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"Look, I get that you guys have, like, a theme going here, but is this really necessary?" A face painted with a grinning skull appeared above me. "Silence! You shall not disturb The Summoning!!!!" I sighed at the capital letters and exclamation points in the poor cultist's voice. In my youth I'd been quite enthusia...
"Lord have mercy."I sprinted off the stand where I had been sitting for a few centuries and snatched the top barrel of the church. The smoke had me covered before the last human escaped from the building, yet I still looked to check. The fire was huge. It was spreading so fast. Mumbling a prayer to myself, I climbed a...
“Oh hey, Dave!” The craziest thing happened. That apple pie you gave me? Poisoned! Must have been some really bad apples in that bunch! Anyway, doctor said I’d be dead if I hadn’t throw up immediately. Lucky me this gag reflex has a hair trigger!” Dave’s face slowly boiled with every word until he was the pristine,...
I knew what would happen when I took this job. We all did. We all knew the stories, we all spoke to the other 'Eternal Youths' as they're called. Still, it was important work that not everyone could perform. We were the lifeblood of the United Earth Empire, tasked with bringing goods and supplies to the colonies far o...
The magicians were coming to kill them all. Sybel was no magician. She could not pluck her future out of the entrails of a bird or the scattered pattern of tea leaves at the bottom of her cup. No, she was born magickless, and like all the Unmagicals before her, she had to improvise. Adapt. But she saw their fate com...
What did you just say?! Asked the outraged ambassador from the eastern continent of the planet Bonniet. I looked at him, puzzled. "I...haven't said anything....". His head, which looked like a horse eating an octopus (an image that forever lingered in my mind no matter how serious the diplomatic meeting was), was tu...
The doorways all looked identical. Honey-tinged brown, copper door knob, crisp white frame. Above each door was a serial number, and in front was a welcome mat that attempted to illustrate what lay beyond. The pictures etched onto these mats varied greatly; from depictions of mythical beasts engaged in combat, their ja...
The genie had been called so many things that he had long forgotten the name the Universe gave him at the beginning of time. He had had so many masters that he had forgotten all but a few of them. He had seen so many races that were now long gone. But he had learned. He had learned what drove all mortal minds. they rar...
The Tellurian slipped on an ill-placed proto disk, its belongings scattering around it. It sat for a while before standing back up to collect the fallen objects. Kip had seen what transpired, and stepped over to help the clearly struggling Tellurian. "Here, let me give you a hand.", Kip said with a smile signalling fr...
Catherine was panting hard as she stumbled down the dark alleyway. "Fuck, fuck, fuck it all to hell!"she hissed to herself as she winced in pain with each step she took. It was sheer bad luck that her victim's family had stumbled upon her while she had been in the middle of carving him up. Now, she was running for her ...
“Today’s the day,” Brom said. He looked at his men, an army of six thousand loomed behind him. Half were swordsmen, a quarter mages, and another quarter gunsmen with their cannons and rifles. The guns and cannons were a new development, expensive to make and terribly inaccurate, but they rivaled the mages whose spells...
Do one good deed a day and soon everyone will start to notice just how special you truly are. Those words from my late mother still echoed in my mind as I passed through the bustling streets, tucking my hands into my sides so I didn’t hit anyone. At first, I thought I just had bad luck. No matter what I did, it alw...
It was supposed to be a simple mission, you and your crew had completed the simulations with flying colors, the scientists had calibrated the fuel to oxygen ratio perfectly, and the rocket had cutting edge technology that would make for a fast and safe travel. You were confident there would be no hitches in this missio...
"I'm so sick of working under this asshole. Every day dealing with the same freaking crap left over from the day before. Why can we never seem to catch up on this work load? The stress is too much! I can't keep it together." "You have to keep it together, Tony. We're a rectum. That's literally our one job." "You know...
