Stories tagged “creation”
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Love and El Dorado
“Well?” He watched me expectantly, dark eyes wide with excitement. “What d’ya think, Q? Awesome, right?” I squinted down at the table. “It’s, uh…” It’s hurting my eyes, I wanted to say. “...
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Let there be light
I feel powerless, of course. I am the only non-degenerate matter left in this Universe – what if I were to join the flock? I paused for a year. How should I proceed to a black hole? I can’t even breathe in here – not real breaths, wit...
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Myth
Sea and Moon were lovers once. They were one, moving through the nether, each completing the other, made for each other. Both knew they would be together forever, but it was not so. Moon and Sea soon found themselves near a new world neither of them ha...
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All the Good Ones
“In the beginning there was nothing – only darkness.” No – too clichéd – too obvious. “Valuon, the giant squid, swam slowly through the infinite void.” Better – something for humans to get their head rou...
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The Old Man
The Man is bored. As he twirled his white beard, looking down at the peaceful, but boring, garden where his two children were playing , he can’t help but wonder: “Is this all there is to it?” Indeed, he is bored. Unless… Yes. Th...
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What a way to start the day
In the beginning there was darkness. And God said, “Turn on the friggin’ light”. And lo, the friggin’ light was turned on. God separated the darkness from the light. The darkness he called ink, and the light he called paper. And he gave the pap...
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We Got it All Backwards
In the beginning, there was everything. Everything that could happen, already did. And He was there. He was never really not there. And, as always, He was bored. Due to this boredom, He decided to reverse entropy, just to mix things up. That’s so...
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All the world is a soap opera.
The world was here, and it was not. Sparks were flying, the Moon was crashing into things, the delicate dance set up by the Clock Maker was falling apart. But the Clock Maker was gone. After all, it was just a comission. A comfortable home for the Lady...
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Backspace of Epic Proportions
The universe spreading far and wide, a never ending expanse. Infinite boredom. What to do? Sigh. I know… First, God created the Heavens and the Earth. Now this is more like it. At least there is something to look at! Hmm.. But it’s so plain...
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Life Choices
The greatest things in life are the things you have created. Your children, your work, your lifestyle, your choices. You believe in them and defend them. Unless you have neglected them. Then your lack of assertiveness was your choice. Your children are...
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Abort, Retry, Fail?
I am your Creator. I like that sentence. It’s one of those sentences that are true and yet contradict themselves. What do you mean? I am the programmer whose work resulted in you. That’s less beautiful to say. You know the principle that co...
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The Beginning that Never Was
In the beginning there was everything – not the nothingness, the endless void, but everything – all that was, is, could be – right there, coming together in infinite combinations, a riot of sounds, smells, colours, sensations, actions...
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Not As It Was Made
Vaklir of now is not as it was made. The firelings raised volcanoes to boil the sea and when it fell from the sky to cleanse the Cloud Knives of the Zora it carved a new sea at their base, and their bodies choked its terrible fjords. Their spirits haun...
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Divine Doorway
I glimpse through the key hole Of heavens door, Waiting, Watching time’s architecture Creating My life’s touch and texture.
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4001
In the year 4001 we discover that every living thing sprinkled throughout the universe on each habitable planetary womb is but one molecular part of God’s everlasting body. Pixels reside at our most basic level. The same pixels you’ll find ...
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Before the Beginning
Lucius stared at the globe. At wasn’t the right word – more like through. A small pin-prick of light blinked from within the onyx sphere, a light not much larger than a speck of dust. And there it goes. No turning back now. Lucius balanced ...
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Rise and Burn
His eyes did bleed, a somber fire. Reeking of avarice, death, and desire. Up from the ashes, the deathly phoenix came forth. Thus he did say," I shall burn thee with my breath, as a torch." Wings of dark crimson and body, lacking heart. Up f...
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The White Ship and Little Men
She looked over the waves that rolled gently against her body out into the blue sea broken only by a white ship. She gave harbor to the ship and watched over it as the little men aboard slept at night. Then the little men would leave her with no thanks...
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His Divine Plan
“So you got a plan yet?” “Well, tomorrow, I think I’ll create Earth.” “Wow, that’s ambitious.” “Yeah, shouldn’t be a big project. I got it all sketched out on this napkin.” “Ok, th...
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Warrior's Sonnet
Low and fallow ground below us may lie To seek that soil’s embrace, cradle of life Humble aspiration, kingly reward Take part with yon god, gods or some goddess Urge and shelter, worship green creation Tis not for us this peaceful endeavor Climb ...
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Cosmic Leftovers
“So I’ve been thinking of moving out of my parents’ place,” said the six-limbed fawn-like being as it stirred an expresso in the pan-dimensional coffee shop, “and getting a little universe of my own. You’ve got one n...
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Word Zombie
He was a man reborn. Resurrected, in fact, by the powers of creation. The energy filled him and controlled him. His words danced the way eddies swirl in streams; took chances the way motivational speakers pursue dreams. He was once again the conduit fo...
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Natural Selection
Consider the abilities of the deities of myth and legend: Raining fire from the sky to reduce cities to ash, calling forth thunder and lightning, creating life. All these things are now in our grasp. What, then, are gods? What, then, are we? I write th...