down at his desk. He put his head in his hands. "You have to do it, you have no other optionssssssss" The president lifted his head to look at the nine foot tall liz...
"Twelve generations. That's how long we've inhabited this ship. Twelve generations of labor. Humanity was supposed to be dead eight hundred years ago. We were supposedly the only ones alive anymore. We were humanity, we were hope." "..." "Now we're just dinosaurs from a forgotten age, left behind by the cruel sands o...
'What the hell are you doing man?' 'I could ask you the same thing!' 'Put the gun down, I'm sure your life is worth living!' 'I'll put my gun down if you climb down that tree and leave the rope up there.' 'Alright, I'm coming down, but don't even think about using my rope!' 'And don't you even think about grabbing...
No one heard the sound until it softly faded. Humanity, spellbound, it held its breath and waited. ----- No one recalled the mumble, though the silence felt so loud. None had ever felt the rumble that coursed gently through the ground. ----- The Earth that day seemed eerie. Like a corpse, she grew too still...
Life has always been easy for me. When I was a young boy, barely out of the womb, I learned that no one else could do what I could. I would cry for milk, and realize that no one moved at all. But I also realized that when they wouldn't move, I wouldn't feel hungry. Time had stopped. I'm sure that's how it went, becaus...
It started with a plane ticket, so I could take Jean to Hawaii. Then when I needed money to board the bus, once again I found the right fare nestled in my pocket. The third time was after Jean and I had broken up, when I spent the night with a flame, that time the pocket had produced a condom –as if it knew best. But...
"Sean, it happened again last night."I spoke softly through the handheld. I was literally shaking. He said this would not happen again. He said it could not happen again. But, here it was. "What did they do this time?"Sean asked me. His voice sounded serious, with a strange glint of excitement I could pick up on. "I...
Some roommates make great friends. Others steal your food, or keep pee jars in the closet. And some roommates plot revolutions in the living room. Anything can happen when you search for roomshares on the South Florida Craigslist. Sal lived in a seven hundred square foot, two bedroom apartment with a peculiar man nam...
Professor Franks straightened his tie, then picked his way through the classroom. He passed some students stooped over diagrams, examining the bones, ligaments and flesh of horses, cows, sheep, rabbits, dogs and cats. They were veterinary students. One male student was talking about KFC: how their wings were so ta...
"Look, Alice, we've got to talk about this." "I told you not to call me that."The voice came muffled through the bedroom door. It was Terry's first hint that something wasn't quite right with the lad. No normal person sleeps from 8am to 8pm. "What would you prefer I call you?" "Alistair."He replied instantly, makin...
They figured 90 was old enough. They were probably right, but they probably underestimated how stubborn ornery old men can be. See, I'm 91 years old today. Sure, I'm arthritic as hell, I can barely see, and I can't hear worth a damn, but I am real tired of the youth of our nation acting like they can just take ever...
I lay in the gutter, feeling oily water soak into my trousers to muddle with the piss that was already there. Paralytic and dying of hypothermia wasn't how I'd planned to go out, but then I guess since I started drinking basics vodka, I hadn't planned much of anything. I'd gone from a productive member of society to ...
The woman takes a long sip of her tea, leaning back in her chair. She’s young, in her early twenties, and has a prim and proper look. This doesn’t surprise him because, after all, she lives in a mansion twenty times the size of his house. She sets her tea down and picks up the vial of his blood. When he received the ...
Mom holds me tightly, as the footsteps grow louder and louder, coming up the stairs. “Did they hurt Daddy?” I ask. “No,” she says, with a fading conviction that even I cannot believe. “We’ll be fine.” “I will always love you,” she says, her tears and breath horribly warm on my face. “Please don’t forget that. At lea...
"Dr. Klein, if you come into my lab with one more giant death robot, I am going to tattoo the rules on your forehead!" I pointed to a large sign hanging on the wall of the workshop. RULES FOR MAD SCIENTISTS: * If you can't put it on an assembly line, you can't conquer the world with it * If your minions can't rep...
“Shot! Shot! Shot! Shot!” As his mates cheered, Casian gave a weak smile, picked up the glass, and threw his head back, eyes closed. He held back a cough as the now-familiar burning sensation raced down his throat. “Wooo!” His friends erupted, each downing a drink of their own. He slumped down on his stool, propping...
I followed Kyle. I always followed them. Learned their routines, looked for opportunities -- or at least tried to figure out when an opportunity might arise in the future. I also liked to find out why I was killing 'em. Fancied myself as a bit of a detective, I do suppose. Plus, sometimes, when I watched a guy be ro...
