Five-Minute fiction - 22:16-22:21
Im not really sure what Im supposed to write here, I said as claimed the sheet of paper the police-officer slid across the desk and took the proffered pen.
Its easy, he said. Even a monkey could fill it out.
Which I suppose is true, provided the monkey, or more likely great ape or chimpanzee was capable of reading and comprehending...
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Im not really sure what Im supposed to write here, I said as claimed the sheet of paper the police-officer slid across the desk and took the proffered pen.
Its easy, he said. Even a monkey could fill it out.
Which I suppose is true, provided the monkey, or more likely great ape or chimpanzee was capable of reading and comprehending...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:25-23:30
The steel sings. Sharp and swift it cuts. Once, twice, thrice. Men fall, scythed like wheat, and songs are sung of the Knights of Emer. Bloodly butchers all, hard and savage. Brutes and barbarians. They kill, pillage, and salt the earth as they go. Ruining all that lays before them, and all that could come after them. The bloody hand is...
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The steel sings. Sharp and swift it cuts. Once, twice, thrice. Men fall, scythed like wheat, and songs are sung of the Knights of Emer. Bloodly butchers all, hard and savage. Brutes and barbarians. They kill, pillage, and salt the earth as they go. Ruining all that lays before them, and all that could come after them. The bloody hand is...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:43-23:48
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, Grim said raising his hands.
The policeman stepped forward and Grim felt his eyes drawn inexorably toward the yawning mouth of the pistols barrel. Thankfully, the mans hand was steady as twitchy policemen with guns made everyone involved nervous. Grim tried to smile, he had one of those winning smiles you...
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I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, Grim said raising his hands.
The policeman stepped forward and Grim felt his eyes drawn inexorably toward the yawning mouth of the pistols barrel. Thankfully, the mans hand was steady as twitchy policemen with guns made everyone involved nervous. Grim tried to smile, he had one of those winning smiles you...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:37-23:42
Inspired by Carl Sagan's Contact.
What? Dan said as he hung suspended in the zero-gravity environment of the engineering bay. Dont look at me like that. Its a viable opinion. How do we know this is going to work? And not just kill us?
Kill us? You think some alien species decided to simply broadcast a message designed to kill us....
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Inspired by Carl Sagan's Contact.
What? Dan said as he hung suspended in the zero-gravity environment of the engineering bay. Dont look at me like that. Its a viable opinion. How do we know this is going to work? And not just kill us?
Kill us? You think some alien species decided to simply broadcast a message designed to kill us....
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:47-00:52
The arrow quivered in the wood from the force of the impact, and Grim quivered in unison. It didnt seem fair that guards were allowed to shoot at them. They were an integral part of the City, and they provided an often much needed service. It wasnt their fault that the majority of the Citys populace frowned upon the exercise, but...
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The arrow quivered in the wood from the force of the impact, and Grim quivered in unison. It didnt seem fair that guards were allowed to shoot at them. They were an integral part of the City, and they provided an often much needed service. It wasnt their fault that the majority of the Citys populace frowned upon the exercise, but...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:36-23:41
This presents a, hitherto, unanticipated difficulty, Grim said as the piton slid from between the bricks in a shower of crumbling mortar. Well, actually, thats what he would have said, had it not been replaced by the scream.
He fell. Correction, no, wait, he did fall, but it was only six feet, he did nearly land on his head, however, and...
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This presents a, hitherto, unanticipated difficulty, Grim said as the piton slid from between the bricks in a shower of crumbling mortar. Well, actually, thats what he would have said, had it not been replaced by the scream.
He fell. Correction, no, wait, he did fall, but it was only six feet, he did nearly land on his head, however, and...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:33-22:38
The two men struggled for the knife. The tip weaving dangerously close to vital arteries. Grim was smaller than the man, but not by much, and what he lacked in height he made up for in whip. He threw his whole body left and right trying to jerk the knife away from the mans clenched fist, but he steadfastly refused to...
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The two men struggled for the knife. The tip weaving dangerously close to vital arteries. Grim was smaller than the man, but not by much, and what he lacked in height he made up for in whip. He threw his whole body left and right trying to jerk the knife away from the mans clenched fist, but he steadfastly refused to...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:56-00:01
You do understand that you are to be interred, here, at this facility for the remainder of time. For eternity, the words are hollow. Empty. Meaningless. They are delivered by a man no more alive than I am. Hes just as dead, he just doesnt know it yet.
They say internment is for eternity, but thats not really the truth. No...
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You do understand that you are to be interred, here, at this facility for the remainder of time. For eternity, the words are hollow. Empty. Meaningless. They are delivered by a man no more alive than I am. Hes just as dead, he just doesnt know it yet.
They say internment is for eternity, but thats not really the truth. No...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:16-23:21
The heavy plasteel door hissed open and stuck.
Great. Just what I need another problem to fix, Severin Talia said. He spent a moment considering the gap in the door but thought better of trying to squeeze through it. Hed seen too many films about spaceships to push his luck. He toggled the switch by the door. Up, down, up, down,...
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The heavy plasteel door hissed open and stuck.
Great. Just what I need another problem to fix, Severin Talia said. He spent a moment considering the gap in the door but thought better of trying to squeeze through it. Hed seen too many films about spaceships to push his luck. He toggled the switch by the door. Up, down, up, down,...
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Five-Minute fiction - 18:26-18:31
It all comes down to a matter of perspective, Grim said as another bullet whined its way through the archway.
I felt that one, I actually felt the wind move behind that one, Darker said from where he sheltered in the lea of said archway. And, hold on, what do you mean its all comes down to perspective? What perspective? The...
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It all comes down to a matter of perspective, Grim said as another bullet whined its way through the archway.
I felt that one, I actually felt the wind move behind that one, Darker said from where he sheltered in the lea of said archway. And, hold on, what do you mean its all comes down to perspective? What perspective? The...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:42-23:47
Uhh, I think were dead, Pat said from somewhere out of sight.
What? Walter asked pulling his seat back into an upright position. Wait, where did everyone go?
Thats the problem, Pat said again.
Wait, where are you?
Walter unhooked his seat belt and pushed himself into a standing position. He stepped onto the carpeted aisle of the plane and walked...
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Uhh, I think were dead, Pat said from somewhere out of sight.
What? Walter asked pulling his seat back into an upright position. Wait, where did everyone go?
Thats the problem, Pat said again.
Wait, where are you?
Walter unhooked his seat belt and pushed himself into a standing position. He stepped onto the carpeted aisle of the plane and walked...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:58-23:03
Fire sprang from Ventyars fingers. It coursed, seething like a mass of twisted flesh as it coiled and rose like a snake, a serpent of living fire. Its maw opened, yawning like a chasm as the forked tongue slashed through the air. It sprang forward, surging toward the dais at Ventyars urging and Frilo was forced to retreat. He threw his...
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Fire sprang from Ventyars fingers. It coursed, seething like a mass of twisted flesh as it coiled and rose like a snake, a serpent of living fire. Its maw opened, yawning like a chasm as the forked tongue slashed through the air. It sprang forward, surging toward the dais at Ventyars urging and Frilo was forced to retreat. He threw his...
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