Helen fumbled with her keys while she tried to keep a hand on her bags. It was late in the evening, it was raining, the elevator was out and she had her boot and backseats alike full of things she needed to get out of the car and into her apartment. Things could be better in other words but Helen wasn’t about to let it get her down.
“Blast”
Now dropping her keys? That she would let get to her just a bit. It was awkward as all hell to squat down and scoop up the key off the floo

Space captain Manning rested his feet on the console as he perused the pages of the magazine, giving the girls there-in the proper appreciation that was their due. There was little else that needed his attention as his rocketship the Powell flew on through the starry void of space at interstellar speeds. The steady thrum of the atomic engines, the whispering of the air plant and the steady ticking and clicking of the electromechanical autopilot indicated that all was well. And while all was well

‘-Forthwith I believes, that the answyr being close at hand lies within the adulteration of Aqua Regia with Asiatic salts of a most-’


It was hard going with great grandmothers journal but as Amanda was deciphering the words of her ancestor her work was suddenly swept off the table and onto the floor and she looked up in shock.

“Would you look at all this trash someone left all over the floor where someone could

Sophie had been 3 or maybe 4 drinks in when she decided to take her new boyfriend into a room alone to ‘get to know him better’.
The party carried on loudly just past the closed door. chatter, laughter and the bass thump of the music permeating the room was hardly muffled at all. But Sophie hardly cared to hear it, the teen only cared for the sound of lips wetly meeting lips and the moans.
“Oh come on don’t tell me you’ve never-” Sophie trailed off and laughs

“Warning, a resonance cascade event has occurred. Extra-dimensional beings have been detected. Exercise caution.”  
As she ran Sandra was struck by the thought she should have called in sick today. Though the blaring alarms and the dispassionate alert on the PA are probably enough to give everyone else the same idea. The thing was that Sandra wasn’t even at fault here. The researchers fleeing with her? Screw them they’re the ones who decided that the appropriate

It has been some months since I began my research here. The Makitu tribe has many cultural similarities with those down river but their relative isolation has led to some peculiar and fascinating traditions that appear entirely unique to them. Of particular note is their rituals pertaining to a supernatural being they call Drassa which seems unheard of in the other tribes. However the tribe are reluctant to share the full stories of this being with outsiders and as such I have sought to learn th

“You are not entitled to explanations until my questions have been answered ‘captain’.”
Katherine bit back a retort at such a response from the alien. But every part of their conduct so far had been needlessly bullying and belittling so far which made Katherine’s earlier decisions harder to bear.
“And an explanation would help me put your questions in context, Reshal.” Katherine responded as civilly as the situation warranted. Though the situation rankle

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With a soft grunt of exertion Anya pried the rock loose and shoved it behind her, wriggling on her belly and mentally cursing this tight shaft she's working her way down. The rock inches above her spine as she crawled through the pitch darkness.
“And if there was a better way back to the main gallery I'd be taking it.” she told the cold oppressive rock surrounding her as she wormed forwards, working by feel until she felt the next obstruction along the downward slop