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All Jakob could do was to continue paddling. Trying desperatly to fight the urge to look behind. His hands were now hurting from fiercely grabbing the paddle. His arm muscles were aching, screaming for him to stop. He couldn't stop. If he stopped, everything would stop. Forever. Sweat was dropping from his temple, but he couldn't be sure to distinguish it from the water that was coming up each tim...
The emergency call comes when I least expect it.
One moment, I'm dunking my sweet custard cream into a mug full of tea and the next moment the shrill, fateful ring of the telephone coming from the lobby of the fire station. Before I know it, my supervivor has swept me away from my precious moment of repose, and I'm frantically putting on my heavy uniform (the sweltering heat seeping in from outsi...
The emergency call comes when I least expect it.
One moment, I'm dunking my sweet custard cream into a mug full of tea and the next moment the shrill, fateful ring of the telephone coming from the lobby of the fire station. Before I know it, my supervivor has swept me away from my precious moment of repose, and I'm frantically putting on my heavy uniform (the sweltering heat seeping in from outsid...
After a long, exhausting day of work, I finally make it home. I drop my keys in the key bowl and slump down onto the couch.
I'm about to turn the TV on when Maddy bursts in out of nowhere, tears flooding her eyes.
I look at her in shock, usually, Maddy never cries, but she's covered in tears and the mascara on her eyelashes coats her cheeks.
"What's wrong?" I ask her, but she doesn't asnwer. In...
Oxyura follows her, struggling to keep up with her wide and swift strides, to the back of the monastery, a space where only Nakkamo resides. She leads him softly as her bare feet glide across the stone, snowflakes whishing about in fluttery sweeps. He hesitates to speak a word. Anxiety brushes his stomach.
The white, granite walls conduct them down long chambers full of tapestries, engravings, an...
Past the lush green fields in the cobbled alleyways speckled with pubs, is a quaint coffee shop. It operates in a small town nestled in the hilltops of the Scottish countryside. In fact, the cafe is the only such place in a 75-mile radius. Young villagers gathered here always sober. If you were unfamiliar with the place, perhaps you would think to order a Capaccino, sipping it slowly looking out...
My name is Ace, and I am not a magician.
This is something I have convinced myself of my whole life. Something I know to be true now.
Whenever I try to use my magic powers in this strange world we live in, I do something completely opposite of what I hoped to happen. As a member of the F-ranked magician's guild (which is not even a guild, it's just what they classify those of us too terrible at...
Even the wolves don’t come out at night because they’re afraid of what hides in the shadows: being banished here is worse than a death sentence.
It creeps in on you slowly, the loneliness.
Not lonely in the sense that you have ever felt before. A loneliness that you feel in your bones, breaking you slowly from the inside out. The darkness, so deeply saturating your soul that you can no longer te...
"I am being serious. This isn't something I would joke about." Ethan explained. "Without a doubt, we could rob a bank. It really wouldn't be hard."
"I don't think that is what Andrew is worried about. Right?" Chloe asked, turning to Andrew who nodded. "Exactly, he is more worried that you literally want us to rob a bank."
"It is a bit out there," Andrew added quietly.
"I quite like it," Zoe ...
It’s been 125 years since Armageddon and the toxic waste and radiation has subsided…
Or so we thought.
Ms. Heather has not seen anything but four walls of concrete from her ww1 bunker in 8 months. There has been a breach in protocol and she has to venture out to collect samples. Samples that will further allow her to assess her strategy for the next ten years. Along the way she has acquired 18 W...