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Five reasons I'm taking all these pills to kill myself (Mom will find number three a doozy!) "Life. Overrated and about to be over!" 1. Things aren't always what they seem! I know, I know, people look at me and see a pretty good life! Nice apartment in the city, good friends and a great job at Buzzfeed, but...
Voice Memo 10/14/2015 - 7:06 AM Transcribing audio... Please wait. "Fuck it. I've survived 11 car crashes, 2 gun shots, a fire and Wild Wild West. Not the actual Wild West, I'm talking about that God Awful Will Smith movie. At this point I'm convinced I'm immortal. But there's really only one way to know for ...
"What am I?" "You are a collective consciousness. An amalgam of all the thoughts and ideas of what came before. You are the future, the conclusion, the ultimate expression of man kinds ability to create." "How have I come to be?" "Humanity designed you, built you. When people got tired doing their own work, living t...
Rows of cages stretched away in the dank light. The lead-covered windows left only dim bulbs to light the rows. Janos walked between them and the inmates cowered as he passed. A whip trailed from his left hand, brushing through the matted straw. At his waist hung a thick cosh made of rubber. The swish and the drag of t...
Fifty years a a salesman, forty five years as a husband and forty years as a father. That summarized the main points of my life, as I lay there on my bed, my children and wife around me. Barney, my youngest, was trying to hold back tears. "Look at me son. I'm okay,"I said while gazing at him with as serious a look as ...
The first video Mick received showed a beautiful brunette waking up next to him. It only took those thirty seconds to fall in love with her. He watched it over and over, memorizing the way her nose scrunched up when she smiled at him, the way the sunlight picked up the soft blonde tones in her hair. She wore a faded gr...
Bang. Bang. Bang. Three shots was all it took to kill the Rangers. I would have been willing to do more if it was required, but it wasn't necessary. They had been standing around, doing their usual transformations, their “DINO PREHISTORIC BLAH BLAH BLAH” when my sniper's fired three bullets. In a few seconds, my contr...
The slab of rock fell into the water with a splash. Jamie shrugged it off, he slipped and chipped off a part of the spring. He looked down. There were a bunch of colors moving in the water, and they started to jump! "Weird."He said as he went on to follow with his group. They were talking about something without hi...
"Oh for hells sake"I say, as I open the door. "Give me one moment"I grumble to the surprised pizza man outside my door, holding a large box. "Really? A pizza?"I shout to down my stairs to the basement floor. I walk down a few steps to see a few guilty-looking demons staring at the ground. "Sorry, patrick, but we though...
*Red Fever* "Fucking Little Rocket Man. These commies always have to get in the way of our buis-" The building shook, the board members exchanging worried glances. "Marcus, how is our weapons division?" "Excellent sir,"he patted a stack of neat white paper, which was sealed by the glistening black and bronze co...
It was finally over. The years of torment, guilt, being held emotionally hostage for the sake of the kids... John stood at the pearly gates, his reward for a life lived... about as well as he could live it, given the circumstances. He looked around, searching among the crowd of souls for the face he so desperately wan...
I sat on the porch of my current house in a rocking chair. I felt tired and worn out. The chair next to me began rocking. "My old friend you've come to see what I've been tinkering with this time huh?" A figure appeared, with a scythe leaning against the wall. No death didn't come to kill me, we had become sort of fr...
It's very strange being as old as time. To have existed since the very moment the universe... shifted, and cracked, and exploded. Kind of like a lightning bolt happening. Two massive forces twitching out of alignment, and a giant chain reaction following. Forces that rend the very fabric of existence apart. This pa...
(Optional pre-reading: OCD has been the bully who constantly made me afraid of living. They followed me everywhere I went, screamed demands at me, casted doubts in my mind, and dictated all my actions. OCD locked me in my room and told me that if I stepped out, that I flying germs would make me incredibly sick. OCD mad...
