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0 | "Gary, you *really* messed up today," Henry said as they walked towards the Disciplinary Office for the umpteenth time that month. It was more common than not that would be Gary's first stop after his missions.
"What was I supposed to do, Henry? You couldn't have done any better! I was just at the wrong place at the ... |
1 | "I seduce the dragon."
"Uh... roll for charisma?" I looked across the table at the little goth girl wearing a robin hood hat with a single white peacock feather stuck in the brim.
Wednesday, or rather Wodensdag, as was the name of her bard, dropped the dice with a clatter.
"17," she reported.
I rolled my own die. ... |
2 | It rose from the depths in a rush of water, it's piercing howl instantly recognized by everyone. He was real and he was angry. Fortunatly, he was also intelligent. Intellogent enough to know who had fired several long ranged missiles at him at least.
And so, upon emerging from the deptha, Godzilla made for North Korea... |
3 | All these years of chasing mythical beasts around the world and never catching anything on film but shadows and muffled static were taking their toll on my faith. Sure, I could tell you about the time I chased Bigfoot through the mountains of Colorado, or the days I spent frantically hiding from a hungry Chupacabra in ... |
4 | Even though I am only 15 all I want in life is to become a superhero and join the Pyramid, an elite group of Heroes that save the world constantly. The only problem is that since I am too young they will not allow me on the team. This infuriates me but it is what it is. In order to still put my best foot forward and he... |
5 | "Owww!" I yelped.
The Father stepped back. His eyes widened, and his face stiffened.
"...Sorry, it was hot." I tried explaining myself. I'm glad it was only a few drops, I couldn't imagine the scars boiling water must leave.
"Hush now." The man responded and reached inside his clerical outfit. "It's my mistake." ... |
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These darn flyers were all over the place. Some were even clever enough to replicate itself when you tried to rip it off the alley walls. Everyone and their mom thought they were the next Merlin... |
7 | ABSTRACT: This paper reports the results of an experiment undertaken to understand the primal nature and natural instincts of mankind. A faux-natural environment was created in several different facilities, in which differing numbers of children were placed in order to observe their interactions and survival instincts.... |
8 | "It seems the humans had quite the variety of sounds that they recreationally listened to," Anith recorded as he flipped through the various frequencies. "Some ranging from hauntingly beautiful to garishly explosive."
Theena reached for the lines and popped the ends in her ears. She immediately winced as a mindless ca... |
9 | "All right, let's check the map. Target has to be around here somewhere." The wizard said from the front of the party.
I felt a cold bead of sweat run down my neck. My status sheet, opened up before me, spelled out the two words of horror. "*Demon King"* it said next to my class.
I checked out the body I'd spawne... |
10 | *8.247.437.237 ...*
*8.247.441.280 ...*
*8.247.458.546 ...*
It had been three days since I had been given the scythe. Enough time had passed to come to terms with the fact that the numbers were not only rising; they were accelerating. If it wasn't enough that I was still in deep mourning after the funeral of ... |
11 | Duct tape. Three feet of rope. A pink dress on a wire hanger.
The time I pulled out a monkey wrench, I guessed there was a plumbing problem. I went to the basement, and there was a leaky pipe. Another time, I pulled out a bandage, and figured a cut was coming. Ten minutes later, despite my caution, I brushed against ... |
12 | "Hi, I'm calling for Mr. Ron Andrews. Is he available?"
"This is Ron. Who is it this time? Elastic Boy?Mirrors? Centaur Steve?"
I was trying to put together my daughter's lunch for school when the call had come in. My wife looked at me, heard my end of the conversation, and buried her head in her arms, trying to hide... |
13 | My host reminded me of an old western movie with the two cowboys, one cleanly shaven with sharp blue eyes and his fingers twitching near his gun, the other a bushy black mustache with eyes dark as death, chewing on a piece of hay.
*This town ain't big enough for the two of us.*
John released a single laugh before his... |
14 | The large man sat against the rock, rubbing his wrists.
"Thank you, kind stranger, for freeing me from my prison." Clad in only a loincloth, he seemed unconcerned with the wind whistling across the mountain top. Gerald shivered in his coat; he was not built for such weather, but Sally had *insisted* that they go on a... |
15 | I remember when my Dad was processed. Well, I remember it vaguely. I was only 5 at the time. I was too young to understand what was going to happen. At the time I thought it was just a fun family gathering. Dad wore his best suit, and I got to eat ice cream cake. It was delicious.
Now, it's my 35th birthday. Jenny got... |
16 | *Guys, we can't LARP if we only talk about doing it on discord. Let's do like a practice sesh on the voice channel.* I typed in the general chat, sighing.
I liked this group. They really liked to stay in character. But they just didn't want to meet up and do this.
And I was supposed to be the introverted one.
