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[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Didn't you know? [Writers are the worst procrastinators](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/why-writers-are-the-worst-procrastinators/283773/), apparently.	5	17	17,800
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Oh god, don't remind me. I have to outline and start writing tonight. Uuurgh.	3	17	17,801
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Just finished my first draft a few hours ago! On to the editing process!	4	17	17,802
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Editing, done soon. 14,000 words. Think I found a decent picture for the cover as well. Started off on a Hemingway riff and it mutated into something much more action-packed.	5	17	17,803
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	This will be very interesting to see how I do for my first time writing here.	6	17	17,804
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I'm going to start this tonight or tomorrow. I hope I can make it. Any encouragement? Btw: I just joined this sub a few days ago and I'm loving it! I think it's my new favourite sub.	4	17	17,805
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I got super excited and started plowing into this pretty much as soon as the contest started...and then I got sick and busy at work and obsessed with the Olympics and I haven't even looked at it in about a week. This will be my inspiration to get back to it...I'm going to open that file right now.	3	17	17,806
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I'm about 6,500 words into the story. I probably have another 4 or 5 thousand to go which shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. One thing I've learned is that in longer pieces you end up rearranging the story a lot more than you'd think. Well, than I thought - can't speak for anyone else. Fun though.	4	17	17,807
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Is there a preferred font type or size?	3	17	17,808
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Screwed! 4500 words and hit the wall! I know how it goes, but I'm feeling a little down with some other rejections. Letting my favourite alpha reader have a look at the half that I've done to see if it's any good.	2	17	17,809
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Oh god I am struggling, getting back on the horse after valentines day with my girl!	2	17	17,810
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	This has been a spectacular experience. About to hit 10,000 words, and the story is wrapping up (possibly 2 chapters left, from what I can tell). Here's to editing time! Also, I ended up using themes from additional titles from the generators in my book. The images were just too much fun to pass up!	2	17	17,811
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I have some kind of basic idea for the story , but i just can't seem to start . Beginning is always the hardest part , i spent the last hour thinking of a character's name .	2	17	17,812
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I think I just deus-ex machina'd the shit out of it and it wasn't even necessary.	2	17	17,813
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	I so wanted to have my first draft (and possibly final as well) by now, but I got sick in Vegas and could barely look at the screen. (Note: Yes, I go to Vegas to write.) Hopefully, I should be able to finish the first draft and maybe the book cover tomorrow.	2	17	17,814
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	Do you have to have a book cover for it? I am awful at that kind of stuff :(	1	17	17,815
[MODPOST] Two weeks left for the novelette contest!	As of yesterday at about 5:30 I have completed my first draft. 11 chapters and about 14,000 words. It's the longest project I've ever completed!	1	17	17,816
[WP] Gagged and bound in the trunk of a car, you hear one of the men who took you say, "Shit! We got the wrong guy." The boss says, "Well, go get the right guy and dump this one when you're done."	I couldn't see anything, but I could tell I was in the trunk of a car. As I regained consciousness, I took stock of the situation. There was something shoved in my mouth. Tasted like a sock. Probably the drivers, considering how sweaty it was. Ugh. My hands were bound, but poorly. Given enough time I could get out of t...	7	7	17,817
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	Art is Art. A dance is art. A story is art. The creations of the mind are all art. Daniel wasn't an artist. He din't have the skill, or patience, or even the creative mind for art. He wasn't an artist at all, but he loved art. It was very late in the day, and Gas station Daniel worked at was finally closing up. He too...	11	28	17,818
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	I’d always enjoying just watching, not TV, none of that fake shit. But people, they’re the best characters of all. It was mainly my neighbours; I’d sit in my window and just watch. Sunday was my favourite, Mike the ‘man’ of the household would get up late - around 11 after a heavy Saturday night. His wife and kids had ...	3	28	17,819