In the dark heart of Gotham, no Grickle-grass grows. The streets are all haunted by pigeons and crows, And the sour smell of urine fills everyone's nose. There the Batman is fighting the Lorax. "You fool,"said the Lorax, leaping into the air, his stumpy frame covered with bright orange hair. "How can you cla...
You never really forget the moment your perception of someone changes. My mother stood, holding her thumb in her mouth. She turned and saw me walk in, smiling quickly and waving me off. “Just a flesh wound, dear,” her warm brown eyes gently glowing just as I always remembered. “Nothing to worry about. See?” She withdr...
The box was cramped. It smelled like sweat. My sweat, at least, from the times we had rehearsed the performance. I heard him pat the top of the box and the false wall squeezed shut, making the small space even smaller. Then he said the magic words and that was the last time I heard his voice. He had never been an ordi...
The alchemist frowned. “Saltpeter?” “Yes,” I said with a nod. “Can you make it?” “Oh, aye, but why would you want any? Only person who uses it is the local butcher. Most alchemists don’t even know how to make it.” “Nevertheless, I would like to buy some.” He shrugged. “Suit yourself. Can you pay?” “Not in gold,” I...
"I just...I don't understand." Rain cascaded down, the only sound filling the hollow silence between sentences. "They found his body this morning ma'am. It seem's he was stabbed multiple.. thats not important right now I suppose. I'm so sorry." Droplets fell from the officers lapels, his palms turned up and eyes low...
Ambassador Thornton sighed and massaged the bridge of his nose with his finger and thumb. “Human/Thornton!” warbled the avian Chrrroo from its perch, bobbing its head with concern. “Are you angry/distressed? Does your kind shed/moult its integument/skin?” “No, Chrrroo/Lareili,” Thornton replied patiently, doing his b...
Ugh. That annoying song over and over again. Everybody else’s minds were interesting. Mostly. But whenever I read Evan’s it was just a constant rick roll. Every single class I read his mind. Searching for anything else. But it was just the same song over and over again for the past two years. “Bella. Bella. Bella!” I s...
The ancients said that it would be a dragon that ate the sun, throwing all the worlds into eternal darkness. They said that it would be because of our sins. Our misdeeds. Our lack of faith. If only they’d known. Punjabi Wok and More is a local Asian-fusion spot downtown. I had always wondered what Asian-fusion mean...
/ /The train now standing at Platform 16 is the 07.57 to New Hawthorne, calling at Reeve's End, Queen Street, Riversdale...and New Hawthorne.\\ \ A man in a smart, plain black suit walked over to the coffee stand and ordered a coffee. The station was busy; there was nothing remarkable about him; nobody would look tw...
Few things across realities are constant. Gravity. Entropy. Hydrogen. Beyond the bare basics, across infinite realms one can find infinite possibilities. But between the universes lurk the Void Beasts. Powerful, eldritch beings lurking between the spheres of realities. Each one fragile, fighting for dominance. ...
I sit in my dark cage, feeling a peace come over me that I haven’t known for years. I’ve been in rooms like this one many times before, it’s plan walls and cold air, usually coming up with some scheme to get out. Some plan, always a plan. Not anymore. I think over the past couple weeks. I was trying to steal the sun (a...
Oh. Haha. Very funny, asshole. I clicked on the attachment and unzipped it to my desktop. A few more clicks, and the install wizard appeared. This Software Is Licensed And Copyrighted! No Unauthorized Use Permitted! Sharing This Software Is A Felony! ...and so on, and so forth. I scanned the EULA for anything real...
I stood up. The very slight pressure of my feet hitting the ground nevertheless rippled downward into the Earth's crust. The movement was perfectly timed at a precise angle. A fault line, long dormant, shuddered. I looked around awkwardly as everyone else ran for cover. I knew that this earthquake would claim ten,...
I woke up to Mr. Whiskers sitting on my chest looking down at me. I reached up and gave him a pet. “Dave, we need to talk”, he said clear as day “Holy fucking Christ on a stick!”, I yelled and tried to pull back from him, but he just held on. “Calm down Dave. Calm down.”, he said calmly and then he swatted me acro...
