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The Museum of Humanity’s Final War
I’m not going to tell you much about myself. I won’t recount my life story here, if only because it isn’t relevant. Suffice to say, I’m an ordinary guy with…
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Hector Amarillo Saves the World
There are 7 children, each with 7 candles. Each candle lasts for 7 hours. Each child takes their own turn with a candle. After the 13th hour, the sky will…
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Weightless
“One hundred eight-six!” I announced gleefully. “That’s incredible!” My wife responded. “How does it feel to be so svelte?” “Well, I don’t know about svelte, but I feel great.” I…
Read NowGrow The Sacrifices
Arknemul descended the last of the switchback stairs and stepped out onto the mud flats that surrounded the pits of depravity, and the smell reached him before the sound did.…
Read NowRemember The Past
The sun bled out along the western edge of the great plains, and the band moved toward the low rise Floyd had chosen an hour before. Two dozen humans, give…
Read NowMaternal Instinct
I looked down at my children as they slept, the moonlight hitting their faces softly. They all looked so peaceful. They were my children, and I would do anything to…
Read NowShadows of Bedzin
When I was young my grandmother used to tell me stories of her youth. When I was about the age of fourteen, she told me about her and my grandfather’s…
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I was transported to a hellish alternate universe. This is my story.
The Traveller Series I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying - Part 2 I’ve travelled…
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Children of Wood and Man
To all my children, to all those who followed me, and to those who trusted me, I am sorry, but this is my suicide note. It is necessary to kill…
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They Came With Red Lightning
Something fell with a thud on the roof in front Daniels window. It made a sliding noise as it dragged itself across the slope of the roof and with another…
Read NowFILE 2.8 [Ted Stokes] – The ‘TDC’ Experiment – 01/26/1992
FILE 2.8 [Ted Stokes] - The 'TDC' Experiment - 01/26/1992Note: The following text was found on a notepad in the now-destroyed 'AFM' base in central Idaho, and is presumed to…
Read NowThe Last Light
The bulb hung from a wire that didn't seem to lead anywhere. Above it, darkness. Below, a circle of yellow light, and inside it, a man on his knees, hands…
Read NowIn Between
I'm in between. One of them bit me. The bastard took a chunk out of my upper arm. The fool probably didn't even know it was an arm. He probably…
Read NowSpooky: Horrors of the Battlefield
It’s a wondrous thing, getting to work in the U.S. military. Sure, to each their own, Army does its thing, the Marines, the Special Forces, the Navy. I always wanted…
Read NowBlackout Zone Five
Honestly when I mention this to people, no one else seems to remember this. I’m not sure why this seems to linger in my mind every night. When I mention…
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The Tartarus Island Raid
I wasn’t expecting a normal workday when I boarded a Bell 407 at 4am in the morning, accompanied by a heavily armed tactical team. After all, my team and I…
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I Made a Computer Program To Predict the Apocalypse; It’s Not What You Think.
It began as a lark, really. I woke up one morning from a dream about the apocalypse. No, not a wild west apocalypse. Exactly how the world was ending wasn't…
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I found a journal with the world’s secret inside… we’re our own worst enemy.
I stared into the mirror, watching myself closely. “Could I be imagining it?” I thought to myself. No, no way. I repositioned, watching every movement of my reflection carefully. It…
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White Christmas
Living in lower Alabama, we rarely receive snow. I spent most of my life wishing for a white Christmas, a white Christmas that never came. I have only seen snow…
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The Europa War Trial
Read Part one here Read Part two here Read Part three here Read Part four here Read Part five here I awoke to chaos; my senses being simultaneously overwhelmed. A light brighter than…
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I Can See in Four Dimensions
I can see in four dimensions. If that concept is a little hard to understand, I get it. It’s hard to deal with, too. While everybody in the world gauges…
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I Will Give Birth to the End of Mankind
I tried to warn them, but they wouldn’t listen. I warned them immediately after I was returned to the marsh, but they decided to detain me and ignore my claims.…
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