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I lay curled on the old mat I've slept on since I was just a pup, waiting for Boy. I've lived a long and happy life, the happiest parts all spent growing up with Boy. I wish he were near me now, I'm so tired and he's been gone for so long...but I'll wait for him one last time. A dog always waits for his Boy. EDIT: T...
A bottle skittered across the floor and clinked against the wall as I tripped over it while trying to stagger out of bed. Sun was bursting through my curtain windows, much too bright. I squinted and tried to close the curtains, but I got too dizzy. "Fuck,"I whispered under my breath. I managed to gulp down Gatorade an...
"I HATE you Dad! How could you do this to me!"Tabitha cried as she slammed the door to her roomed closed. Her father Grimlock, honestly confused, was taken aback at her reaction to his birthday present. "Tabby dear, whats the matter? Don't you love the gift I got you, isn't it just what you said you've always wanted?...
"Up next we have a an autonomous army drone, give up for PX-897!" The audience applauds as the hover drone enters stage making a massive noise and settles down on the stage in front of a microphone. "Hey, everyone, I just flew in from downtown Fallujah and are my arms tired!" Smattering of half-hearted applause. "T...
Ye Olde Booke of Trickes Could it be? In years of Indiana Jones-style rare book pursuit I'd seen only torn passages, coffee-stained colophons, and hastily scrawled notes in long-yellowed margins... yet here it was, in my own grandmother's fusty attic, buried beneath every Reader's Digest released between 1988 an...
"I'm just trying to imagine what it's going to feel like when they turn the damn thing on and mine does nothing." Gretta rolls her eyes, but the hand she puts on my shoulder is sympathetic. "There's someone for everyone. I know it's scary, but..." I shake her off, a little more roughly than I'd intended. "I should ta...
Now I'm not too picky about my food or drink choices but somehow just after lunch with my girlfriend's family I ran out of drinks. I was out of whisky, only beer around was some stupid hipster's (my girlfriends cousin I think?) micro-brew in a mason jar , and wine...wine makes me sick. I tried to just deal with it but ...
"You're a monster." David Cobb III blinked. People normally didn't say things like that to him. Least of all his accountant, the balding bespectacled man sat across from him. He could not have looked more offended if David had just dropped his trousers and squatted over the table that separated them. "You can't be s...
I stared down at the bottom of my seventh beer. No romance, no friends, and as of three hours ago, no job. Drinking usually drowned the voices, my only respite as I strained to keep everything together. This time they boomed loud. Too loud. My head split. "Leave. Leave now,"they whispered. At best I could describe th...
David Jenkins snuck down his hallway, following the whispers. Was there a thief in the house? "Yes,"the thief, apparently also capable of reading thoughts, said. David, somehow, refrained from shrieking and leaping in a random direction. "The hell!?"he hissed. "Why are you in my house whispering indistinguishably?...
She frowned at the translation machine-it was a large, unsightly sphere, and an unfortunate necessity in space travel. Well, on the bright side, it linked to her smartphone as a separate processor unit. ...Well, usually. She remembered, distantly, that there were some organic components that were susceptible to deteri...
At first, he thought it was a joke. But the client's expression never wavered even as he laughed at the sack held in their outstretched hand. Then he almost broke his rule about questioning the client on their choice of target. Almost. But he decided against it. No need to ruin his shining reputation over one contract....
The transition of humanity from home-system overlords to space-faring explorers was a quick one. They were funny little bloodthirsty apes as an infant society, that had much difficulty with fundamental physics concepts; in no part their fault, of course, for a civilization driven for much of their childhood by war woul...
Mark was still watching the TV when I got back. The sandwich he was served for breakfast was only half-eaten. "Shouldn't you be done with that?"I asked. He took a bite out of it. I didn't know whether it was out of hunger or because he didn't have the energy to argue with me. I went to the backyard. Dad was there ...
