Stories tagged “game”
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All In
Llay it all out there Just you and me Got nothing left To loose No more fooling No more being desperate No more regrets Just you and me I have been through Enough and No one Knows all of it As much as me So I’m laying It all out Going all in You...
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A Simple Game (Prologue)
The host opened the large doors silently. The room smelled a little musty but not in a bad way. He moved purposefully into the room to his right. He found the first light fixture along the wall and turned it on. Walking slowly around the outer wall he ...
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Psychology and Other Bright Ideas
His mustache. It was just so…He had an uncaring attitude that I found beguiling. Yet all I could say was “I have the homework.” Other than Leo, I’d never given anyone my homework; but that mustache and blue eyes were worth it. ...
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Heading Down Toward Weird
Little Garrett Swopes looked down back his swinging feet to the black and white checked floor of the diner. Surprisingly, it looked really clean and shiny. He decided the floor was happy. The wall was not as happy, as it had a small hole in it, down in...
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Game Over
I’d like to thank everybody for coming. My father was always my hero, but it’s gratifying to see that he was a hero to so many others as well. We’re all here to honour his memory and to remember the great things he did for the world. ...
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Scars
I dont want to be, another corporate causualty and while i suffer in silence you live in denial about everything So if you could please, take your knife out of my back, it’s your favorte angle of attack, it’s where you stabbed me your ignor...
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Let's play a game
“Would you like to play a game?” the computer asked. Jack sighed. He didn’t have much choice. “Why not?” The view in his neural implants changed. He was floating high in space, looking out over a fleet of ships. A planet ...
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A Simple Game (Ch. 1)
Reg cracked his neck as he stretched. Looking across the street he wondered when the old hotel was built. He began walking toward the front entrance. The glass doors had to be antiques. He couldn’t remember ever seeing doors like that. The lobby ...
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No blanks for 18 games
In Scrabble, the blank is the most valuable tile. It greatly increases the chances of using all your tiles in a single turn. This is called a bingo and is worth a 50-point bonus. There I sat on the third day in a warm hotel ballroom in Albany, in the d...
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Pacmans Lament
I…. I ate him. The ghosts were on my tail. Yellow dots formed a line in front of me, a line I knew would lead somewhere. I had to eat them. I… I just had to. Just like I ate….. Iate him. I turned left, a giant fruit got in my way. I d...
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A Simple Game (Ch. 2)
Vanessa smiled to herself. You can tell a great deal about a player from basic presumptions. This man thought he simply must be the first to arrive for the game. The fact that Vanessa had been sitting at a small side table waiting had completely escape...
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ANNOUNCING THE GAME
“Tonight’s game, the HOMEBOYS against THEM OTHER DUDES. Ready for kick-off. There’s the kick! And THEM OTHER DUDES start the game on the 20, the 30, the 40 and they are down on the HOMEBOYS own 45 yardline. The HOMEBOYS keep THEM OTH...
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A Losing Battle
Oh, God, they’re everywhere! What have I done! This was not what I expected when I released that.. that thing into my school. I just wanted to have fun! To mess with people, you know? But I guess I’ve taken it too far. I created a monster. ...
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Don't delete my save!
He didn’t know what to do. He hadn’t expected to be put in this situation and it hurt more than it should have, considering everything that he’d been through before now. To go ahead with it was to erase the last remnant he had of the ...
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Their Own Game.
The blond-headed boy whimpered beneath his older twin. “Shh, Haru,” the oldest twin mumbled into identical lips. It wasn’t right for them to being doing this. To be doing what they had been doing. But maybe, that’s why it was so...
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The game of her life.
She steps onto the field; the clouds of dirt, covering the ground. Equipment bag; full of old, worn-out batting gloves, two bats; one being composite, a batting helmet; all of this pulling down on her right shoulder. With muddy, size 9 cleats, she wal...
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Chicken
What’s the point of living, if you don’t take chances? I hit the excellarator and let the car fly. Jackson was a wimp; he wouldn’t last long. He’d probably swerve before our two cars met. I watched his wide brown eyes, behind th...
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Now I can't get back to sleep...
FUCK! Sitting bolt upright in his bed, he could feel the coolness of the air in his room interacting with the sweat on his neck and torso. This was the worst of the current spate of nightmares that he had experienced. So graphic, so violent, and yet op...
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Big Game, Big Problem
“Coach, we can’t do it. You gotta put in Henders.” The crowd clamored uneasily as if to emphasize the young woman’s plea. The game had only a few minutes left, a few precious minutes, perhaps enough time for a few clutch three p...
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The Book
They were accruing an enormous database of knowledge about him. He knew it was happening. It was… a game he couldn’t resist, and every time he logged on, the attacks would get worse. They knew how to get to him. Part of him hated it. Part o...
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Chilling With the Guys
“Which would you rather be… Poor, old, or alone?” Frank asked as he sipped more of his beer. Him and his group of friends had been getting drunk and playing cards most of the night. “No contest: Poor.” Andrew answered. ...
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Chess
As promised, darkness swept over the room as he appeared. He’d said every human in the room but me would die, so that we could be alone. So I was ready. I was in an abandoned location. Well…we finally meet in the flesh. His sinister voice r...
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On Edge
I felt the eyes boring in to the side of my head, trying to decide how confident I really was, but I’d already moved to look upon her again, mixing my emotions so that it was almost impossible for him to tell. Just think, this is what you’r...
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Check
Gradually, a thick smoke rose and engulfed the playing field, severing the line of sight between the Demon and I. When it eventually cleared, hideous black and white creatures occupied the squares that were now below us. You play using the white pieces...
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Bad Habit
You stand at a crossroads. To the East the road disappears into a forest. To the West the road heads into the city. To the North is a huge, gnarled tree. >North You smack into the tree, making an acorn drop on your head. Ouch! >take acorn As you ...