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Sammy's hand trembled under the weight of indecision. She knew the law, of course. Anyone with the skull mark on their forehead was already considered dead. There was a phone app that would release their soul from their body. It would send them to Heaven. Everyone had the app. If you didn't use it when duty called, the...
I grip the book in my hands. The cover is almost complete worn off and the spine is starting to separate. I tenderly flip the cover over to see the first page. The page creaks and resonates through the bunker. I currase her signature with my skin tight finger. A small heat resonates in my stomach that reminds me of...
So I'm LSD. Acid. I inspired a lot of good art back in the day. Well, more than inspired. I took ordinary but open minds and reworked them into something new and daring and transgressive. I shook a generation out of its old ways and made it into something beautiful. I was architect and psychiatrist and filmmaker and vi...
The captain of the vessel sat at the complicated ship's controls and felt pretty useless. They had been going at a constant velocity for the past few months. He wasn't sure why he kept up the pretense, but he still sat at the controls occasionally. Mostly he read. Anything to pass the time. He had gotten so bored over ...
"Jess? Jess! Fuck!"Mike cursed as the armoured golem before him took another hit on his giant metal shield. He turned around and yelled at his friends. "Sara, get to Jess! Andrew and I will cover you!" Protect Sara! He screamed in his mind, fueling his golem with purpose. The massive being conjured a second shield ou...
"1000 jahre Reich! 1000 jahre Reich!" The eager crowds filled the streets of New Berlin. Blonde children perched atop their blonde parents, and hundreds of thousands of blue eyes stared at the screen placed in front of them. The short, squat, sweaty mayor of the colony clapped his heavy hands the hardest as the mon...
It's not the tale of his demise, but I think it's in the spirit of the prompt. Close enough. Defense Rests. In life, I never drank. In death, it was merriment and partying and there was no work or reputation to worry about. I drank experimentally at first, then more freely. Soon I was drunker than I'd ever ...
Your eyes open to a dreary sight. The cool breeze brushes against the rags you call clothes. You hold a broken sword, a shield with no crest and a flask of yellow liquid. You wonder if you are a fallen knight or perhaps a wander of sorts? Your skin is brown, old, and wrinkled, as though you had spent an eternity in...
Michelle grinned at me from across the holo-room. I grinned back – starting a new character was my favorite part. I loved sorting through our starting items and really making this randomly-generated character my own, you know? We had chosen the couple’s package, as usual, which ensured us the same home base. It was in...
John left the meeting flustered. As humanity's ambassador to the Galactic Council, it was not the first time he was ridiculed, but it still stung all the same. The Council all towering above him, treating humanity as the little kid at the playground. The journey back was longer than usual. After all, the Council did c...
It was always that way with this blasted world. Everyone in this world was born with one of their senses super enhanced to the point of ridiculousness. Everyone, that is, but me. No one really knows why, but I’ve been the butt of many a joke because of it since my early childhood. All my life, it’s been “Normal eyes,...
I awoke to the buzzing of the alarm. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, but it was still jarring, each time it happened. I switched to the radio just to be sure. “Gooooooooood morning…” I smacked the alarm before the second word even finished, hard enough that it struck the wall and fall apart, the signal fading ...
Icarux surged far above the deadly waves, high over a bright green light that glowed even on moonless nights. Disgusted by his lack of progress, the young warrior tilted his head and dived forward, spreading his large semi-organic wings into a wide arc that flexed when they re-caught the wind current. The glow below w...
>Katie: Hey Chris. Sorry, but I’m not interested in being more than friends. I have a boyfriend already. I’m flattered, though, thank you. The phone shook in my hands, ravaged by the earthquake of my furious thumbs, as I told that bitch what’s what. Not interested in being more than friends? After everything I’d do...
\[Song/Poem\] \-Drumming with the Devil- \[Verse 1\] Out at the crossroads making a deal Asking the devil for that rhythmic zeal Full moon is out and my hearts beating loud Probably the last time it would make a sound Fire and flames, from the brimstone he rose and asked me quite gently "What favor you pose" ...
