fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the geek universe.
The Legend Of Clarice
I am Clarice, Goddess of the Ocean. Have you heard my legend? I spend my days watching over ships on the horizon as I walk the Pacific Ocean waters, helping victims cross over to a better place. Some I have saved, but few are worthy of such a gift. Unlike most goddesses, I was not born into this role - I was given the choice of life or death on November 28, 1717. Travelling aboard a slave ship on its way to Chile, Blackbeard and his pirates hijacked the ship. I saw men get shot down while we women and children walked the plank. Hundreds of years later, the screams and cries of the victims continue to haunt me. I was praying for salvation as I sank to the bottom of the ocean when Poseidon himself came to me.
By Melissa Bezborotko 5 years ago in Geeks
Awaited Magic Part 3
Ch. 3 Where’s the Cat? The next morning, I woke with Moon in my face wanting attention. I had no idea when the last time he was fed. However, from the looks of his rounded-out belly I think he feasts on the unfortunate mice creeping around the house. I rolled out of bed and sat Moon on the floor. My alarm clock read 8:00am, so it was a little early to be rising but I wanted to examine everything in this house from top to bottom; starting with the attic. I grew curious over night thinking about what might be under those tarps near the back wall. Moon gazed up at me with a look of longing for a bite to eat. I image we brought something he could snack on before his next catch. The cat began to rub against my leg with a passionate purr.
By Victoria Ward5 years ago in Geeks
All Hail the King
Alaan felt as though she was awake, but not awake. She could hear whispers, but she could not make out what was being said or who was saying what. Until that moment she had been in a haze She could remember nothing but the pain and the feeling of falling unable to return to her feet. Now she felt shut in her own body, unable to move or speak. Panic swelled in her as she struggled to break free, but as she began to feel the tips of her fingers, she felt the cloud of unconscious wash over her again.
By Mika Henry5 years ago in Geeks
A hunter story
Chapter 2 After I thought it over and pulled myself together over what I had just seen, I took to his demands, I wouldn't usually do as he says so easily but the time for childish behavior and messing around wasn't the way to handle this, so I set off back to my apartment to deal with my captive, walking home I couldn't take my mind off of Fed, pondering what could have pushed him to be so angry, why this group was so important and different from the rest that was presumed to have the weapon.
By Gareth Sanderson5 years ago in Geeks
Vampire fans: time to switch sides!
Are you part of the supernatural fantasy world? Fallen in love with a vampire or two? Then why not switch sides! I think you will really like this series where I am gladly presenting you two brothers, two hunters that keep the supernatural beings in place.
By Anastasia S5 years ago in Geeks
The Magic Guitar
It was a crazy night. I didn’t know how much trouble I could get in, I knew LSD was illegal, but I didn’t know EXACTLY how illegal it was, or how rare it was to end up at parties, let alone people doing it. I had no idea. The back of the sheet had a painting, that Jerry Garcia did himself, so I knew that it was made with great care and love. I did it before a number of times, this was one of the most memorable, I had a sheet, and word spread through town that I was the man to talk to, within an hour, I had people I’d never met before who knew my name, and what they were looking for. I was 17, but I was far away from being in school, and the people I was hanging out with were still in school, and not quite used to this drug.
By Noel Chrisjohn Benson5 years ago in Geeks
The Man in the Dark Trench Coat
I sat in the back. I was told that I could observe and so that’s what I did. The woman with red manicured hands to my left gripped her Hermès bag and looked at me through the corner of her eye, she tried to be discrete, but it didn’t work. A moment later she zipped it open and pulled out a compact to powder her nose.
By Mel Chesneau5 years ago in Geeks
System Online
And so the very thing his government forced him to create would be their doom. Li unplugged the drive and continued running down the corridor -he had to make it to the south-west door if he had any chance of leaving the facility, let alone the country, alive. After running for what felt like way too long, Li could finally make out the door at the end of the hallway. It was a solid metal door with a code activated lock and a terminal beside it. Li plugged his hard drive into the terminal and fired up his bypass program. Five percent. His heart racing, he glanced behind him, squinting to see as far down the corridor as he could to make sure none of the guards were aware he had left. Although his plan was perfectly executed, he still had no idea how long his simple deception of looping the security feeds would work. Li turned back to the terminal: twenty percent. The real genius was in his undetectable virus that he planted in the facility's network, and then ultimately every computer. He had turned the entire building into a mining operation that sent all of the rewards to one Virtual Wallet Address; his. Checking the terminal again he saw it was only at fifty percent. Li might have been impressed by the software encryption on the door had it not been the only thing between him and freedom. In the 6 months and 18 days he was kept here, he managed to accumulate 1.2 million Bitcoins by letting his virus work, all of which were stored on the hard drive in his pocket; He wasn't going to leave them a single coin. Seeing the terminal was at eighty percent, Li fired up his second program, Blackout.EXE. He smiled when he pressed the execute button, happy with the name he coined for his death-to-all-computers program. Both programs would finish at the same time, one would open his door to freedom, and one would ensure he was untraceable. Blackout.exe was simply a time bomb that would render every computer in the facility useless after 72 hours; enough time for him to be out of the country. Ninety-eight percent. Li braced himself against the door, his ear up against it, ready to burst it open and make a run for the horizon. His wife and two children were waiting for him in their jeep just passed the horizon under the cover of trees. He had been dreaming of seeing his family for too long, and he was going to make sure that in completing his work, his family would live a peaceful life where they would never be separated again.
By Marshall Jull5 years ago in Geeks
