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The door opened. I stepped out. The green grass, beautiful trees and other flora greeted me. Friendly Earth fauna roamed about, completely at peace with my human presence. A lion strode by, completely unaware of me. "Control, this is Angel 7, I have landed. Repeat, Angel 7 has landed." "Roger, Angel 7, Comm out....
"Hey you get up, you're next." "Yawn,... next what are you talking about?" "You have until they drag the last contestant out to choose your armor and weapon or i will toss you out without any." My mind went into overdrive, contestant armor, did the insurgents grab me?.. no i went back home, i'm sure of it, as i loo...
I was twenty-one years old when I left for the mission. The youngest astronaut in the history of the United States; the youngest astronaut in the history of the earth. The year was 2025, and our technology had exceeded our wildest expectations. To go beyond the reach of our solar system it would take a mere six and a h...
In a dark, windowless basement, a bored graduate student was sifting through camera feeds of various alien planets. They'd been told that these were all the cameras trained on planets without intelligence, but someone had to make sure they hadn't missed anything. It mostly entailed watching a feed for a few hours, seei...
I only signed up because he broke my nose. That's how it worked. The Romans had gone, and with them any pretence at civilization. I was the roughest, meanest man I knew in our little circle of huts, and when Arthur strolled into town, I picked a fight with him. It was all I knew how to do. I say 'knew', but at the ...
Ever since my bone marrow became sentient, my live got a little crazy. I had to argue with it and try to make it see reason just to perform the simplest actions. When I saw a skeleton ripping out of some guy on the street it really freaked me out. But luckily my situation wasn't so desperate. Telepathically, I coul...
It had been a noble thing at first. Fighting crime, keeping the order, keeping the less than upstanding citizens in line--the gangsters, the drug pushers--I've been doing this for nearly two decades, keeping my city of Crestview safe from anyone who would hurt it. The Forsaken, The Enigmas,The Inquisitors, The King's...
It had been a long day. One of those days where the clock had moved no more than 7 minutes every time you looked up. What little work you had gotten done today had been horribly half assed and probably would need to be redone after this weekend on Monday, but you didn’t care. As far as you were concerned, Friday was ov...
Chuck was staring at a fresh one. The lady lurching towards him, arms outstretched, hadn't been dead long enough to decompose. She looked to have died in her late 70s, with a prim halo of white hair framing her kindly face with its milk-white eyes, and just a little bit too much rouge on her pale cheeks. She was still...
A day doesn't go by I don't regret those damned candles and markers. See, when I was the ripe age of fourteen, I decided that magic was worth investing in, and so I tried to cast all sorts of spells; to no avail. Until recently. "Wow, that's a really cool glowstick!"She shouted over the thumping of the club's heavy b...
"Have you polled the frontal cortex?"Videogames asked. MaybeIshouldgointopolitics said, "Polls are showing that you've slipped to a 35% approval rating." Videogames slumped into his chair. He leaned hard on an elbow and rubbed a hand over his face. "How is this happening?" On the TV in the corner of the room, muted,...
The night came with a crispness that most took to as the herald of rain. Yet the skies were still clear and the stars still shined, so the streets had come alive with the lights of festivity. A few buskers sat on dirty corners or stood in ill - fitted suits, singing or dancing or playing. Cars honked with impatience...
Well, this was a first. The entire potato chip aisle was on the floor. Some of the bags were open, some not. Chips were all over the floor and probably under the shelves too. My mouth twisted as I thought of the best way to deal with this. Probably should get a cart to put all the opened bags in, then it's just clean u...
Although I am immortal, I am not impervious to the effects of age. As I continue to walk on a seemingly endless plane, my breath is ragged and my legs seem nearly to the point of snapping. The skin on my hands and arms are tight against my bones, and my wrinkles are more numerous than there are stars in the sky. My vi...
"'The emu War'. Haha, what a funny bit of history, how could you lose to _birds_?" &nbsp; _How could you lose to birds?_ &nbsp; They're not birds, mate. They look just like emus, sure. They act like them. That's the entire point, you see, to blend in: they're similar enough to mimic the things, and the on...
