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• The Creation of All Mankind [THX: Life and Death Challenge]

  by artistsrunwild about 1 month ago

  Frank wiped the sweat from his brow and the smudged clay from his hands onto his apron.
  “Who next?”
  Godot flicked through a …

• Scary is, as Scary Does {People's Choice:Halloween Challenge}

  by Jenunique 2 months ago

  Lightening streaked across the sky, as it will when there are mad men running around in basements up to no good. Beakers with…

• The Creation: Part 2

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  Loudly, the Voice bellowed, “Let there be computers!”
  And so it was.
  On desks all over creation sprang up odd box-things, all…

• The Creation: Part 1

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  In the beginning, there a chaos of vast nothingness laced with wires.
  A Voice cried out, “Let there be light!”
  And so it was….

• Nothing (Cross-Gendered Challenge)

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  I looked down from the balcony, overlooking my rising creation. Dispite early setbacks, it was almost finished, to my great s…

• I Command You: Ode to the Creation of Life

  by THX 0477 4 months ago

  “Live. I tell you to live, confound you! You are…my soul! Do not take from me that last shred of hope, that struggling em…

• My sword and shield

  by Bartimaeus 4 months ago

  Look at the stars. Don’t you see my smile in the cool evening sky? Can you feel my heart beating? Because it feels like a rol…

• A touch of finesse

  by Lee Braiden 6 months ago

  There were always one or two; this had been expected, if not actually noticed. The mageling tightened up a little, forcing th…

• Badly done

  by Lee Braiden 6 months ago

  “It’s not a big, planned occasion of course, but they all make a point of being here.” She thought for a moment, and then lau…

• A New Craft

  by Lee Braiden 6 months ago

  Arhan sat down slowly, his slick dark robes flowing around him as he settled into his chair. He needed but a moment to study …