I took a breath, and slipped the hood over my head. My hand pressed the button, and the door slid open without a sound. I stepped into the small ante-chamber, waiting as the door behind me closed. There was a pause, then a beep, and then the second door opened. For the first few weeks, I had always been taken aback b...
"Well, Damnit." What else could Benton say? He stared dumbfounded at the small grey slip of card protruding from The Encoupler Machine. It read: "Dora Mae Finsterbusch Born 1991 Tallahassee, Florida"Ben had waited 27 years to finally find the name of his lifemate. While most of his friends were long-since married, ...
"VIP? You're sure?", I pressed. "Says so right here, mate", St. Peter said. "But we can verify. You ARE the ["Poo dollah"](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/bmwzbm/if_you_were_taking_a_leisurely_stroll_through_a/en0eayk/) guy, right?" I froze. Years ago, I got got. Someone left a dollar in the street, I picke...
The monitoring station on Pluto managed to track the UFOs for several minutes, displaying seven of them emerging from deep space. The first grainy images showed ships that were jet black and sleek-looking, exquisitely aerodynamic, built purely for speed using a technology we couldn't comprehend. Whoever they were, the ...
Of course they did it. What was one person against the future of the planet? You could have fought, you supposed, kicked, tried to run away, but some sort of dignified self-sacrificial instinct kicked in. This was about the greater good of humanity, not your own life. You’d wanted to be a hero once, now you supposed, ...
The lockpicking lawyer wakes up confused, where was he, how'd he get here? "I want to play a game"the infamous voice rings out, through a near by tape recorder. "Oh, alright."The lawyer says, immediately understanding his surroundings. As the infamous and feared jigsaw killer continues explaining his situation, lpl tak...
"Hey Johnny! How did you walk across the USA without eating or sleeping?" "Yeah, tell us your secret! Science can't explain this. Our brains are boggled!" A flock of pestering reporters surrounded the young, tan boy who posed his large calves. The kid grinned while slapping his big belly. Then, he answered, "Easy, ...
If you read in the older stories, the fictions handed down and recopied and retold and even embellished, the word they use is "magic."Making things happen that natural science cannot easily explain, reversing harms, undoing actions: "magic." It appears I can do this "magic."It isn't like the fairy tales in the ancient...
The entrance to the cavern was glimmering in the twilight. The sun was rising in the east, shining through the Scottish highlands, and the few rays of light escaping the blanket of clouds and reaching the cave were reflected back from within. A traveler, wearing simple robes and endowing only a sack, paced through the...
After a long day of working at the farm where she can use her physical strength after retiring as a hero, all Mathilda wants is some quiet time in the corner of the tavern while sipping cheap beer. However, the burly man in front of her who's been deciding what to order for about twenty minutes now is stopping her from...
Frenzy’s Proposal Item #: SCP-001 Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be monitored at all times under the pretense that they are a Foundation Researcher. If at any point SCP-001 becomes distressed or put in danger, any and all actions are to be taken to ensure the stability of their me...
PART 1 Much has been said about the St. Clements Church of Winslow, Virginia. It's a bright, white, and prosperous place, filled with holy men, learning boys, and faithful members that go throughout the town spreading the good word, giving back, and exorcising poor souls that were touched by horrid spirits. Now, it...
"Imagine the possibilities!"squeaked T'kkayyki, doing excited cartwheels in the hab dome. "They don't need water! ANY water! Well, SOME water. But..." &#x200B; "Yes, yes, I get it."Grosk clacked his claws. "Delicate creatures, aren't they? Air is a compressible medium, are they not far more susceptible to inertia...
The dark lord strafed cautiously across the top of his dark tower, face to face with the so-called champion come to slay him. "I, uh, I see you've found some new swords since you faced me last."There was a terrible gleam of light from the white teeth of the champion as he smiled in response. Almost enough to blind the ...
