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• Flash Handsome in: The Trojan Stratagem

  by Ben Paddon 9 days ago

• Valhalla Now

  by Jason Gruber 25 days ago

  The bottle spun forever in the warm red air, droplets of whiskey streaming from its mouth. An angel stood on nothing next to …

• The Exodus -or- Are We There Yet? {Weird Dreams Challenge}

  by Jenunique about 1 month ago

  A green tinted haze filled the atmosphere and blotted out the normally beautiful clear blue sky. I frowned as I peered up the…

• The End of a Generation

  by OrangeOreos 3 months ago

  “What’ll happen to us, daddy?”

  “Shhh, darling…” He stroked her curly hair absentmindedly as they sat together on the porch…

• 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…

• Ask and ye Shall Receive

  by Russell Ruffino 6 months ago

  The man, picked up the last double vodka and drained the glass. “The end of the world, more or less. I couldn’t get some more…

• The Event Horizon

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  Helen glanced at her watch, arm shaking. One minute to the Event Horizon. Panic bubbled up inside her, seemed to compress her…

• The End Is Nigh!

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 6 months ago

  The end was coming. I told them it would. They called me crazy, and worse. But it didn’t matter. Facts were facts.

  And the f…

• WarGames

  by uselessness 6 months ago

  My hand is still shaking. What have I done?

  In the distance I hear the muffled roar of Skinny Jimbo lifting off, payload arm…

• Cogito Ergo Sum

  by uselessness 7 months ago

  Mmmmm.

  Tall mocha and a warm cinnamon roll, window seat in the Starbucks corner far from the door. Peter is sitting across t…