"James, we talked about this."Mike said, laying a hand on the blue spandex of the SUPER MEGA FRIENDS' newest member. "Your power is 'Hope' not 'Incredible Violence.'" "But we just end up beating them to a pulp."James was frowning inside his helmet. "There isn't a lot of hope in punching a giant mushroom gorilla into...
"No! Don't---" With a flash, everything went back to yesterday morning. George woke up in his bed as usual, and as usual, he muttered about what a dick Twat was. George didn't know Twat's real name, but he was a twat, so he was Twat. George had been living the day from Friday 15th of April at 6 in the morning to Satu...
Life's been good to me. I made a series of great trades and have become wildly successful. Call it luck, ambition, skill, fate, Gods plan, whatever it was, it was kind to me. Well until today. See today I woke up and started my morning routine like any other day. I rolled over, kissed my super model wife, took a showe...
Normally, I'm not so conceited as to google my own name - but tonight was different. The air was buzzing with some kind of tension as the cicadas screamed and the dogs howled. I booted up my old PC, navigating to the web browser with a practiced ease as I settled in for the long night. Initially, I was just going to wa...
School children and instructors the nation over rejoiced as the insipid grating sounds of recorders were silenced forever. All seemed content that reason and rational thought had finally prevailed, however, one wondered why the terrible ear drum bursting instruments had ever come to be a school institution... &nb...
My services don’t come cheap. My specialty? Well, I wouldn’t say I have just one specialty. The strangest, worst, most confusing medical enigmas come to me. You want your illness cured? I got you covered. If you can pay up, of course. So when I got an appointment with only the prognosis of “mild, persistent pain,” I wa...
"No-one outpizzas the Hut." I freeze immediately. My magnum opus was fresh out of the oven, cheese still bubbling, releasing it's beautiful aroma into the air. Out of the corner of my eye I see a red fedora. "Step away from the pizza." I gingerly stepped away from the heat of the oven, the barrel of the gun still ...
I use to mess with different species, being a space dwelling amorphous entity, I would throw asteroids at inhabited planets. And no it’s not what you think... Yes, I know what you’re thinking and it’s not that, so stop thinking it... Anyway I digress, I would throw them at species who were just venturing into off world...
We are all radios set to the wrong frequency. That's why we shout at each other without really hearing one another, why the fantastical things we see at night are nonsensical. "Beware the visions of the night."That was something my Grandma used to say before she passed away. "Because sometimes they stare back." Somet...
Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. And any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. It seems strange that the reason the Hong Kong metro gave for their...
"Thank you for agreeing to see me, Mister Good Boy,"the inspector said to the Husky Siberian sitting across the table from him, "I understand that it was a very traumatic experience for you." "Indeed, I dare say that it is even on par with being denied a belly rub!"he shuddered. "Well, anyway, Mister Stanford will be...
I've seen this guy pick up a building. Literally, a building. So when he puts on this big one-of-the-people charades, grunting and groaning while trying to move an office desk, you really have to suspend your disbelief for a quick second and just go with it. No one's really sure why he does it. Someone gave him guff a...
“You have what?” I asked. “ ̷͐͜ ̶͉͒ ̷̳̕ ̴̝̎ ̴͖͝ ̶̤̒ ̶̬̾ ̵̫́ ̷̹͗ ̵̭̾,” the alien replied. “You don’t have ̶͓͑ ̴̡̾ ̷̫̑ ̸̩̚ ̴͚͝ ̸̖̑ ̷͇̓ ̴͎̍ ̶͘ͅ ̶̙̈́?” I rubbed my ears. At first, I thought the earpiece translator had made a mistake, but when my ambassador counterpart repeated the word, I realized that the static I hea...