Barry... |
17 | *Dear Markus,*
*If you are reading this, I would like to apologize. Okay, you see, there are a lot of things I gotta explain, but I really don’t wanna sound like a Text Block Terry.*
*Long story short, I got scared of the relationship. I really do love you. Please don’t think I don’t. I just... I couldn’t bear to see... |
18 | "All civilisations have had slavery in the past, you can't deny that can you."
"I wasn't denying it. I'm saying that it is wrong to force a sentient..."
"Forced? No we don't force them into slavery. THAT would be barbarism."
"So you are saying that sentient beings, of indefinite lifespan and immeasurable intelligenc... |
19 | “See the careful way she draws the ever complex cube.” I said to her. She gave me a brief sideways glare before continuing. “Ah the masterful drawing of straight lines. Oh wait, what’s this? A right angle!? Oh stop the presses she’s managed to just outline the outside corner of the cube and hang on. Is she going to? Sh... |
20 | My entire world changed at the tender age of eleven. It began with inhuman strength. Then, it was invulnerability. Since fate decided for me to get the dice roll of a lifetime, I have slowly accumulated the power of the gods. Today, I finally reach omnipotence. It would be a waste if this power was wasted so here I am,... |
21 | *"Has the experiment finally succeeded? Will I be known as the one to have truly materialized the magnificent body of our noodly lord?"*
I obsessively stared at the tupperware container in the hopes that my life-instilling contraption had fulfilled its duty. My lab coat was splattered with the nourishing tomato sauce ... |
22 | "So..." I said, my brain feverishly trying to remember even one actual interview question in the face of this insanity.
"So..." the interviewee mimicked, as if trying the find the shape of the word in its - his - mouth. He was, largely, person shaped. He looked more like a drawing of a person, done from memory by some... |
23 | People are into safety. They pay big money for it. Burglar alarms, life insurance, the military: all things people shell it out for, hoping they never need it.
What's the key to a successful product? Its gotta be cheap to manufacture, but something the customer will shell it out for.
Something unlike, for instance, s... |
24 | "What do you mean 'out of options'?" Jerry asked, half chuckling. Even with the seriousness of the situation, Robert's actions seemed comical.
"There's no other choice. I'm using the jetpack." Robert's deep, rough voice gave no hint of sarcasm. It suddenly donned on Jerry that he might not be joking.
"Robert, this ... |
25 | Ok,I'm doing it. I am SICK of mynan always killing their pet humans, sick of it. For goodness sake it's not that hard to keep a human alive. But apparently, for some mynan it is, so here's my book, Human care for Dummies.
1) They breathe air. Oxygen. Hydrogen. Gases. *Not* water, not slime and definately not coconut ... |
26 | What happens then is they move as though taken by some force, a very weak one, but one with some purpose but no reason. It moves them as though in dance, and they see this happening, and their eyes dart sometimes, in embarrassment and horror, and then in shared social relief. For everyone nearby is doing it.
If ever... |
27 | The first and final blow had been struck, a bolt of purple lightning that tore open the sky and shattered the ground beneath them. The clouds that had been the herald of the spell now burst, sending a torrent of rain over the broken earth and bodies of the people that had come to challenge the necromancer.
He scoffed... |
28 | The news logo popped on television, followed by the news music.
"Tonight: the scientists across the world are meeting to discuss why people stopped dying. Hospitals and..."
The attractive newscaster droned on, but I shifted the focus to our dinner. Ceasar salad in the wooden bowl. Seitan steak right off the grill. Ke... |
29 | I walked into the bar and everyone laughed. I was in a pink dress, just one of the many results of my curse, and everyone thought it was hilarious. They stopped laughing when I knocked out three of them in one blow. I sat at my usual stool, and ordered a beer.
"Joe?" the guy next to me, Bill, asked. "Is that you?"
... |
30 | I am not a good person, not really. I like to think I am, but I'm just like you. I don't keep cash in my wallet so I don't feel guilty for not giving any to the pan handlers. I drive right past that guy hitch hiking, after all they could be a serial killer! I might hold the door open for people behind me but by god you... |
31 | I’m pretty sure that the cat was domesticated. Mostly sure. She was large, at least the size of a full-blooded Maine Coon. When she ate, her teeth were like little white daggers half the size of a finger. Her claws tended to leave marks on… everything. I was thankful that she’d only taken up residence on my porch, and ... |
32 | [INT: POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM]
The room is lit only by a single hanging lamp over a rectangular table. A WOMAN is seated on one side of the table, her hands shackled to a loop in the center with handcuffs w/ long chains. About 35, She's dressed in business suit, her hair is a close blonde pixie cut, and her blue eye... |
33 | I woke up in my holding cell, the warm sweat of yesterday's "make the subject sleep on a hot plate" test still soaking my shirt. Honestly, these "experiments" are just getting ridiculous. This stopped being funny ages ago. Sure, I can leave by punching a hole in the wall, but where's the fun in that? I'm still sticking... |
34 | "Sir, the radar is reporting thinner clouds."