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	It’s not often you come face to face with a fantasy turned reality. I had played out a similar scenario so many times before, but to see it -- right before my eyes… a dream. In my head the location is never the same; or important for that matter. Sometimes it’s a bar, an extra-inning dodger’s game, or even an overcro...	1	28	17,820
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	[deleted]	4	28	17,821
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	It's an interesting piece, definitely not his best, but not his worst either. His strokes are long and steady, no build up of medium or blotches on the canvass. Overall, it feels... unremarkable. I like it, but I don't love it. The red from earlier beings to turn into darkening shades of brown, a rainbow of shade...	1	28	17,822
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	As the blade penetrated his victim, I was entranced. The way the moon light reflected off the shiny steel, the way the shiny steel disappeared into flesh and eventually the way the the blood dripped and puddled beneath them as he withdrew. I watched as she fell to the ground. It was like the universe had turned down it...	1	28	17,823
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	[deleted]	1	28	17,824
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	[deleted]	1	28	17,825
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	[deleted]	1	28	17,826
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	[deleted]	1	28	17,827
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	A doorframe wasn't really the most spectacular place to hide, she realized, but May was a small thing, and there weren't many options. She was pretty clever, actually, and agile. She had folded herself into the thin nook like a cat. Her purse laid forgotten at the base of the dumpster, barely out Dawson's view. He was ...	2	28	17,828
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	It's strange, what the mind will think in scary or traumatic situations. Your mind can be a weird place when something bad happens. Like witnessing a murder. Ya, that's pretty effed up, and I should be horrified to have witnessed something like that. But it's strange. Because I'm not. I... I know it's wrong but.....	4	28	17,829
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	In my language, there is no equivalent for the word "violence." Well, there kind of is; however, it has about as much modern connotative power as the word "alchemy" does in English. Perhaps I should explain. I come from a place very, very far away. Wait, there's a better way to phrase that. I come from a place *incre...	2	28	17,830
[WP] The main character is the single witness to a murder. The witness doesent feel horror, but fascination for the killing.	I honestly didn't understand it. He was there in front of me. He was killed. It shouldn't be this hard to understand. Don't the police do this for a living? I was explaining how it went down. Again. My story was the same. Why must they keep asking me these things? At first I didn't mind. I was helping. I like helping...	1	28	17,831
[EU] Describe a scene from 'The Wolf of Sesame Street'	"Did you try to bribe the fuckin' Count?" "What! No I didn't try to bribe no fuckin' Count! Are you kidding me right now, BB?" "What the fuck did you just - are you high?! Tell me you're not fuckin' high right now, CM. Tell me and make me believe it or I swear to God I'll -" "I said ayeshem hummel fine nofoot ...	5	4	17,832
[WP] The shortest distance between two lies is a point.	[deleted]	1	4	17,833
[WP] The shortest distance between two lies is a point.	Truthonomics 101 Chapter 1: Points and Circuits Postulate 1: The distance between two lies is a point. - Theorem 1A: Parallel points support each other. - Theorem 1B: Intersecting points prove each other nonexistent. - Theorem 1C: As number of points increase, likelihood of intersection increases proportionall...	4	4	17,834
[WP] The shortest distance between two lies is a point.	"I need to postpone," she said. "What? It's been six months!" His grip on the phone tightened. "I know, but there's-" She stuttered and hesitated, "There's a big conference in a couple weeks and they've asked me to speak. I can't say no to these people, Josh." "Yes you can. The only person you can't say no to is you...	2	4	17,835
[CC] In-class narrative piece	Hi there! I've removed your post because it appears that it was not in response to a specific prompt from our subreddit. [CC] should only be used if you are posting a prompt response. If you'd like critique on something you've written outside of WP, such as this piece, try posting it in /r/KeepWriting, /r/shutupandwri...	1	1	17,836
[WP] A man meets a mysterious stranger who can offer him a chance to change the world	Listening intently to artillery echoing off dusty walls. He tried to count the amount of rounds issuing forth from that disembodied gun. Peter was having trouble sleeping again. The barracks were cold at night, and he felt the grime in every fold of his skin. He got out of his bunk and lit a cigarette, stepping out in...	1	3	17,837
