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While the xenologists, Cherinet and Litskovic, had gone on ahead, the survey team exogeologists, Vinnu and Samaan, hunkered down in their autopods battered by one of the unpredictable cyclostorms that made collecting samples and readings challenging. Coms were mega glitchy during these dust ups, so Vinnu reviewed previously collected data.
By majoki10 days ago in Fiction
Part 2 The Malfunctioning Time Machine. Content Warning.
I WROTE THIS, I EDITED THIS, IT IS NOT FAKE IT IS MY WRITING MY PROMPTS MY WORK. The Architect’s Quiet Hour: Rewriting the Destination
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 10 days ago in Fiction
Everyone Had a Number Above Their Head… Except Me
The first time I noticed it, I thought I was tired. It was a Monday morning, the kind that drags itself into your bones before your alarm even rings. I was standing in a crowded bus, sweat sticking to my back, when I looked up and saw it.
By Millicent Chisom10 days ago in Fiction
The Malfunctioning Time Machine Part One. Content Warning.
PART ONE The Malfunctioning Time Machine Opening Prose: When the Marble Remembered the Century The revolving doors exhaled her into the lobby like a secret the building had been holding too long.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 10 days ago in Fiction
Bucketmaster
Given how things turned out, I probably shouldn’t admit to giving Bucketmaster his name. We were kids goofing off at the playground one early summer morning, and this runt shows up with a steel bucket on his head. A dented galvanized pail with two eye holes punched out.
By majoki11 days ago in Fiction
The Door That Opened at the Wrong Time
It started with a sound. A soft… click. Not loud. Not alarming. But wrong. Because the house had no doors that should make that sound at 2:13 in the morning.
By Ibrahim 11 days ago in Fiction
Like Black Mercury
My eyes opened. I can't say that I opened my eyes because once my eyes were open, I tried to move and discovered I couldn't move any part of my body, except my eyes. I couldn't even blink.
By John R. Godwin11 days ago in Fiction
Through And Beyond Smoke
If it’s one thing Jyllmon hates, is driving through the road in extreme darkness. To him, it felt like a horror movie where he had no idea what’s to come. It could be a random deer dashing through the streets, or a helpless woman being chased through the woods, or just simply a broken down car.
By Devond Devoe11 days ago in Fiction
17 minutes
Insurance. We all need insurance. I need insurance for my apartment to show my landlord. You need insurance for your house and car. As one of the characters in To Catch a Thief says to the insurance agent when her jewels are stolen, insurance is a "bet" on the part of the insurer and the person buying the insurance. Will the insurer take your bet? What if it's a really big building and a very big bet? Then the odds have to be assessed by an actuary. What if it's a completely new undertaking? Then it's a tougher assessment. Then it's a meeting or two or three. So what's all the fuss about at this meeting? Big insurance. Would big insurance take my company's big bet? Darmstadt is known for its 'Giant Insurance Palaces.' Our story takes place in one of them... Let's listen in on the meeting.
By Paul A. Merkley11 days ago in Fiction
The Precipice of Heroes
She walks alone. Blind. Numb. With one question fighting for sentience upon her quivering lips. One desperately searching, pinning, yearning thought on her mind…
By Ly Anna11 days ago in Fiction
Into The Great Beyond
Outside the airlock viewport, nebulous tendrils of incomprehensible colors slithered. Captain Leshford undid his oxygen hose.
By Matthew J. Fromm11 days ago in Fiction
The Soul of My Boots
One moment, I’m laughing uncontrollably as my best friend pushes me in a tire swing. The sky pours into my vision as I lean back, a kaleidoscope of sky and clouds peaking through the leaves and branches. I close my eyes, relishing the moment.
By Caitlin Humphreys12 days ago in Fiction