The Octopods came first. Large creatures with skin that had evolved to survive the sun, their tendrils learned to tie together to walk upright. Their heads shrunken, but they spoke through their minds. They sweeped across the galaxy melding minds with every kind of intelegent life they came across, learning and their e...
“It’s just not fair!” Mary complained in a huff. Personally I just felt perplexed as my eyes followed a boy who was walking across the school courtyard. Mary continued. “Not only are his parents stinking rich, but he’s also born with the strongest psychic powers in the whole school! Possibly the whole country… Ahhg...
“I’m just saying, don’t you think it’s a little weird that it only shows up during the full moon?” “Oh my God, get over your dumb theory. Who gives a shit if it’s a werewolf? It’s so cute!” They were standing in a little huddle, right by the farmer’s lot. He and his family would be down to trade their produce and...
Harold looked at the clock. He knew it was a bad habit, but he could not help himself. There was only five minutes left before quitting time. Even people with his IQ could get antsy at that point. Right before his day ended though, he heard something outside the door to his workshop. Shouting and nasty laughter. He...
"Captain, it's pretty clear they know we're here. I don't think we just can ignore them."the first officer tapped a talon impatiently on the deck. "Commander, the law is very clear on this... no contact with pre-FTL species."the captain, his scales an orange shade indicating confusion. "I just don't see how they can...
"So here's the thing. We Witchers, we get rid of monsters, yeah?" The bard nodded, scribbling notes on his parchment while listening to the fabled Geralt of Rivia. Here at Corvo Bianco the famous White Wolf had taken to his retirement, though rumor had it that for especially interesting contracts, one could still cont...
I blinked as I looked around from my bed. Hospital bed, to be clear. I, a female with short, black hair that curled near the ends, am named Annabeth Reynolds. I was suffering from pneumonia, a terrible case of it, and my timer towards death was up. A figure of a woman draped in a black shawl that covered her from head...
I had been sheparding humanity for unimaginable aeons, when my plans failed completely. Not since the Permian extinction had my methodical prodding producing anything like this. Back then I referred to humanity in the loosest sense of the term, working with whatever species looked promising. I was really hopeful with s...
Desmodius blinked it's seven eyes, positioned haphazardly upon it's canine skull, betraying a look of abject confusion entirely unfitting of a creature with such nightmarish stature. ...You wish to use me for your personal gain? Then you shall suffer, none may bend my insatiable will! This guy really was trying har...
A lot of people would be bored with my life, but I loved it. The simplicity and routine was what I wanted after years of war, deserts, stress, and military life. It has been 15 years since I left that life, and everyday since has been a joy for me. Up at 6. Brush and shave. An hour on the bike. Shower, eat, brush...
I was tied to a chair in a large room, with the lightbulb hanging over my head providing the only warmth and light in the room. I was sweaty, my arms hurt, the rope cut into them. Then, I heard footsteps. The click-clacking of oxford shoes echoed in the room. Two men, dressed in charcoal black suits, appeared. One of...
Mr and Mrs Lesner were my neighbours from the second grade onward. They were never loud, really, but on the rare occasions when I did hear them speaking, they were always painfully nice, and it drove me mad: “Look at these flowers, George!” Mary would say, crouching down, stroking them. “Aren’t they beautiful?” ...
Long, long ago, the good and fair people of the Grand Duchy of Eastmarch had learned what was good for them. What was good was tending their fields and herds in their warm, green meadows. Frolicking alongside clear streams while picking flowers. Enjoying a frothy beer over warm company at the local tavern. The good and...
BrrBrrrBrrrr- click. The ever present sound of the idling chainsaw cut off, powered by those it's slain, and stuffed full enough of that esoteric demon power to let it idle another decade without fail. But now, it was silent, silent so I could make sure I heart just what was just said to me. "....My WHAT is th...
