When I first entered the mainframe, it wasn’t like a flash nor was it a gradual seeping through the cracks. It was painful. Going from one end of my body to the other, there was a never-ending crackle in my nerves, and for a moment, my heart stopped beating. My blood stopped flowing. And my …
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There’s Nothing Scarier than Women and Ghosts
Arthur readjusted the files and papers tucked neatly between his hands. He carried them with poise, careful not to spill his cup of coffee. The elevator tinged open. Arthur excitedly sauntered over to his favorite reviewer. He past some colorful desks, some adorned with amusing trinkets, until he found his dear friend Carter typing away …
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Tentacle + Vampire = Vampire Squid?
Richard waddled through the shadows. He fumbled over some desks, burst through a glass window on accident, and slapped to the streets like a rag slathered with chunky mud. It was the third time that week. Richard wasn't the brightest. Or the strongest, or quickest. He was middle tier. Exactly middle tier. He was that …
Copycat
Journal Entry 15 – 7:47 p.m. I think it's Thursday, March 14, 2020. The facility was abuzz with scientists running from room to room. Papers scattered at their feet, periodic crimson lights blinked the halls with an awkward translucent light closer to dawn than the actual color red. I stayed still on the angled examination …
The Perfect Girl from Earth
I didn't have a clue what I was doing. Or where I was going. I guess, nobody really did. It wasn't like we all knew for sure, without any doubt that we were going to be something in the future. We want a lot of things, all the time. No matter the century, no matter …
The Cure for Green Thumb
Clint rummaged through his side bag, shunted the paper and files aside so he could get to his laptop. Waiting in the unbearable light of the hospital hall bugged his eyes, but he mused that staring at his laptop screen for hours never seemed to bring a strain. He grunted in frustration when he opened …
Bleed Away
The Red claimed the world in one swift motion. In a flash, the sun was gone. The ground covered in crimson, the clouds ripped across the sky with streaks of flashy red. The blood dried up all the water, stained the dirt, and polluted everything. The buildings couldn't hold against the unbeatable wave. Metal, cement, …
Time Never Lies
Time never lies. Never ever. Never. The room lies everyday. The tiles, the white, everything from the bed to the wall filled with lies. My eyes saw lies. Gravity lies. Senses lie. Time doesn't lie. Each minute ticked by unusually slow. It chose today of all days to go at half speed. Or maybe it's …
Calypso
I thought I knew it all. About life as a whole, or about my own life, like I could control every part of it. I hoped to make sure a certain situation passed just because I wished it to happen. I thought I knew everything, enough to fulfill my life dreams. I felt I could, …
Beyond the Edges of the Menagerie
I was afraid. Troubled. I couldn't understand what was happening, where I was transported. I couldn't handle my own existence. I hyperventilated, passed out, and awoke safe and sound in my own bed. I spend days, so many days, meditating and trying to access the inner workings of my mind. The place I visited in …
Just Buckle Down 