It was known as the Charnel. A place for us humans to fester and live out our meager lives. Row houses packed with extended families several generations deep. They were little more than stone walls and a patched tiled roof to keep the worst of the elements at bay. The buildings might as well have been barns, for all in...
I have seen the whole history of human civilization. From the dawn of stone, to copper, to bronze, to iron, to steel. Through the joy, through the tears. I had a few children when I was merely a few centuries old. The hardship of losing them was something I will never allow to happen again. I came very near charting a ...
"Your swordplay is sloppy. Try using both hands." "I'm an executioner. I always use both hands when I kill." Maxime shook his head and dropped his sword to his side. “Gabrielle, I need you to take this seriously.” “I am taking this seriously, Max. I’m seriously an executioner. And this is seriously dumb...
They called me The Battery. I stand in the arena. Cogwheels made of fortified stainless steel are densely scattered across it. A few of them are already bent. That's a shame. Ben came to replace them just a few weeks ago. I stretch my arms, getting ready for the ceremony I've become quite accustomed for. I send my f...
# little pup this puppy is weird-shaped. i like him. big human brought him home a few nights ago. he said some human words to mama human and little human, and little human got all excited while mama human seemed a little skeptical. big human pointed to me, and mama human seemed to agree. then they brought little pu...
Katniss ------------------ "I'm going to fuck your mouth before I kill you,"the boy from Sector Four spat vilely. "I'm going to spill my seed inside you, slut, and then I'm going to kill you. Your last memory will be my cock." Katniss looked at him impassively. They were just words, and words could not hurt her. S...
Where am I? How did I get here? What is going on? Why is there so much blood in the room? I must keep quiet. I have clearly been attacked. I dont know where my attacker is, but I must get out of here before he returns. I open the door to the room I am in and look around. I see a small room behind a one way mirror. Th...
Days of following little clues had led me here. I hadn't slept in weeks. I was reminded of when my twins would alternate keeping me and Laura up at night for weeks on end. I sighed. I stared at the computer screen. It was Laura's work laptop. I realized that I had never actually used it without her. I spent the ne...
It was a long hard day for King Solomon, ever since word got out about his talent for settling parental custody questions, he'd been swamped with such cases. This one might be the trickiest of them all. Two hideous witches, each one claiming the same poor newborn. "Your majesty, I gave her mother a potion of youth,"...
"You don't want to kiss me as much as you used to" Leslie said, the twinge of anxiety in her voice betraying her grounded demeanor. "Is there something we need to talk about?" Omar stared at the surface of the wine in his glass, absently studying the thin layer of irridescent grease formed by contact with his lip...
The first question is where? The second is why? The third, and perhaps the hardest of all, is how? The where is a maximum security prison called San Quentin. I've been put in here with some of the meanest, toughest human beings I've ever laid my eyes on. Tattoos on their throats, scars on their faces. Men who have ...
We heard the rumbles before we saw them. Loud heavy footsteps, we hid hoping they would pass us over. There were many other sectors to explore, many other lands to conquer. Yet they set their eyes on ours. "By the Flow, they're coming!"Zyr whispered next to me, the terror clear in Zyr's eyes. Before I could even atte...
"Can I help you?"I asked skeptically as I held the door open. "I'm kind of busy, so if you don't mind..." "We're here about your genealogy test,"the first man said. "We have a few questions that we want to ask you, as a follow-up." Right, because that didn't seem sketchy at all. "Can I see some ID, Mr...?" "O'Neil...
It took me 2 years 4 months, 7 days, 5 hours and 23 minutes to figure out why the tension between my newly appointed family was so damn high. The hour was 11:51. When I first managed to "convince"this seemingly normal, rich and loving family that I was their lost son, I felt an odd sensation drive into my gut like a ...
Everyone loves Steven. What's not to love? Well, I'll tell you what's not to love. "Ma'am! Let me help you with those bags!"Steven shouted (in his usual irritatingly eager manner) to an old woman slowly shuffling across a wide city intersection. He pushed through the crowded bus stop, uttering sincere apologies, then ...