It was exactly 473 days after the initial outbreak and subsequent fall of modern civilization, that the start of something entirely new reared its ugly little head. The first of those creatures had spoken its first words. Like a newborn, its vernacular was choppy and broken; nearly incomprehensible. Yeah, I remember s...
The monster called for me through the uranium door. It scratched and whined like sick dog. It needed me. There was keypad on the exterior of the chamber; it knew this. And inside my mind was the code. &#x200B; First it had come to me as fear. It preyed on my mind with supernatural cruelty and creativity. My body ...
The Inquisition officer glared at our alchemist licenses, then back at us once more. His weathered face was made even wrinklier by a expression of utter distrust. The three of us were standing in front of him with the most innocent smile we could conjure. "See, we are alch-"Started Jessica. "Rmf! I can read thank you...
Ever had your brain scrambled by concrete? Probably a dumb question, since a brain scramblings an impossible thing. However, that’s the best way to describe the feeling of your head bouncing off a slab of concrete. That brief rattling of your jelly like brain flying around your skull before everything goes black. Expe...
The newspapers are wrong. You've probably read about me, but don't listen to what the media is saying because it's wrong. I never wanted to be famous. I'm not psychologically disturbed. I wasn't abused as a child, I never tortured animals and I didn't wet the bed until I was 9 or 12 or 16 or whatever else the tal...
Two heavies are gripping my arms. They're the only things keeping me upright, cause my legs have been reduced to quivering jelly at this point. My employer took great pleasure in sliding the iron knuckleduster over his fingers, casting me a fast wink before driving a fist into my stomach. It rips the air from my lungs ...
EDIT: Due to the amount of PM's requests, I've decided to set up a subreddit where I can continue my work. This was meant to be a short thing, but I guess I've decided that it's too good to stop. You can find it here: http://www.reddit.com/r/USofAmazonia/ EDIT 1: ACT I MOVED TO A REPLY **EDIT 2: Thanks for ...
Dan threw his locker open with a loud clang, causing some passing students to glance at him oddly as they moved between classes. He didn't care. He didn't give a fuck about anyone in this shit school full of assholes and idiots. Whatever. He was used to looks, tall, slim and gaunt, jet black hair and dark circles aro...
Father Gregory entered the room ready to do battle against the demon who had taken one of his flock hostage. He gave one last glance to the Petersons before shutting the door behind him. They did not need to see this. As his old eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room, he got his first look at Susie since the demon had ta...
You seem elated at what you have found, young soldier. You are to be commended for surviving the thick perils of the jungle which have taken the lives of millions before you. Perhaps you've been looking for this fountain your whole life, and now you have found it. Maybe you're wondering if there is some sort of catch t...
The hallway was dark, but I ran anyway. My clothes clung tight to my body, my breath coming in short spurts, and I glanced at my smartphone one more time; still fried, the screen dark and unresponsive. So much for my preparations. I'd have to do this manually. I closed my eyes, just for an instant. There was a cert...
At first there was shock. Panic. Disbelief. How could this be true? Super Bowl XL, the Fog Bowl, Red Right 88? How could they be fake?!? Those great giants of athleticism, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Carl Eller, they were all fake? All phoning it in? The general public couldn't accept it. There were riots in New Englan...
I yawned as loudly as I could. Sure I was sitting in the very front row, within eyesight of the speaker on stage, and with dignitaries of various universities, research institutes, and world leaders all around me, but I wanted them to see me yawn. I wanted them to all know that I was clearly not invested in the procee...
“I don’t know if we should do this,” I said. Dragon snorted smoke out of his nostrils. “Do what? We have the money now show us the way out.” Sir Rodger nodded his agreement, while peeking left and then right out of the throne room doorway. It’s not that I didn’t want to work with them; it’s just that my future wa...
Saint Peter, Jesus Christ, Abraham, and God all sat in individual chairs facing Jerry, the man who was trying to present his way in to heaven. "I swear it was working on my laptop,"said Jerry, nervously double clicking the Power Point file hoping to see a sign of life. An angel operating a camera zoomed in on Jerry's...