[WP] A man meets a mysterious stranger who can offer him a chance to change the world	[deleted]	1	3	17,838
[WP] A man meets a mysterious stranger who can offer him a chance to change the world	"What do you mean, no?" "I mean, no. I don't really want it." Jay put his hands in his pockets and looked down at the ground. "But... but don't you understand what I'm offering you? I'm giving you a chance to change the world, a chance to make history, and you're turning it down?" "Well, yeah, I guess. Look, do yo...	3	3	17,839
[WP] A man meets a mysterious stranger who can offer him a chance to change the world	“Boy oh boy, have I got just the surprise for you! I’m quite proud of myself for this one.” Larsen cringed at the florid, piercing voice behind him, but paid it no mind until a man sat across the greasy table, blocking the extravagant view of the king himself gorging on one of his own premium burgers. He was a tattooe...	1	3	17,840
[WP] The hero dies/goes rogue/disappears, and it's up to his trusty sidekick to pick up the slack.	The last rock set, the squire staggered away a few steps and collapsed onto a log. Tears and snot made gooey tracks in his dirty face. There was one task left to do, and Bren was not certain he had the strength. He had been Sir Calwin's squire for close to five years. Another two, and Sir Calwin would have sponsore...	3	5	17,841
[IP] the circle of demons	A dark, humid forrest surrounds you. you are naked except for a piece of cloth that covers your private parts, and the air feels cold on your skin. As you begin to shiver, you grab your arms and start rubbing them, trying to warm yourself up. You can't remember how you got here. Or exactly who you are, either... As y...	3	5	17,842
[IP] the circle of demons	It was a curious sight, to be sure. I wasn't even positive I was seeing it. I looked around at the other people on the group hike, and no one seemed to notice the macabre waltz going on around eerie green flame right in the middle of the camp. No one else saw these strange creatures celebrating, they just seemed to s...	2	5	17,843
[IP] the circle of demons	These are the fey, although no one would believe me if I told. They look grotesque, like dog-bird shaped creatures, skeletal, sharp teeth feeling their jaws. As I lay here, hidden from sight, hoping the special tincture I drank earlier will protect me from their supernatural sense of smell, I watch in horror as they da...	1	5	17,844
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	The world will soon be black and white, is what i'm trying to get at.	1	18	17,845
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	[deleted]	4	18	17,846
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	[deleted]	1	18	17,847
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	Ezra pulled the fish onto his raft. The fight had been a long one and his muscles were tired. His hands, soft painter's hands, ached from gripping the rod. He held his struggling dinner over the cooler and bit off the line. At least he would eat tonight. The gray sun burned in the atomic sky. The waters beneath i...	7	18	17,848
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	He woke up after what seemed like an eternity of sleep. The sunlight pierced the thin curtains near the bed, pounding on his face. It felt warm, and for a second it was like nothing was wrong. James walked out to his backyard for inspiration. Only to realize the once beautiful blue sky was now a pale shade of gray. Jus...	3	18	17,849
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	If you guys don't mind, I'm going to take a stab at my own prompt. Rubbing her eyes for what seemed like the 30th time in the past ten minutes, Chloe squinted at her painting, "Something just doesn't seem.. quite right" She whispered to herself. Dipping her brush a 4th time into the violet paint can, she applied yet ...	3	18	17,850
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	The first to go was the sky. His memories of the skies were of sunsets, the warm orange hues of the sun melting away in the winter skies. His fingers remembered the feel of the pastel and the way he deftly captured the sunset on the canvas. That was ages ago. Now, the pigments in his old photographs began to fade. M...	2	18	17,851
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	First time doing this. Hope it goes well. The artists were in distress. The colors were going away and no one knew why. A group of srtists banded together and started an organization called Artists for Color to investigate why the colors were going. So far they had no luck. None of them could find a reason why or even...	1	18	17,852
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	[deleted]	1	18	17,853
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	I let the phone drop, speechless. All these years... "John, are you still there? Did you hear what I said?" All these years, I thought my dad had been pulling my leg. Dad trolling, they called it now. I remembered something else he had told me, and I smiled. I picked up the phone. "Hey Thomas, I heard you. Yeah...	1	18	17,854