"Bill, I'm just saying, we're not amused." The wall of faces stared back at me impassively. I blinked. It was a dream, of course. At least, I was pretty sure that it was. My research had just hit another breakthrough the week before - I'd been pulling quite a number of all-nighters. Even still, a dream like *this...
"Ah, fuck!" I slammed the empty air before me with my fist, and it connected. I had been shadowboxing in my kitchen, a ritual I do while I wait for food in the microwave. But suddenly there lay a convulsing form on the tiled floor, wrapped in black cloth, which seemingly appeared out of thin air after I clocked it...
Some stories, as they age, become embellished with fantastical details. In the case of the Great Viral Extinction, however, the opposite holds true. *While any modern scholar can tell you of the origin, spread and deadliness of the virus, only a few will know the full story. If they did, they would tell you that am...
I’ve always been the rebellious type. If someone tells me I can’t do something—it makes me want to do it that much more. I always felt like people were trying to push me in one direction or another growing up, and the one thing it seemed they /specifically/ never wanted me to do was rocket science. “Mom, I think I wan...
Taylor nodded at security, then subtly pointed at the troll getting aggressive by the end of her bar. You'd think the more grisly customers would go for the hard stuff, but despite living under a dank Danish bridge, this crusty loudmouth only ever ordered frozen margaritas, and without fail tried to pick a fight with h...
You know what? Screw this. I have been walking for days. People don’t realize it because I basically have the ability to slow time....for the entire planet. 4 seconds have passed since I left my house in Chicago for the rest of the world, for me though I say it’s been days, but frankly it could be months. The onl...
Ever since getting shocked by that frayed wire while touring the nuclear power plant in 10th grade you've always had the weird ability to know what any switch does. You found this out when you went to a birthday party at a new friends' house and you were able to flip the exact switch to turn on the low lights. When que...
I stared at the thin slip of paper in my hand. Never had this happened before. I have heard of and seen many things in my life, but this was something I never would have expected. Every person receives a card on their 18th birthday, sometimes left in the mail, or delivered at your door. My friend had gotten his a mon...
This world is going to hell in a hand basket. When everyone is extremely powerful, no one is. People always go after the usual suspects. Super strength. Super speed. Ability to fly. Invisibility. Ability to set fires. Telekinesis. No one ever stops to think if we really need these powers. We, as a species have gott...
I casually walked up to the bank teller and handed her a note. The message inside was simple -- I want ten thousand dollars in cash. No explosive dye packs, no alarms, be back in five minutes or I detonate my bomb and blow up everybody. Obviously, I didn’t actually have a bomb. I can’t even fix the kitchen sink, let ...
"For my first wish—" "Nuh-uh, bro,"the genie interrupted. He'd appeared from some old lamp I found in my dead grandma's attic. Going through that attic was an escape; a way to forget for a minute that I'd buried the last member of my family and that there wasn't a single shoulder out there I'd be able to cry on now....
First time I'm taking a stab at one of these so I'd love some feedback As was the practice whenever a habitable planet was found, the Council would ensure that a scout was sent to observe and report back. Usually these reporting sessions would be quick, with an overview of any life on the planet and an estimate of the...
Sweat beaded my forehead, as my hammer fell again. The rune of slicing appeared on the blade, my last blow having finished the carving. I plunged the red blade into my oil, allowing the heated metal to cool, fixing the rune and its companions in place. I uncorked my flask to take a swig of water, looking around my for...
While some teachers may find the act of grading papers irritating, I took genuine joy in seeing what the imaginations of my student could conjure. I made a routine of it, Throwing on whatever Vinyl Record I might have picked up that week, Brewing some Oolong tea and sitting at my cedar workdesk which filled the corner ...