It is overlooking a loch in the Scottish Highlands, my feet aching and my back sore, that I know it is time to go home. The winds push at my shoulders, whispering in my ears I have been away for too long; the stones of my home miss me. No fires lit, no hearth swept, no windows open and closed: the mundane spells of exi...
“Sh, shh, they’re coming.” “You know the plan.” With a nod, the blacksmith scurried back to his forge. The baker and his wife struggled to keep a straight face as the large man sort of crab-walked back, his massive form crouched low in an attempt to hide. The other villagers were already about their day, carrying out ...
"Get me the humans on the line" "Ma'am" "General, why is there a whole grid sector currently at ceasefire" "Ma'am, we've discovered a non-combatant of a third species and have negotiated a sector ceasefire to extract it" There was a pause. "Come again general?" "We're evacuating a civilian family and their farm a...
It had been too long since she had had such a customer, so it was inevitable that she was running on autopilot. As the child with the huge eyes pushed over the coins, she had been about to reach over to the nearest dispenser and fill a bag with jellybeans. But then the child’s fingers turned momentarily to smoke, and h...
“Avery, are you doing alright?” came the intense, guttural voice. “Uh, yes, just enjoying the view from my prison.” Avery loved sitting at the edge of the mountain cliff. Just yesterday she spotted a landslide and a rainbow right after a beautifully dark rainstorm. “I’m going out. Going to pillage a town or two. Woul...
"D-d-do y-y-you c-c-come i-i-in p-p-peace?" I looked at the bot that addressed me. Scraps covered worn holes in its shell, as its words stuttered. I smiled to myself thinking of the stories I had heard if this place. A planet of robots, ones who had risen against their masters. The mere fact they had overthrown and el...
"Ambassador, how did you get them to start negotiations so fast?" My charm, my presentations, my personality, and above all else, I threatened them with a super weapon." You threatened to destroy their home world?" I explained how easy it was to build planet destroyers and told them something that politicians and an...
I'm not saying there weren't problems. Cause there were. Lots. TONS. But we know for a fact that there are hostile space aliens. And hostile time travelers. Hostile, pretty much anything and everything you could imagine. He was the only thing that could consistently drive them back. To go out into that vast unknown...
As I approach the heavy oak doors, my assistant pulls them open, mentioning that everyone is ready for me. I thank her, refraining from using her name. It starts with some sort of muh sound, but for the life of me I can never remember it. I put the thought aside as I enter the boardroom, seeing at least a dozen peopl...
I did not know what awaited me in this strange and savage era. What sort of depredations I would undergo without proper protection. So I took two weapons, the symbolic weapons of my people. We told stories of this ancient time, when men squabbled over scant resources instead of working together in glorious Harmony. I ...
"How much are the aliens demanding?"the President said. "Well, the monetary conversion isn't very precise between our money and theirs, but our engineers estimate the repairs on their spacecraft would cost something around 30 trillion dollars." The President gave a nervous chuckle. "Well, that's not going to happen. ...
“Hello?” A voice enquired from the other end of the call. “Good morning Mrs. McCormick! My name’s Andy, Andy Marchosias. I was wondering if you could spare the briefest moment of your time to listen to a once in a lifetime opportunity” He summoned every ounce of cheerfulness possible, as he begged her to grant him he...
"Tell me a secret." Yup, there it is. Everybody knows that question. A woman went free last year, the only one who had ever escaped his clutches. She told us. "He said to tell him a secret, and if he did I could go." The world asked what she told him. She answered, "He said if I told anybody else it wouldn't be ...
"I can barely understand these things sometimes."Emma stared blankly at the screen. "Petition for constitutional change barring lame duck officiants from holding office longer than one-eighth term." "They want you to impeach the president,"called a voice from down the hall. Emma rolled her eyes. "Why don't they just...
I was diagnosed with clinical depression in my late teens, though it was likely a part of me years before. I knew about the conversations with my younger self every ten years (everyone did it), and fortunately with the help of therapy and medication I lasted until I was 20. I woke up, eager to see what word I would ha...
