Five-minute fiction - 23:05-23:10
It was a predicament, it always was when Grim was involved. He dangled some fifty feet above the bustling streets of the City, and his hands were slipping, well more appropriately his fingers slipping. His hands had given up the goods and now eight little fingers, and two thumbs, were trying their best to keep him alive. And to top it...
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It was a predicament, it always was when Grim was involved. He dangled some fifty feet above the bustling streets of the City, and his hands were slipping, well more appropriately his fingers slipping. His hands had given up the goods and now eight little fingers, and two thumbs, were trying their best to keep him alive. And to top it...
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Assignment #3 - Two Sides to the Story.
Bosom Buddies.
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Drop that you lil bastard, I barked as I leapt at Max arms flailing in an attempt to wrest my favourite hockey sweater from his grasp.
Max, rather than relinquish the precious object skittered away, proudly displaying his prize for all to see. I had no choice but to give chase and barrel after...
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Bosom Buddies.
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Drop that you lil bastard, I barked as I leapt at Max arms flailing in an attempt to wrest my favourite hockey sweater from his grasp.
Max, rather than relinquish the precious object skittered away, proudly displaying his prize for all to see. I had no choice but to give chase and barrel after...
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Five-minute fiction - 18:09-18:14
Abisali closed the door to the library quietly, not wanting to disturb any that might dwell with in it. Those Imams responsible for this sanctuary for words would not appreciate his presence. He had known few men, possessed of the religiously literate minds that could stand his presence, he supposed it had something to do with their closeness to God. Nevertheless,...
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Abisali closed the door to the library quietly, not wanting to disturb any that might dwell with in it. Those Imams responsible for this sanctuary for words would not appreciate his presence. He had known few men, possessed of the religiously literate minds that could stand his presence, he supposed it had something to do with their closeness to God. Nevertheless,...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:45-23:50
Cresa sat in the dark staring at the flickering monitors. His eyes, bloodshot and weary from the near constant attention hed given to the bank of monitors that dominated one wall of his penthouse office. Numbers, facts, figures, every possible bit of information that could be extrapolated from the results of an election streamed past. They moved so fast, the analysts...
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Cresa sat in the dark staring at the flickering monitors. His eyes, bloodshot and weary from the near constant attention hed given to the bank of monitors that dominated one wall of his penthouse office. Numbers, facts, figures, every possible bit of information that could be extrapolated from the results of an election streamed past. They moved so fast, the analysts...
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Five-minute fiction - 21:55-22:00
Jackson bounded forward, each step carrying him closer and closer to the edge. Behind him he heard the door shatter, steel splintering under the force of the impact. Men piled through, one after the other their weapons raised and ready. Bullets alit all round him as he drove toward the edge of the building. Each ricochet sending up tiny flecks of...
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Jackson bounded forward, each step carrying him closer and closer to the edge. Behind him he heard the door shatter, steel splintering under the force of the impact. Men piled through, one after the other their weapons raised and ready. Bullets alit all round him as he drove toward the edge of the building. Each ricochet sending up tiny flecks of...
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Five-minute fiction - 00:18-00:23
Flesh rippled as the blow landed, knocking Markers back against the wall. He reeled, struggling to breathe as the sharp pain of at least three broken ribs tore through his body. He tried to dodge aside as the next came arcing in, but it moved to fast. The world spun, and darkness swam up to choke his vision as the kick...
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Flesh rippled as the blow landed, knocking Markers back against the wall. He reeled, struggling to breathe as the sharp pain of at least three broken ribs tore through his body. He tried to dodge aside as the next came arcing in, but it moved to fast. The world spun, and darkness swam up to choke his vision as the kick...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:01-23:06
Drip, drip, drip. The pitter patter of the slowly falling water added a strange resonance to the seemingly never-ending corridors. Mile upon mile of the concrete labyrinth stretched out beneath the city, hiding an untold number of mysteries. Here, even the bravest surface-dwellers feared to tread, but amongst the hissing roar of the steam pipes and the slowly bubbling streams of...
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Drip, drip, drip. The pitter patter of the slowly falling water added a strange resonance to the seemingly never-ending corridors. Mile upon mile of the concrete labyrinth stretched out beneath the city, hiding an untold number of mysteries. Here, even the bravest surface-dwellers feared to tread, but amongst the hissing roar of the steam pipes and the slowly bubbling streams of...
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Five-minute fiction (mobile) 15:23-15:28
Chester dropped to the concrete floor, the soft pads on the soles of his ARC suit cushioning the jarring impact of the forty foot fall. The actuaries in the joints of his leg hissed as he pushed himself upright and moved toward the portal.
The emergency hazard lights filled the corridor visible through the portal with a strange rolling light. He...
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Chester dropped to the concrete floor, the soft pads on the soles of his ARC suit cushioning the jarring impact of the forty foot fall. The actuaries in the joints of his leg hissed as he pushed himself upright and moved toward the portal.
The emergency hazard lights filled the corridor visible through the portal with a strange rolling light. He...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:10-23:15
Sparks leapt into the air as the two immense colliders came together. The force of their impact jostled sparks of lightning into existence. Tiny bolts of incandescent blue white light filled the air, charging it, making it take of ozone. Men, women, children all watched in awe as the colliders were raised again, each drawn back by a team of elephants....
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Sparks leapt into the air as the two immense colliders came together. The force of their impact jostled sparks of lightning into existence. Tiny bolts of incandescent blue white light filled the air, charging it, making it take of ozone. Men, women, children all watched in awe as the colliders were raised again, each drawn back by a team of elephants....
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Five-minute fiction - 17:39-17:44
Lightning rent the sky casting back the darkness caused by the onrushing storm clouds. The wind, already a gale, seemed to intensify as the weather grew steadily worse. The caravan, once a slender, snaking column of men, animals, and cartage was now a clustered mass of twisting tangling bodies as they sought to find shelter away from the approaching storm. The...
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Lightning rent the sky casting back the darkness caused by the onrushing storm clouds. The wind, already a gale, seemed to intensify as the weather grew steadily worse. The caravan, once a slender, snaking column of men, animals, and cartage was now a clustered mass of twisting tangling bodies as they sought to find shelter away from the approaching storm. The...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:47-23:52
The chorus of prayers rose. The assembled masses raising their voices as one. They fell to their knees, hands pressed firmly to the ground from which they had been born and pressed their foreheads to it. It was cool, despite the heat of the baking sun, and the press of bodies all around. The chorus rose, a thousand thousand voices joined...
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The chorus of prayers rose. The assembled masses raising their voices as one. They fell to their knees, hands pressed firmly to the ground from which they had been born and pressed their foreheads to it. It was cool, despite the heat of the baking sun, and the press of bodies all around. The chorus rose, a thousand thousand voices joined...
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Assignment #2 - An Image...
Joshua Garratt
Assignment #2 - Word Count
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Grim slipped, sliding several feet down the sloping tiled roof. He managed to regain footing, despite the heavy bundle, only to find his footing left him perched precariously on the edge of the roof.
A little help, he squawked in a choked whisper.
Danner, situated some twenty feet above him, turned from...
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Joshua Garratt
Assignment #2 - Word Count
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Grim slipped, sliding several feet down the sloping tiled roof. He managed to regain footing, despite the heavy bundle, only to find his footing left him perched precariously on the edge of the roof.
A little help, he squawked in a choked whisper.
Danner, situated some twenty feet above him, turned from...
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