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• The Social Studies Fuhrer

  by Stovohobo 7 months ago

  “And can any of you ingrates possibly tell me the capital of Turkey, of Old Earth?” she said, thwipping her thin rod against …

• The Dysfunctional Duo

  by Nick 7 months ago

  “Never seen one before?” Blake asked.

  “What” Simon replied, confused as to the exact topic.

  “A dead body,” Blake continu…

• Gone, Wandered Away

  by Howie Amourscow 7 months ago

  It was gone when Peter returned.

  He stood near the dead mare, gallon jug of milk gathering condensation as it hung next to h…

• The Last Stand

  by Midnightcrusader 7 months ago

• Whats left of the Brain at 3:00 AM

  by Midnightcrusader 7 months ago

  Here I am, watching the same show that was on a few hours ago, and with nothing to eat. Fuck… its raining now. rain normall…

• Blocked from my heart

  by Billy Wenge-Murphy 6 months ago

  And Robin said, “The reason I don’t love you is because you’re an AOL lamer. I could never love a boy who types in all caps.”...

• Maury's Diner

  by MRay 6 months ago

  When Gavin entered the coffee shop, I knew I was in trouble. He was never on time. I told him to meet me at noon but he could…

• Some Lists Shouldn't Be Made [360 Challenge]

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  “Alright, if I pick one, can we be done with this discussion?” I begged.

  Zack smiled, rolling one marble between his fingers…

• The Miraculous One-Week Pregnancy

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• GOAL

  by Soccerawesome 6 months ago

  It was a goal! I jumped in the air and started to run back to my teammates. They greeted me with congratulations. It had not …

• The Great I

  by Adam Short 6 months ago

  Something moved in the deep.

  The Great I blinked slowly, registering the change, assessing its impact.

  Long millennia of …

• Tin Rabbit Robot performs Lucky Penny Brain Surgery

  by Kermitgorf 6 months ago

  “I’m afraid I need this lucky penny more than you do, Bubble Head Boy Robot,” said Tin Rabbit Robot.

  “But without it I have …

• Bottle Bound

  by McCorkell 6 months ago

  It always happened like this. He would get home and collapse in a sprawl on the couch, drained and broken, not a thought to g…

• Anyone Know What This Is? (I Sure Hope So)

  by Stovohobo 6 months ago

  We ran out of gas ten miles from town, the engine sputtering to a halt. I glanced over and looked at her, her beautiful black…

• Gaining a Daughter, Losing a Son

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• Bad Girls Change Tenses Just Because They Can

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• With Four You Get Eggroll

  by Kermitgorf 6 months ago

  A Mother and her four sons went into Wong’s Chinese Restaurant, “Ok,” she said, “what does everyone want to eat?”

  Kevin, th…

• Pieces of a man

  by Algai 'D' Aman 6 months ago

  Once, I was whole.

  I was a provider. I loved, I laughed, and I cared.

  Once, I was a man.

  I go through the motions, as thou…

• A Love Story

  by Julan 6 months ago

  Had I known I would meet him there, would I have gone in? It was a simple shopping trip - to the grocery store - a lowly pl…

• How to Keep a Daughter

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• Inflationary Interlude

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• The Submissive Daughter

  by Throat Wolf 6 months ago

• Alec's Night Goes From Bad to Great to Not So Good

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  “You!” Simon said, staring up at Winters, recognizing her from his vision.

  “I’ll deal with you two later,” Winters said, reg…

• Ill Communication

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Agent Winters dropped the shotgun to the floor and helped Blake to his feet. “You’re going to need stitches for that,” she sa…

• The Burning Bush Returns

  by Nick 5 months ago

  The sprout had rapidly ascended to growing bark, to spreading out branches, to becoming a fully formed bush, to bursting into…

• R'lyeh

  by Nick 5 months ago

  Ten teleseismographs were the first things to notice, their readouts springing to life. Simultaneously, all their feedback ci…

• Lilith's Plan

  by Nick 5 months ago

  The Burning Bush stood silent, realizing that something was amiss in the Heavens. “What hath you done, wind-demon?” Metatron …

• The Extra Passenger - Arrival

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  Hoven came to in a different place that was almost exactly the same as the place he’d left.

