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Lucifer calls Home.
Thunder roared and lightning split the sky. The phone line between Heaven and Hell is ringing. Every time that it thunders and storms, it is the attempt by 'The Prince of Darkness', Lucifer, Beelzebub or whichever name you prefer, to make a phone call to Heaven. How the conversation goes, decides the severity of the ensuing weather phenomenon.
By Antoni De'Leon10 months ago in Fiction
The Assistant
Millie I am very lucky to live in this world. Mama taught me that over and over again, when I was growing up. She’d tell me all kinds of stories about people who didn’t have as much as we did. And how they almost wiped out the entire race. But the Omegas swooped in at the last minute and brought peace. Which is why, even Timothy at school is mean to me, I have to be nice to him, because he’s a future Omega. She also tells me he’s mean to me because he likes me. But I think she just says that to make me laugh. Mama can be very silly sometimes. But Papa says that’s just how women are. Which means he probably thinks I’m silly too.
By Lane Burns10 months ago in Futurism
The Edge of Silence
Alexi Petricov watched the Earth bleed light. From the cupola, the world was quiet. That was the first lie. A pale blue and green marble, innocent from up here. But he knew better. You didn’t get to survive Gulags of bureaucracy and Russian cosmodromes without learning how beauty could lie to your face.
By Ellie Hoovs10 months ago in Horror
Diplomas Flambé. Runner-Up in 500 Word Shockwave Challenge.
Opening the old notebook, an aroma flutters from its pages: not mold, not dust, but love gone sour, the ripe odour of hate. Yet all its pages seem untouched, immaculate as unruffled snow, a virgin notebook. Then I glimpse his scrawl on a few pages in the middle. There’s the stench.
By Marie Wilson10 months ago in Fiction
Aspire Door
Vanessa was making her way up Alex’s driveway while she looked up at the sky above her head. The sky was covered with dark clouds and what started off as a grey sky thick with the smell of approaching rain was now nearly black as the oncoming storm was only minutes away. “So the storm just had to make its appearance when I decided to come vent to Alex?” Vanessa thought to herself.
By Joe Patterson10 months ago in Fiction
The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge Winners
Sometimes, pushing beyond the boundaries of mortality means unraveling more than just the secret of a longer life—it means venturing into new realms of identity, ethics, and unforeseen consequences. For this challenge, we asked you to conjure a world where science and speculative fiction collide, to imagine an invention so transformative it reshapes what it means to be human.
By Vocal Curation Team10 months ago in Resources
Medium is dying and they're sinking their pushing their writers away
I used to write daily on Medium, and I took my Medium Partner Program earnings from $5 a month to $5000 in 2020/2021. I was living in Ghana, West Africa at the time, and this is life-changing money over there.
By Edina Jackson-Yussif 10 months ago in Journal
📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 04/10/2025
Our “Raise Your Voice Threads” are hosted most alternating Thursdays at 12PM ET to offer creators more avenues to uncover exceptional stories on Vocal. As we are continuously searching for fresh creators and inspiring stories, this thread provides an opportunity to exchange and discuss the stories that have moved and motivated us on Vocal.
By Raise Your Voice by Vocal10 months ago in Resources