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	"A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile..." Don Mclean's voice plays from the laptop sitting on my bed. I sit on the other side, hunched over with my head resting on my hands and tilted towards the window in front of me that takes up the entire wall. Outside, the last fingers ...	1	18	17,855
[WP] All the color in the world is slowly fading, and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all. What do the artists feel / do?	“I’d imagine most of them have given up.” Mark shifted in his fading seat. The follow-up question was obvious – eleven years on the circuit had honed his natural curiosity into a powerful journalistic weapon – but for the first time, the words stuck in his throat. He coughed nervously. “Have you?” Katherine smir...	1	18	17,856
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	"One month," Sheila said. "No." Harold's lip quivered. "That's why we're here?" "Every time traveler has said it's the single most beautiful thing they've ever seen." "We were saving it." Sheila squeezed his hand. They sat in silence, staring up at the sky. They heard rustling in the fauna near them. A small Grypho...	8	5	17,857
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	[deleted]	1	5	17,858
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	"Well, that's another one down". I swirl the wineglass in my hand. The liquid flowing and splashing as if the contents had merged into a great tidal wave. "I may be a little drunk...", I think to myself. I had become so accustomed to talking to myself, I rarely had company. "Let's see... Where to next... The great pla...	2	5	17,859
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	"I thought you said we had one month." Kevin said "That I did, but time moves faster here. Wont be much longer till it's all gone. We have enough power for one last trip, where should we go little brother?" Jamie replied "Where can we go? We've been everywhere." "You know that's not true, there's still one place whe...	2	5	17,860
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	^Note: ^Had ^an ^idea, ^but ^I ^had ^to ^take ^liberties ^with ^the ^original ^premise. ^Hopefully ^it's ^okay. ----- The last month had been the hardest of my life; every day I sat with her, trying to explain that all things must come to an end, even me. I pleaded with her to understand, "You promised we would b...	3	5	17,861
[WP] You are a time traveler with one month left to live...	One month. One month was all he had left. For all the beauties of time that he has seen, for all the memories that lay in his mind; it was coming to a close. “Everything has an expiration date,” he thought as he lit his cigarette. Breathing in, he pondered where he could go from here. Time was endless; he could ...	2	5	17,862
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	Usually when I heard the sirens, I didn't worry. Thirteen stories up, they were faint, no more than a thin wail, like a tired puppy whining. Today, the sirens were more like a shrieking baby in a neighbor's apartment, absolutely impossible to ignore. I resisted the urge to pull my chair back from my desk and stare ...	12	50	17,863
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	"Weeee ooooo weeee oooo weee ooooo..." "Oh for fuck's sake..." Winston murmured. "Weeee oooo weeee oooo weeee oooo...." the officer continued as he trotted down the sidewalk towards him, "pull over mister!" "I heard you," he cried, and stepped out of the flow of foot traffic and waited for his the officer to meet hi...	30	50	17,864
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	She tugged at my flannel sleeve with a playful smile on her face. For a second I thought she was flirting, if only I hadn't been so foolish in that moment, I could've had a head start and ran to Abercrombie or Outfitters. Anything was better than the fate that awaited me behind that flirtacious face. "Hey, you look l...	4	50	17,865
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	Bill, Max, and John gathered in the darkened alleyway. "We have to get these suspenders off of you!" cried Max "It's too late," yelled Bill, as the whirring of helicopter filled the air. A glowing spotlight fell upon the three vigilantes, illuminating their mismatched socks and gleaming suspenders. "Quick! We have to...	3	50	17,866
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	Yes, that's right, feel my sense of fashion course through your veins. Hear the pulse of my so-last-season clothes and let it draw you in. They were coming, those bitches. With their bubblegum-pink lipstick (never smeared), their perfect little black dresses (size 0), and their eyes, oh God their eyes, like they are p...	4	50	17,867
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	Title: The Boys in Teal "Stop right there dirt bag!" Chuck yelled at his perp, gun drawn. His partner Max seemed Giddy about the phrase. "O...M...G... Did you just make a pun on a sting? EEEEEE Well done sir, you nasty Bee-otch. I could just eat you up right now! Smiles!" Chuck internally screamed at his partners ir...	3	50	17,868
