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Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
“Ladies, gentlemen,” the woman looked over the small crowd. She hand picked each of them for the presentation. She smiled convincingly, “Investors. I’ve worked close enough with each of you that you know how fast I move.
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Writing prompt [WP] They missed
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Writing prompt [WP] As a superhero with a day job you've had to come up with a lot of quick excuses to disappear from the office. They figured it out awhile ago and let it keep happening for the good of the world. Everyone can tell you're running out of ideas for excuses and they think it's hilarious.
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Writing prompt [WP] Fuck it, you think to yourself. “I wish for the most terrible, the most awful things to happen to me. Do your worst.” The last finger of the monkey’s paw curls down.
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Writing prompt [WP] The clock says 60 seconds but you don't know what it's for.
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"Mr. Martinez do you have any statements to make regarding your readiness to re-enter society?" An older, female doctor stared at Mr. Martinez across the table. She was one of three reviewers considering whether the youn
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"NO!" I slapped the side of the beige PC tower. "C'mon!" Nothing happened. The PC was on its last legs a year ago, but the timing of the failure could not have been worse. I walked out of my room to look for my mother.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Your next appointment is here, Mr. Tyler," Charlene's voice notified me through the intercom. I pressed a black button the base to reply.
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"Sir, we have a problem," Patrick said. He fidgeted as he stood in front of my desk, waiting for me to look over the report he handed me.
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A dark purple hole appeared in the air above an overgrown wheat field. The portal floated vertically a couple of feet off the ground. A pale young child wearing all black clothes stepped out of it and fell on his face. W
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I waited an hour after the sun came up. The factory, Industrial Soylent, shut down before dawn, and the employee parking lot was empty by the time the sun took its place in the sky. I still wanted to be sure. I expected
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Bye dad!" I waved at him from the front door while he backed out of the driveway. Mom was out of town for work, and he was headed to meet her. He suddenly decided to drive up and surprise her, so that they could drive d
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"Go ahead, Sir." Security waved me through after I flashed my badge. I walked over the ridge minding my steps on the loose dirt, and headed to the impact location surrounded by yellow hazard suits and white lab coats wit
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If nothing else, feeling like an idiot while running for your life is a new experience. I chalked things up to blind luck at first, but it kept happening. Whenever I was in serious danger, things somehow slowed down; it
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"Welcome to Rabid Rabbit's Coffehouse," the manager smiled and shook my hand. He wore a dark brown polo shirt with rabbit head logo on the back. The rabbit's eyes were bloodshot. "Glad to have you aboard. Since it's your
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"Now everything makes sense!" Mark said. A flash of annoyance shot across his face. He ran his fingers through his long dark hair to help him calm down. Jerry sat in a small, bright classroom surrounded by a group of his
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Eva opened her eyes and smiled at the golden sunlight. She sat up in her small bed and stared at the field of golden wheat illuminated by the morning sun. Her bed rested in the middle of the field; she loved sleeping und
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Matt woke up to a moist assault on his face. He shoved off the furry attacker, laughing the whole time. The coppery red doberman continued to play with Matt while he woke up.
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"A is for apple, isn't that right?" Rodney Fig sat nervously in the bright white interrogation room. A large mirror sat on the wall behind officer Lemon. Rodney knew from TV that there were likely a bunch of officers in
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"Good to see you, Andy. On time, as usual," Doctor Wright said. The older man with a bald head and white beard let Andy, a younger man in his mid 20s, step into his house. The younger man wore blue jeans and plaid long s
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Day 192: Wednesday July 11, 2018
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"Ladies and gentlemen,..." the director of DarkWatch, Joseph Garcia, stood at the podium on the stage. Director Garcia looked younger than his 45 years, 20 of which he spent climbing his way to the top of DarkWatch. Only
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"I saw the whole thing," Blingy the goldfish swam in place in his bowl while Officer Grant eyed the corpse. The quaint fishbowl sat on the victim's desk, where the body was found hunched over. Several gunshots in the bod
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Edward Rollins' alarm cut through his sleep by blaring its staccato buzz. He reached out from under his heavy down comforter and forced it to stop. He groaned and rolled over to sit up in his king sized bed. He wiped the
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"Um, Honey," Posie walked into the kitchen where his wife Robin searched the fridge for dinner options. "Did you teach the baby Latin?" Robin pulled her red head out of the fridge and stared at her husband. Posie stood i
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Jake Wilson opened the heavy glass door and strode into the imposing building, leading Eva along by the hand. Eva carried a black briefcase. The couple dressed up for their presentation; Jake in smart navy blue business
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Paz stood at the sink washing her dish when a sudden loud crash startled her. She whirled around to find the door on the ground and two people standing in the doorway staring at her. A young woman older than Paz herself
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
I stood in the castle courtyard with the bright golden sun high in the sky. I felt sweat dripping down my brow and my back, my robes were thick, making the heat almost unbearable. I stared at the young boy, my apprentice
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Welcome, we are so glad you are here. We've been expecting you." The young pale boy greeted the blonde woman in a red dress. They stood outside in a field of swaying wheat.