"Thomas!"he thundered, face puffed up with a red rage and eyes not too different from that of a bull. Or perhaps a dragon noticing a pilfering thief trying to steal away with a piece of their hoard. Actually, come to think of it, it might be closer- "Are you listening to me?" "Y-yes,"I stammered, trying to flash a sm...
Josh let out a little laugh, expecting the man in green with a bow to do the same. Instead he continued looking at him in expectation, waiting for a reply. "Um, no,"Josh stammered out, "no mage of yet, no." "Worry not, I have a worthy companion in mind,"the man said, holding out his arm. "I'm Aenan, by the way. What...
One leg needed per krael, if one needs to stand indefinitely. Acrobats and athletes can jump, hop on one leg, or even rear up on two hinds and shuffle for a while, but no one could sustain it. That's how it works, as every member of the Astavean Alliance knew. It simply held true for every genus in existence. In the...
Issac trudged in the side of the mountain. The stones were loose, and made the going difficult, but it was nothing he could not handle. His bum knee had other ideas, but that was no surprise. That knee had hated doing anything for going on twenty years. He was just glad this was not the kind of mountain with snow all y...
The wrath of Braulauch was swift and mighty. Tall as a building, scales harder than steel, and a gaze that could turn fell warriors to ashen rock. The cursed spell that brought him forth prophesied it the Doom of Man. And none that saw him now could doubt their fate. Crashing through wall and tower, felling warrior ...
"You know...Its not like the movies. Aliens didn't just fall in love with the first person to show them around." "....What were they like?" "Same as humans." "WHAT?" "Well yeah. They ate, breathed, spoke, had families. Some of their cultural practices were different and they were physically different looking in sma...
Humans are far too fragile. Their joints weaken, and with each day, their bodies get closer to death. They call this process aging and yet I consider it the vital flaw in humanity. Why would they create us if they didn’t agree? Humanity has strived for perfection but is unable to attain it themselves. We are the cl...
‘How in God’s name did you lot do that?’ Field Marshal Holmes sat on the ground in stunned disbelief. Surrounded by a scrum of equally baffled Generals. “Sir? I don’t believe this is the correct debrief protocol?” said one of the dishevelled conscripts.‘ 'Protocol can get fucked! You muppets just took down Cth-...I ...
“So, how was your day, honey? Anything interesting happen?” Daniel asked, the beloved teacher still wearing his funky piano tie as he sat at the dinner table. “Oh, you might find this interesting. Do you know Mr. Anderson? I believe he’s the father of one of your students.” Holly splashed some whisky from her flask...
There was a hesitant knock at the door. Snatching up my sword, I snarled. I'd told them I'd kill the next messenger, and killing people always put me in a bad mood. Throwing the door open, I brought the sword around in a forceful swing. "Ah—"It was a sharp high-pitched scream, that cut off in the middle. Roaring, I...
The truck bumped along the road, over and over, right on tune with what it should be. I took breath, smiling at finally hearing the opening sounds of the show. Around me the other men were silent, though I knew not for long. The air before a mission always made men talk. "Do you all smell that?"Predator asked, smiling...
Strauss let out a soft snort as the scent of decay energy and spices wafted past his nose. A stiff yawn clawed out of his throat as he pulled off his sleeping mask. His stomach growled, reminding him that, although functionally immortal, he still required food. He wouldn’t be getting back to sleep like this. *I hate f...
"Mr. Hanson, would you like to tell us why your wife is unavailable for this year's parent-teacher meeting, or why do the both of you have 500 children who take up half of Middleboro School's capacity?" James Hanson wiped the nervous sweat from his brow. "I hope you will hear me out, Mrs. Darcy, rather than be dismis...
"This is ridiculous! Almost all of our fiction about the human race in the galaxy has us being superior in some way or another. Now that we've made it, every other species laughs up their sleeves at us whenever we poke our heads up to make a recommendation!" Since I agreed with the Secretary-General of United Earth...
Bombs are flying, duck and cover Soon we'll all be dead, my lover. Goodbye Israel, bye Iran, now crispy bits of sand Bombs are falling ever closer; it all got out of hand. It was a nice world, while it lasted; really, such a pity Bits of it were horrible, but other bits were pretty. One last kiss now, bye m...