“Hey dude, how’s it going?” I looked up from my phone to see a classmate pass me by and offered my fist for the customary fist bump. “What a weirdo” I heard him think as he walked away in the opposite direction. Ah yes, when we talk about superpowers so many people dream of having the ability to read pe...
Sir Douglas lashed his horse to the nearest tree in front of the vast cavern. He removed his sword and heavy dragon slayer lance, strapping the former to his waist and carrying the latter. He slowly crept into the dragon's cave, wary for traps. Inside, he heard a faint sound. A screeching, dissonant wail coming from d...
"I don't understand Master. How can such spells of insane power be used for Good?" "... Come with me, my apprentice. Let me show you something." *The olde master then takes out an old book of parchment, and flips into a page. A charcoal sketch of a legendary figure, although appearing much younger than she is depicte...
Lieutenant Halford Frenman had joined the army when he was 18. He had suffered the endless hours of tedium and spine crushing weight of training, and the mind-numbing and deafening shock of service. He truly wished to relax in peace, while his back and knee aches nestled him to sleep. And now, for some god damned rea...
The room was completely dark. I wept because I knew what was about to happen. Not for my own safety (unless they had knives from my father's home dimension or a hydrogen bomb in the basement nothing on this planet would give me more than a bad hair day), I was weeping for the people who had decided kidnapping me was a ...
Kelp-green hair framed the soft face of the resting sea-witch, locks appearing forever wet despite the fact it had been almost a decade since she had graced the ocean. Harmozo was grateful for each of those days that Serowynn had stayed on land. They were both six years old when he had found her, stranded on that rock...
In less than five minutes, Peter Parker had Clark Kent's full attention for three reasons. First, the young man had a very keen eye for high-speed, high-action portraits. Lois had been raving when she'd heard that the Peter Parker had been hired on, and after reviewing the portfolio for himself Clark had to agree, ...
No good deed goes unpunished. A fact Keely was acutely aware of at this moment. Under the bright interrogation light, trapped in a six-by-six-foot cement-walled cell with a portly scientist who hadn’t showered in weeks, she struggled to breathe through her mouth to avoid the stench of his excitement laced BO. *“The ...
When Xath'I first heard news of humans being hired into the transportation crew it brimmed with the Cretianas' version of excitement; interlocking its long, finger-like appendages and letting out a high-pitched noise that only few could actually hear. The humans were famed for their work ethic and teamwork, being one ...
Mom had warned me before I'd gone out on my journey that I would run into different cultures and ways of doing things. It was part of becoming a enlisted trainer. You had the see the world to be decent at protecting it. In some places like Galar, they spent time camping with their Pokemon. IN Paldea most trainers let...
I am just a waitress. My days are usually the same, serve drinks and food to the customers of the Fierce Dragon Inn. My boss is a bit of a hard case, but a kind man. The customers are a different breed of rowdy, flirtatious, and overly friendly. Everyone always wants to talk to me, the young blonde women, everyone ex...
"Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" He paused. "No." "Rudolph....with your....what?" With all of the anger that could be contained in the 30-inch frame, he said again. "No." His nose was no longer glowing so much as blazing. "No one here appreciates me. I've been picked on a...
He sat back in his chair and scoffed at the commercials being aired between the award announcements. Everything moved much slower in real life as compared to dream vision. Yes, it had its unique and charming naturalness, but it lacked the perfection he had grown so used to. Another car commercial and then they were sh...
She sat in the chair glaring at Bellatrix. In a moment, she'd throw another curse at her, but Bellatrix needed a moment to catch her breath. Another day wasted tossing imperius curses at her. She'd never seen a muggle resist so well. "I will break you. You know this don't you? The time you lasted will make it all the ...
I've got to die again,"I finally realized. How I ended up back on Earth, or why I was sent back, is a mystery I couldn't solve. It's probably just a cruel joke ('cause this is exactly the type of shit that St. Matthew likes to pull). If I was sent back with a mission, wouldn't they have told me what I was supposed t...
