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How to Activate and Install your personal Exern Command start with, remove the Exern command console from the packaging and inspect it for damage. Any cracks, chips or scratches can ...
Swoosh, and it was gone.A silver flash raced through the dark forest at incredible speeds, startling any creatures it burst past. In the center of the impregnable comet there was ...
Crista leaned against on of the wooden beams that supported the inn porch. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was regular; for all the world it looked like she ...
Terik wandered through the streets of Seljik; hands in his pockets, jacket collar turned up against the frigid wind that blew up from the dirty sewer: he was the very ...
“How did I get myself into this?” Terik murmured aloud. “I should’ve just kept walking.”It wasn’t the first time he’d said that in his life, but it was definitely the ...
“Hi there! I don’t often get visitors, please stay.“It’s really quite boring; being a life-maker, that is. I’ve watched wealth and fortune pass my subject by many times, he never ...
The squad shot out from the launching bay and circled slowly around the globe-shaped cruiser. The void was blacker than Terik had ever known it to be. Even the closest ...
Crista daintily sipped her cherry cordial and looked over the inn with pleasure. It was a windy autumn night outside with orange and red leaves constantly getting plastered to the ...
I know that 'Faulk' is over-used, and I know it's all crap, but it Nano. I'm telling you to not tear it apart with your destructive criticism (I cringe at ...
Edited:So, it was based on the sound of the word and the idea it kinda expresses, and not on the actual sense or meaning.Green trees leapOver rovering hoveringAces of spaces ...
“27!”This was the moment 27 had been waiting for; the end to her suffering on this mudball of a planet. The shout reverberated in the immense caverns of Kyll, and ...
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WARNING: This piece is as rambling and twisty as an unraveled licorice rope. Be warned that you may laugh, cry or barf at the corny jokes, sarcasm, and irony in ...
Alright, so I was reading a thread about fantasy animals and decided to make two species of my own. It was late at night, and the Panin was somewhat humanoid, ...
I stare at Fox and,He stares at me.Fox, with bright, bright eye like polished stoneAnd wet nose, and silken fur, and tiny feet,And breath that breathes without ever a eyes ...
Edited!Violet was one of the finest planets in the three systems; resources under the fertile ground; the water-, helium- and oxygen-rich atmosphere similar enough to Earth’s to sustain human life; ...
So here's the second chapter, but it's somewhat rough. Here are links to the prologue and first chapter. (post627257.html#p627257)(post648654.html#p648654)As her hands worked jadedly at the plastic, K
By far, chapter 4 is my favorite, so you guys just keep plowing on through this junk. "Is it finished?" Jard's voice seemed far away, or blocked out by a ...
Here it is, my favorite chapter so far.Kari got up off the floor stiffly.Seconds ago, she would have thought no miracle in the world would have saved her, but now ...
Hey there fans (if there're any left) I know it's been a while, but here's the fifth chapter. Follow this link to find the other chapters. topic58275.htmlKari pried open her ...
“The end will fall to ashes and smoke.”The voice trembled, and the cold air made the speaker’s breath visible, but despite all the fragile metaphors of it, the missive was ...
Dear –,I know you may not understand this, and that it could cause you more grief than you were meant to bear, but it is your duty to humanity to ...
A pen can tell a story in many ways.No, I don’t mean it in the way you think. It is not through the pen that this story is told: it ...
Summer SaturdayBring bring!You are brought from your deep slumbering by the noise of your alarm clock. You grasp at your beautiful dreams, already fading, but catch only wisps and tendrils.Bring ...
There is a deep pool in the darkest of caverns of the Monolith Cave System. Very few people know of it, less even have seen or touched it. None living ...
Once upon a time, there was a small but useful machine. Its name was Generator, and it fed its masters the Ideas they craved. Being no larger than the average-sized ...
Spoiler! : Sci-fi flash fiction dialogue! “If I ever want something done I have to perform a skirmvas before Our Lord the King.”“What’s that?”“A special ceremonial dance requiring the perf
“Taisu, I want you to pay very close attention.”“Yes, Uncle Kronos.” Taisu said, putting away his restlessness.Taisu’s uncle was putting the final touches to his world-palm. A touch of sodiu
The light from the moving torches –their high flames undaunted by the stinging rain– threw long and hideous shadows over the men. The colour of the skins, the rippled muscles ...
EDITED: I switched the whole thing over from third to first person view, so if anything is out of order with the POV, please let me know.Teric swung a leg ...
Spoiler! : Contrary to popular belief, rocks and boulders are very difficult characters to work with. This one is for SilentPages’ contest. James was an ordinary chip off the old ...
Spoiler! : I'm not 100% sure that this should have been posted here, but it can be moved if I made a mistake. I’m going to take the liberty to ...
Spoiler! : This is for Canislupis' and Azila's contest, None so Blind “It’s not that bad, really,” I said, settling easily into the chrome lawn chair. “I don’t mind it ...
Part One: Spring and HellThe stag paces slowly through the quiet forest. There is snow all about, muffling the sound of his hooves. There are no other sounds to drown ...
Paul was not having a good day.First off, his credit card had been sliced into four pieces after taking a trip through the inner workings of a hydraulic subway door, ...
After the thousand-years-war between the Elves and Humans, one young half-Elf was destined to become the greatest hero in all the history of the world.His story starts at the farm ...
The grey sands whip by tirelessly, tearing at the proud facades of concrete buildings that once housed warm beings. The asphalt street is almost covered completely, and what isn’t is ...
Spoiler! : Edited! I really want to know what you guys think of the last few lines. It was a fateful day when the Congress of Man gathered for the ...
“Look out!”Captain Fodral Limbin looked up to see a large mass barreling down at him. His normally calm face froze with a mixture of surprise and anger. He pushed off ...
Spoiler! : This is a short work built from random story-starting cards in the Writers' Toolbox (Google it).I got these three cards, and changed the last one rather dramatically. Tear ...
This is basically my attempt at reintroducing myself back into YWS as though I was never gone. :P I tried working with a very different color palette from what I'm ...
This is but the first of eight.
Where games are in the realm of education, and how far I believe they will go.