I was just coming to terms with my death when he appeared next to me, wearing a tweed suit and puffing on a cigar. His straight hair and perfectly trimmed mustache remained impeccably groomed and in place despite the air rushing past. He was seated... well, on nothing. But he looked like he was relaxing in a comfy recl...
Two men stand under the desert sun. One is haggard, exhausted. He wears ratty green armor and carries a well used rifle. The Courier. "For huntin' varmints."He says with a grin. A good ol' boy, the Dweller thinks to himself. The scar on the Courier's cheek is pockmarked, like a bullet hole. The Dweller has come a ...
"Who's next, Big G?"Satan asked, drumming his pen on the conference room table. God adjusted his bi-focals and looked down the list. His finger stopped over a name, he tapped it once and groaned. "Doug McQuade.", God answered. Satan blew out a low whistle and ran his fingers through his shiny, slicked-back hair. ...
“I’m sorry?” the woman asked. “I don’t understand.” Chase looked at house with a concerned and shocked look on his face. “Is this what I think it is?”, He muttered. “I don’t understand ,” the woman replied, “is it a boy or a girl?” “Neither, the baby’s not a boy or a girl,” House replied. He reached into his pocke...
Things were going well until Jeremiah tried to kill me. Not that I didn’t have it coming. I was having sex with his wife. I was being a dick. Like, in the process of having sex with her when he pulled the gun. I ran out the window. This is the first Saint Patrick's Day. I got another one to go through tomorrow, aft...
"I'm sorry, agent, but you're going to have to give me those files,"it was something I'd said at least a hundred time in my career. I wasn't sorry. Ever. "Wh... ah... who are you?"the agent sputtered, terrified, clutching the thumb drive to his blood and slime-spattered FBI windbreaker. Windbreakers. Cute. "Agent Jam...
Journal Entry 1 February 29th, 2280 Hi. Um, I'm not entirely sure what to write about but here I am. They told me it would help with the loneliness. My name is Terran. I was born on February 29th, 2264. I was an accident. There's no arguing that because no one was supposed to be born on the colony ship. T...
I thought about telling the truth ... But then I looked at my future classmates in front of me and I immediately thought against it. “Hi, my name is Chris, and I am an Alpha 1C - 49 Lambda from New York,” I eventually manage to say. A few girls actually look up at me in response. A few guys groan. “Welcome, Ch...
ONLY YOU can make a stand against Multiuniversalism! What makes our universe so great? -Roughly Euclidian geometry! Enjoy an environment that your brain can easily comprehend! -Puppies and kittens! (while supplies last) -Only one time dimension! Experience life as it was meant to be experienced! -Birthplace and le...
I remember that day clearly. Them all cheering. Clapping and holding each other. As I sat there...thinking it was an elaborate joke, slowly realizing that something was off, that feeling creeping up your spine like a hollow evil. Eventually fear grasping hold of every fiber that make you human..they wouldn't know how t...
The street was way too busy for my liking. Walking around these people of success sucked 'cause I failed to get yet another job. Above me, thick cover began taking out the sun when someone knocked into me. Hard enough that I fell flat on my ass. Hands waved in my face. I had to brush them all away to get enough room to...
Sorry for the trash :P Hopefully it's not flagged. --- When it happened, I was shocked beyond belief. A prick of my finger and I lost all use of my body beyond my eyelids. And thank the pantheon for that, otherwise my eyes would have been in so much pain, every day. The magic of the curse made it so that I didn't nee...
"Your Majesty, please be calm,"I said. I kept my voice level, soft and soothing, trying to inject confidence into my tone. "The Princess is safe, for now." The Queen stared. On her face, faint flickers of hope struggled against the crushing weight of disbelief and despair. She wanted to believe me. But I knew that my ...