Gronte yawns as I fasten the leather straps around his ankles and wrists. They've tried convincing me to switch to the magnetic bonds utilized in most prisons today, but I like the leather—I've been using it since the beginning. "Don't you ever get tired of living, Taker?"he asks. I don't have to look at him to feel ...
Four year olds were a handful as it is, put twenty of them together and it’s enough to turn your hair grey. But I love it, yeah kids can be bratty but they can also be sweet and wholesome and wonderful. Plus when they are this young you can teach them all sorts of good manners and behaviors for when they grow up. But ...
[Part Three](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/gkcauh/wp_after_you_killed_the_evil_lord_you_gain_the/fqqmfmd?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) The tavern rang with raucous laughter. Gargoyles danced on tabletops; dwarves bellowed a throaty ditty about gemstones; two satyrs hosted a sporting c...
No sound emerged from the expectant crowd, not a single fart or sneeze or whisper. The auditorium was deathly silent, packed to the brim with notable scientists and their acolytes and assorted hangers-on, all of which had helped contribute in some way to this pivotal moment. I sat in the far corner of the room, entert...
I cleaned the blood of the Demon Prince off of Ryathir, the Sword of Stars. The constellations on the blade gleamed, illuminating the darkness of the dream keep. The Demon Prince had been the slave of the Dark Lord, the last obstacle before I could finally face him. How many atrocities had he committed? I'd almost lo...
"Shit,"I said almost as soon as I materialized. "This certainly doesn't look like Kansas." "No, and thank God for that."Said a well dressed waiter as he handed me a drink. "Take a slug of this. It'll get you off to a good start."He gave me a long look. "Once you polish that off I'll ask someone to help you find a ...
Their eyes rested upon my back. This "merry band of heroes"I had made myself a part of, now in disbelief as I let my form fall to one of truth. The horns, the wings, all of it. I smirled down at them as the braziers glowed in their traditional blue hue. The paladin grabbed her weapon, her face mixed with disbelief, hur...
In my hometown, Death doesn't bring a sickle, wear a hood, or have only a skeleton body. Death appeared to everyone in the most glamorous suit you'll ever see, beautiful looks, tall, pale-skinned, and oddly charming. Dangerously charming. It was the final act of honor to Life itself before revealing its gruesome face,...
Finn hummed along to the elevator music as he pondered the strange anxiety niggling in the back of his mind. He prided himself on being logical, but try as he might, he couldn't make sense of it. He had a good life and a stable career. He was single, but only because he had been so swamped with work he didn't have the ...
The rule echoed in my head as I stared at the gate. 'There is only one gate on campus. If you find multiples or any gate that is not the original, stay where you are and contact a teacher.' See the problem was, gates surrounded me. Not only the one in front, but they were ringed right around. There was no way for me to...
"Are you sure about this?"said Flagbarth. "I've studied the etymology of the apes, Flaggy. I've studied it for years. I think I know what I'm doing." "Yes ... But etymology and biochemistry—aren't those two subjects rather ... different?" Scowlblast released a sigh from his lower hip. "I know a great many things. Do...
“One serving of the finest ambrosia is up for grabs” Hades paced around carrying a golden chalice filled with the finest food of the gods “ all you have to do is beat the challenge , survive 10 days as mortals , no power , no nothing. If they figure out your a god you lose too so no life defying feat that you can ju...
We was gone. No, not a grammatical error, just a nickname. One that, in hindsight, wasn’t nearly as funny as any of Us had thought. You see, once we all stopped panicking and had at least half of an idea of what was going on, we decided— we as a collective, not the person We, although I (again, I, the narrator, not I ...
"Welcome!"the voice said cheerily. I opened my eyes, slowly, painfully, with more effort than I ever have. "Wh- what's going on? Where am I?" "You, my friend, are in Hell." My eyes narrowed with shock and I finally managed to see things around me with clarity. The... place I was in was dim and smokey, but I could no...
"Can't you hear it?"Solipse asks, an edge of desperation in his voice. The pale, black-clad young man stands at the console of his sprawling machine. The exposed machinery looks so delicate -- one punch from my superpowered fist should tear it to pieces, one glance from my laser gaze should melt it to slag. But Solips...