  The bitch, Winters, and the tatt…

• The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  The funnel expanded, the sludge of the Master’s former substance pouring into an unseen mold, filling it. A human shape, and …

• The Extra Passenger - The Offer

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  The figure spoke to Hoven, though no words passed his frozen smile. He had come for Hoven, yes, yes: there was a higher purpo…

• ~ 13°42′S, 76°13′W

  by Nick 5 months ago

  The fine grain sands of the Peninsula Paracas worked their way into the crevices between Alejandro’s toes; a disquieting and …

• Alec's Day Gets Worse

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “Oh yes,” Alec hissed, “Lilith. Mother.” The bones of Alec’s forehead reknit themselves together, his nerves regrouped, and h…

• Alec's Day Is Done

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “This,” said Blake between delivering blows to Alec, “is. just. great.”

  “Wait,” Angela screamed, standing perfectly still. ”...

• Inquiring Minds

  by Nick 5 months ago

  Blake slowly rose, wiping the sludge remains of Alec off of his knuckles. He was tired and — of course — the bleeding incisio…

• Recap (Part I)

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “No,” replied Agent Winters.

  “Okay,” sighed Blake.

  “I got it,” Simon interrupted. “At least, I think I got it.” Blake nodde…

• Recap (Part II)

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “I’m a damned Woman in Black,” Winters said. “Why haven’t I heard about this stuff?”

  “Dark, buried secrets lost in countle…

• Double-Cross

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  “Oh, right. Dr. Gage,” Winters muttered. She was sick of playing the idiot for this bunch of amateurs, but it worked in her f…

• Waiting

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Agent West watched as the men he assigned as priests for this ritual scrawled Dho-Nha equations across Dr. Stephanie Gage’s b…

• Lilith's Delay

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  “So, as you can see,” Lilith said to Metatron, pointing at the PowerPoint™ presentation projected on the screen behind her, ”...

• Simon, Dead Girl and the Ghetto-Rigged Altar of Doom

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Simon’s knees hurt. In truth, he hurt all over, but his knees were the body part he was focused on right now.

  They were all …

• Technical Difficulties

  by Ana Cristina 5 months ago

  While Dr. Gage writhed on the cold marble of the altar, Angela watched with a mixture of revulsion and sympathy. The flesh of…

• Substitution

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  _And it doesn’t come in by the lungs. That’s what they see, all but the dear, desperate man next to you who writhes and chews…

• Something not quite right...

  by Ana Cristina 5 months ago

• Battering Away From The Outside, Wanting Back In

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

• Simon Takes Control Again

  by Ana Cristina 5 months ago

  Simon felt a slight tug on his veins, his pulse quickening as Angela entered him. He could feel her as she inhabited his body…

• We are here to pump (clap) you up

  by Throat Wolf 5 months ago

• The Scarlet Woman

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “An exorcism won’t work,” Blake replied to Simon, directing his steely gaze to the possessed body of Angela.

  Lilith — in the…

• The Eye of Babylon

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  “Babalon is sex magick, Blake,” Simon said, warily. “You don’t really expect me to, you know…”

  “You’d better not!”, Angela…

• Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 1]

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Blake poured himself into Agent Winters, copy-and-pasting himself into her memories.

  Kind of like in the movie _Forrest Gump…

• Instant Love Affair: Just Add Water [Part 2]

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

• The Scarlet Woman Ascendant

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Rough hands tore Blake away from his lip-lock with Agnes— Special Agent —Winters, breaking his psychic connection. The Eye …

• The Cleaner Arrives

  by Nick 5 months ago

  Lilith, possessing Angela’s body, turned to the offending creature. How had she not noticed this? Lilith thought. _Magick, ...