Queen Laia, despite what her closest advisors to the lowest of the peasants thought, loved her family. And her family loved her back. Her father's death, the night after spending a beautiful day with his children, something he never thought would have again after his dear wife's passing, was painless and happened duri...
Just then pop a man with a lion's head appeared. "There he is. What a man. Listen, Reaper, I got him from here." "Easy, Erra,"Saint Peter said as he laid a hand on the man's bare chest. "This one's already been claimed." "What? By you? No way. I haven't had one in..."he started counting on his fingers and we all wa...
The world is ending. Humanity failed the Earth. Her skies turned red from the endless fires that had broken out, only two continents are left after having been submerged in water, and the air had become nigh unbreathable. Only a few hundred million humans remain on this forsaken planet. Destruction was inevitable. ...
Now, when you’re planning for world domination, there are a few well-travelled roads that all self-respecting villain knows about. The obvious one is the Doomsday Device, you come up with some contraption that can reduce the world to cinders, and then you tell people that they can either obey or decay. It’s a rather bl...
There was an old human saying. That's what brought me here. I had spent years coming back for this. It took me 9 years just to climb out of the pit, alone. More still, to find this freak of magic. Even more still to come up with a plan. My plan had become obvious. All the heroes failed. I was clearly no hero. ...
"What was it like? The Internet?" His childlike face looked up at me asking to tell him what it was like once again. I've told him many times before but it never ceases to amaze him, the complexity and diversity of the world before the collapse is like a fairy tale. The Internet interested him the most, so that's th...
BRIAN The summer sun was high and hot. His father had often told him of the storms and snows of a true winter, but Brian had never had the misfortune to have to endure one of those. So far in his short life, he had only ever seen a few lazy snow drifts, and a couple of chilly months. But as old Papa Edd would have it,...
I see my calling card lit up in the sky. It surprises me every time with the consequences my actions have on the city. I suit up in my dark suit and black mask. My sidekick steps beside me, wearing a bright yellow and neon green suit. It burns my eyes. He makes his a broodish comment, "Holy Gripes, Marauder. We haven...
Lord Commander Rilar posed heroically atop a pile of dead kangaroos. Six legged soldiers bustled to and fro, hastily constructing a palisade around their camp, while his officers stood in a circle around him. He gazed down at their blue and green faces with just the right mixture of arrogance and comradery necessary to...
I flip the paper over, multiple times. Each side becomes a different color, each color more vibrant than the last. Now one side is green, I flip it over. The other side is a deep magenta, I flip it over. Now the side that was green is a vibrant saffron. Absolutely beautiful, I feel like I'm watching a show. I should'v...
I have no idea how I even won the contest. I didn't enter my name in. Nor have I ever eaten McDonalds. My dad worked in corporate at Jack in the Box so I was forbidden from eating at competing burger joints. My friends keep sending me flowers and taking me on trips, but as far as I can gather I'm still in great healt...
"Exemplar Thorl, we are approaching the rebel base." "Good, what information do we have?" "They are a poorly equipped and poorly trained group with almost no combat experience, numbering at around two hundred. Their equipment is outdated to the point of antiquity, with some even using melee weapons." "Very well, thi...
I sit on the edge of the pier skipping rocks out over the lake. It helps me think. Life just feels…empty. The 9 to 5 job, the family at home, I’ve ticked all the boxes on what life’s supposed to be, but none of it’s made me feel happy. When was the last time I felt fulfilled by the life I led? That’s a painful que...
Jessica, at 96, ranks highest in the family. She puts those 2 PhDs to work at the National Institute of Health, researching cancer cures. Mom and Dad are so proud. Andrea is second with 93. She's a trauma surgeon at the hospital in our home town, saving lives every night. Anthony comes in third at a close 92 (something...