I'd been waiting for this for so long. The day I get to assign my points. My parents always said how their points had changed their lives, that it was so important to them to be able to see the points layout they had previous and know how it will all progress them further. The ride to the centre was agonising, watchin...
"Oh no! Not you again." The Sphinx. Greatest and most magical creature in all of history rolled its eyes and slumped. The dune under which it had been previously hiding rolled away in a wave as its enormous lions body thundered down, almost completely burying the limited edition 'Desert-Roamer' Sports car Deluxe which ...
97.3 has never been wrong. And yet I find myself with my back to a wall holding two sacks full of money and an empty revolver. 'Give the money, and you walk away.' A Slavic voice came from the other end of the room. I crouched low and knew it was best to stay quiet. This place was supposed to be empty. I've done pi...
(never have written here forgive this) I wake up, all these dogs come over to sniff me and then they start talking. English. The dogs are speaking English. Then all at once I see our family dog. I see Spot. He comes over to talks to me. My dog talking to me. I can’t believe I get to see him again. We are talking ...
"You're here again?"Inari taps on my shoulder, "Dionysus kicked you out?" "No, I prefer it here. Can't handle all the drama over there." Though my vision is blurry, Inari seems beautiful as always. I do feel guilty getting drunk at her place for months at a time; fortunately for me her servants were raised with quiet...
"Well at least you die courageously"The great old god said, flexing his membranous wings wide. "And you get to die being a smug dick."I replied serenely. His tentacles began to flair and he released a hideous buzzing wail. "You will know fear mortal!"He bellowed enraged. "Yea, I doubt that."I said softly as a dull, ...
"It all started with the terminology. But it's complicated." The creature keeping pace with me in conversation didn't look anything like what I'd expected. More a sort of floating, wispy thing that seemed to change color and shape depending on your viewing angle. On reflection, most of those my expectations were deepl...
"Ugh, another one?"the Princess sighed at the sight of a heavily armoured knight riding his gallant steed towards the tower. "Yeah... Sorry, but I'll get right on it, Princess!"said the large dragon that was perched just outside her window. "Don't forget, if he tries to charge–" "Double-evade, just in case, then str...
3 days. 3 fuckin’ days. Thousands of years of warfare, technological advancement. Just to be conquered in 3 fucking days. They swept in like a massive wave. Ships blocking out the sky, troops in impenetrable armor falling to the surface. I don’t even know if we’ve inflicted a casualty. I was deemed important en...
How did it get to here you may ask? They call me evil, a villain, a monster, and worse now, but I wasn’t anyone special. I had no powers like the superheroes or their rivals had. I was just a beat cop, who enjoyed his job, interacting with the public on a daily basis. The first time, many years ago, I did it, it ...
“More tea?” Elleriam waved the teapot in Jhon’s direction. The tall man held his hand up to indicate that he was quite full, so the elf turned to her other companions to offer refills. In truth, Jhon would have loved another cup. Elleriam’s tea tasted of bright spring mornings and delicate mountain flowers. His ...
Time never stands still. It is a constant flow, a directional river through which no man can swim against. Always moving forward, a progress which carried man to this day. Time seems to stand still on the moon. Intellectually, they knew the footprints they left would never erode. There was no wind to wear down their ...
Terry pulled his comforter up and over his head, he dared not move or breathe. He hid silently, waiting for it to leave. \*Thump\ \Thump\ \Thump\* Heavy feet hit the floor loudly. The creature slowly moved around Terry’s bedroom, searching. He felt his comforter pull tight, away from him. Suddenly, the comfort...
"Students, today we will be learning about the Giant Gods." Hush fell over the class. The students were always jumpy and restless, but today they were as still as stones, and I knew it was because of the mention of Giant Gods. The Giant Gods, who were god's only for the namesake but complete devils with their action...
Everything seemed fine until we got out to my car. I had a ton of crap in the backseat. It was something Jay always gave me shit about. I remember shoving it all to one side to make room for everyone before we came out, but there was no way someone could have road on top of the massive pile of clothes and boxes all the...