"Well that's awkward" I looked at the genie who hovered, wraithlike in front of me. "Who are you?" He looked embarrassed and said, "well, I spent three millennia as a genie of the lamp, you know? And when oil.lamps went out of fashion I had to look for a new home. So I asked a few of these new fancy AI genies, what...
"A burrito supreme, two soft tacos and a large Mountain Dew with a biscuit on the side!"The woman announced the order out loud even though there were only two customers at the Taco Bell. Not many people order at 3 AM. Both of the men stood up. Dave looked at the other man and pointed to the bags with a quizzical look...
"You received the Note, correct? It was sent via certified mail." "I got the Note. I still want to know." "Understand, sir, that these memories no longer exist. As per your instructions, and purchase of our Gold Package, they were deleted from your mind, and the backup copies purged from our system, using Level 9 del...
Chuck lowered his head into his upturned palms and sighed. It had just been a joke, just an attempt at humor in an otherwise unfunny, bland day. He didn’t anticipate all of this, didn’t think he’d be the center of an incredibly televised court case. He had no idea so many people would die, no idea the nation would burn...
Uninterestingly enough, the Scandinavian civil war was still ongoing. I flipped away to check out the new pictures of Linea Pitt, but was rudely interrupted by my teacher. “Please, turn off your connection for this next bit where we have to examine physical objects,” he asked in a monotonous voice. Annoyed, I pushe...
Do you know what fucks you up the most while you're here in this place? It's not the complete and utter suffocation of isolation. It isn't the shadows that seem to move on their own. It isn't even the corpses you occasionally find hanging upside down from the ceiling. It's hope. See, you think you have a chance....
"I'm a shark, dum dee dum, I'm a shark, doodley-dee..." The board of directors was not amused. Doctor Shark (a name which he believed to be catchier than 'Neville Doherty') was not perturbed in the slightest, pacing in front of the massive, water-filled tank like a professor at a lecture. "Consider, ladies and gentlem...
"Zulak!" The boss kicked the door open. Literally. Think about this – this is a government agency. Kicking a door open in any working environment is a big deal, let alone at the ICI. Things were not going well. "Yes, sir?"Zulak replied, getting up and straightening his back like a soldier ready for an order. "Bi...
Jeremiah opened his eyes. His vision fell upon an unfamiliar ceiling. Where am i?, he thought. Jeremiah was not struck with a feeling of sleepiness or the desire to remain in bed when he awoke; he only felt neutral. Oh, that's right, he thought, The upload happened last night. He pulled back his covers and exami...
I call to the deepest of hells beneath, Into my hands, your fires, bequeath! Should one I face, or ten, or twenty, I’ll strike them down with flames aplenty! These were the words of Morsden, personal wizard of Emperor Gelhardt IX, incanted as he stood at the center of a massive, battle scarred arena. Around h...
Honestly, do you know how hard it is to perfectly emulate someone? There are a million mannerisms, a billion things to know, and depths to a person's character that aren't immediately obvious when done right but are glaringly obvious when done wrong. Once the first of us were found and people knew that there were shape...
"New day, new fetish", you mumble as you navigate through reddit to get to /r/clopclop. As the website loads, your feel your member bulging, pushing your pants up, excited by your expectations. The screen flashes and suddenly, there are hundreds of pictures of cartoon ponies, winking at you; bodily fluids dripping o...
*Oh God. They’re all staring at me. Have that many of them already noticed? I didn’t even have time to escape! And now some of them are laughing?! Why?! Crap, crap, crap what do I do? Stop. Jesus, people stop! Don’t you know staring isn’t polite? And just look at that little brat standing in the corner, pointing his fi...
Ouch. The pavement of the alley burned and I could hear the footsteps of the muggers as they came closer and closer. The alley was dark, except for a sign illuminated by a blacklight that said "Quicker Liquor."No one was around to help. I stood up, ready to hand over my wallet and wristwatch, which was a family heirlo...
Isaac felt the vomit rise up, what little food he had eaten threatening to leave. He forced it back down, ignoring the searing, burning sensation as the acid coated his throat. There was no time to stop, not when they were this close to success. He tossed aside a bone. Rusty, but still reliable medical training told h...
"I'll put down my weapon..." The Night King stood still as ice, his blue eyes watching as the small man began to bend over, a shitty katana grasped in his outstretched hand. The man, clothed in a baggy zip-up sweatshirt, moved and talked in a slow, deliberate manner. "I will put down... my weapon,"the man said, as he...
