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Six crows sat upon the quickly darkening spruce tree. Six crows squawking at the setting sun. Six crows watching the hooded stranger climb the lonely hill. The stranger, a large man hewn from the rough stones, walked right under the branch with the 6 crows, looking down. The man reaches into his trench coat and produces a pistol; a standard-issue Sig P320 pistol. Judging from the scratches and mud caking the grip, the weapon had been used for a while. The stranger checked the chamber and aimed the pistol at the 6 crows. A short ‘bang,’ and t...
Submitted to Contest #64
The Kingdom of Hypocrisy is in political turmoil The Marshal commits the crimes The Tax collector pays tribute to his king The High Priest lives in decadence Only the Magician can fix the kingdom “NYPD, OPEN UP!” “You have no warrant, I know you don’t” With that short conversation, a temper just as kicked the door down. Sergeant Isaac Shields strode into the room confidently, a pistol in his left hand and a warrant in his right. He smiled as three other officers entered the room and began to search it. “You know what, exactly...
Submitted to Contest #63
By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. However, the antithesis of the dark, stone church behind me protected me from the flames. I never thought that Our Lord, Eveynthy, was never in such cold buildings, but it felt as if even He was hiding from this inferno. “This is the might of the Lord of Creation, the molder of the six elements!” As the Head Magus exclaimed these words, I felt the pride in my chest rise with the screams in the forest. ‘But is this right?’ A small breeze kept whispering that one phrase into my mind. As t...
Submitted to Contest #60
“In the wasteland, it’s kill or be killed,” so many posters had once read many slogans just like that to promote their new post-apocalyptic movie, book, or game. Just another reminder of humanity’s hubris. Or is it the world’s sense of irony this time? I’m unsure, all I know is that such slogans now become the codes which people live by, including myself. It’s been many years since the apocalypse started. Barely anybody can remember just what started it. A rogue president with the codes to a nuclear arsenal? A benevolent god ending the fool...
Submitted to Contest #59
A mellow breeze blows the smell of saltwater into your face. You giggle as you blink away the playful wind and listen to the methodic sounds of the waves. To most people, this would be a relaxing experience, an escape from the noise of city life. But, there is a small subset of people where the true dangers of the ocean are made clear for them. The crazy part? No one believes these lucky men, not even myself. At least, I didn't. My name is Howard Philipe and I am a young scientist from New England. I grew up on the coast of Maine, the cold g...
Submitted to Contest #58
The cramped buildings, the tight alleyways, and the dirty streets showed the dark truth of the greatest city in the world; London. However, that was in the past. London has moved on from the dark beginnings of its dominance in the modern age. Now, at the turn of the century, there is no better place to live than the British Empire. Take my partner, for example. He is an aspiring engineer and loves to toy with the newest discoveries in the miraculous world of science: electricity. Even though electricity has been spread throughout the ...
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