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The courier asking for my signature was very chirpy for a man dropping off the only item remaining to me as a memory of my grandfather. I...

“Please”, said the girl, struggling against the implacable grip of the scaly beast that held her. “Not like this”. The fight was going...

The smoke drifted across the scene of the slaughter. The coughing and spluttering of a single survivor the only thing breaking the...

One I wrote before work, that when I came back to a few hours later had had a few thousand people read it, which was pretty fun for me....

Dr Jane Harris had been around. Both in a literal and figurative sense. She felt like she had seen all an archaeological site had to...

The wizard looked around shiftily. He was trying to keep a low profile. Which is as hard to do with that hat on, but what are you going...

You decide you follow your grandma on one of her boat trips she takes to meet-up with old friends. So far you have meet King Arthur,...

"Must be good with children. Must be willing to donate blood twice a week. Type O-negative preferred. Inquire at castle on hill."...

There were so many Ravens in the sky that at first, I thought they were starlings. I saw a few perched here and there, but I didn’t make...

My legs didn’t feel tired. That thought kept playing through my mind over and over as I climbed. I wasn’t thirsty or hungry either. Being...

“But it’s not real!”, I shouted. “It was a video game? Animations over the internet. I’ve never even punched anyone in real life!” St...

Are you sure about that? I heard inside my head. “What?”, I said out loud, instinctively, before I caught up with my thoughts enough to...

“OW!”, Siobhan protested as I tugged at the cat ears on her head. “Quit being weird!”, I said. “It’s not a fancy dress party.” “I know”,...

Trevak muttered away to herself as she worked, weighting the trip stones just right. “Bloody Overlord, always broadcasting all his...

Darnesh drew his sword. “Boy, get behind your Mother. I will deal with this.” The frightened child ducked behind his Mother as he was...

“HELLO?” said everyone at once. Everyone that is except a very shocked looking Henry Neville. Then the hubbub returned. All the...

In the end, it was some days before Ionis made good on his promise. It took me a long time to catch my breath. It had been the first time...

“Thank you for all you did for me”, said the Body. “I’ve really enjoyed being a being. Sentience is a gift I am rarely afforded.” “Woah”,...

The first part of this and the full prompt is here I stood immobile, but my mind was racing as Ionis explained what would happen when we...

Backstory for the prompt on a writing blog was: People only age when they move. Some folks live for centuries, only leaving home to buy...