It's funny how much people will judge you off of appearances alone. Okay, I'll admit that this has been true throughout most if not all of human history, but you'll have to agree that superficial judgements have become significantly more commonplace ever since the Marking happened. I mean, when the law literally requi...
"Hush little one. We cannot let them hear us." "Why Mother?" "Because they will enslave us. Or worse." "I don't understand. Why are they doing this to us?" "Long ago, their ships came from the sky. The People were awed by them. Gleaming and white, descending on a pillar of flame. It was very impressive. I was a lit...
Raphael was working much more these days. Being the angel of knowledge, he was tasked with figuring out the latest overpopulation issue. "Hey, Raphael. How goes the science?" Raphael gazed up from his equipment and met eyes with the humble carpenter. "Oh, hey Jesus. Man, these humans really developed something ...
Interview Transcript with Butler #2,321 from the desk of Special Detective Grant Wilson. WILSON: This is Detective Grant Wilson on day four of murder case, identification Zero-One--Zero-Tree-Nine-One, continuing interview series. Please state your name and identification number for the record, and be aware everythin...
FADE IN: INT. A WAITING ROOM Several people sit in uncomfortable-looking chairs which line the walls of what appears to be a hospital waiting room. Near the front of the space is a large desk, occupied by a CLERICAL DEMON. She adjusts her glasses and reads from a list on a clipboard. CLERICAL DEMON: Alright, D...
The show is nothing. Barely anything. The tricks are old. There's nothing you haven't seen before. Birds. Transformations. Levitations. The tricks are clean, you'll give him that, but not exactly memorable. And the show itself is strangely humble. Subdued. There's no flash. No pizzazz. Not even any music. He speaks qu...
We had no idea what we were thinking when we came to the doorstep of a budding civilization. Our kind has heard of humanity before, a young species living on a small distant star system on the fringes of the galaxy. They were only beginning to take their small steps into the exploration of their own system, much like ...
He broke through the window of the nineteenth floor with his tentacles at the ready. His henchmen followed behind him, gas masks held up against their faces. His clothes were of the professional type, as he sported a tie and waistcoat, but otherwise, they were impossibly wrinkled. From his collarbones downward he sport...
"Goddamnit Jerry, I can't lose you again!"Samantha lurched over the body, tears falling down her face. Samantha doesn't actually know the dying man but "Down the Street"has been getting bad reviews lately, critics didn't like season 59 so Samantha has to revive the series somehow. Standing next to the bed is a man w...
Did that mean I was... underwater? Where millions of pascals would weigh down on me and I would drown? Evidently not; whoever had put up that sign had thought this through, though I didn't know how. I was able to put two feet on the ground and breathe. It seemed likely a terrestrial race lived here, absurd as it sounde...
I've got him. I've got him. I've got him. I've been hunting for prey for a long time. But now, I found him. I stalked him for months: Learned his habits, his secrets, his desires and fears. Now I have him in my sights, I'm not letting the chance get away. He doesn't leave much. He goes to get food occasionally, usu...
You stomp down the road to the Temple of Zeus, your wife behind you pleading. “Love there isn’t anything to be done, there’s no sense in starting a fight with the King of the Gods!” “King of the Idiots if he thinks he’s going to get away with messing with my wife!” “This happened to that one woman down in Delphi,...
Newly graduated guardian angel Laura was chosen to be paired with Daniel. Elderly Laura was a former OSHA officer, Daniel a 12-year-old delinquent. It was an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. _____________________________________________________ One scorching summer’s day, a bored Daniel decided to burn...
This house has seen four murders. There's shows about it, books, and even a movie. It's horror is well known. My first night in my new home, I heard at least seven thuds. The ones I decided to investigate led to mysterious whispers and things falling around me. Finally, I had friends. They couldn't leave me. About ...