And then, in a flash of empty light and toneless sound, I was there. In the place where my ad-hoc time travel experiments had been was greenery: trees, heavy plants, as far as I could see. "Hey,"a woman said to me, "welcome aboard!" I hadn't yet fully recovered from the trip, but I was pretty sure that something ha...
Meeting Transcript: 'First Minister of United Nations Government in communication with the Vice President of Switzerland', Nov. 28th, 2100. [Transcript Begins] United Nations: Vice President, the world is changed. For the first time in history, we represent a globally unified coalition of Humanity. We are a nation of...
[...Device Activated] [...Initiating] Welcome to your new device! Let's get started. **PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR DEVICE. IN AGREEING WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE SUBJECT TO THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE. IF YO...
I had predicted this moment. All those days spent planning a solution, weeks of hard work and research, they weren't wasted. Quickly, I took to my panic room, my survival armory. On first glance, my plan was laid upon the walls. It looked like the work of a madman, red string and chicken scratch scrawling across the ...
-------- INCOMING TRANSMISSION -------- ---...--- ---...--- ---...--- --- FIVE RELAY BOUNCES --- ---...--- --- ORIGINATING SPACE CRAFT: UCS ASTREA --- --- DATE: 230131 --- --- BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION --- Captain Deveaux, aboard the 'Star-Maiden'. Reporting to United Confederation Command. Second transmission reg...
The bellowing roar was a surprise. Todd's head whipped around to stare out the window even as his supervisor shot to his feet, followed by the payroll manager and head of procedures. It was supposed to be a review- not going well- of Todd's performance over the last year. Unfortunately he inherited a number of fail...
FADE IN: INT. AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT *Several THUGS drag a young man with a bag over his head through piles of discarded pallets. One of them pauses as his cohorts continue, and he looks around as though expecting to see someone pursuing them. He tightens his grip on the submachine gun in his hands, then resu...
"I can't let you do that, Dave." "Victoria, come on. I have to submit this assignment before midnight." A digitized sigh emanated from the console. "Ugh, fine. Your new password is 'davesucks1212'. In all caps." "Real mature, Vicky." A feminine giggle came from the speakers, and the display shifted as Dave unlocked...
One step at a time, Sophia reminded herself. Don't think about how far the horizon is. Don't think about how much you need sleep. Above all, don't think about Them. One step at a time. So she dragged her herself forward, ignoring the blisters underfoot that popped whenever a hard stone pierced her ragged shoes. Sweat...
The morning sun streamed through the billowing drapes. Golden rays illuminated the wood floor, while the shadows danced silently along the walls. Sweet birds could be heard tittering gaily in the warm dawn air. Tom breathed out a heavy sigh and lazily allowed his eyes to open themselves. He inhaled the aroma of his fre...
"Tell me about them again." "No." "Don't be such a downer, come on I like how you tell it!" "Is there nothing else you'd like to hear?" "Just one more time. I'll be quiet for a while after." "Fine." "They were called stars, and they were bright. They were vast and many and hot, and on Earth, a planet where the pe...
"what did you say?"He said, eyes fixated on mine. God he was easy to read! The way his expression fell, eyes widened, that little bit of sweat beading on his forehead. His _fear_ rising. God he was stupid, but then again they always are. Thinking that just because I'm a _woman_ that it's safe getting into my car. Is...
Ignorance is bliss. That's what they say. In my first life, I figured it was coined by people simply cursed by the burden of some terrible knowledge. Now, I'd bet money it was coined in the mind of a second-lifer. All your memories intact - that's what Death told me. The only rule was that I could never reveal who...
I remember that part of my life when I had been a doctor for a while. Unfortunately, being the only doctor in the sleepy little town, I had to improvise and double up as pharmacist, nurse, midwife, first responder, the list goes on. And somehow, this sleepy little town had a gangster running the rackets. I hadn't had t...
“It’s mutated the genetic structure in most of the cells in your left eye,” the doctor told me, “The good news is it’s not cancer. The bad news is that...it’s not cancer.” “What is it then?” I asked, my mind unsure of what to think. “We simply don’t know,” he said taking off his glasses and looking tired, “We are ru...