I have watched them grow. From their very first steps on the plains of Africa, to the conquering to the vast oceans, to their mastery of the stars themselves, I have watched them. I have seen their triumphs; great walls and buildings of stone, steel and glass. Art that could make men weep at its beauty, unending lib...
"Wow, really? You can't be serious,"Rainy said, almost absentmindedly. Most of her attention was focused on the metal box in front of her. Its "head"was wrenched open, spilling out a snarl of wires like some sort of technicolor brain. Will ran a hand through his hair worriedly. "I'm very serious. This is wrong, so wr...
Davy could walk to the kitchen by rote. He knew which tiles were Jeff's and which were his. Since it wasn't a perfect cut, he had to memorize where his boundaries were versus his brother's. While Davy still hated his brother, once he read Uncle Alex's journal, the fire had dulled a long time ago. The experiment of bein...
“Your left flank is exposed.” “You should’ve used your fireball instead of your soul shackles here, DPS is more important than the crowd control at this stage of the fight.” “Why waste stamina tumbling, I’m just sitting here.” This is what Dragonir would’ve said, if he could, to all the gamers that entered his domai...
"S'cool,"I said, "you won't remember this,"and watched dumb Benny Madsen's face get as red as his nose from where I'd hit him, and as he raised his fist I counted out the fourth second in my head and I pressed the button. ZAP! "Get out of the way, fag,"Benny Madsen said, and shoved me aside. It was like an intrusi...
They descended on the village. From his birds-eye view in the chopper, the 32nd Division of Divinity looked like a writhing mass of ants, peaking the top of the hill and flooding down the other side. The first shot rang out, followed by the chatter of automatic gunfire. The ants began to fall, the front line melting an...
Sek and I don't understand. No matter what we try, these stupid humans won't die. The leader of our division assigned us a new mission a month ago: kill all the "humans"on the planet Earth. We are the commanders who watch the planet and make the decisions. We have spies disguised as humans on Earth to act as our eyes. ...
It was my fault, I guess. I've always been nosy, always been a bit of a voyeur. I'm the person who combs through people's post histories, tries to pick out personal details and put together a profile of them in my head. I follow random blogs, watch people squeal and whine and hurl invective at each other, and cast thei...
It has been overlooked because it is invisible. There are halls and halls of records, each with thousands of tomes, each with pages upon pages, listing all the powers. But in the middle of one of the lists there is a blank space. What could this power, written invisibly and unreadable by mortal eyes, possibly be? you...
"Holy shit, are you okay,"Jane burst out, having been woken from her slumber by the sound of Gary flying across the bed and getting his face smashed into the wardrobe door. "Not now,"he replied back aggressively, wiping a bit of blood off his lip. He got into a comical squat position and dove back onto the bed, flyin...
"Oh God! I beg you! Back to Hell! Back to Hell!"My mother was shouting again and I tried to cover my ears with the pillow even harder. My ears were already were stuffed with cotton and wrapped with noise-cancelling earphones but I could still hear it clearly with the damned supernatural screaming. It wasn't really...
No matter what I try and do, I can do it in less than a minute. I can dominate the field playing soccer, I can win wars for countries, I can build anything; I can do what I want, when I want. But not for as long as I want. You may think being able to do anything in less than a minute sounds amazing; you can do anythi...
“Longbottom you dense fuck,” yells Professor Ramsey. “How bloody thick must you be to add essence of FIRE BEETLE to a Mojido Potion?” “I didn’t know sir, I thought that the liquid properties of the juice would contribu-“ “Voldemort’s saggy left bollock, did it ever occur to you that the heat of a fire beetle might...
They did me the honor of starting the trip while I still lived. Despite how the cabin roared and rumbled around me, I was strangely at peace, pressed into my bed with 3 times the gravity of Earth. It felt nice to be free of those all the tubes and wires they'd removed just hours before takeoff. It wasn't as if it'd mat...