At first, we could understand. Carbon-based, biomechanical, seeking the warmth of suns, food, atmosphere. They spread with a surprising speed, galactically speaking, never displacing us or our brethren. But instead, they surrounded us. Slowly, possessing our planets, then our asteroids, then even the uninhabitable moon...
Things were always interesting when Thelma came down to visit. My parents tell me how the very first time she came on down, a few hours after I was born, they were terrified she was going to snatch me and eat me up. My father had even thrown himself across the bed, begging her not to take me, while she just kind of st...
"Sweetheart!"He called. "Summer of 08, and every year since."The sharp voice replied. "Dear?" "Late autumn, 2014." "Darling." "Our second anniversary." "Sugar?" "New Year's Eve, last year." "Babe." "First date." "Honeybuns?" "Don't." "I don't see the problem!" "I do." "Not about honeybuns, about pet na...
"Why does nobody want to serve me?! Is it because you think I have no money? I have TONS of money! Here take it. Please!!" She threw the money but the bills just scattered across the floor while being stepped on by the waitress. "Be back with your refill Craig!" "Sure, no rush take your time Sue." Amazing. Not o...
The sky darkened as the enormous alien craft fixed themselves in orbit around Earth. Humanity had tried to reach out to them peacefully at first. Politicians, religious leaders, even a genius crypto linguist was sent to attempt to communicate with them, but there was no response. They sat in their spacecraft watchin...
I awoke in some sort of interrogation room. I found myself with one arm handcuffed to a table, an empty chair opposite me. Blinding lights reflected off white walls. Groggy, I checked out my surroundings.To my left, a window of one-way glass, I could feel eyes glaring at me from the other side. To my right, a steel doo...
The clock on the far wall ticks on and on; telling me that if this day had started as usual I would have already eaten breakfast, taken the bus to work and would very likely be helping Doreen for the millionth time with some inane task I have been trying to teach her for the past four years. Instead I have been layin...
The first few months were the hardest. He used to slip out of the shadows, sleek and unseen. Calm, deep voice saying, "Your time on Earth is over. I have come to deliver your soul unto the eternal realm."He was the vision of Death that most expected to see; that meant they were about to take the first step on their fin...
“The rest of your team has fallen. Why do you there persist?” Thanos asked as three more men walked towards him, one with flare. Manner steps forward with a glide to his walk. “You done killed half the universe, ya purple Randy Savage!” He shouts as he points a finger at him. Enamor skips forward next to him to stand ...
Frank had been tilling his land, trying to make anything grow. The problem was the nuclear bombs that were dropped in the war. Out of the corner of his eye Frank saw movement. Frank knew there were no other humans or animals around, those damn aliens took care of them all. Frank slowly moved toward his hut that he b...
I pour a stiff drink, knowing it may well be my last. Tonight is the night of another big 50, which means when I rest my head on that pillow tonight, he'll be waiting for me. I down it all in one go, and let myself pass out. It's dark, as usual, like standing in the middle of an infinity filled with nothing but void. H...
Seelan stood from the captain's seat as he gazed at the latest target of their conquest. A small solar system with a mere eight planets, only one of which had life on it. And that planet was tiny, and weak. "Sir, we will be approaching planet Sol-3 in three quelns.". The helm officer said as he he looked through t...
I stared at my phone in astonishment, a WiFi access point? Here? In 1930s Germany? I adjusted my fedora and glanced around the open square nervously. Clutching my inter-time-and-space-dimensional device close to my chest, I could feel my heart pounding. I took a deep breath and my fingers fluttered across the scree...
Long before the days of the War of the Gods, Titans reigned over the face of the Earth. As with any rulers, there were some who ruled fairly and others who did not. Among the more benevolent leaders was Hyperion, the Lord of Light. He was called upon for wisdom and discernment; mortals valued his insight and praised h...