• Warfear

  by Nick 5 months ago

  Blake’s eyelids were sealed shut, an involuntary action caused by the jolts of pain from the tasers. Between winces, he caugh…

• The Kiss

  by Nick 5 months ago

• What do Bram Stoker and Charles Darwin Have in Common?

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  “Back! Back, I say, you devilish demon!”

  “Well, that’s a little demeaning. Not to mention redundant.”

  “Begone, foul creatur…

• Stovohobo Turns Thirteen

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  They say that every experience that will form your life happened before you were twelve.

  Does that mean my childhood is over…

• Judge Andalus and I Have a Chat

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  If looks could kill, I’d have been six feet under ages ago. For instance, at this moment, Judge Andalus was staring me down w…

• The Baron's Last Exorcism

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  The Baron approached Lilith, a grim smile on his lips, vengeance on his mind. Where he got the bottle of rum and the cigar, n…

• How Lilith Got Her Groove Back

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  The little witch-doctor fell to the floor, his body already stiff and cold, his eyes the color of sour milk. Very distant and…

• The Proposition {Part 1}

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  Everyone stared at Lilith. No one moved, except Simon, who raged against his bonds, tears in his eyes.

  “This girl is special…

• The Proposition {Part 3}

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 5 months ago

  “Trade? What could I have that you would want?” Simon asked.

  Lilith smiled. “You don’t have it, exactly, but you are the onl…

• Metatron waits

  by Nick 5 months ago

  Even now Lilith was angst-ridden regarding being underestimated. And yet this, her pride of power, had blinded her; it was sh…

• Fear

  by Ms Kit Kat 5 months ago

  I can say that I miss the whole package but I have never really had the whole package when it comes to you. I have had the sm…

• Eternal Monologue

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  It takes three things to kill a vampire.

  Yes, I know.

  Of course you do.

  Then why are we talking about it?

  Because you hav…

• Seven Years of Servitude

  by Batak Beatrix 5 months ago

  When you enter into grad school, what you’re basically doing is entering into a contract of indentured servitude. You exchang…

• Simon Chooses His Own Side

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

  “Simon, look at me. You can’t,” Blake said, and that was all it took to convince him.

  “Alright, you smegging bitch,” Simon…

• Professions in Study Hall

  by THX 0477 5 months ago

  “Psst, Janie.”
  “Eric? Shh, Ms. Stone will hear.”
  “It’s only study hall. Besides, it’s important.”
  “Sigh. What is it, Eric?”...

• Spoiler Alert (Uselessness' Shocking Dialogue Challenge, and maybe you shouldn't read this...)

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

• [Abstinence] The Tweezers & The Petri Dish

  by Nick 5 months ago

• [Abstinence] Size Seven Boots

  by Howie Amourscow 5 months ago

• Abduction [Shocking Dialogue Challenge]

  by Nick 5 months ago

• Pop Bottle Pete Loves Big Ida {Shocking Dialogue Challenge}

  by YodaOnCrack 5 months ago

  “Little man, think he funny! Little man stealin’ my Pepsi bottle! No way, Little man – you feel me knockin?!”

  “Ida, co…

• [Abstinence] Setting The Table

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 5 months ago

• [Abstinence] Delicious Milkshakes

  by YodaOnCrack 5 months ago

• [Shocking Dialogue] The Prophet

  by Ariel Christian 5 months ago

  “A prophet’s job is never done.”

  “Well, no, I guess it wouldn’t be. With the end times, terrorist attacks…”

  “No, no. I do…

• The Taste of Midnight

  by RunningWithScissors 5 months ago

  Human lips, fingers, legs.
  Everything else was wolf.

  Charlie remembered how humans’ bodies were so awkward; how there were g…

• Lovers Worry(Shocking Dialouge Challenge)

  by flute faerie 5 months ago

  “Don’t leave, I love you!”