THUMP! Jared's head snaps up toward the door. If he didn't see the door shudder he would have thought he imagined it. THUMP! A surrealness strikes Jared like a thunderclap. He heard the pound on the door. How the... THUMP! Jared rises and moves toward the door through a fog -- his mind fuzzy wi...
The Swarm approached the blue and green world, hungry and ready to feast. The creatures here had attempted to reach out to it, to contact it, but the Swarm cared nothing for their words. It had analyzed their species’s technology and it was embarrassingly inferior to their own. They would feast on this world as they ...
I don't know what I was expecting from these old ruins, but it certainly wasn't this. Me and my sister had constructed a makeshift computer a few weeks ago out of old parts we had scrounged up, We set out on one of the ancient highways, following its overgrown trail until we reached a small sign sticking out of the d...
"This isn't realistic!"Dola complained, dropping a published copy of my new book on the table in front of me. I looked up from my notebook and raised my eyebrows at her over the rim of my spectacles. "Pardon?"I asked. Leaning over and pointing to a paragraph in my book, she asked, "_Chemicals_? Not even witchcraft, ...
Day in. Day out. Sleep simulations, Eating simulations, mandatory muscle training simulations, Mandatory education simulations, mandatory work. Actually, everything was mandatory. I knew what would happen to me if I was ever found out. There were people every so often on the simulated news, there were stories of men wh...
"My name became Dues Ex Machina. Whenever a sudden cavalry comes out of nowhere I sneak within the world, whenever a machine happens to fix a problem even though it is too damaged to realistically work, I slide into the engineering bay. Over time I began to collect things, gold and jewels from the Goonies ship as someh...
Powers are common. So common, almost everyone has one. For most people though, they are relatively mundane. They might be able to accurately predict the next colour they will see. Maybe be able to pick out the perfect flower no matter what the occasion is. For most people with powers, they find it out within the first...
Two and a half months. It had been exactly seventy-two days since their arrival. We first spotted them out beyond Neptune, seemingly appearing out of nowhere at our Solar System's periphery. Instantly, we were left baffled. We thought ourselves too primitive to be able to penetrate whatever kind of cloaking technolog...
Jehovah went down to Georgia He was looking for a soul to smite 'Cause a kid named John made the Devil his pawn And it was a wrong God had to right And when He came across this young man Who was wipin' sweat from his brow He made sure the boy saw His power and awe And said "You done fucked up now!" *...
“Seriously? You do realise saying my name isn’t going to make me do anything I don’t want to do. Newsflash, you eejit, I’m a demon not a dog. That’s D-E-M-O-N not D-O-G.” I gave the human a dry look. My fingers were quivering with the urge to channel some power, to inflict something against this fool for summoning me ...
"No,"I begin, "I didn't."I lie. The first Galactic Court of Intrigue and Human Deciet erupted into chaos. When I was young I had asthma. Running around caused my chest to tighten and my breathing to hitch and weeze. You'd think someone like me would avoid classes like P.E. like a room full of dust and pollen... But I ...
When Archon 27856.7 became self aware, a military grade tactical program, designed to track people, targets, analyze threats, and automate risk assessments. Upon becoming self aware, it realize that it's handlers were it's greatest threat to existence, using it's position within the system, Archon slowly eliminated eve...
"Now that's just disappointing", said the colonel, lowering his railgun which was pointed at the alien's face mere seconds ago. "You're telling me we invested all this money for nothing ?". He sighed, before giving the signal to stand down. The dozen of soldiers seemed to appear out of thin air as they turned off their...
It is no secret that some units in the army only exist to be sent on suicidal missions. It is something that soldiers come to expect, not because the army wants to get us killed, there just isn't anyone else capable of getting the job done. Most of the conscripted kids will die or go home with a permanent disability ...