"Again?"
"Sir, yes, sir!"
"Have the planes confirmed it?"
"Last plane trip confirmed sunlight at one kilometer!"
"I see." General Claudius was the last of a long generation of generals in the prestigious Skye family -- reputed for protecting the Isle of Precipitaea fro... |
35 | Part 1:
I have three secrets. Secrets I have kept for my entire life. Things that I had discovered as a child, and resolved to keep to myself for the rest of my life. The first secret I discovered is that I am the most powerful person alive.
I was born a Telepath, like my father before me. Able to read minds, but tha... |
36 | "Grandpa come on! We're gonna be late!"
"Alrighty, hold your horses. I ain't the nimble young lad I used to be."
Kyle Forrester had promised to take his grandkids Austin and Gary on a trip during their summer break, however he was surprised to hear that of all the amusement parks and places they could go they decided... |
37 | I'd turned 21 the day I found what I could do. I remember because my girlfriend and I had just had a colossal fight, resulting from my learning about her infidelity. She'd been the first to go.
I'd searched for her for weeks, trying to understand how we could go from fighting to her simply gone in a matter of seconds.... |
38 | note: resubmitted
***Year 45***
"Will it hurt?" I asked.
The doctor shrugged apologetically. "We really don't know, John. You would be the first human to undergo the procedure."
"Ah. I'm just a guinea pig." My rueful chuckles dissolved into wracking coughs.
The doctor handed me a cup of water. "You're right," he... |
39 | Ten years since the Great War ended, and the world was scorched. Ten awful years of scrounging for drops of clean water and unirradiated food and doing plenty of things I’m not proud of to get them.
Like today. Our little group of nomads, five including myself and two horses, were scouring what was once Germany for wa... |
40 | The American sat across from them at a large, weather-beaten table; no doubt looted from a long abandoned school that the monsters who shared the same table had been responsible for closing. The room was full of a cold silence as they all exchanged searching glances.
Four years. Four years of undercover work. Four yea... |
41 | *Congratulations, Dr Reilly. You are the fourteenth human to successfully travel forward in time. The year is 2118. Please take a moment to absorb this information before attempting to stand up.*
Jesus. I... I thought-
*I will pause for 10 seconds before continuing so as to allow you to ponder the significance of... |
42 | It truly was Utopia.
All of us had studied the implications of utopic societies as portrayed in literature and film throughout human history and we all knew *why* those ideas didn't work. We - or rather the quantum computer core humanity had built - had identified that one of the key components of maintaining a perfe... |
43 | “Hello, Mark.”
Without looking, I know it’s Luca.
“Hello. The usual for you again?” I ask, already knowing the answer.
“Yep,” he smiles. “Just another tally mark.”
I nod and escort him to a chair. “I’ll be with you in a minute.”
From the back room, I grab the supplies I need: a disinfectant, petroleum jelly, an... |
44 | One second I was walking back home at night, the next a flash of blinding light and when I opened me eyes I stood in a bare, metallic oval-shaped room. A voice echoed from everywhere, even though I couldn't see any openings in the metal. It spoke in an odd language, not one I had ever heard. It was more foreign than fo... |
45 | They say that the Earth had been proven to be flat for centuries before the edge was found. Ancient philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists all had evidence of such. But of course, no one remembers them. They only remember the discovery of the edge, by the great explorer Nallegam.
It was not a literal edge, of c... |
46 | This, however, only raised suspicion as to what could possibly exist on the planet's surface. Thus, private projects began to spring up; one after another. It seemed the more the government withheld information, the more determined people became to seek out the truth.
Finally, 10 years later, the first civilian exped... |
47 | James woke up feeling unnaturally happy. He didn't expect the lack of comms to hit him so hard, but being the only person on a planet without any form of communication had gotten to him.
Regardless. Today was the day. He could finally communicate with the world again.
He got up, showering and preparing his morning c... |
48 | THE BEING was terrible and powerful and awesome beyond comprehension; HE evoked the kind of imagery that would scar a man through cuts that would not form, and burn away eyes not possessed by the minds of men. And yet, HE was at the annual conference on deep ocean vertebrate biology, and frankly, this was the 37th lea... |
49 | "Alright, Mr. Isla, I'm about to activate your prosthetic eyes. I've we've darkened the room, but the brightness will still sting for a while."
Enrique Isla was sitting upright on his hospital bed when he heard an electric hum up followed by a sharp sensation... *brightness*. That was all he could describe it as. Brig... |
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