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	[deleted]	1	50	17,869
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	The rural South and Midwest got hit the worst. An entire military sweep began rounding up folks in country bars. Men in baggy light blue Wrangler jeans, over-sized polos and cowboy hats. Women wearing what was deemed sexy only in the eyes of the drunk-goggle bearing patrons. It was like herding cattle. Every small town...	2	50	17,870
[WP] The Fashion Police are real and more powerful than any authority on Earth.	I hide behind the dumpster, camoflauging my dirty clothing with more crap. They must never catch me-- the rogue, the last Californian who refuses to give up comfort for fashion. My bretheren meet in Tennessee, there I must be borne hence or die here, alone. And I can't die, not yet. Not as long as there's Brenden. I do...	2	50	17,871
(WP) We've been through worse...	The fire rose to terrible heights while the platformed teetered with only one of the supports left to handle it, underneath him the souls of those damned for eternity to uphold the savant law of the underworld screamed howling for him to fall. He held up the oversized spear with one hand while his other hand tried desp...	2	4	17,872
(WP) We've been through worse...	Talking about freak accidents, this was definitely the freakiest accident of all time, or definitely top ten, at least. Greg had just been fired at work, although if you ask him, he’ll tell you that he was just let go, which you might think, there’s not really much of a difference. But there is a difference. Getting le...	1	4	17,873
(WP) We've been through worse...	[deleted]	1	4	17,874
(WP) We've been through worse...	I've done this before. If I hadn't, it would hurt more. My arm terminates in jagged lines of torn steel at the elbow; my leg just won't move, not with all those holes in it. I'm so lucky it's those two. I don't know if I could stand to lose any more flesh. It still hurts, though. Metal or not, they're still my body, a...	1	4	17,875
[WP] A handful of men all traveling their own way encounter one another at a crossroads. They converse briefly, then each continues down his own path. The men are all founders of great religions (Moses, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha ect.) Describe the conversation.	No one?	2	8	17,876
[WP] A man shot two six year old twins to death in cold blood....	Mr. President respects a fine salute Tank thought. Not everyone knew this. But everybody else didn't speak with the President as often as Tank did. He rose and stood tall, pulling himself up to correct posture as if a string were tugging him up by the crown of his head. His arm muscles strained with the effort of t...	1	4	17,877
[WP] A man shot two six year old twins to death in cold blood....	Nice! I've been pushing snow for 19 hours, that was a pleasure to read on my first break for more than a minute:)	2	4	17,878
[WP] a world where beds can talk	"Hey, Robby, how's it going?" "Ahhh Frank, long time no see man, I'm doin' good, house life been? You gotta married couple now, that right?" Even over the thousand miles that spanned between the two of them, Robby could feel the frustration building in Frank's four-post body. "Right, real funny Rob." Robby stifled...	2	6	17,879
[WP] a world where beds can talk	Matty screamed as the knife plunged into him, over and over again. The soft fleshy creature that sometimes nested on his back also shrieked and writhed with every thrust. In agony himself, Matty briefly wondered if the flesh-bag was also capable of feeling pain. It might explain the noises she was making, and the thras...	3	6	17,880
[WP] In a long-ago world, a pair of conjoined twins is successfully separated. Their scars suggest the mark of a prophecy foretelling the birth of a savior, but the prophecy is decidedly singular.	It's going to be a bit long, so I thought I would post this one in parts if that's okay. “In the time of greatest danger, the One who bears the mark of Uhaán shall appear and become the Soto, savior of all mankind.” Echion, Master Scribe and Keeper of Scrolls, shook his head, looking sadly at the two young wome...	3	8	17,881
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	[deleted]	18	39	17,882
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	I’m looking at the life support stats and I can still hear the computer’s voice in my head, even though I disabled it hours ago, it’s right there in red text and my mind automatically fills in the blanks, that gender-neutral voice, the matter-of-fact way in which it would read aloud to me, as if I needed a reminder, “O...	11	39	17,883
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	I never wanted to be buried. I hated the idea of being thrown into a hole and having worms eat my rotting flesh. The thought of my body putrefying in the dirt does not appeal to me. No, I wanted to be cremated or otherwise disposed of. Maybe an explosion perhaps? Sadly, it seems I will be entombed, a floating mausoleu...	6	39	17,884
