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Time Travel Dilemmas: Navigating the Tangled Threads of Past, Present, and Future
The allure of time travel has captivated human imagination for centuries, inspiring tales of adventure, romance, and the tantalizing possibilities of altering the course of history. But amidst the thrill of exploring the past and shaping the future lie profound ethical dilemmas that challenge our understanding of causality, free will, and the very fabric of reality.
By Anthony Muthui 2 years ago in Fiction
A Treasury of New Words and Terms for Burned-Out (Adult) Children. Top Story - November 2023. Content Warning.
Greetings and Welcome, language lovers. Following the Neolomicro Challenge, I was left with a lot of bizarre definitions that I thought might give some of you a chuckle. These are the offcuts that I ran out of time / inclination to pursue. I hope you enjoy them, and that they can be the start of a glorious new dictionary for these beleaguered times.
By Conor Darrall2 years ago in Fiction
They Shall Not Grow Old. Content Warning.
“In Flanders’ Fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,” -0- With a piercing shriek the whistle blew, the sound that haunted Sister Margret’s every moment. Waking or sleeping she could hear that deadly sound, and just behind it the screams. Roars of men thundering over the top, wails as bullets took them, cries of terror as their well-trained feet carried them forward, towards the only hope of survival.
By Alexander McEvoy2 years ago in Fiction
Aromescence
She affected me like atmospheric pressure at first, almost a tickle behind the ears and heart. 14 years since we had met in person. Our odd-hours, online reconnection as much a dissociated dream as a reality; as much a theosophical possibility as a tangible life-path. A concept instead of a thing.
By Conor Darrall2 years ago in Fiction
Facts reflected from broken mirrors.. Content Warning.
When Ela stood in front of the broken mirror in the early hours of the morning, she raised her eyes with a deep sigh. The face in the mirror was becoming more alien every day. Each day since the death of her husband Ahmet had become a heavier burden than the previous one. "You again?" he murmured, but not even the silence returning from the mirror was kind enough to console him.
By ~ Mikail ~ 2 years ago in Fiction
Let the Hunt...Begin
Rox Kasker readied his hunters for their tactical mission inside of the well stocked armory of their slave ship. Their party of seven was a diverse mixture of Gungan, Human, Zabrak and two assassin droids, TT-77 and IG-96. Xila had recruited them over the past five years while she hunted, smuggled and extracted hundreds of force-sensitive beings ranging from child to adult.
By Kale Sinclair2 years ago in Fiction
Dragon Bones
May 20th, 2022 | 8 A.M | Leith, Edinburgh UK A bone-rattling boom from the ferry’s fog horn broke Ellie’s deep concentration. Peeling her dark green, blood-shot eyes away from the delicate papyrus pages resting in her sweating palms, she carefully closed the leather bound journal, wrapped it with a thick piece of brown cloth, then using both of her thumb prints, locked it inside of a stainless steel case.
By Kale Sinclair2 years ago in Fiction