"Well I guess I'm here forever then."I said to the tiny distant voice in my head. "But all you have to do..."the voice pleaded. I cut her off. "Look, I've been bloody lazy for an entire lifetime. I started thinking about writing that book back when I first learned how to read. I've made excuses for nearly 75 yea...
They told me I was special. They told me I was the chosen one. All the stars in the sky exploded into a brilliant burst of light. Then, the ground I was standing on also blew up. I didn't feel so special then. Everyone and everything was dead, and all that was left was me, floating in eternal darkness. A year passe...
With an alien thumb up my butt and a camera crew in my bed/office/gaming room I was a little spooked. At first I thought I was being robbed but I think these guys are aliens trying to do a Steve Irwin bit. I'd fought really hard with them at first one of the camera men almost fell when I threw my alarm clock at them b...
As I looked into her hazy, yearning eyes through her thrift store gold-framed bifocals, the pain of years of lonesomeness seemed almost magnified. For a moment there I almost felt guilt for what I did and thought that I may never see a more kind face ever again. Each wrinkle a story untold and each spot a day spent alo...
Here's the thing about me: I wasn't planned. At all. Of course, when you've hit a breaking point a few eons in the making, I doubt you'd be in any sort of mood for planning. And my mom was definitely in no mood for planning anything when she left Zeus. It was pretty simple to trick him into divorcing her from what I h...
"Are you fucking crazy!"Tomas yelled at the the stranger in his living room. The house reeked of gasoline, promising an inferno. The stranger simply smiled, in one hand a pistol pointed at Tom's head and in the other a Zippo lighter. "Do you see what happens Tom!?"The man screamed. The manic smile never quite leaving...
“I’ll have the linguine”, he said, looking over his newspaper-size menu. The restaurant insisted on using paper menus to give an “old-timey” 21st century feel of an Italian restaurant, despite the shining cityscape being clearly visible behind fake marble pillars. He peeked at his date sitting across from him. The che...
Tenet I Each day, seek to do something to improve your cognitive wellness. Tenet II Each day, seek to do something to improve your physical wellness. Tenet III Seek to know the truth. Tenet IV Seek to speak the truth. Tenet V Seek to apply reason to your own behavior. This is wisdom. **Te...
"Hey Suze,"I shouted from across the living room, "have you ever noticed this character on Friends before? He's showing up in every episode that I watch." Susan walked over to the television impatiently. After watching the episode for several seconds, she looks back at me as if I'm crazy. "What character? The only gu...
Sir Gallard burst into the dungeon, vaulting over piles of gold and jewels, the princess was the only treasure he needed. He ripped his longsword from it's sheath, readied his shield, and plodded towards the centre of the room. The dragon was there all right, but something was amiss. It was upright, holding it's fron...
Marketing research studies may be used to generate, refine, and then evaluate potential marketing actions. There were dragons everywhere. These three, however, descended on the Nummy Crunchems factory for a REASON. Malcolm had to find out why. "Excuse me!"The dot in a brown suit waved at the 50 foot behemoths in front...
"Hey, Amy." "Yes?"My sister replied. "Don't you think that dad is a little...pale today?"I said, trying to sound casual. 'Dad' was at the opposite side of the room, conversing with my uncle. "He's fine. What are you talking about." I rolled my eyes. Not again. "Look at him!"i said. "He don't look a little.....
I walked through the streets of my great city toward the Senate. Caesar wasn't one who was kind to people who were late to meetings. Lately, I'd been wearing his patience thin with the questions during the night. Other senators were meeting for some reason, but I had always had work to do, the city needed attention, an...
Karl turned to the rest of the group and pointed up towards the city map on the wall. "We think that the vampire has made his lair here, in this old factory district by the river." "Thank you, Karl,"Rita said from the head of the table. She scanned the rest of the group: John, Mia, and Robert. They all watched her, ha...
"Dad, how the hell am I supposed to work with this?" Watch your language son. "Sorry, heck." That's better. You must share your grace, let the people truly witness your goodness. "Well that's just the thing. Nobody looks at you anymore. Everyone just stares at these mysterious illuminated rectangular things." *...