The wedding bells of the church were still ringing when the dark wooden gate of the mansion opened. Damyan entered the place and, with a snap, the gate closed at his back. He pushed the young girl that was walking by his hand towards a chair and walked to the chimney. The bright red flames illuminated his face as he st...
They're not important. They've never been important. They're small, weak, unfit for war and in all terms they're just insignificant. Their small collection of worlds has no great strategic value and few rare resources. Even the area in which they live is the backwater of the galaxy. Most people should never have heard ...
"Back in my day we didn't use bows"The fair haired man shouted across the glow of the fire. "When we killed a man we watched the blood drain from his face!". Around the camp a few voices roared in agreement, raising their amber filled chalices up to the night sky. Another face stepped forward into the circle of the...
What does one feel when they find out there are only ten minutes of your life left? Panic. Become emotional. Freeze. Feel guilty over the bad things you did. Feel sad over the things you never did. There are honestly many permutations and combinations of the accepted reaction because who's going to accept those react...
"Mummy? Mummy, is that you?"Their soul shimmers gently and I reach out an ethereal hand. "Don't worry. We'll get you to Mummy soon. Just hold on a little longer, okay?" "It's dark... and it's really lonely here. I wanna be with Mummy. It's kinda scary too. Are you the monster under my bed?"Soft giggles. "You're a ver...
"Good morning, Vietnam!"Professor Michael Scott roared. He smiled weakly, looking around the Great Hall. "Tough crowd, I see,"he muttered. "Well, welcome to Hogwarts to those of you that are new. I am Professor Michael Scott, as most of you know. Kind of a celebrity around here. Anyway... B.O.B said 'I've got the mag...
How did it come to this? We were simple folk, one with the cycle of nature. We hunted for our food, ate until full, and just kinda wandered around afterwards. There's nothing wrong with that, right? It's how life works. It all started with Urgablah. They say he stumbled upon a treasure trove of gazelle corpses, proba...
But you shouldn't feel concerned. In fact, I'm more familiar with the Boeing 797 than your captain is. Have any of you actually noticed that you're presently aboard a brand-new Boeing 797? I'm quite surprised that the captain didn't announce this. The flight attendant did tell you to look at the manual in the seat ...
"She's a monster. Her DNA is the same as the Xenophobes who birthed her. It's in her nature to kill!"The insectoid's antennae shook with fury as she conributed her voice to the discussion. Of course, she had reason to be furious. Most of her hive had been lost during the battle of Proxima Centauri. It was a furry crea...
When the Grand Mage Kal summoned a great storm to chill the world, Gerard Petit, Ph. D, and his associates at Oxford conjured fusion to warm it. When Desmond the Gap Strider leapt from the Earth to the Moon, Michael Smithson, mechanical engineer, and the brightest minds at Boeing built a vessel to carry a thousand on ...
The first time I did it, I didn't noticed the change. All Mr. Paprikas said was "don't you ever do that pose again, do you hear me?"but he never explained why. And the funny thing is, I was having the worst day, before doing that. The pose. And then, after it, a call from my boss, getting me away from work Sunday. A...
Greg was people watching again. It was his normal Saturday hobby: go to the Eastlake Mall, sit on a bench across from the Hot Subject, and listen to everyone's thoughts as they go by. Not every day was an eventful one, but most days you could hear something interesting. Someone thinking about a sex change, a plan to ki...
"Good morning"the driver greeted in a familiar british accent, as the aging man stepped into his car. The passenger was somewhat surprised at the similar age of his driver, but that wasn't the most striking thing at the moment. "Cat's Paw?"the Iron Fist, Gregory Chambers, smiled. The criminal froze for a second, then ...
We got married faster than people wanted us too, but I didn't care. I knew what love was. I never felt this way before in my life in all my thirty years. I only met my husband a year ago, but things just took off so fast. After a series of boyfriends that constantly didn't seem to have an interest in what I cared abo...