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	"The technology that made space flight possible hadn't really kept up with the technology that could make it safe." That was the second thought through my head, the first being, "Oh shit," after hearing the explosion from one of the aft compartments. It didn't take much guesswork to understand what happened - the tra...	5	39	17,885
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	Roger pulled off his helmet and breathed in the remaining air in the capsule. He eyed the digital gauges as the numbers approached zero. He put on his headset and waited a moment. A loud static pop came through the earpiece. "Daddy," asked a voice emerging from the static. He smiled and readjusted his headset. "Hi s...	4	39	17,886
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	I look out the window, and there she is, looking close enough to touch. As I sit with this helmet on, watching the oxygen gauge on my suit register lower and lower numbers, I think of Sasha, the way her eyes would catch flames in the dark. I think of our vacation where we got snowed in and only had that fireplace to us...	2	39	17,887
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	“Structural damage in engine two, Captain. Hull breach. Emergency.” “I know,” he sighed, tired and exasperated. “You’ve said it a hundred times. Don’t worry about it. Just keep that distress beacon going.” The screen before him continued to display line after line of reports as the computer tried and failed to fix ...	3	39	17,888
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	The lack of oxygen hurt. It made every breath a struggle. Your chest goes up and down, slowly, holding on to every last breath. It's ok though. You expected this when a meteorite struck your engines. The engineers died quickly. The rapid depressurization made their blood boil. You could see it on the cameras. There ...	2	39	17,889
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	I wish it could have been different. I wish I could have said goodbye one last time. I wish I could have said "I love you" one last time. I wish I could go back. Michael Evers sat alone in an empty spacecraft thinking these thoughts waiting to die. It had began so simply, a short flight from Earth to Mars on a fre...	2	39	17,890
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	Well, I'll be damned. Of all the crazy ass cargo runs I've pulled in my time as a pilot, and this is the one I go out on? I moved some of the most mind bending drugs light years in all directions for the Warlord Grezza; held 500 hostage on the Deimos mining colony for ransom; managed to sneak my way through the Androm...	1	39	17,891
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	"Navigation systems offline." The beeping chaos threatened to consume his mind if he couldn't right his wrong and make the necessary trajectory corrections. "Eagle Four-Two you are drifting too close, I repeat..you are drifting far too close to target. Correct trajectory immediately." The dull voice buzzing through ...	2	39	17,892
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	[deleted]	1	39	17,893
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	Eric Nylund did a scene like this in the First Strike Halo book- it's vivid and touching and amazing.	1	39	17,894
[WP] A pilot floats alone, adrift in his damaged spacecraft and reflects on his life and situation as he watches his oxygen and power slowly run out.	Space is cold, but you won’t freeze. There’s not a lot of matter to conduct the heat away. Decompression isn’t likely to kill me either. Not for a minute or two at least. No, in space, I will suffocate. I’ve seen it happen before. I was on airlock control, and some idiot hadn’t secured his suit seals right. I had to wa...	1	39	17,895
[IP] The Lighthouse Keeper's Tale	[deleted]	6	9	17,896
[IP] The Lighthouse Keeper's Tale	I went fishin' yesterday for the third time this week. Din't catch nothin', though. You don' see many more fish roamin' round these parts no more. And really, can you blame 'em? They know what's good for 'em. These waters ain't nothin' but trouble, high waves that'll bash 'em against the lighthouse walls. They know t...	2	9	17,897
[IP] The Lighthouse Keeper's Tale	The waves were always particularly feisty on Wednesdays. Why, you might ask? Well, to be honest, I don't quite know myself. My father used to tell me stories when I was young. Stories of a force much greater than the Greeks' Poseidon, or the Christians' God. See, they were powerful, but as he told it only one thing c...	2	9	17,898
[WP] A guy sits in a bar and jokes about North Korea. The story gets progressively darker as the guy starts to talk about the reality in NK	Morn joined us at the bar tonight. A stranger six months ago, he was now a fixture. My Trekkie buddies and I secretly called him Morn because no one knew his real name. He came in, sat down, drank for a few hours, then left. Never spoke a word to anyone but the barkeep. A real enigma, ya know? Average height. Av...	10	15	17,899

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