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Category: 12th Edition

  • The Cytosapien Project

    The Cytosapien Project  //Galactic Interdimensional Protection Agency Mainframe//  //USER DETECTED//RESTRICTED ACCESS ATTEMPT//KILLCODE IS ACTIVE//  //PLEASE PROVIDE AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION//  USERNAME: [JackSon5]  PASSWORD: [* * * * * * * *]Thriller5    //ACCESS GRANTED//  Personal Journal Entry 112  In district KIX, the M.H. class planet Polombus held a secret within its massive and prosperous city of Slivercove. Polombus was a reasonably large planet for…

  • The Intruder

    Fueled by an unusual feeling of trepidation in the air, Henry hastily struggled out of bed to turn on the lamp, sitting just a few feet away. The illumination it provided was unusually and inexplicably short-lived as the light immediately flickered away. He quickly tried again only to witness an identical result.    ‘Strange,’ He thought. The…

  • Transformation of a Troglophile

    There is no change here. It’s been so long since you knew the warm feeling of the sun; the sensation of it has drained, taken away by the dampness that seeps into your bones here, so deep it can never leave. You don’t feel the cold brush of snow against your cheek anymore; there is…

  • The Intern

    Scene – Lair   An ordinary office conference room has three men in superhero get-ups sitting in chairs watching TV. A boulder is in the corner of the room. In walks the receptionist, Cheryl, with an intern known as Psycho Sis. The leader, Fly, stands to greet her.   CHERYL: Right this way ma’am.   PSYCHO SIS: Is this your lair?  …

  • A Friendly Conversation

    I lean in closePensively gazing back over my shoulder And out the door for the fifth time in as many minutes I look relieved Though the news that we are alone Is not something new And is still not completely reassuring Whispered air slips past My throat as it closes Lips turned up into their corners Deep and sharp and quaking as another laugh…