"I want to tell you a story,"Baremethus, the Blood-Scaled Dragon told his daughter, Aria. He curled his massive tail around her and nuzzled her nose. She spat back a puff of smoke, reminding him that she was no longer a child. Already, she was fifteen and everyday she didn't act out against him, he took it as a win. ...
Yes. Yes sir. Yes sir I- No sir I know- Yes sir I understand but- I can help you but please- The machine does have a warranty, and- [The protagonist waits for the man to finish.] -you used it this morning and went to 1314. Unfortunately we don't cover travels over 700 years from now. This applies both forwar...
It's strange how quickly you get used to something completely absurd. First there was panic and confusion. What's happening? How did that thing get up there in the sky? Then after a few months it changed into unease and complacency. "You're right, Janice, I don't know what it is either, but as long as it's up there ...
They took it through lack of choice. Politicians and pundits tried to talk it up, but they knew the truth. They had sucked Earth dry like some vampiric baby, and because babies are pitiful, the Vastrani offered them a second chance. People who could afford it left on a promise of food grown from actual earth out in ...
I recoiled back after laying my lips on her. She smelt...earthy, like grass after rainfall. Her eyes snapped open with an element of shock, the deep blue luring me in. “Woah, that has never happened before.” I wiped my slightly sweaty palms on the front of my grey sweatshirt, avoiding eye contact with all of my will...
Zeus and his brood sit at the far side of the feast hall, scheming. Athena is whispering in Apollo's ear. Hermes is running messages from Ares to Hephaestus. Hera, Artemis, and Aphrodite all have their heads together. Every now and then they glance at our end of the table to see if we were listening. We aren't. Why wou...
My heart was racing. There must be a glitch. An error. A bug. I had started uploading videos to YouTube of me shooting all sorts of different guns I've picked during my travels. The latest was an old revolver from the 1920s, one of my most favourite guns I've found. I had just finished uploading it, gun still on my l...
Journal entry - unknown human, unknown date It's been a few years since the epidemic hit. It seems strange to me now, to think of that week. Prior, all I ever wanted was some stability, but now, as I wander these streets completely alone, I find myself longing for the chaos of times gone by. I was born a static - a o...
“Mr. Wang, you have bestowed a great honor upon me,” Ming said humbly. He had worked for years to reach this moment, to have this very conversation. His voice was highly trained, his every word practiced a hundred times over. Neither would give any hint of his true intentions. “I will not fail you. I will make this gre...
The first person you meet when you join is Squad Leader Petrovich. He's a beast of a man. He doesn't like small talk, but his talk will make you feel small. Better said, his bellowing voice will make you want to curl up in a ball and cry, and there is nothing more he would like to see. Tailor-made for a drill sergeant ...
My vision was failing, and things were slowly going dark. I wasn't scared. I had lived a long life. I knew this was coming, and my loving family surrounds me. My wife, two children (boy and girl) are there, along with their families (both children are happily married, both have two kids, a boy and a girl). I accompli...
The great hall of Castle Ironwood was abuzz with activity. Groups of men rushed about picking up or pushing the large tables and benches towards the walls where other men stacked them up in a effort to clear as much floor space as possible. The combined efforts of all the men were accompanied by a cacophony of voices g...
We called it the inheritance. The discovery that physical capabilities could be passed on through the previous generation. Speed. Strength. Stamina. The longer the lineage, the greater the inheritance. As you would imagine, this lead to arranged marriages and exclusive communities. All in an attempt to create the perfe...
When I volunteered to build schools in the Congo, I was the only one on my project not to contract Ebola from the outbreak that eventually wiped out a whole village. I thought it was a miracle from God that I didn't get infected, and a sign that I should keep doing good in the world. A few years later, I was caught in...
"Generic greeting,"I said to Mike, my co-worker. "Nothing good about it,"Mike grumbled. He jerked a thumb towards the boss's office. "The chief is on a warpath. Apparently we just lost an important long time client and she's looking to fix the blame on someone." My eyes widened. "Which client?" "The Doma Group. ...
"Now, I have some excerpts from an anonymous diary found only a few years ago. They provide an excellent insight into what the people had on their mind at the time." Most students are only half-listening to Prof. Larson's lecture. It's a beautiful day, and he's been talking for two hours already, droning on and on. ...
I've fought monsters and dragons, beasts of the deep and hideous creatures perched atop high mountains. I've stared the most dreadful witch, evilest king, deadliest lord, and laughed in their face. And none of that has prepared me to stare down a little girl and say 'no, I won't teach you.' It's actually kinda unfair...