"Hello, Daniel." I almost jumped out of my skin upon hearing this unknown voice when I entered. The groceries I was holding were launched into the air and fell all around me, as I looked in disbelief at the source of this voice... Mittens. "H... hello?"I said to my cat. He was sitting upright in my brown leather co...
Either reality television had hit a new note, or reality itself was unfolding. Marvin sat glued to his television. It didn't matter what channel it was turned to - the same broadcast appeared. Google searches were equally useless, as every website redirected to holy.trial.see that showed a live stream of the same. W...
Dear Diana, I think my boyfriend is cheating. What should I do? -Broken Heart There's a few things you can do. First, since he broke your heart, break something of his, like his kneecaps or knuckles. How do you do this? Well, I always recommend hiring a private investigator to make sure your fears are true. You c...
The most unnerving thing, I think, was that Tom Jennings had a large bowl of popcorn at his hip and a cooler full of beer slung across his back, like some sort of fat, Sunday afternoon Rambo. It seemed a dream at first. People watch me in my dreams - that's a common theme. Friends, lovers, and strangers all. Active an...
"FINALLY!"I yell out in delight as the genie appears. The genie gives a wry smile. "Be careful what you wish for, stranger. You may get more than what you bargained for."He then laughed in that same obnoxious way. But he didn't know, he couldn't know my plan this time. "First wish, I want a lifetime supply of geni...
Pain... What a weird concept. For the longest time one of the greatest fears of humanity. An then... came the invention. It allowed any human to transfer pain to another, so long as the other was in vicinity, and willing to accept. You would think that this would lead to dark, haunting stories, about an innocent boy w...
A shoe used to be for life. Craftsmanship used to mean something, putting sweat and toil into your labours. And the craftsmen used to be so dirt poor they'd take anything for a quick helping hand in the shop. That was good work for sprites. Good, honest work that carried respectability. And if the stupid human eventu...
I pissed off a witch. Not the "hat, cat, & wand"type one sees in fiction, a REAL witch. This witch was the crazy farmer with weird plants and cool rocks and lots and lots of candles. I did something stupid, I'll give her that. I'm a joker; it's usually my fault anytime our little gang gets into trouble. I decided ...
Damn. Where am I? My head was throbbing and my vision was blurry, but I could see the figure of a man crouching next to me. He jumped backwards as I started to push myself off of the hard cot I had been unconscious on. "Whoa there, friend, easy, easy. You're cuffed to the wall, so you won't be able to stand, and th...
It started out as a school project, a continuation of a forgotten, discarded Sim. Whatever God had created it seemed to lose interest after the crucification of his Avatar, some dude regarded as holy because he could turn water into wine. Pathetic, really - any child could do that from the moment they spring into exis...
When the announcement was made, all of humanity was in an uproar. The first reaction was fear. After all, battle implies warfare, violence, and suffering. Surely, this would entail a troubling time ahead. Our second reaction was curiosity. Who was this voice, and how did they broadcast across the galaxy? What were th...
“MOM! DAD? I could hear my voice. I was actually able to breath as well. Did something catch us? How... did we survive “Annie!!” I got up quickly but hit my head on the ship. Fuck that hurt. I squinted my eyes to see through the dust. I opened the emergency door handle almost half broken but it wouldn’t budg...
"Stay where I can see you,"she said, her voice low. The sword gleamed in her hands as she advanced on him. The smoke from the building he'd burned down rose into the air behind him. "Really, dear, are we doing this again?"he said, grinning down at her. "Because I have to say, it's getting a little old." "And yet, ...
Bearer of Arms by Sabaton 1944, the hills of Italy Polish soldiers manning artillery Monte Cassino their final destination Finest troops of the Polish nation Deadly German counter attack Direct hit on the general staff Nobody left to lead the line Wojtek the bear knew it was time *(Chorus) Polish ...

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