"I can't believe it," Emma Edwards said to herself as she sat on the couch in the Alpha Omega Phi House. Emma was an energetic and plucky girl who had just started her freshman year of college at Magnus University, only to have her mother tell her that she comes from a long line of Witches! "You better believe it!" Mia Coleman, a sophomor...
I confess it freely and deny it not--I am a quibbler, and I love to quibble. That's copy editing. I say I won't mess around with plot, character or continuity. Those are the provinces of the author. I do the mechanicals--spelling, grammar, syntax, sentence structure. They are the off-putting little details that distract the reader, when the reader should b...
The night had fallen for a couple hours, and yet, Los Angeles was more dynamic than ever. The city was shining a thousand lights coming from its numerous buildings, and its population was living it's life, far from suspecting something terrible was coming their way. And yet, it was. You see, there are things humans have come to think impossible, because the...
''Cloe, im on the cargo zone, over'' Why are all the lights off? Victor was starting to get mad, his day was literally shit and does looks to go better when he read his mail at lunch time, his girlfriend ended the work before time on the colony, so they could get some free time after a while. He was working on the main ship out of the planet, one of the bigg...
A bright light is all you can see. Your eyes squint against the glare all around you. You feel as though you are floating. Slowly your other senses start to wake up. The smells of nature waft over you as you try to clear your head. It feels as though you were asleep or maybe drugged? A flashback of pain from your face, your eyes! They took your eyes! As you...
Kiyomi stepped off the plane, thankful the journey was over. She was to find her American family, the Daltons. She had studied American culture, and was happy so much of it embraced Japanese entertainment (manga, anime, and video games) since she was also into these things and their American counterparts. She saw a middle aged man and woman, and recognized t...
On 9th July 1984, Stephanie Butler wakes up to the tune of Blondie singing on the radio: One way, or another, I'm gonna find you I'm gonna get you, get you, get you, get you One way, or another, I'm gonna win you I'm gonna get you, get you, get you, get you... Stephanie fumbles to turn off the alarm and stumbles out of bed, failing to notice one of her nippl...
Ahh, Fortnite. (*French voice*) Love it or hate it it’s one of the most successful and influential video games of all time. The franchise is flourishing and is used in everything. From toys to clothing. From Pro League Gaming to Monopoly (Yeah that’s right. Fortnite Monopoly! Now families can break apart while everyone is flossing) But there’s one field that...
It's late, but not a long walk to your apartment. It's not a familiar part of town to you, but the GPS has yet to steer you wrong, and it's still moderately light out, in spite of the hour. A left turn here, crossing the street, and then it should just be a few more blocks until you're home and able to kick back and relax. You're dressed in normal attire, a...
Prologue: In all the long history of life there has been struggle, always fighting for energy and resources against the entropic nature of the universe. The very first lifeforms on the planet Earth had to contend with a very young, very hot planet that cared nothing for their survival. For every cell death was inevitable, save the ability of these cells to r...