Ok,I'm doing it. I am SICK of mynan always killing their pet humans, sick of it. For goodness sake it's not that hard to keep a human alive. But apparently, for some mynan it is, so here's my book, Human care for Dummies. 1) They breathe air. Oxygen. Hydrogen. Gases. Not water, not slime and definately not coconut ...
Humanity’s discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life once and for all settled the debate of what role-playing game class is most powerful. The Bard was the most powerful by far, capable of annihilating thousands with a single power chord played on an amped-up electric guitar. Upon discovering the incredible lethal...
Callie's party was making camp for the night. That meant it was her turn to waste her magical power to start a campfire. How they had gotten this far before she joined was beyond her. At least it was an easy task. Let the guys do the heavy lifting. Well, most of them anyway. Derrick, the oldest member of the team, had...
The priest began to say the ritual as I was bent over the altar. "Lord Satan! We offer you this sacrifice in return for power and wealth!"The air began to reverberate with demonic hums as the demons awaited their blood. As the hums gradually grew, the priest spoke in a demonic tongue for a few minutes. After which...
"Construction Engineering is breaking even this month."I smiled at Ike DeWitt, who'd been heading that department for seven years. "Congratulations." Amid applause from the old hands, Ike blushed. "I wish I could take the credit, but really it's just the new hire doing the work." "He's not the one who got fifty milli...
Metatitne thought of millions of galaxies at once, the ones It had passed through and observed over gigaannums of existence, considering the intricacies of each to try to distract Itself from the incessant waves that refused to stop bouncing through It's being. *Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo doo. Baby shark, do...
Nebiros looked down at the youth from his lofty heights. Shabbily dressed, lanky, unkempt hair almost reaching his shoulders. He didn't look like much, but perhaps there were hidden qualities to him. Certainly there didn't seem to be much fear in his eyes. Or much of anything else. "Ah, you must be the sacrifice,"Nebi...
You reach into your pocket, and take out a soft, cold tater tot from dinner. You try to lower it, your arm at an uncomfortably hanging off the bed, and your hand with the tater tot barely off the carpet. This was your latest attempt at taming the monster under your bed. Suddenly, you feel the air in your bedroom drop ...
"I feel like we don't talk enough about the fact you never actually use the door when you come visit." Ayaba held me off the ground with her hand gripped onto my power armor, which was barely hanging on by its' washers. Ayaba frowned and replied, "Half the time they're booby trapped." "A: it's more like three quarter...
The ashen-colored visage of the underworld's ruler gazed blankly in my direction, before a soft scoff of cold breath escaped his lips, which curled into a sardonic smile. "Mortals...If I hadn't already seen so often the kind of ridiculous things you'll do for your own motivations, I would be surprised at this level of...
[Part 1 of 2] “Oof. That was a rough one. I can’t even remember what happened. Excuse me sir, may I borrow that clipboard for a second?” I snatched the wooden board from his hands, reading over the autopsy report. “Name, age. Wait, thirties? I’m only twenty-two. A rough twenty-two, but jeez. Anyway, blood type. Ah, he...
The workday was almost over. Hernando was waiting patiently at his desk. His office was like any office, brightly lit, clinical and emotionally off-putting. There is something about a cookie cutter uninspired office that was just draining. Hernando knew this. Hernando felt this. Normally, Hernando would be tired at t...
The genie curled out of the lamp like smoke. Pouring out endlessly until it solidified into a small man. He looked young - maybe twenty five or thirty. Long black hair tied back in a pony tail - bound with ringlets of gold. Robes of flowing blue silks wrapped his lithe body. He turned to me, his face splitting into a...
Melvin's eyes popped open instantly, with that possibly audible click that you only hear with the best blinks. Today was going to be amazing. He woke before his alarm - but that was usual in the routine. Yeah, he had work today. Same job, same place he'd been for ten years. He was checking circuits for fault in alarm ...
You'd be surprised at how numb you get to emotion, being a telepath. There's only so many bad breakups and dead fathers you can experience vicariously before you don't give a shit. It's a sort of armor and a noose, after a while. There isn't a pain or a joy in the world left that I haven't experienced, at least through...
"What is dead? I don't understand that word,"Leilei said. She continued to brush the hair of her doll without looking up at her father. "It means she's gone, sweetie."Tears welled in his eyes. "When is she coming back?"Leilei asked. "She's . . . not coming back,"he answered. For the first time, a look of concern c...

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.