“The disturbing trend that has developed over the last few days has been confirmed globally…” droned the news. Marty just sat there in his tiny living room, watching the world disintegrate. The old wooden floor[…]
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Author: durran
The Experiment
Anton sat and watched the wall of monitors. Videos from all over the world played out all the horrible things humans were doing to one another in an endless stream. Poverty, murder, abuse, hate; all[…]
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Prologue
People always ask the question, ‘where were you when…?’ Where were you when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima? Where were you when JFK was shot? Where were you when the towers fell? Like knowing[…]
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Frozen
The room was small and cramped. Echo’s against the cold beige walls killed any clear semblance of a sound. It was appropriate under the circumstances. Who really would want to hear the words of the[…]
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Flames
Anger knew that he, in one moment, had returned to a life that he tried so desperately to leave behind. Fists clenched, knuckles white, nails bleached by the straining tendons and muscles. There was a[…]
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Blackbird
(From the Eternals Series) Misery and Resentment stood hand in hand over the corpse at their feet. It was another victim, dying of a sickness that was infecting millions, silent and ruthless in its killing[…]
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Fulfilled
(From the Eternals Series) Dream sat in silence leaning against the tree. She had planted its seed years before, so many that she lost count. Her heart leapt knowing that her seed had grown large[…]
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Artist
(From the Dystopia series of stories) Art is so subjective. Not everyone appreciates the same kind of art. Sometimes making art is a slow, painful process. That’s when it’s most effective. Good art needs to[…]
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Hell Bound
(From the Dystopia series of stories) The man at the window stared calmly at the passing clouds against the blue sky, “Do you think there will be clouds in Hell?” he asked. His captive, a[…]
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Crows
At first it was quite exciting to see the murder downtown. There were at minimum a thousand crows, from dusk to dawn, populating the trees and crowing incessantly. There was something magical about them, how[…]
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