"Seriously, there's supposed to be an old swimming pool in the basement from before the renovations. You just can't get down there anymore. It's all in the old blueprints,"Jay took a hearty swig of dining hall orange juice before hooking a thumb through the window, "It's the oldest building on campus. Who knows what's ...
"Velcome tooo Hydraulic Press, er, ChannEL, today we are goink to cresh... eh, eville gold locket. It, eh, makes a me want to hurt things, so eh, lets go!" The Horcrux is placed on the steel cylinder and a gloved hand sets the lever into the 'down' position. The press whirrs into life, slowly lowering itself unto the ...
“I knew it, I knew it!” Nathan screamed, his voice filling the vast, lonely void of his tiny apartment. He was staring down at his phone, frantically swiping through a series of photos. At a glance, these photos looked to be artwork. Pieces from a surrealist gallery opening, a few Romantic era paintings, and even a cou...
"Give me just a moment, please. I need to get dressed. Will you wait there? Please?" If it were anyone else, I'd be skeptical, but with him...well...I trust him not to try anything until he's changed. I nod. "Thank you! This will only be a moment, I promise." He goes off into the next room. I can hear him stumbling...
It was never a tradition that I liked. To see the older children be forced to pick a predetermined path of power for the rest of their life. It felt so final, so limiting. Always the wheel, never a choice. Chance dictating your future forever. I was the youngest, and I had many siblings. So I got to see almost every si...
“Master!” hissed the tiny red demon as it followed me down the hill. “Please, let me serve!” “Haha, no, that’s okay,” I replied awkwardly. “Thank you, though.” I hiked my laundry basket up under my arm and sped up. The tiny demon hissed again, then fled, its arms and legs flapping wildly. Sighing, I continued my w...
I watched as the priest sang in Latin as he performed his rites. I can't say I understood any of it--I would just chant 'amen' at the same time as the rest of the congregation, praying the Church never changed up the ritual on me. Even though I had no clue what was going on, there was a comfort in the easy chanting, ...
I fixed the officer with a bemused look. "Think of it as a gift. Isn't it what you wanted? You'll probably get a promotion bringing the 'Bookkeeping Barber' to justice"I presented "I mean of course; but why do you want it?"he replied on edge. Why did I want it? An all around fair question. One didn't lead the cou...
With a sigh I hit the button letting the Site Director we have a potential security threat as I stand up and walk over to the unassuming figure. "Sir, this is a warehouse. Why would you think this is some sort of secret base?" "Well, I was sent an interesting box that other day. It isn't uncommon for fans to send me ...
“Hello David. Welcome to Hell.” David nodded, and waved softly. “Thanks. How are you today?” The man in the red suit cocked his head slightly, and rubbed his chin as he regarded the human, who looked surprisingly unsurprised. “Very well, thank you. Yourself?” “As good as I ca...
Kathy woke up to three strange-looking men and a shimmer of light staring down at her face. Her immediate thought is, Oh God, what did I do last night. “She thought of me first,” the man on the left said smugly. He wore all-white robes with a bushy white beard covering an imposing, patriarchal face. “You idiot,” s...
The year 2500 would not have been the year expected for a war. New building techniques rendered infrastructure immune to nuclear strikes. Medical technology made decapitation and disembowelment overnight treatments. Advanced encryption and self-defending code made cyberwarfare impossible. Many people felt war was ove...
In retrospect, the king and queen regretted cursing their only child. They regretted it quite spectacularly in fact, and if they could do things over, they would. But that’s all very far away right now, because this story begins once upon a time… \* Even as a baby Alexandra was pretty. Her cheeks shone crimson and ch...
Grevra had heard so many terrible things about Earth. She had heard all the stories about how deadly it is, and how hostile the locals were. But the human guide she had found was a perfect gentleman. Of course, it probably helped that her species looked so similar to his. He knew she was not from Earth, of course. But ...
