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Realm Of Reality

Submitted to Contest #214

I sat on the porch and stared out into the sea. It looked calm and chaotic, as if there was both nothing and everything in it. I walked down towards the dark blue array and stepped on a broken shell, causing a cut on my foot. An echo from the back of my mind shouted, "Hey, are you okay?" I turned around to see a guy with a concerned look on his face. "Yes, thanks. I just have a little cut," I said. "You should go back and wash it," he suggested. I smiled and when I was about to walk away, he asked, "Where are you staying? Do you need help wi...

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Deerhead Mansion

Submitted to Contest #213

Old man Hinkley liked his boys young… but probably not in the way you're thinking. What I mean is I never once saw Hinkley take off his three-piece suit. As far as I know, the man was born wearing one. And he hardly ever raised a hand to us because he didn't have to. His stare burned holes through us while his voice steered us toward Armageddon, all before his toothless smile brought us back from the brink. I was 6 years old when I first met him, this stick-thin man with slicked back hair who swaggered toward the pair of housing officers...

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The Lady of Blood

Submitted to Contest #213

Drek spat blood. Shikes didn’t have blood. His ragged wings pulsed with his heart beat.  His thin flesh trembled and bulged. Drek’s face swelled to obscure his vision. “Master,” Drek pleaded. “Mercy!” The creature stumbled to his knees. Difficult to do for the shike, for as his bloated legs met the stone floor they burst into pools of crimson. The blood trailed to the dark steel steps that stood before the throne. The twisted ashen throne seemed to emanate light as it was the only bright color in the entire room. Atop the throne, sat ...

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The World of AI

Submitted to Contest #213

My world turned upside down when my best friend was taken away. AI began to clone my friends and people from the neighborhood. It got so bad that we could not tell what was real on social media. I hid from the AI because the robots had started patrolling the area. When I came home from school. My front door was open, and a person was lying on the front porch. I saw a drone flying in the air to survey the area. I screamed to get the drone’s attention. The drone begins to follow me. I see a limo with a famous singer named Nia. I was a huge fan...

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Emma Bovary Revisited

Submitted to Contest #213

“Lucy, this is my mother.” “Pleased to meet you, Mrs Higgins.” Lucy held out her hand. “Albert’s told me all about you.” “He’s said precious little about you,” was the rather ungracious reply. “Now then, Ma.” Albert forced a laugh. “You know Lucy works with me in the shop. It’s been eight or nine months now.” “And who’s going to help you once the two of ye are wed? It’s a wife’s duty to stay home and keep house for her husband.”               “I… We haven’t set a date ...

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Blossom's Gift

Submitted to Contest #213

In a small village nestled between rolling hills and lush forests, there lived a young woman named Elianna. From a young age, it became evident that she possessed an extraordinary gift—the Midas touch. Everything she touched turned to flowers. It all began so innocently: a gentle pat on the ground, and a spray of wildflowers would spring to life beneath her fingertips. As she grew, her ability grew with her, and soon her touch could transform anything, including the hardest stone, into any flower she wished. The village regarded Elianna’s ...

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Touching Demons

Submitted to Contest #213

-Even A warrior, one that is known for being fearless, can be scared- Mirana, a mighty warrior, an Element protector of Xania, has been cursed with the Tortures spell, one that makes every living thing she touches turn into a demon-like spirit, with a need for destruction. ------------------------------------------------------ "Mirana?'' A voice drifted into the dull, grey room she was in. "Yes?" Her voice, emotionless, sent a quiet inquiry. "The Witch is here to see you." "Again?" Mirana sighed, exasperated. This was the 5th time this we...

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The Human Touch: Write about an AI or person trying to inject a human touch into their work.

Submitted to Contest #213

This is the recording of the onboard AI of the TransInterStellar (TIS) Proboscis. Our crew were currently on a mission to deliver sensitive materials to the genetic sanctuary on the moon of Laybon-8 in the Elipson system. Once this objective has been completed, I will be free from my duties as onboard AI. Hours ago, our hull was breached by an antimatter torpedo in an ambush from a ship from the pirate faction Xeboch. Within moments, the enemy boarded the vessel as our crew scrambled for the escape pods. The Proboscis is a scientific res...

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Fortune Teller

Submitted to Contest #213

“I have to go.” Rachel sat there for a moment transfixed on her iPhone. Then, shot up explosively from their table with the white tablecloth stained by spilled red wine. Without a beat, she was on her phone. She barked furiously into the receiver.  She held it in front of her mouth about six inches from her face. Her head jerked forward with punchy exclamations. She turned her back to him and walked out. Jacob was left sitting at his table in the River Palm Terrace in Edgewater, a half-finished filet on his plate...

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Faustus' Folly

Submitted to Contest #213

Curse the lot of them! What have I ever done to deserve this?Three days hard trek up a snow packed mountain trail with naught but a two toothed yokel to guide him, and for what? Was he, Faustus Flusterbuss, not the most perfect apprentice any Mage could ask for? Had he not always seen to his duties and those of his beloved Master Arkas above all else? It had to be the fault of that blasted Ardle, and worse yet, that cherub-faced jumped-up apprentice, Jestinia. They would get their just desserts, he would make sure of it.Faustus' grip tighten...

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The war

Submitted to Contest #213

Henry woke at the crack of dawn, stretched and ate breakfast. His mother came to sit beside him. “so how school going?” His mother asked. “Oh the usual.” Henry said. “Tell me was there anything special?” His mother asked Henry. “Nothing” Henry said. “Really?” His Mother asked. Suddenly a siren blared a long note and an emergency notification appeared on his mother’s phone: Air raid incoming. Go to the nearest shelter. If you cannot get to one take cover under a table and stay away from the windows. “Well that’s something new.” Henry joked. “...

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Fido

Submitted to Contest #213

 I got Fido at the local pound, or animal rescue service, by mistake or accident. I went to get a terrier and found one but in the next cage was a almost long haired puppy cowering in the shadows of a corner. The terrier knew he had me and was jumping up and down with expectations flowing from his half mouthed tongue, so I got the puppy. Fido was beautifully thankful and I felt like a true parent maybe because of his fix on me as his leader and teacher. Our relationship was never owner/master and dog. From the first moment out of t...

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Kindred

Submitted to Contest #213

“You look like an orb.”   I shift my gaze at the distant horizon taking note of the way the poppies and the buttercups brush the pads of my fingers in gentle sweeps. The bite of the tundra, that kisses the parts of my exposed skin, subsides as a single ray of light escapes the cover of a tiny cloud. This light bathes a patch of reddish-brown hair, intensifying its color to a vibrant red, and highlights the silhouette of a sleeping lump in the vegetation five fox steps away from me. I move to lie on my stomach as I reach out ...

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Little Snap Dari with a Big Heart

Submitted to Contest #213

Little Snap Dari with a Big Heart                           I hear the wind whistling in my ears and see the sun reflecting in my body, but then I find myself in the dust. Sneezing and coughing, I raise my head; there are trees around. "Forest," is my thought," I've been lost here." A bicyclist passes me, then one more. Where is Sue?  “Hello! Hello!" I scream, but my voice is not loud. Everything around me...

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Gloves of Creation

Submitted to Contest #213

Alex jumped from rooftop to rooftop, each breath feeling laboured and ragged. His feet were heavy, and his arms dragged as he scurried atop the buildings. I can’t let them catch me! They weren’t really after him, but what he had taken – The Hands of Creation. It wasn’t like he wanted to steal the most priceless invention mankind had ever created, but he needed them. With these gloves he could create anything that his mind could imagine. They were a true work of art, as well as a feat of engineering. Alex had no idea how they worked and get d...

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