Category: Fantastical
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Chosen (part 2)
Ben bumped into the wall as the beast cornered him, ready for the kill. Ben gripped the sword hilt tightly and hefted it in his hand. The monster pulled its blade, the claws of its hand stuck out, unable to curl around the hilt, but it managed. “Now I’m going to cleave you to pieces, Read more
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Chosen (part 1)
It couldn’t be hidden for long. When Ben stopped coming to school and Mr. Regius stopped showing up at work, people noticed. People told other people, and eventually, someone called the police after more than two weeks of no one having seen them or being able to contact either of them. We were neighbors at Read more
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Villainy, Viciousness, and Vegetables (part 2)
No one knew what to say, no one but Tom who expressed it quite adequately, “holy Nibblerflutzers.” One extremely hairy and big potato climbed onto the crate ahead of him. Glancing at the moon, he gave a vegetational screech-ish howl like a wolf on a cliff or a bat in a cave. “Were-potatoes!” I said Read more
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Villainy, Viciousness, and Vegetables (part 1)
Let’s say I wasn’t that surprised when the floor caved in. I had been expecting as much for a while. I could hear my uncle, thankfully, shouting from what was probably the first floor of the basement, “Hey, Eric?” “Yes, Uncle?” “Could you get me a ladder?” he sounded like he hadn’t just crashed through Read more
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The Scout
We were once a great race. We ruled the whole known world with unstoppable force. We fought wars against hideous beings and cleared out land, making a name for ourselves. We built a civilization that rivaled all others, with armies numbering in the tens of thousands. We established an infrastructure and legal code, created an Read more