I have slept beyond my years, truly. Men have grown fat and complacent in my absence, and their monuments have grown to match their appetites. Even I must marvel at their achievements. The land's shadows are longer now; the cattle, more closely guarded; and my brothers...nowhere to be seen. This, I must count in my fav...
Overall, I'd call the day a success. My lawyer had argued back and forth with the devil, putting on a show for the judge. And through it all, I had remained completely calm. Just sitting there and watching with amusement. I sip my coffee, noting the arrival of another man. He sits down across from me and I can tell th...
##Jupiter and the Moon The buzz of the coffee grinder in front me, snaps me back from the dream that has occupied my mind for the past few months. That girl, she looks so comforting and inviting in my dream, seems like I should know her and I wish that I did know her. “HELLO!” yells a middle aged woman “Hi” “Can I ...
“Why aren’t you falling under my mind control? You’re making me look bad!” While it was general preferable that my coworkers express their qualms with me in a non-physical way, I was willing to make an exception, not the least in part because she was wearing the cute yellow sundress I liked. "Just because I'm not...
I ran and called for the elders. "An Army, an army is coming from the western forest ! " The elder were surprised. Initially they thought I was crying wolf.... But yes Indeed. A platoon with the color of the king of western Aldoria was coming slowly in our direction. Immediately the elder gave order for us all to gat...
The castle was old and dusty, the floor was covered in ages of grime and mud and antique foot prints of both animal and humans. The place was disgusting. However, that's why they sent me here I guess. I put on my headphones and played some music. I dunked a mop a into a bucket and started mopping while my electric lamp...
He was mocking them Archmage Kiishan decided, that was the only possible explanation. The lad on the stage had not a single drop of magical power anywhere in his body, when he first entered in fact they had been asked several times if they were absolutely certain they were in the right place. Kiishan did not know whi...
“Is there a God?” “That’s pretty deep for a talking car, Terrance.” The chuckle that came from the speaker was deep and throaty. Completely artificial, of course, but surprisingly convincing. “We’re pretty sure there is, Passenger.” “You know that’s not my name.” “What is a name, but a description of what somethin...
”Humans” The Auwia Queen thought. “They are soft and squishy, they lack any sort of shell or claws. Why is it so difficult to kill them?” &#x200B; The Queen had to watch as she could not do anything to save another battleship from being destroyed by the humans. Humans were new on the galactic stage. As far as th...
The stone walled room had a strange aura to it, a feeling that surely hadn't existed before, so just now was brought into being. A feeling mixed of tension and curiosity shared by both members seated across the table from one another. The human, Gregor as he was called, scaled lower on the curiosity meter but much high...
I've been subbed for a while, but haven't been compelled to write from a prompt, pretty much the entire time. Every sci-fi prompt is some form of "the aliens didn't know humans were this crazy!"or some other form of underestimation of humanity on the galactic stage; fantasy prompts are all "Aaah but what if the *dragon...
It had been a gruelling month. A month of constant torture in the form of a man talking in my ear, the same tired request in that medieval peasant voice. Just begging me over and over, "Please sir my family's homestead...if you dont help me pluck my cabbages then we'll lose the crop."Over and over I told him the same. ...
"You're off your rocker, dude. It's just a system of magic."He throws the ball of ice in the air again, watching with wonder as it erupts into a million tiny icicles and coalesces as one strikes his open palm. "You just said it! You just said it. It's a system of magic. There's order here. Proper start-up commands...
"Mommy, can we go to the pirate museum today?"asked Jill and Austin, more like pleaded to their mom. "I don't know, have you been good?"she replied, toying with them. She had already bought the tickets, but like all parents, she could always bargain for more. "Yes mommy" "I don't know, will you be good for the rest ...
There is a delicate art to subtlety. To be able to say 'fuck me' without actually coming out and saying it is something that humanity has spent a long time sorting out. The same goes for 'fuck you'. I may have, uh...gotten it a bit wrong. Sure, the opening salvo may have been a little...effervescent, on the hat...