  “Well, maybe I don’t feel the same. “

  “You have to! I can just tell!”

  “Listen, Sophie, I don’...

• To Serve Man

  by Ben Paddon 5 months ago

  The kettle begins to whistle, and before the sound has a chance to pick up any real volume the droid lifts it off the small g…

• I Love Him (Prequel to I Love Her)

  by Mr Reeses 5 months ago

  He hugged me tighter than he ever held me before.
  His fingers, his skin felt so smooth against my body. This is the first non…

• I Love Her (Sequel to I Love Him)

  by Mr Reeses 5 months ago

  Could she see what I seeing? I miss her so much, I just want to make her feel like … good cause thats what she should feel …

• Sizzler Steakhouse Story (Tad Winslow's 80th Comment Ficlet Challenge)

  by MRay 5 months ago

  Sammy saw a simple solution to his problem: Sizzler Steakhouses. Like a lightning strike from a storm in Seattle, it struck h…

• The fall

  by Pat J 5 months ago

  The prongs of my weapon broke the skin of her neck, where the carotid ascends to the head in a human being. There was, of cou…

• Morbid Sense of Humor

  by THX 0477 5 months ago

  Sullenly, he checked into the motel, the one by the freeway. No noise barrier meant constant noise such that no one could eve…

• Plan B

  by Nick 5 months ago

  “So,” Simon guessed, “Lucifer’s either in pre- or post-creation.” By what Simon knew, mostly gleaned from Blake, only the Cre…

• Earth Defense Plan

  by White Hat 5 months ago

  Here’s the plan.

  We’ll intercept the nearly infinite alien horde with a single, slow-moving attack craft that can fire sin…

• A City Swarmed

  by uselessness 5 months ago

  The barkeep surveyed the damage with widening eyes. “I… I hope you mean to pay for that.”

  “That was the first of many,” warn…

• Sweatin' Bullets

  by Ben Paddon 5 months ago

  From the moment she walked into my office I knew she was no good. It was probably the revolver she was carrying, although the…

• Loved that Losing Feeling

  by Russell Ruffino 5 months ago

  The game was getting tense, we were both down to the black ball, you’d been losing until now, but the black was giving me tro…

• Box

  by LilWhtShp 5 months ago

• Backless Chaps

  by Tad Winslow 5 months ago

  Ok, it all started when the fugly principal measured Tammy’s mini dress—I saw him put the ruler next to her thigh and he t…

• Gorilla Matriarch

  by MRay 5 months ago

  She sat next to me in the backseat. My first date. Mom was driving the car, I was thirteen years old. We were going to a movi…

• Black Art

  by MRay 5 months ago

  “Hold that pose. Don’t move. That’s it. Look right at me. Don’t breath, move, blink.” Uncle held his camera and began clickin…

• To Serve Droid

  by MRay 5 months ago

  Next to the lounge was the master’s bedroom. The droid entered the room to complete its sweep. It dusted the nightstand, the …

• The Cold

  by The Lady 5 months ago

  I can’t do this.

  There isn’t an inch of me, not one particle, that wants to. The edge of nothing seems to be creeping toward…

• A Bowl of Fruit

  by Snarky 5 months ago

• The Girl Across the Ballroom

  by uselessness 5 months ago

  She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. She… well, she doesn’t even know my name.

  Actually, I do…

• Acrylic Bars

  by Ben Paddon 5 months ago

  He will be talented, and what’s more he’ll know he is. It will surprise many that this knowledge will come without a single…

• Biography of a Captive

  by uselessness 5 months ago

  He was the greatest craftsman our town had seen. He painted the mayor (and family), he painted the infamous entrepreneurial F…

• Needles

  by pie_is_good 5 months ago

  I stick needles in arms for a living.

  It’s a legit job; it’s not like I teach people to shoot up. I just stick people. They …