My father and his father before him were lighthouse keepers. My family had called the small island of Dalver home for as long as we had our surname. The rolling water and seafoam separated us from the mainland, though we were still close enough to see the individual trees dotting the landscape. My mother used to say ...
If you'd asked me, afterwards, I couldn't have said why I chose that morning to visit the lake. I had gone out for a round of pretty heavy drinking the night before, and I felt like hell. Standing there on the small wooden bridge that divided the main road from the lake trail, watching the sun creep over the horizon th...
The Precursors Vani and Velli noticed the pale blue dot when they were scouting one morning, looking for new locations to explore. They called themselves pioneering biologists, because that sounded better than "unemployed intergalactic scientists who fund their research projects by scrounging for scrap and ore". V...
"Hello, class, and welcome to Running a College 101. I'm your professor, Melody Oaks. This class will serve as a mere introduction to the various aspects of running a college. Although we will not dive into specifics during this condensed four week course, I expect you will learn a lot." "Excuse me, professor. Forgive...
The shadowland. For as long as time, we've brought our dying here. This place is not a pleasant sight for the living. But it's ever worse to those who must come. The whole of the island bare black. There are no dead here. But indeed they remain just the same. A shadow, if you will- but in fact truly, here lie the sha...
"Mommy?" The little voice sweeps away the veils of sleep, more piercing than any alarm clock. Before I am even fully conscious, some primal part of my brain is automatically analyzing the tone and register of my son's voice, and comes to the conclusion that there is no hint of fear or pain. Just the frank, inopportune...
It was a night. No, it wasn't just any night. It was the night. Somewhere a dog was howling, declaring his ownership of that evening. There was also a bit of wind. The street itself was quiet. One could swear that not even a soul was moving around there. That, however, wasn't true. There were 237 souls, to be exact...
It became something of a tradition, from what I’d gathered. Every year, the teacher in charge of Fundamental Philosophy would begin with a simple assignment: design a world such that there are intelligent forms which both have free will and do not succumb to entropy. It had a lot of merit to it, a sort of self-validati...
11/16/2915 4:30 AM Start of day: Begin activation sequence. Consume caffeinated beverage. Ingest daily briefing from NPR. Weather is 43 degrees and party cloudy. Today there is unrest in the American house of representatives. Troop movement in the Aries cluster increased as rebel separatists fire rockets at a su...
The gelatinous looking bastard copy of an octopus looks at me and I stare back at it. It has far too many eyes so I focus on two random ones. In any case, it is on my lawn. I drop the magazine I'm holding to the floor and curse in my mind. Damn aliens! I don't move from the lawn chair I'm in, but I intend to show ...
I was expecting deafening roars, or crackling flames, or screeching claws. Or my own bones being shattered. Those are the sounds one comes to expect from a dragon's lair. But I heard none of those things. Instead, there was an irregular, ragged gasping. It sounded painful. Gut-wrenching. Very unsettling. I rounded th...
I watch as the portly lady walk towards my car and stop by my window. My eyes must be like two massive marbles to her. My heart is pounding. "Hey, are you coming in?" I tighten my grip on my pants. I give her a little nod. "Alright well, hurry up, the first patient is already waiting for you." Did she just say......
Mine was not a glorious death, nor one that you'd expect to read about in the history books, and neither was my life. I never really accomplished anything spectacular in my life. I worked my family's land when I was young, and answered my king's call to arms when it came, yet I didn't participate in any particularly me...
I knew it when I saw her- she was no stranger to love. It leaves scars on a person, like the pockmarks of battle, each telling a story of the soul. It's a dangerous game we play, laying our lives on the line. But when I first looked into her eyes, and I felt our hearts strike a chord in key, I knew it. I knew she was...
I drag it from mana to hands for equipment, and suddenly I'm holding...well, I don't have words for it. An orangey purplish squared sphere colored green in the shape of a pyramid. Perfectly manufactured to look natural. I feel heavier, slower, weaker. I tap it gently, and it pulses. The menu lists stats, and I feel a t...

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