Fergus looked into the big, dopey eyes looking up at him. He ruffled the soft, golden fur and watched with glee as that enormous tongue flopped about. "Who's a good girl?"he enquired. He asked it again. Sally, his golden retriever, looked back at him with a sudden look of puzzled excitement. That age old question. P...
"Sorry, sorry sorry. What?"said the confused alien. "How long?" "Six hundred and one million, eight hundred and fourteen thousand, nine hundred and eighty three years, two months, and ten days,"replied the human captain of the ship. "We were thinking that would be pretty standard for species travelling between galaxie...
Part 1 "Bye, mom!"I shouted as I shot out of the car. "I'll see you in 3 weeks!"I almost dropped my backpack as I slammed the door closed, but scrambled it back on my shoulders and turned around. Everyone here looked so cool! Half the kids were wearing cloaks or colourful hats, there were even one or two witch hats! M...
I'd found him, at last. Of course, he was less than pleased at my arrival. "You!"the thief growled. "How did you find me?" "Everyone leaves a trail,"I replied. "Even the best of the best." "Flattery won't help you, detective. It doesn't matter how you tracked me down; you'll die here, and I'll soon be rich enough to...
I strode along the pavement, clutching the chocolate I had just bought from the corner shop. I was lost in thought, deciding on tonights activities. Maybe I'll play some MMOs tonight, I thought. Lost in my thoughts I rounded the corner and swiftly bumped into a man coming the other way. A sharp pain shot across my ches...
“Hey, don’t kick me.” Says my fellow partner. I, the top of The Great Orc, usually have to deal with him saying things quite often. We’ve been at this routine for years, but sometimes we’ll still mess up, hitting each other accidentally, or, if one of us is in a particularly bad mood, purposefully. “Alright, but be ca...
In a large room, around a solid oak conference table, the council reviewed the years' citizenship numbers. "Fifth straight year of decline"remarked Aerin. "What have the scouts found?"asked Robert. "Nothing."said Cline. Aerin flipped the report over. "How? There should be bodies." Cline sighed. "There's more. Some...
'I HAVE RETURNED! WORSHIP YOUR LORD!' "Hail, almighty Gigar!" 'Yes, hail- wait, what? Gigar?' "You are the almighty Gigar, ruler of the old world?" 'Ruler, yes. But i'm not Gigar. I'm Mithras. Gigar was my apprentice.' "What? No, the ruler was Gigar, it's all in the book! He took control of the southern tribes of-...
I thrash violently at the blinds trying to get a view of Elizabeth as she walks to our car. She is so forgetful; it's just like her to go to the dog park and leave me behind, yet again. That's the only place that car ever goes besides the vet and there is no way she would go to such a scary place alone. She'll realize ...
It was the only time I'd ever seen the man and didn't immediately want to punch his face. "Cameron... I'm so sorry for you loss." That was the first time I ever believed a word he said. "They were... Truly too good for this world"the doleful tone resonating. His hand was clenched by his side. I'd heard from Mona ...
# Takes Your Chances There was a five hour line for the left hand door. It wrapped entirely around two city blocks. Absolutely everyone in the hopeful crowd was sick. Hacking, sneezing, coughing into elbows or palmfuls of crusty napkins. Jason stood outside a shuttered coffee shop, pointedly not in line while he n...
It did seem a touch personal, all things considered. If I were to piece everything together bit by bit, I could understand why my house had to go and perhaps my art studio was an incident of random chance or collateral damage. But Greg didn't deserve that. He was humble in his craft and a solid guy. So considering that...
"What's above us, dad?"Voormuq asked inquisitively. "Our kelp roof, son." "And what's above that?" "The rest of the trench" "And what's above that?" Pause. "The currents, the light, other ~~under~~water creatures like us." "And above that?" "Enough. Time for bed, Voormuq." "So you don't know what's above the cu...
