[A Halloween Special from the 2003 Archives] I thought the devil was red and had a tail. I had braced myself for His appearance, His style, even His odor if need be. So what happens when I call Him? He shows up at my door in a three-piece suit, looking like a successful businessman. OK,…
The Microwaved Chicken Heart bellowed in triumph as his hideous six-inch fangs tore through the President’s colon. The Chief Executive shrieked in agony; his hopes for a pleasant Wednesday shattered in a few bloody moments. “I don’t believe I’m going to be re-elected,” he whimpered brokenly. The day had dawned so calm and fresh, like…
By Chris Harris We as a race, were the essence of eternity. But there was only ever one race, which like time itself was both infinite and finite. All creatures and all time were merely parts of their respective wholes. For as a second might regard a minute as impossible, so does the cell of…
Infinite Being By Dovin Melhee ————— There was an infinite being. Infinite in ability. Infinite in power. Infinite in knowledge. Infinite in intelligence. Infinite in possibility. Infinite and limitless in everything. The being considered itself and was satisfied that it was limitless, perfect and complete. But then the impossible happened. The being thought of something…
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When I came to, I heard a loud machine running and what sounded like a young girl screaming. “What’s with the commotion?” I asked as I sat up. “Is it another one of those bring your daughter to work things?” Then I saw the cause. The HR lady was holding Bob by his shoulders and…
By Bob SenitramBringing the darkness to light…sort of. Later, in Dr. Benson’s office: “…and he just walked out. They found a dead tourist the next day, parts of his body was missing.” “Hector’s got leprosy? All we have to do is follow the body parts and we have our man!” Bob concludes. “No, the tourist’s…
You can literally bet on almost anything now. And I’m not using “literally” in that post-ironic sense where literally means literally the opposite of itself. You can literally literally bet on almost anything. From a Time Traveller’s historian perspective, I see it all as a part of the continued Game and Reality Show-ification of American…
by Colin Blalock If you died, and after you were already dead someone said, “excuse me sir/ma’am, you’re dead”, what would be the first thing that came to mind that you wish you had done before you died? Me, I wish I had sailed around the world. It sounds far fetched, but I wanted nothing…
by ROB ROSEN -Strange – 3 Pages – “Think we lost ’em, Cletus?” “Yep, Jeb. Think so. They ain’t never gonna find us up here. Countryside’s too dense and thick.” “Kinda like you, Cletus, huh?” His brother jabbed him in the ribs as they maneuvered their way through the prickly underbrush. “Oh, you’re a funny…
Barrage of the Dead by Jason Earls Dan sat at his dining room table working on a new piece of origami when a mangled, bug-eyed, undead man, entered his house without knocking. Dan remained captivated by his origami and didn’t notice the zombie plodding toward him with outstretched arms. The zombie made faint gurgling sounds…
Strange – 21 Pages – I’d always loved maps. In fact the walls of my office at home were covered with them. Almost every part of the globe was represented there with some areas even being duplicated as I acquired an occasional historical map. Behind this apparent obsession there was however a practical use.…
Previously in My Exposed Adventure in the Forbidden Time Zone, Bob had been living countless lives within simulation time zones since his death. His consciousness, uploaded into this machine, had experienced cycles of existence that blurred into one another. But now, something had gone wrong. The Entity—the one they’d warned him about—had begun to cause…
A few months ago, Garion announced that he was to wed. My usual thanksgiving tradition is to eat a big meal and then contemplate all the things about me that other people are thankful for. I realized, had I not showed Bel how to approach women, he may still be single today. Long ago, he…
This morning, I found a note by The Spamrider, behind the eggs in my fridge that just said, “No column this week, it is time.” I have no idea what that means. Perhaps he’s been recruited for some time traveling episode on another planet or perhaps he let his hair grow too long and it’s…
Tygers Of Pan Tang–Ambush MoTW–The Dictator So it’s election time again. Yawn. What’s the big deal? Everyone is so gung ho about THEIR pick, yet they usually hate them in a couple years. Or they’re too stupid to change their vote to someone else from a (gasp) different party since that’s not the ways things…
We got around 8.5 inches of snow yesterday afternoon/evening. It was the really wet & heavy stuff so it was really fun taking care of it this morning. Don’t believe in a gas powered snow blower since the upkeep is such a pain, so we have a battery operated one. Wait, we have a battery…
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