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"Yeah, I'm totally looking forward to it!" Mary's face lit up as she chatted with Fiona. She sat in her office with the door closed talking on her cell phone. Her dark brown eyes twinkled thinking about the night ahead.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Make sure you lock your bedroom door tonight." My mother said. "It's that time of the month again." We stood in my darkened room, with my mom staring out the window at the night sky. The sun already set, and I was getti
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"I know it sounds crazy when you hear it," I stared out at the gathered crowd while I spoke. "But I can prove it." The crowd of strangers stared up at me, and they hung on my every word. It was my first time speaking pub
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
He didn't know I was there. My brothers Jimmy, Johnny, and Jamie dragged me to the hypnotist's booth while we strolled through the circus. I loved the circus and took in a big whiff of kettle corn and turkey legs every c
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"NOBODY MOVE! THIS IS A ROBBERY!" the guy that yelled held his shotgun up in the air. He wore a woman's stocking over his face, and a heavy dark green trench coat. I looked around at the exits of the bank; three other sh
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"Hey, you hear that? I made an excellent choice," Ricky said. He looked at the other occupants of the small room. His best friend, Hector, and two people he met six months ago for the first time. A short man with a tall
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"This is one of the smaller markets," Jake said. He guided Ms. Carlson, a prospective business partner, through the crowd of digital people.
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Mark waited for his next victim in a darkened alley. The sun was setting for the night, but its brilliant orange light could not reach Mark in the alley. The tall city kept him in the shadows. He played on his phone whil
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Anthony kicked the shut door in anger. His freckled cheeks flushed red, matching his fiery hair. He was embarrassed and angry at himself for letting things get this far. It wasn't her fault, but he was human. Sometimes h
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Anna pushed the small cart toward the next door. Dark brown covered plates were piled high on the cart, and she guided it carefully down the narrow carpeted hall. It was only her second day working at the home, and she d
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Jake Wilson led two others through the dense forest toward the cave of the Goblin Prince. He wore elegant red and black wizard robes. This was only a guided tutorial for Ms. Carlson's benefit. Elle Carlson followed behin
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Frank, the hotel manager looked down at the bionic arm resting on the black marble counter. The exterior of it was covered with a dark grey metal, with golden prongs sticking out of the main joint. The two prongs matched
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Felix walked along the side of the dirt road towards town. The blue sun peeked out of the horizon, ready to start the day. He stayed on the outside of the road to avoid bumping into anyone or being trampled by a cart. Fe
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I opened my front door to greet the pair of men wearing dark suits and sunglasses. They stared at me from the other side of my light green, wooden screen door. I noticed a dark SUV idling at the edge of my property with
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Harold Stanford walked through the cereal aisle of his local grocer. It was a quiet morning for him, so far. Things tended to get exciting around him pretty fast, so he enjoyed the slow start to his day. He stopped his c
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"Honey, that was delicious," Justin said. He had cleaned off three servings of meatloaf from his plate, and now sat back patting his stomach and admiring his beautiful wife. Susan wore a simple yellow sundress decorated
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
William stared at the doctor unable to believe what he did, despite William's warnings. It happened too fast, the doctor grabbed the shiny red apple from William's hand and bit into it before William realized what was ha
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Jake the wizard dressed in black and red robes, Elle the rogue dressed in a black leather coat, and Oren the paladin wielding two shields stared at the cave entrance.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
I noticed him when he first walked out of the bathroom. I took the day off, so I sat at the food court in the mall enjoying a pizza. Everyone was either in school or at work, leaving the majority of the mall empty. I'd b
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