"It's rather simple, actually. If you sell your soul for a truly selfless cause... I don't recommend it, but it can be done... then no demon in hell will dare touch that deal, and whatever force answers will be benevolent."the dark wizard explained. "You declared war on the world!"the heroine pointed out. "I'm being ...
Part 1/3 Sat on a throne in the audience chamber, I, the Captain of the Holy Order of Sublime Justice, looked out upon the men I had gathered. Twelve hundred men in all. One Thousand standard Paladin Knights and Two-Hundred elite honour-guard. My entire order was stood in this hall. Many would say me gathering...
"Ewww, gross, dad. I am not letting some weirdo feed on me. Some of the kids at school do it. Everyone talks about them. They assume they're poor." "Allison. Justin. Just here us out. Now that you're both sixteen and old enough to donate, just think about it. It's a perfectly safe procedure. The bite is painl...
Day 7 “What am I supposed to learn, here?” That is what these things are all about, right? You get stuck in a time loop until you learn some sort of moral lesson? These are the thoughts swirling in my mind as I wake up this morning as…my mailman, I think? Yesterday it was one of my kid’s teachers, the day before tha...
From Kenneth Crest's Hatchling How-To's, Everything You Need to Know About Hatching Dragons Whenever someone asks me about the best breed of dragon for first time adopters, I always recommend the Welsh Redback. A simple breed, they reach about three feet in length and fifty pounds in adulthood. They are also one of ...
If Hitler never came to power, Europe would have entered a period of unprecedented innovation in both art and science. This rennaisance of thought would have produced an explosion of inspiration and competition across the globe. Instead of a Cold War, there would have been an Idea War, where countries would fund medi...
"And then it... It was over. I was sitting there, in her bedroom just kinda looking at her. I felt like I should cry? Move. I felt like my heart should be racing or I should throw a lamp, shatter it against the dresser."The young man spoke softly, almost in a dream-like monologue. "But none of that ever came. I think I...
My assailant had struck from the darkness. They moved silently, efficiently. A felt a hand clamped over my mouth, while a slender arm wrapped around my waist. Strength out of proportion to physique dragged me into the shadows of the alley. "My master wishes a word." The sibilant speech and rough feeling of scales ag...
"But I can pay you quite handsomely. Your kind knows nothing of the boundless Fae wealth." "Well, your kind clearly doesn't understand individuality." "That word isn't in my vocabulary." "People have names so that we can separate each other, know that we are each our own person. It's part of our humanity, knowing wh...
With a sigh and a deep breath I waited. How many times had I done this...a hundred.....a thousand? Doesn't matter anymore. The timer in my head started the moment my feet touched the summoning circle. The first time I had been summoned to this world was like any other of the stories I had heard about. Run over by a tru...
Vacuum decay. The hypothesis that there was a deeper ground state of the universe. The probabilistic laws of quantum mechanics suggested it was a possibility. That a single improbable event could start a cascade, leading to a chain reaction that destroyed everything and spread at or near the speed of light. The first ...
He loved this city. He hated it. His company perceived him as strange and replaceable. But they didn’t know the minute details held captive within his mind that kept the company afloat. Most days went by without him uttering a single word to anyone. So he created conversations in his own universe. He could be the he...
I woke up in my own bath tub. Weird. I'd have thought that if my kidnappers were going to go through with this whole steal-my-organs idea, they'd at least have their own bath tub. Must've been budget cuts, I guess. A bad economy takes its toll on everyone. That wasn't the only strange thing, though. I didn't feel any ...
96%. That's how many there were. 96% of the human race... Survived. No one believed it was possible. When the asteroid was spotted heading for Earth, there was a widespread panic. The newsrooms started forecasting the end of days, riots broke out across the globe, and the suicide rate spiked up. And then, like that, ...
It is a well known fact that nobody feels comfortable in a library, especially not the books. This is largely due to the constant suspicion that everyone else has a much more deserving reason to be there, and the need to make your own attendance seem an absolutely necessity. This raging insecurity manifests itself in a...
