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• Try Again Tomor-

  by Never Explain 21 days ago

  “C’mon, Max!” Netto scolded. “Go faster!”

  I was trying to dodge bullets again, slowing time less and less each time. The who…

• Back Home

  by Stovohobo 22 days ago

  I don’t know what had provoked me into the fight with Max. Maybe I just wanted to see how much he could do, maybe I wanted to…

• The Second Dream

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  As the gray, cold vehicle drove off, emitting a gray, cold cloud of exhaust into the gray, cold sky, the woman slumped down o…

• Tug of War

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  I clustered a cushion of air molecules underneath the pond and lifted at least a hundred gallons of water into the air. It sl…

• Time is On Your Side

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  “Let me tell you about what I’ve been doing as I was gone,” I muttered just loud enough for Max to hear. I smiled, relishing …

• Grim Determination + Hungry Anticipation = x [solve for x]

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  My eyes lit up with hungry anticipation as Rade’s gray peaks faded in and out of the eternal smog that hung over the city. Fr…

• Back In Rade

  by Never Explain 3 months ago

  “I’m telling you, if you make the bullet out of lighter material and make it’s rotation tighter, it’ll go much faster!” I arg…

• A Strange Feeling

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  A woman complacently but sorrowfully handed over the wrapped bundle in her arms to the waiting officials. An obvious look of …

• Frozen in Time

  by Stovohobo 4 months ago

  Still.

  Quiet.

  Peace.

  My hands crunched along the crisp grass as I slunk around for any source of food, any little chink of…

• Tyler -- Abduction

  by Stovohobo 6 months ago

  Even as the CPFs were drawn away from me, my vision was going hazy and I knew I couldn’t do anything to help the battle. Max …