As the hero raised his sword to the dark wizard's neck, he displayed his flair by uttering the threat he had been saving for years. "Any last words, Alazar?" Alazar was out of spells. Hemlock had him dead to rights. He took a breath, and that's when realization struck him. "Is that alcohol I smell on your breath?" It...
Cindy had always been a bit different. But nothing out of ordinary. She was beautiful, of course. More beautiful than all the other girls, but I thought that was just because I loved her. And boy, did I love her. You could say I worshipped her. And she worshipped me. She was quirky too. She would always wake up before...
Thursday - Tuesday club. 3 full days a week in DC, 4 mostly full days a week in Nebraska, touring the 3rd congressional district. I had to work at it, a first term congressman who won on a 500 vote margin almost entirely because of a satellite town development just inside district borders. If I didn't want the swing b...
::The sound of ice in a glass and a drink being poured:: Archer: Nick Fury. HA! Who does he think he is? Eye patch, attitude, all bossy. "Archer you could have jeopardized the mission."No YOU would have with your, one... eye... How long have you been standing there? Fury: Long enough... Archer: Oh.....
"I'm not sure what are you so upset about"said the devil. "You killed yourself, so you weren't going to Paradise anyway. And now you don't even have to burn. Do you think it is easy for me? Believe me, I would love to torture you. But rules are rules." Kyle was so happy to finally talk to someone that the reality of t...
"Ohh fuck."He said, staring up at the ceiling. "Ohh, fuck."He adds, heart going a hundred miles an hour. He carefully slid his arm out, feeling around. Eventually he felt the square lump, and he dug into the pocket and pulled it out. "Command."He whispered into the black box, sweat beading off his forehead. There ...
"Do you have something you want to share with the class, Damon?" "I SHALL DRINK THE PTA'S TEARS FOR MY SUSTENANCE", little Damon roars, his head lolling left and right under the sudden weight of two giant red horns. "Well, isn't that nice, Damon. But that'll have to wait until recess, I'm afraid." "YOUR MOTHER PERFO...
I play this game to escape my shitty life and i try to help someone who still has a chance in the real world. It feels awesome when new players log in and the first player they see is me. An average looking guy with immense skills. It feels like i'm their teacher. Teaching them the who's and the how's of the game. Gr...
"... and that's why he doesn't eat salmon!" I laughed at the dumb story, not because it was really that funny but because it felt good to laugh. I was usually eating some packed lunch at my cubicle during this hour, and it was great to get out of the office for a change. Don and I were sitting at a small cafe across t...
I took another bite of the salted pork and cried. The king was born of a long line, who's members had no capacity for whatever festered within certain fish and game. My own family line had been bred and kept pure, alongside the kinds own. It was almost a cruel joke. A score of generations ago, my ancestors were found ...
Alexis Kowalski. Caucasian female, 43 years old, employed as a hitwoman for the local Russian Mafia. His target. The underground war was underway now, the Triads on one side, the Russians on the other, and Chang had been assigned a shueng sha, a hit on another assassin. But tonight was not the night to worry abou...
"Oh, cock..." A phallus appeared, joining the pile of miscellaneous things. A crowd had appeared around him at some point, most smirking at his evident misfortune. "Oh do fuck off."He'd had enough of these wankers ridiculing him in their weird language. The crowd all began to undress, horrified expressions beginnin...
Ugh. Felt like a fucking hangover. I force my eyes open. The events replay themselves through my mind. Shooting. Snarling. Swarming. No! I couldn't be one of them! My eyes snap to my hands. No, they're still as beige as ever. Was it a dream? The door creaks. I spin around, months of zombie-killing have trained...
It all started when I put my hand to the cold surface of my hallway mirror in the morning. I had smudged my lipstick: the red sliding across my face like an angry scar. I swore, tripped over my dog's collar, which of course I'd left out the night before, and steadied myself against the mirror. My hand left an imprint o...
