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• Flash Handsome in: The Trojan Stratagem

  by Ben Paddon 4 days ago

• Winter Something 2009

  by Jenunique 10 days ago

  The votes had been tallied and the inauguration held. Who won doesn’t matter now; it really didn’t even matter then. For so l…

• Large Hadron Doomsday Device

  by Stovohobo 28 days ago

  2009

  “So. You hear they’re about to start the first full-power testing of the Large Hadron Collider?”

  “The what?”

  “That …

• The Last War [50th Ficlet Challenge]

  by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

  A dusty wind howled over the empty plain. Fine grains beat upon the glassy surface of slag, adding to the polish, putting a f…

• It's all in the timing (Challenge by numbers)

  by Wolfechu 4 months ago

  December 21st, 2012. About teatime.

  They couldn’t say they hadn’t been warned, but just in case, a clarion trumpet call re…

• Armageddon

  by Ara 5 months ago

  At the edge of the universe, where space meets nothingness, a disruption began to form. It grew, forming matter which soon be…

• Man-Made Armageddon

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  The air was choked with sweat and dust, while the earth threw chunks of itself up into the air faster than thinking. Projecti…

• Irrefutable Evidence To The Contrary [The Stovohobo Inspirer Not-A-Challenge Challenge]

  by Howie Amourscow 8 months ago

  The missiles had been activated. All he had to do now was pull the string with his left hand and turn the key with his right,...

• A Nap Before Armageddon

  by THX 0477 12 months ago

  The pain, it sucks me down, down into the never ending pit of my own stomach. I try to retch their poisons that dull my sense…

• Prepare the Masses

  by FlirtingWithaBrickWall about 1 year ago

  “Prepare the masses, because this means war.”
  “What? What is he talking about? War?”
  “This is not a joke. They’re here, and t…