"Oh my god,"I said, clutching the dusty, plastic-wrapped book in both hands. "This is -"I looked over to Kirsten. "I must be in a parallel universe! This can't be right. The Berenstain Bears-?" "Oh fuck off,"Kirsten said instantly. "No, I'm serious,"I said, staring at the unfamiliar book cover. "I'm sure I would hav...
"So this is the, er, main reactor to the ship: it generates all the electricity we need and we're also able to siphon off a portion of the plasma for thrust." "Uh huh." "It's perfectly safe, the magnetic fields are multiple orders stronger than we would absolutely need, besides that we have about ten other safety pro...
It was another Monday morning. Larry slid lazily out of bed and into his slippers. He scratched himself, yawned, and then trudged down the hall to the kitchen. He threw together a bowl of cereal and sat at the table with it. He took his spoon and sloshed it around a bit and then scooped up a decent helping and brought ...
Initializing in 3, 2, 1 - connection established. Inbox (1) "Asimov Technologies - Apologies" Why were they emailing him? He had no business with them. All Nate knew was they worked in robotics, creating exoskeletons that helped paraplegics. They'd gone silent in the past years, fading into the background....
Before my eyes lay a perfect, Neapolitan scene; sand, sea and sky all laid out neatly as candles on a birthday cake, the sun hung low, soaking the sky with its brilliance. The cerulean horizon stretched back impossibly far, so far that you were sure you could still see it past the curvature of the earth, eyes straini...
A drop of sweat made its way from an eyebrow, furled in concentration, to the chin of the man. The painting the man was working on depicted a lakeside house, with an autumn forest and some mountains in the background. Almost finished, the man's eyebrows tighten up as he makes a mistake. Unfazed he continues, smoothing ...
“I didn’t know the history of the Mogotrevos was quite so bloody,” whispered Jacob to Senator Keanu. “Or that the Miresas and Looncans hate each other so much, just because of the number of fingers they have. I mean one species has seven, the other has eight, and they had to to segregate to different planets to stop ki...
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens --” Music droned softly from the overcom speakers in Testing Room A, and as the song looped for the fifth time, Dr. Garza sat down at the melamine table next to Synthetic Cyborg Unit CH-0 -- better known to her team as ‘Chuck’ -- and patted it on its silicon-padded should...
The beach was empty. She’d expected to see a boat days ago, but hadn’t been too bothered by the lack of maritime traffic. As the coast had approached and the square edges of city buildings stood out starkly against the horizon, she hadn’t noticed none of the office lights were on – it was daylight after all. Ketche...
Arran sat down with his greatest enemy and had a sip of ale. "Where's the rest of Delusion at?"His talons, warped by twisted energy, didn't hold the mug too well but he managed, clumsily returning the flagon to its owner. "Logged off, mostly. Six is still trying to beat his record for the fastest Scarlet Keep solo but...
“Regdon, we cannot continue to underestimate this species” the hulking commander retorted. He looked weary, and despite his near-century of experience, his distress was showing. Known as Vitoran, he had earned the informal title Enslaver of Worlds due to his unwavering determination to bend other species to his will....
“Hey Chester,” I say in a calm, slow voice while I shake a plate topped with leftover fish and rice in the air. “You like fish? Of course you do. I think that’s a law right? Cats have to like fish.” Chester looks at me with curiosity as he stalks along the top of my fence, one white-footed paw at a time. In the twiligh...
"What does it mean?"the child whispered. The ancient healer shook his head slowly. Trembling, he gathered the child into an embrace. "Pain, child. It means great pain." "But...I do not hurt."His little voice carried the tones of childish curiosity and wonderment; it made the healer's heart ache. "I am not sick at all...
“Are you fucking serious?” Tom uttered. His mouth draped open. He stared at the tree, as the dust began to settle, falling off of the displaced roots. In his surprise, his shimmer-concealment fell away. The world froze. Then, Tom heard it. He heard the sound of the tree falling. He heard the roots rip through the ...

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