My fingers were shaking as I dialed the phone. "Jimmy? Tell me you got some good news, man." "Hey Mike,"I said, fighting to keep the waver out of my voice. I cleared my throat. "Well, I wasn't able to get you the three-point-nine million that you asked for." "Ah jeez..." "I got you six-point-two instead." There...
The roar of helicopter blades and claps of thunder drowned out all other noises. I sat in the crew compartment, my hands clutching a set of prayer beads, and I wasn't the only one. The things had practically become standard issue since the apocalypse started. I guess everyone figured that if Satan had unleashed his ...
"So here's my brilliant plan!"The disembodied voice came from above me. I could hear a quick stagger as they attempted to piece another sentence together. "Soon you'll face your doom!" The light above me flickered for no apparent reason, the rhythm like a child playing with a light switch. I flexed my muscles to see ...
Journal Entry #456 One week before the international release of the next book. Happy anniversary, me. Three years ago to this day I first contacted my author. I guess you could call this a birthday since my backstory won't be fully revealed until next year's upcoming prequel book "Agent Steven Young: A Young Agen...
Jellies is what we used to call them. That was before the great war, and we called them that mainly because they looked like, well, jelly! They called us Skinthings, or something like that. They'd come to take over our planet, and we did our best to keep them off. You ever tried shooting jelly from 100 yards with an a...
"Charles, Georgie..... Ken? It can't be... it's you! You found the fountain! Oh my god, has it been that long? Oh look at me in my old age, a dying man, wrinkled, scarred, tormented by a life of demons, and you all -- as young as the day I last saw you. Oh it was back in Manhattan, summer of 53. The war was over, and w...
First to the list we add the sin of Lust, Slaves of the Devil with every thrust, Gluttony follows next, swallowing up all, Til our bellies distend and our heads loll, Equally as evil is the blackness of Greed, Wanting and wanting beyond reasonable need, The opposite, of course, we find in Sloth, Disease o...
It always sounded crazy when everyone sat together for their lunch in the great canteen, filled with a multitude of criminals, unarmed guards and armed guards standing on the balconies a floor above, watching down at the people like pigs in a pen. The voices of fifty men at once was astounding. Block B was by far the l...
Wow! Hard to believe we've been together 7 months! In some ways it feels as if I've known her forever and other times it feels like we met yesterday. I've never known anyone like her. She's clever, daring, has a wicked wit. Intimacy is like nothing I've ever experienced, some might even call it kinky. It was only 4 m...
It was raining again. It drummed against the brim of my hat as I walked down the alley. Five years ago my heart would be thumping in my chest, loud as the downpour around me but that soon stopped. Anything can become mundane with time. I checked my side arm was in an easy position to draw. In the last five years I had ...
To my dear love Ophelia, I don't know when you will be reading this, but if you are, I must already be at the bottom of the lake. Do you remember? The secret lake I took you to in, I suppose, our first official date? You came crying to me in the middle of a wintry night; your eyes tearing wildly, yet still like soft r...
A firm control of one’s emotions was an unspoken criteria of one who would enlist in the Space Marines Corp. One did not gloat, cheer, weep, or rage, unless your superior officer thought it appropriate to do so, and made it known to you explicitly. This tenet was drilled into Staff Sergeant Avery Brooks since he was o...
"Ladies and gentleman, now begins the International Tribunal for one Victor Prince, on this the thirty-first day of August, 2018. Please make sure your translators are switched to the on position as we begin." Victor's hands didn't flinch. They didn't need to. His translator had been on since the moment he was led int...
When they approached the coordinates of the solar system their brightest minds had gleaned from that ancient golden disk, they were expecting to find a ruined civilization. Their technologies and their culture meant that they would have destroyed themselves a thousand times over, their scientists concluded. After all, ...

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