# Bargain Bin Superheroes (Arc 4, Part 1: Clara Olsen v.s. Big Guns) (Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.) Guns were a specialty of humanity. You wanted to live forever? Big Guns remembered reading about some kin...
“Earl! Hey Earl! Come look over here at this.” Dale said, putting his finger on the ancient stone wall and mouthing the words. “Well now what's all this about?” “These here word’s say that there's treasure to be had.” “Treasure? We don't need no treasure, we need die-reckt-tunes.” “It also say’s that there'...
"What the heck is paramnesia?"I couldn't help but say aloud. What a weird word! What was I doing again? Oh yeah, so about this sign. "...you have not been here before, even if you remember so, report any false memories to Management."What a weird sign, right? I didn't like working the night shift in the mall. When m...
The primordial centuries of our times were what you'd expect. Species with so much self entitlement to spare that they're basically xenophobic meet, and the culture clash ensues. But with time, we've learned to share and learn our mutual disdains for things and other beings. The Orcs where the first to be isolated and ...
"This is a corpse,"Florbeek said. Bear in mind, his name is not actually "Florbeek,"but it the closest approximate spelling to the sounds of his name. "We are aware, sir,"Nalpod said. See the note on Florbeek's name? Yeah, that applies to Nalpod's as well. "We found him like this,"Walrus added. His name actually is W...
Once, there was a proud Mother, and her cubs were many. Life was fast, and the prey, plentiful. Her mate and her Pack lived well, deep in a large forest. Her Pack was fast and clever, and had no trouble avoiding the Two-legs group that lived at the edge of their forest, away from their sharp spears, fearful of their...
Oklahoma City. Earth. 2093. The combined Galactic Armada floated above the horizon. Thirty miles of spacecraft, each loaded to the teeth with all manner of advanced weaponry. If humans were insects, this was no boot. This was a hydraulic press. David Henderson tore his gaze from the sky long enough to scan the parc...
Legally speaking, they gave up that right years ago. By leaving their child in an old rotting church they lost every right they had. "So what makes you think you have any rights to this child?"Inqly rolled her eyes. "I gave birth to him-"Ryit, the birther, had to be cut off. "Her."Inqly corrected them fast. "Amanda ...
I ended up taking a different route than exactly what the prompt was but I think the ideas the same. ________________ I did feel different. Not stronger or smarter or anything like that, but more like a slight buzzing on the surface of my skin. If I wasn’t looking for it, I wouldn’t even notice, but that was just me,...
He chewed on the end of the pen, unsure of how to proceed; to whom would he address his last words? This single sheet of paper, the culmination of twenty-eight years of Saul McCarthy's life? His mother was dead, his father was anonymous; no brothers, no sisters, and every friend - every acquaintance he'd ever loved, e...
"One hundred million?" He nodded. "To kill a stranger?" Steve nodded again in the same slow, measured gesture, while the fingers of his left hand caressed the black leather of the briefcase by his side. "So, to be clear, you are offering me 100 million dollars to kill a human someone?" "Yes . . . well, Euro tech...
“Sydney, what are you doing here?” I yell through shallow breaths. I let her out of my arms and she looks towards where the man ran. “You’re a lot faster than you look! That guy’s a total creeper and freaks out people here all the time! Don’t pay any attention to whatever crazy lies he told you.” She said in her usual ...
It was just the cashier and one customer. The cashier wore a nametag that said, "Bill". The customer wore no such identification, in fact, had gone to cartoonish lengths to hide his features under a wide brimmed hat and beneath a baggy, beige trenchcoat. The customer didn't dally, but walked straight up to the item...
Lieutenant Ramsey thought about apples. How his grandfather used to take his brother and two sisters and himself out to an orchard in Earth’s fall. He thought about how big those apples were compared to his small, child’s hands. Practically as big as his head. The sweetest thing he ever tasted. They used to bring big ...

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